Imperial replace paiN at BLAST Open London

12-8-2025 13:30

paiN are ineligible to attend due to previously declining an invitation to the same tournament.

BLAST have announced that Imperial are set to take the place of paiN at the Open London event, set to start on August 27 with the online stage.

"This decision follows Valve's official tournament rule 3.2.5(c), which states that teams who have previously declined an invitation to the same tournament are not eligible to compete.

"paiN initially declined their direct invitation to the South American Closed Qualifier for BLAST Open S2. As a result, they are ineligible to participate in The Open," BLAST's statement reads.

As a result, Legacy will take paiN's direct invite, with Imperial taking over the Rising SA spot that previously belonged to Legacy.

The updated team list is as follows:

2025-08-12 13:31

8 replies

Calm…. Peace, even

2025-08-12 13:44

wait wait this might be an actual drama. x.com/messioso/status/195522891014201771.. SOMETHING MIGHT BE HAPPENNG

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I really appreciate him bringing light to all the shady shit these TO’s do but unfortunately I feel like all of it is just falling on deaf ears. Orgs aren’t gonna boycott these guys and Valve sure as hell isn’t going to do shit about it either. @messioso ☹️

2025-08-12 13:49

So If I understand, Blast fucked up with the invites because they didn't respect a specific rule that didn't exist in a former version of the TOR they used. I am glad I am not Valve.

2025-08-12 14:56

2025-08-12 17:00

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elon musk moment,

2025-08-12 17:11

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ElonsiB and The Silver Surfer

2025-08-12 17:22

circa 1943

2025-08-12 18:31

geez, pain is not doing so good recently, but imperial its totally dead

2025-08-12 13:32

What do you mean? Imperial is the best team in the world!

2025-08-12 13:59

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THIS IMPERIAL IS WAY BETTER but after they deport zaaz, i prefer furia.fe

2025-08-12 14:07

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Oh come on! She wasn't deported. I still agree this is not the same team we love.

2025-08-12 14:50

Mhhh Gabs 🥀

furia > imperial

2025-08-12 14:15

I am afraid MIBR fe with Olga could be the Furia killer :-(

rip snowflake

Either I’m reading this wrong or it makes no sense

2025-08-12 13:33

July 18: BLAST announced Aurora as 1 of 12 teams accepted the invitation. July 27: The SA Closed Qualifier of BLAST Rising SA started, and according to BLAST, Pain was supposed to be invited to this, but they had declined. August 1: Aurora turned down the invitation, and BLAST announced Pain as the replacement. Today: BLAST realized the mistake according to Valve rule, thus revoked Pain's invitation.

2025-08-12 15:31