As a part of the CS Asia Championships 2023, event organizer Excellent World has introduced that will probably be internet hosting a CS2 Shanghai Main in 2024. The event would be the second Main of the 12 months, after Might’s upcoming PGL Main Copenhagen 2024.
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Credit score: Excellent World
Second CS2 Main
We’ve seen loads of enthusiasm for aggressive Counter-Strike throughout the CS Asia Championships 2023, displaying why Shanghai is a good alternative for a Main. Considerably, it’s going to characterize the primary time Asia has ever hosted a CS Main. Hopefully, we see some groups from that area resembling TYLOO and Lynn Imaginative and prescient Gaming enhance to the purpose the place they’ll play in entrance of the house crowd.
Excellent World hasn’t confirmed concrete dates for the CS2 Shanghai Main 2024. Nonetheless, given PGL Main Copenhagen 2024 takes place in Might, it’s secure to imagine that we are able to anticipate the second CS2 Main to happen in late November / early December.
Main Rumors
Rumors swirled earlier this 12 months round Valve opening up CS2 Main proposals for 2025 and 2026. It’s unknown if the corporate had selected a CS2 Shanghai Main then, however there are some attention-grabbing tidbits reviewing that announcement.
“We usually prioritize occasions that happen in areas the place a TO has beforehand held profitable occasions.”
China hasn’t been a very common location for Counter-Strike tournaments, nonetheless, it’s a present of religion from Valve to provide the nation its largest honor.
“The occasion needs to be time zone handy for a major proportion of CS2 prospects (the sport has two prime-times, one at 16:00 CET and one at 21:00 CET).”
Any occasion held in China will fall outdoors of those time zones. It’ll be attention-grabbing to see how (or if) they adapt to most being in a very completely different time zone. We anticipate to listen to extra about Excellent World’s CS2 Shanghai Main shifting into 2024.