Sources: Valve targets Shanghai for second 2024 Major

22-7-2023 18:56

The second Counter-Strike 2 Major is planned to be organized by Perfect World and PGL in December 2024.

Set to run the first CS2 Major in Copenhagen, PGL will also be involved in Perfect World's Shanghai Major nine months later

Sources have revealed to HLTV.org and Dust2.com.br that plans are in place for Shanghai, China to host the second Major of 2024 in early December.

The tournament will be organized by Perfect World, the publisher of Counter-Strike in China, in partnership with PGL. PGL is also in charge of the first Major of 2024 and the first to be played in CS2.

The RMR qualifiers for the event are planned to take place from October 26-November 13, with the Major itself set to follow just over two weeks later from December 1-15.

The end-of-year date is in line with Valve's recent launch of a request for proposals for the four Majors taking place in 2025-2026. In it, the developers revealed the events have been moved to conclude each season in the middle of June and early December.

Valve open to proposals for CS2 Majors in 2025, 2026; Major dates moved to end of season

Should the PW CS2 Major Shanghai run as planned, it will be the first Major to take place in Asia. HLTV knows that Valve previously planned for Asia to host the second Major of 2023, with China and Singapore among the locations considered, until they scrapped the tournament due to the anticipated launch of Counter-Strike 2.

uh oh

2023-07-22 18:56

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Nah uhh

2023-07-23 10:20

Better than brazil

2023-07-24 00:18

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I aren’t think that .

2023-07-29 17:12

COOL

2023-07-22 18:56

1 reply

Ez for Mongolz and Techno

2023-07-22 19:17

WTF

2023-07-22 18:56

records incoming

2023-07-22 18:56

53 replies

record lows with asia time zone lol

2023-07-22 19:00

51 replies

Chinese viewership about to hard carry lmao.

2023-07-22 19:01

45 replies

chinese viewership is always inflated and artificially pumped up though

2023-07-22 19:03

44 replies

yeah its not like they have over a billion people in their country

2023-07-22 19:11

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2023-07-22 19:13

Lmao

2023-07-22 19:34

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only valid flag to say lmao

2023-07-22 23:17

they dont show actual viewership numbers on their sites but some kind of viewership rating btw.

2023-07-22 19:54

1am in China rn and already 20k ppl watching ast vs liquid in single stream my dude

2023-07-22 19:15

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You mean 16 people and 20k bots!

2023-07-22 19:35

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yeah yeah true just keep that copium on what u believe

2023-07-22 19:41

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copium? Bro prolly believes his french god Xi Wu is the goat

2023-07-23 17:35

Copium

2023-07-22 19:47

which primitive village are you from.you know noting about China

2023-07-22 19:52

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you know nothing about china either, and you live there! but thats because youre government doesnt want you to so not rly your fault

2023-07-22 20:28

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nah i mean we don't know anything about china because here we have propaganda which make us think this way. Maybe it's true maybe not, idk but no one knows so don't be rude.

2023-07-22 20:51

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2023-07-22 23:22

people being reasonable on hltv? no way!!!

2023-07-23 00:06

i wasnt being rude, he was being rude, saying men was from primitive village

2023-07-23 11:07

2023-07-29 12:28

Non Chinese people are here to teach you about china. This is peak internet here

2023-07-22 22:27

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yes, i move to live in vietnam and they tech me how to use chinese.But that ungrammatical :L lol

2023-07-23 05:52

you think history teachers today lived during the middle ages? you dont have to have lived somewhere or sometime to have knowledge my friend

2023-07-23 11:08

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+1, cccp has such a degree of control of the infosphere chinese people can access, that they're likely to know jack about the shady stuff going on in there

2023-07-23 13:49

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+1 exactly what I was trying to say

2023-07-23 19:32

joking, so how do you know about china ,just from what your see by your keyboard? or maybe drugs make you confused also. lol. you can go to china to see what is real china, not just your phone.

2023-07-23 12:08

0/8

2023-07-22 20:29

Surely you don't trust any viewership numbers then?

2023-07-23 09:06

I hope rare atom makes this :D

2023-07-31 00:19

Douyu inflates their viewership numbers, the fact you don't know this already shows you're fakeflagging

2023-07-22 19:53

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lmao already fakeflagging. Im not some insiders of huya or douyu so honestly saying idk how gimmicky these viewer calculation mechanisms are. The only i see and trust is the chats are rather lively even at this late night.

