HLTV.org denied entry into Mind Sports

We at HLTV.org regrettably inform that we have not been given press accreditation for the AMD Sapphire CS:GO tournament, hosted by Heaven Media this weekend.

After learning that the Czech tournament would feature some of the best CS:GO teams in the scene, we contacted Heaven Media on Tuesday evening with a view to securing press accreditation for one of our journalists.

Their response came on Wednesday afternoon: we were told that due to "space issues" at the five-star Corinthia hotel, there is not enough room to accommodate one more single journalist inside the venue. We were also told they are unable to hand out more press accreditations at this time, since we are "too close to the event."

As you can certainly imagine, we operate on a tight budget, and we have to prioritise events where we know that the top teams will be in attendance; as such, it was impossible for us to express our interest in attending this event before, since the participating teams are being announced just days before the tournament actually starts.

None of the major websites that cover CS:GO that we have contacted will send a single journalist to Prague, the only exception being Cadred.org, which is part of the Heaven Media Group and has been announcing on its website for the past few days that it will be doing exclusive coverage of the tournament.

We also have to add that since HLTV.org was created in 2002, this is the very first time that we are not given press accreditation for a tournament.

We regret that we will not be allowed to do what we do best and that those who follow our website will be deprived of our quality on-site coverage of LAN events. We would like to apologise to our users, but rest assured that we will do the best we can to bring you all the info about this tournament from home.