Notable players missing the BLAST Paris Major 2023
Sixteen of the world’s best CS:GO squads will descend upon Paris on May 8 for the BLAST Paris Major Challenger Stage, with a further eight waiting in the New Legends Stage.
History will be made in what has been confirmed to be the final Major for Global Offensive, with Counter-Strike 2 set to release this summer. But while some of the globe’s best will go head-to-head in the coming weeks, there are players that didn’t make the cut, some that fell embarrassingly short of qualification, and others that will say farewell to one of the greatest chapters in Counter-Strike esports history from home.