2023-07-22 20:20

Lol did u really think those china flags were true chinese users? Kekw

2023-07-23 17:01

isnt it a viewer score tho? and not straigth up viewing numbers?

2023-07-22 19:54

5 replies

Nah, all stream platforms now have real viewing number now, just like twitch

2023-07-22 20:02

4 replies

what are the big streaming sites in china, is it twitch or is there a different website?

2023-07-22 20:27

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there are multiple big ones like douyu and huya

2023-07-22 21:26

Stop lying you dumbass. And stop fake flagging

2023-07-22 22:02

I don’t even understand the point of fakeflagging China.

2023-07-23 15:23

china doesn't use Twitch

2023-07-23 00:32

Man i loved when I lived in China. Great place, the people are so nice. Nobody can be accountable for what their governments do especially when everyone is just trying to get by and live their own lives. People have a hard time seeing past the governments unfortunately.

2023-07-23 08:32

Shanghai alone has 2x the population of Australia. It's not pumped up they are literally the second most populous country in the world.

2023-07-22 19:46

Their League of Legends fans fills up 60k capacity stadiums, I don't think so

2023-07-22 20:00

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ok, asians are dominating pro scene not like cs go

2023-07-22 21:58

Because its cs2 and valve wants to grow the game in Asia. Literally no better place to organise for clout. 1 billion people and biggest market.

2023-07-23 05:02

90% of viewers in China are bots

2023-07-23 17:10

if everyone would think like that we would never know and im sure they alone will carry the numbers, their scene is big even tho everyone thinks otherwise. They deserve major the most and after its held there you all will be surprised how nice and pasionate these ppl are.

2023-07-22 20:05

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Canadian major when? We've quietly been stuffing top international talent in the pool since the birth of Counter-Strike and have been completely ignored since the dawn of time.

2023-07-22 20:59

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unfortunately Canada = USA to valve

2023-07-22 23:11

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Honestly it's probably more likely Valve thinks the Canadian players are EU imports. I was on a bus in California a few years ago, got talking to a dude on the bus. I mentioned I was just visiting, and when I told him I was from Nova Scotia, he said "Oh cool, that's over in France right?" (I don't even speak French, so no accent) lmfao. I know all 50 US states but a lot of American's I've spoken to only know like 3/13 Provinces/Territories plus Montreal. (Which many don't seem to realize is a city, not a province).

2023-07-24 04:20

Bro with all your events in the us it's a pain aswell FaZe vs Ence lasted until 3 or 4 am here

2023-07-23 05:00

Record number of foreigners detained by the Chinese secret services in 1 day. Record number of Uyghurs imprisoned in concentration camps. Record number of Hong Kong protesters beaten by police. Record number of journalists arrested.

2023-07-23 17:49

2023-07-22 18:57

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LLLLL

2023-07-22 20:04

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2023-07-24 11:48

awful idea

2023-07-22 18:57

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Why?

2023-07-22 19:34

why? will only increase interest in the chinese market, its good for the game, but yeah times zones… 😵‍💫😵‍💫

2023-07-22 19:44

Fr. Might as well just host it in St Petersburg

2023-07-23 14:08

CHINA BING CHILLING RN

2023-07-22 18:57

1 reply

john cena memes are so fucking good

2023-07-22 19:06

based

2023-07-22 18:57

chyna numba wan

2023-07-22 18:57

That's cool

2023-07-22 18:57

GUANGDONG TIGERS MAJOR WINNERS

2023-07-22 18:57

WTF????

2023-07-22 18:57

rip timezones. Not that it matters since we willingly had IEM held in Australia lmao. Besides, this is a good thing. I actually want Asian CS to face a revival for CS2. The old IHC roster alone put Asia back on the map in CS thanks to their run at Katowice, now for successors and to go further.

2023-07-22 18:58

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+1 id like to see something like what koreans where able to do in 1.6

2023-07-22 19:03

5 replies

finally, someone with a similar mindset on this

2023-07-22 19:19

mvp pk please come back

2023-07-23 01:06

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left cause no support for Asian scene, scene didnt even have decent amount of support until very recently men(

2023-07-23 15:22

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actually so sad :((

2023-07-24 01:20

solo <3

2023-07-23 10:46

2023-07-22 19:38

Lunatic-Hai was nuts to watch in 1.6. I remember them doing some disgusting things on LAN T side train. Funny how "Global Offensive" ignored an entire continent containing the largest population of humans...

