Valve has published new details about how regional ranking tournaments will work in 2021. On the eve of the start of the season, the teams' positions were updated. Those teams that won the status of “legends” in the previous year will begin participation in the new competition cycle with 600 points, and a number of more teams, depending on the level achieved, will receive 300 or 100 points. Stickers with the symbols of e-sports organizations that have won leadership in the rankings have been added to CS:GO. Part of the proceeds from their sales will be sent to the appropriate teams.
The competition rules have been adapted to the practice that developed last year of including a sixth player in the team. Now this opportunity will be available officially: teams will be able to declare a roster of six people for the game, not counting the coach.
In addition, Valve has taken measures to prevent a repeat of the situation with massive violations due to the use of a trainer bug, identified in September 2020. Some eSports players caught cheating will not be able to participate in RMR tournaments. The duration of the ban depends on how many penalty points the ESIC decides on a particular player. Coaches and assistants will no longer be able to be in the same premises as the team; Also, coaches and players will be prohibited from communicating with each other during online matches.
