On Tuesday, the Association of Professional Counter Strike Players (CSPAA) issued a statement accusing the organizers of the BLAST tournament of violating the principles of openness. The day before, players refused to give BLAST access to audio and video recordings made during the game, citing concerns about the security of personal data. It took some time to resolve the issues that arose, which is why the start of the match between Vitality and mousesports was delayed by almost three hours.
The conflict was resolved, but in response, fourteen e-sports organizations issued a joint statement in which they accused the Association of violating the established procedure. In their opinion, the CSPAA re-raised an issue that had been settled before: the procedure for handling recordings of voice communications and video from the screen was satisfactory to everyone. installed before the start of the championship.
According to HLTV, the owner of one of the teams, on condition of anonymity, said that in fact the Association seeks to set players and organizers against each other. Instead of using mechanisms that already exist, it tries to create its own and thus increase its own benefits. CSPAA representatives have so far left this statement without comment.