2023-07-22 21:29

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+1 Unfortunate that it wasn't until very recently that Asia finally got some support happening. Now it just has to somehow expand when CS2 lingers closer and becomes official. Game's currently dead right now there but it'd be nice if CS2 revives the Korean scene and we get to see Koreans giving EU a run for their money like they give everyone else a run for their money in LoL and OW :v (ok that might be a bad comparison cause they just make everyone cry in LoL and OW, and their only match in LoL is China lmao)

2023-07-22 21:43

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Valorant is now the most popular fps in Korea and they’re not doing shit internationally. Koreans are bad at tac fps, always have been.

2023-07-22 22:04

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I'm not saying they were the best team in the world, because they weren't. But to say they have never been good is just not true, you're probably just to young to have seen it yourself, which is fine. Here is them running a draw on LAN against some of the biggest names in Counter-Strike. youtube.com/watch?v=hHWsaWyTu34 This is just a random video I found in about 25 seconds. They were always more deadly T side, & they were defintely more than capable of taking down the top EU teams at the time. It would be nice to see that again in the scene. NA, SA, EU & Asian regions all having competitive teams would be so much fun to watch again. We had this back in 1.6, just nobody cared because they were too busy eating corn dogs and watching the Superbowl.

2023-07-22 22:23

I mean, DRX got to many semi finals, they aren’t that bad

2023-07-23 15:40

Timezones won't be as bad as you think for European timezones. In LoL worlds held in Asia almost had more viewers in EU than tournaments held in EU, because Saturday and Sunday matches would start late morning - early noon so it was easier to watch for people not at work/who'd rather go out at night

2023-07-22 23:51

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ye I still often forget that EU and East Asia timezones are only like at least ~5 hrs apart.

2023-07-22 23:56

+1 I really wanna see some more Asian representation, it gets so boring when every single team is an EU team and now 90% of them are international as well. I wanna see NA teams competing, I wanna see Brazilian teams competing, I wanna see Asian teams competing. And by competing I don’t mean simply being there to get curb stomped by everyone, I wanna see them actually compete and make deep runs.

2023-07-23 15:20

Asia more dead than na, no chance

2023-07-23 17:38

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This is demonstrably false, during the last RMR the single Chinese open qualifier alone had more teams than the two NA open qualifiers combined: liquipedia.net/counterstrike/BLAST/Major.. liquipedia.net/counterstrike/BLAST/Major.. liquipedia.net/counterstrike/BLAST/Major.. And that's not counting the rest of Asia.

2023-07-23 20:11

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quality > quantity

2023-07-23 21:15

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themongolz > whole NA scene + rare atom 2-0 lulquid

2023-08-02 19:14

Imagine china major without chinese teams

2023-07-22 18:57

10 replies

+1 literally dead crowd

2023-07-22 19:00

4 replies

navi ast g2 faze are all view havesters tbh

2023-07-22 19:22

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c9 & TSM too If TSM even make it lmao

2023-07-22 23:21

asians will watch anything. this isnt brazil lol

2023-07-31 10:13

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do you not know of china?????? watch the league tourney in china, there's no hype if its not in chinese team's favour/no chinese team

2023-07-31 16:56

Ez for Xi Wu fans .

2023-07-22 19:02

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ez 4 Chinese M0nesy fans

2023-07-22 19:08

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nah ji tu is a chinese team

2023-07-23 00:59

Pretty sure cloud9 has a lot of fans, especially since electronic and perfecto joined

2023-07-22 19:46

You don't really have to imagine. Just watch the VOD from the finals at the Rio Major in Brazil.

2023-07-22 22:35

yeah no thanks

2023-07-22 18:57

whatever, at least the production won't be half assed so we'll get a good product

2023-07-22 18:57

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pepelaugh

2023-07-22 21:35

WHAT

2023-07-22 18:57

OMAGA CHINA NUMBA WAN

2023-07-22 18:58

L TAKE

2023-07-22 18:58

Xi Wu crowd favourite again

2023-07-22 18:58

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what about Hu Xi?

2023-07-22 19:16

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Ji Tu will win

2023-07-22 20:46

Why Mainland China of all places?

2023-07-22 18:58

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one of the biggest markets obviously??

2023-07-22 19:01

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Rhetorical question. Sad to see CS succumb to USAF sponsorship, Saudi takeover, and PRC blood money.

2023-07-22 21:39

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i bet you have chinese made goods. Japan (if not fake flagger) is the 2nd biggest importer of Saudi oil.

2023-07-22 22:08

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iea.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/mi..

2023-07-23 06:20

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so, no actual counter arguments as expected.

