On Aug. 6, Valve released a new update to its regional standings that determine the invitations for Counter-Strike 2 Shanghai Major’s RMR and its closed qualifiers. The best squads in each region are invited directly to the RMR, while the worst have to go through the qualifier first.
There is a catch, though. HLTV confirmed each organization can only submit one CS2 team to the Shanghai Major and its qualifiers. This means a few orgs have to decide which squads they want to use in the Major run. The organizations impacted include Imperial, MOUZ, and FlyQuest, whose female or academy teams are also eligible to qualify based solely on the standings. The latter issued a petition on Aug. 6 to Valve to change this rule.