2023-07-23 10:05

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Are Americans not allowed to advocate for quality public transport just because they own a car?

2023-07-23 14:12

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what? another absurd analogy, nice. if you are advocating for other people to stop economic relationships with countries like china, saudi arabia etc you obviously should stop it yourself in the first place.

2023-07-23 15:44

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Should a wife who is domestically abused by her unhinged husband not file for divorce and stay in misery for the rest of her life?

2023-07-23 15:57

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hahaha another one.

2023-07-23 16:01

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Yes, just showing you how absurd your argument was. Thanks for noticing.

2023-07-23 16:06

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hahaha keep trying to save face. the right analogy would be when you are an abuser yourself and saying: "its so sad that my friend timmy is abusing his wife he is a real pos"

2023-07-23 16:16

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Just because you're dumb as a rock, I'll inform you that your argument is only valid IF I purchase something made in China AFTER advocating for a change in said economic policy. Hope that cleared things up. :)

2023-07-23 16:25

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so you think you could be abusing your wife for all of your life and then be taken seriously with your "high moral" position if you say you will stop now. lmao you are a low iq clown. also good luck with not buying anything manufactured in china or any saudi oil.

2023-07-23 17:39

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Just so you know, the world has started turning away from Chinese manufacturing by investing more in SEA countries (which is where my phone and most of the clothes I'm wearing are made), so that's good progress. Mexico has also surpassed China as the biggest trading partner of the US, which is inevitable as the PRC continues to grow economically and experience rising wages. As for Saudi oil, I have been gladly minimizing damage by taking public transport (unless things are urgent) and plan to solely utilize public transport once I move to a developed country (probably buy a bike too if I'll need one). Also, you misinterpreted my analogy.

2023-07-23 17:40

Stfu u idiot! Why can I only meet Russians when I play csgo on a Japanese server? Lmao! Where the fk is Japanese player?? Japanese dare to mock China on CSGO is one of the best jokes of the year hahahaha

2023-07-23 00:48

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something called Japanese people busy making anime out of everything they see

2023-07-23 17:40

second largest market after the West.

2023-07-22 19:02

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unexpected from flag

2023-07-22 19:03

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I have no bias.

2023-07-22 19:12

+1 skin prices stonks

2023-07-22 19:12

how about the East?

2023-07-22 20:05

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depends on how much of the East we're lumping in)

2023-07-23 17:40

* after US

2023-07-22 20:26

Better than Japan weeb.

2023-07-22 19:35

2 replies

Lets meet on this year MČR Brno russian boy, we will show you "slaying".

2023-07-22 20:02

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omg mr tough guy got butthurt

2023-07-22 20:28

+1 better in Japan aka war crimes masters

2023-07-23 17:11

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We already had the "Tokyo Trial" (which was rightfully justified, of course). How about the CCP Trial next? Dolt.

2023-07-23 17:42

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You mean the trial that was toned down so much that wasn't even comparable to the German one? Yeah nice one, and your emperor wasn't even executed, even though he is the sacred figure in the center of your militarism. Dodging war crimes ain't a good action, yet you guys are mastering the skill. Apparently we are living in an era that persecutors can deem victims guilty of some crime that they didn't even do. At least I expected you to say something so ignorant because of your previous deeds, so that wasn't surprising.

2023-07-24 10:14

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"and your emperor wasn't even executed, even though he is the sacred figure in the center of your militarism." thanks for exposing your own ignorance on the history of Imperial Japanese political dynamics.

2023-07-24 16:30

for what?

2023-07-24 15:03

makes sense as the current major mvp is chinese

2023-07-22 18:58

BING CHILLING

2023-07-22 18:58

home major for hu xi

2023-07-22 18:59

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hu xi wont have a team in 2024 anymore

2023-07-22 19:10

Also MVP for Mu Neji

2023-07-24 00:31

valve wants to host a major in shanghai but wont host one in sydney for example even tho the time difference is just two hours lmao

2023-07-22 18:59

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yea its weird i thought this would go against their guidelines for major proposals where they said matches need to be suitable for cet audiances but if we can have a major in china it would be only fair if we get one in au as well which i hope happens one day

2023-07-22 19:09

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Chinese major can still have decent timezones for EU on weekends. Sydney major is much worse, even with just a 2 hour difference. There's a big difference between a major final starting at 11:00 and 13:00

2023-07-22 23:53

They ll host one in Australia when the population there reaches billion

2023-07-22 19:23

1 reply

2023-07-23 20:13

This is a counterattack to shitvalorant being released in china a few weeks ago

2023-07-23 17:10

China numbawan guyss

2023-07-22 18:59

awful idea, the crowd will be so shit hahhaahahahah

2023-07-22 18:59

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fr no way they fill an arena in china bro 😭

2023-07-22 19:02

Ah yes the crowd in a country which cointains 1.5/8 of the human population

2023-07-22 20:41

5 replies

have you not seen League tourneys in China or are you trolling? they literally act like brazilians, chinese team/chinese team winning = cheer, no chinese team/chinese team losing = dead silence stop being stupid and do ur research

2023-07-22 20:47

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but china is full of g2/faze fans, no? It could be different because there has never been good chinese teams so they just became fans of other teams unlike in league

2023-07-22 21:00

1 reply

Time for HooXi to learn Chinese

2023-07-23 05:04

Idgaf a single a bit about league and as the finnish guy said G2/Faze/Cloud9 have shit ton of fans there because of no good chinese teams (not that Brazil has any) so yes I’ve done my research and no need to get aggressive

2023-07-22 22:14

welcome to china and you will be surprised how many fans of heroic/g2/faze/g2/vitality/navi/c9/astrailis/liquid/vp will be there

2023-07-23 02:19

Most bias and booring fans Hahaha

2023-07-22 19:00

ffs no, pls no, just pls pls pls no no no nononononono

2023-07-22 18:59

3 replies

Still better than Brazil

2023-07-22 20:41

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2023-07-23 10:59

yeah man nice 4 AM game , nobody is going to watch that sh

2023-07-22 19:00

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finally us aussies get a good time to watch cs i cant complain

2023-07-22 19:01

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2023-07-23 00:10

??? You wil watch games on morning not night

2023-07-22 19:02

3 replies

zywoo has a major too pls update :(

2023-07-22 19:09

2 replies

Csgo is dead he doesnt have a major in cs2

2023-07-22 19:24

1 reply

true also maj3r is goated

2023-07-22 21:54

man that timezone would suck to watch.

2023-07-22 19:00

COME TO TURKEY

2023-07-22 19:00

nihao

2023-07-22 19:01

china money > all

2023-07-22 19:01

PGL owns CS2 or what .

2023-07-22 19:02

1 reply

exactly i guess

2023-07-22 21:02

Ulaanbaatar major would be much better

2023-07-22 19:02

2 replies

+1 anything is better than shanghai major

2023-07-23 07:16

let's not forget how asian rmr in ulaanbaatar went

2023-08-02 19:00

2 PGL Majors in one year oh no D:

2023-07-22 19:03

1 reply

still better than esl

2023-07-22 21:03

real cs2 release date xD

2023-07-22 19:03

will be ez major for jamyoung

2023-07-22 19:03

figures PerfectWorld was rumored to host the China Major this year but it got cancelled so makes sense they push it a year back deserved tbh , lets go!

2023-07-22 19:03

5 replies

how is it deserved please explain

2023-07-22 19:11

1 reply

Because there hasn't been a Major hosted in Asia or Oceania before !

2023-07-22 19:37

when was that

2023-07-22 19:13

2 replies

it was a rumor from last year.

2023-07-22 19:20

Last year , around the same time when Blast Major rumors were around .

2023-07-22 19:37

Guangdong tigers major Pog

2023-07-22 19:03

2023-07-22 19:04

CHINA NUMBA WAN

2023-07-22 19:04

WHY NOT SINGAPORE?

2023-07-22 19:05

1 reply

because singapore is non existent market compared to china?

2023-07-22 20:36

interesting

2023-07-22 19:06

hong kong major instead

2023-07-22 19:06

EMPTY CROWD

2023-07-22 19:06

Great timezones for 90% of csgo players

2023-07-22 19:06

Round 2 of reddit.com/r/DotA2/comments/47sc46/updat..

2023-07-22 19:07

1 reply

bruh

2023-07-22 20:40

Times zones going to ruin it

2023-07-22 19:07

1 reply

not like we arent used to it cause IEM Sydney lmao.

2023-07-22 19:20

NIICCEEEEEE. ASIA CS AT THE TOP

2023-07-22 19:08

nice timezone xDD

2023-07-22 19:08

rio is about to look good in hindsight

2023-07-22 19:08

Just imagine skin prices after China MAJOR. Buy as much as you can, asap

2023-07-22 19:08

BOYCOTT

2023-07-22 19:10

4 replies

lmao dont forget to boycott esl and faceit then also

2023-07-22 20:36

2 replies

I'd honestly love to

2023-07-22 23:51

1 reply

nothing is stopping you from boycotting it

2023-07-23 10:04

2023-07-22 23:20

Nice

2023-07-22 19:09

2023-07-22 19:13

visa issues incoming

2023-07-22 19:13

Where are the "sAuDi mOnEy" crowd?

2023-07-22 19:13

yes for place but PGL aware

2023-07-22 19:13

+1 000 000 social credits to gaben

2023-07-22 19:18

Major in Shanghai :) Organised by PGL :(

2023-07-22 19:14

4 replies

its organized by Perfect World.

2023-07-22 19:19

3 replies

And PGL. Hope that stickers won't be PGL's ctrl+C ctrl+V

2023-07-22 19:54

2 replies

PGL doesn't make the stickers

2023-07-22 21:03

1 reply

But concepts for their majors were meh

2023-07-22 21:31

kaze bntet super team in the works as we speak

2023-07-22 19:15

Wow, feel great to hear that. The first major in China, although still far from my city. I'll definitely go to the arena

2023-07-22 19:17

FREE TAIWAN

2023-07-22 19:19

1 reply

it is already free pretty much. Not sure about parts of Detroit tho

2023-07-22 21:10

XI WU CHINESE PRIDE

2023-07-22 19:20

2 replies

i'm a player from China.could you explain what this meaning

2023-07-22 20:33

1 reply

It's from a caster's pronounciation of "Zywoo" He said it like Xi wu not Zy woo so the joke is that xi wu = Chinese player

2023-07-23 01:27

Wow could be nice

2023-07-22 19:22

Pls 2GD as HOST I would love it and laugh the whole major

2023-07-22 19:25

Xi Wu will look to win a second major in his second home country

2023-07-22 19:25

Tinnamon Square major

2023-07-22 19:28

next major is 100% saudi

2023-07-22 19:29

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as it should be

2023-07-22 21:09

Need some rice

2023-07-22 19:35

win

2023-07-22 19:36

unexpected

2023-07-22 19:39

2024 2nd Major winner is gonna be the stack of XiWu, Hu Xi, Xin Jinping, captainMo and XiaoWu

2023-07-22 19:44

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CS2 roster looking lit

2023-07-23 17:20

Huge W

2023-07-22 19:44

bing chilling youtu.be/gejwxEucg6A

2023-07-22 19:51

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hahaha i didnt remember this one

2023-07-22 22:35

Ez for XI WU chinese pride

2023-07-22 19:51

Learned nothing but censorship from China and conmuist.

2023-07-22 19:56

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Your spelling of "communist" should be censored

2023-07-23 17:19

Good major. It looks like the only FPS game that most chinese people seen was Crossfire or some other terrible counter-strike ripoff. Lets show the world real esport game

2023-07-22 19:57

do it but play the matches at a reasonable time for viewership

2023-07-22 20:00

Oh sheeet

2023-07-22 20:04

perfect world hosting a tournament? valve didnt learn from dota2?

2023-07-22 20:04

[skull emoji] (jk bc skulls aren't allowed in Chinese csgo)

2023-07-22 20:04

W shanghai but shenzhen would be a even bigger W

2023-07-22 20:04

How much did the csgo personalities get paid to promote this? Shills of corruption - Anders, freya, ynk, shroud, spunj, profeseur - and many more. All of you should be ashamed for letting this happen.

2023-07-22 20:06

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2023-07-22 20:16

dude, this scene is built on hooking underage boys to gambling, its already whatever for a long time

2023-07-22 20:19

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+1 these "high moral" comments are laughable

2023-07-22 20:40

And ESL is being sponsored by the US fucking Air Force lol

2023-07-25 13:13

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lmao I had forgotten about that. That's fucked up also

2023-07-25 20:00

Gonna be played on censored game version then lmao no skulls, blood etc.

2023-07-22 20:10

big L

2023-07-22 20:15

Well, at least we will have some new experience

2023-07-22 20:15

CHINA NUMBA WAN

2023-07-22 20:16

Shanghai Major... memories

2023-07-22 20:18

huge news

2023-07-22 20:18

Lets go CNCS!!!

2023-07-22 20:19

Shanghai, wo lai zhao ni!

2023-07-22 20:20

The Winter Major Doha 2023 The Summer Major Caracas 2024 The Winter Major Hong Kong 2024 The Summer Major Moscow 2025 The Winter Major Istanbul 2025

2023-07-22 20:24

Lets go

2023-07-22 20:25

gaben tryna get his social credits score up. china will be worst major ever if true. no scene, no top 10,000 players in china, and absolutely no enthnic uyghurs either according to supreme leader general Xi. very sad

2023-07-22 20:25

rare communism W

2023-07-22 20:27

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what communism are you talking about?

2023-07-22 20:42

come on China

2023-07-22 20:27

not bad Valve just need to make asia interested in csgo again. Not even huge in China rn but Shanghai is a nice city!

2023-07-22 20:30

best major ever

2023-07-22 20:31

Imagine bringing a major tournament in country which has 0 real legacy in the entire CS:GO history when everyone reasonable suggest to do it in country which by the fact deserves it (for example Australia by its community, Denmark by its legacy(done), Ukraine/Russia also by its legacy(sadly currently unavailable now). Don't know about USA or Canada, because last time they did a real thing was in 2018 winning a major and 2019 winning an IGS, and currently NA cs is dead (Team Liquid are proving my words). Btw if I'm not mistaken there were 0 Chinese players at Paris major xd

2023-07-22 20:35

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take it easy, it is china

2023-07-23 12:15

EZ for rare atom

2023-07-22 20:40

2 majors in a year? Whoa that is crazy, its not 2015 valvo calm down

2023-07-22 20:49

F1 hasn't managed to hold their event in China since 2020. If Valve manages this and not F1 I'd be surprised.

2023-07-22 20:56

north korea major when?

2023-07-22 20:57

place interesting but still L matches at 3am

2023-07-22 20:59

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3 AM?? matches can start at 15:00 PM when in EU is 9 AM

2023-07-22 22:37

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still matches before 2,3pm would be early, usually they're 11am and 1pm

2023-07-22 22:45

L Major incoming, worst country to host a Major in after maybe saudis

2023-07-22 21:04

NA major with this timezone lol

2023-07-22 21:04

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NA people are watching valorant and call of duty and rainbow siege anyways... not cs

2023-07-22 21:07

4 replies

sadly

2023-07-22 21:08

3 replies

so , better to have the major in asia timezone so more ppl can actually watch

2023-07-23 15:13

2 replies

yeah i just meant that this is a major for NA audiences too with this timezone that's all

2023-07-24 01:24

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yes but Atlanta, Boston, Columbus... it's time for a major in Asia. Finally

2023-07-24 15:32

Great news

2023-07-22 21:05

FANTASTIC NEWS! A major in china will be amazing for the development of the game in Asia !!!

2023-07-22 21:07

bad timezones, chinese censorship, above all chinese crowd.

2023-07-22 21:10

FINALLY

2023-07-22 21:11

About time honestly

2023-07-22 21:15

Looks like a job for James '2GD' Harding

2023-07-22 21:18

3 replies

#138 would be so funny.

2023-07-23 10:41

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I still remember watching the major live, he was literally the only thing that made the stream bearable. James is not an ass.

2023-07-23 16:52

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But GabeN is by firing him. But he was allowed to Host the last TI, because the Dota Host scene is lost and Frankie failed hard.

2023-07-23 17:24

As long as it’s not Saudi

2023-07-22 21:21

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2023-07-22 22:13

i like this, maybe it sparks some new interest from chinese players and orgs it's kinda boring for cs to be so EU-centric the crowd should be good too, while the competitive scene is lacking, the amount of chinese fans is insane. and as a bonus: no biased crowd, their teams are ass anyway lmao

2023-07-22 21:21

2 majors for pgl the f

2023-07-22 21:33

I really, really, hope this is not true. Please not China. Anywhere but China. South Sudan would be better.

2023-07-22 21:39

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2023-07-22 21:44

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Stfu u idiot! Why can I only meet Russians when I play csgo on a Japanese server? Lmao! Where the fk is Japanese player?? Japanese dare to mock China on CSGO is one of the best jokes of the year lol

2023-07-23 00:39

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lmao

2023-07-23 15:29

North Korea? Kim Jong Un definately would welcome GabeN with open arms

2023-07-23 01:21

I like more chengdu but Shangai is convinient.

2023-07-22 21:42

Shanghai is a cool city but it will be hell for players. How many visa issues will pros come across? And what will happen to players who have said/done things that don’t align with Chinese values? This will be even worse than the visa issues in USA events

2023-07-22 21:48

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^But if it works out it will be great for the scene

2023-07-22 21:49

which players said/done this? i doubt there are any

2023-07-22 22:41

china numba wan

2023-07-22 21:49

HYPE

2023-07-22 21:56

2023-07-22 21:58

Oh nooooo

2023-07-22 22:09

huhhhhh

2023-07-22 22:13

bing chilling

2023-07-22 22:24

Winnie Pooh saying nice clutch pls

2023-07-22 22:28

The time zone is not really bad.

2023-07-22 22:32

That's awesome!

2023-07-22 23:05

could a major in china actually sell??? considering there aren't any high level Chinese teams or even Asian teams. Is cs even popular in china??

2023-07-22 23:15

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crossfire is

2023-07-23 03:36

I like it !

2023-07-22 23:44

Can't wait for a terrible crowd and non-english stadium casting.

2023-07-22 23:48

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exactly, nightmare fuel like brazil

2023-07-23 02:36

thats a yikes dawg

2023-07-22 23:49

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+111111

2023-07-23 02:36

Cant wait to watch all the matches a fucking 2am. Ffs.

2023-07-22 23:55

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didnt even think of that, fuck

2023-07-23 02:36

China #1

2023-07-23 00:04

Uhhh okay ig

2023-07-23 00:30

huge W

2023-07-23 01:17

Time for HooXi to learn Chinese

2023-07-23 01:46

2 replies

with Hoo Ji Ping

2023-07-23 15:13

1 reply

HooXi to Guangdong Tigers

2023-07-23 18:43

I will not be staying up to 5am or so

2023-07-23 01:50

lame

2023-07-23 02:35

Yeah, tier-5 scene completely deserve, no money attached ahahhahah

2023-07-23 02:36

Uh if perfect world is one of the host, will the blood be censored to look like crude oil???!!

2023-07-23 03:11

RMR, 2weeks later to get a chinese visa... hmmhmhmhmhm

2023-07-23 03:35

insane crowd

2023-07-23 03:36

Yo thats cool chinese cs is not that bad tho. Hoping to see showmatch between chinese ordinary player against somple xiwoo with spinbot on 3rd round

2023-07-23 03:55

2023-07-23 03:57

Let's goooo LVG,see you guys in Shanghai!!! Westmelon you are the best rifleman in Asia. I will always trust you.

2023-07-23 04:44

PGL + DOTA 2 SHANGHAI MAJOR PTSD 💀💀💀 AWAREEEEEEE

2023-07-23 05:01

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as long James isn't involved in it kekw

2023-07-23 07:17

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Hope he gets the job. 2GD a Legend youtube.com/watch?v=hNVrqS1wUYY

2023-07-23 10:43

Ah almost forgot about that

2023-07-24 06:19

Biggest Valve L

2023-07-23 05:02

wtf?

2023-07-23 05:42

At this point PGL is the VALVE Esports branch

2023-07-23 06:05

BOYCOTT

2023-07-23 06:44

You can never get real viewership data in China LOL. Other than that, nothing different from other place. Time zone is actually EU friendly.

2023-07-23 07:04

booring

2023-07-23 08:08

no way back2back PGL majors. Valve literally wants to kill esports in their games. First Dota and now CS. But Shanghai is a W tho, China deserved CS major.

2023-07-23 09:15

shithole

2023-07-23 10:14

that place literally eats canines and thinks its okay wtf is wrong with everyone

2023-07-23 10:17

Are they going to play the weird Chinese copy of CS with anime girls and teddy bears?

2023-07-23 11:52

Oh no pls

2023-07-23 14:02

china top 1 counter strike.....

2023-07-23 15:23

If they can sell out stadium it will be huge W. If its like cluj napoca then gg China is biggest market, making CS popular there over shitlorant is an important task. They can bring more viewers than brazil and also a lot of money to the market considering how much they love skins

2023-07-23 16:56

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china isn't a big-shooter nation. They love kid-looking games more. There is a reason why CS is EU-related. But sure you only need 1% of china population to love CS and you have 14 million new fans.

2023-07-23 17:30

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Asia in general isnt very shooter lovely. As you said they like the cartoon style games. Buf if pubg could make it big for a few years in china maybe CS could too. Biggest problem is that CS isnt a popular game to watch on streams unless tournaments, whereas pubg was very enjoyable to watch outside of tournaments. I really hope this china major can be a huge success because it will eventually bring the other asian competitor countries into the game aswell (Kr and Jp)

2023-07-23 17:33

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> they like the cartoon style games this is not true at all, there's a reason games like Tekken, League and SC2/Brood War dominate Asian markets. League I guess is kind of cartoon-y but most games that are big esports in China/Korea are big everywhere

2023-07-24 01:27