Who will receive direct invitations to RMR for Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024 and play in the qualifiers?
The tournament season of the second half of 2024 has just begun, and very soon we will be waiting for the RMR qualifiers, and the second major itself is just around the corner this year. Perfect World Shanghai Major will be the first championship from Valve, which uses the rating system of developers to issue direct invitations. Also, for the first time in the history of Counter-Strike, Valve has abandoned open qualifiers, which means that teams that have not earned enough points during the season will not be able to get to the tournament, and you and your friends will not be able to try your hand at eSports. This decision was made by the community with extreme negativity, so it is possible that qualifiers will return in the future.
However, only teams that received direct invitations to RMR or closed qualifiers will be able to go to Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024. The final rating update took place on August 6 and the list of teams that will fight for tickets to the main championship of the season is already known. In this article, we will tell you which teams will already play at RMR, and who will have to go through a difficult path in the qualifications.
Invites to RMR
European RMR:
- G2 Esports
- Natus Vincere
- Team Vitality
- FaZe Clan
- Ninjas in Pyjamas
- 3DMAX
- BetBoom Team
- Aurora Gaming
- Team Spirit
- MOUZ
- Astralis
- Virtus.pro
- Eternal Fire
- HEROIC
- Falcons
- Fnatic
The invites to the European RMR were extremely predictable, the best teams in the region got tickets. The only question was whether Aurora would get a slot, since the team was ranked 17th, and the 16 best teams get them. But thanks to the decision of Team Liquid, who went to the easier American region, we will see the team on RMR.
American RMR:
- Team Liquid
- FURIA
- Complexity
- 9z
- paiN
- MIBR
- M80
- Imperial
In the not very competitive NA region, the slots were given to the teams that were supposed to. All of these teams often play in international championships and will clearly be stronger than their opponents from the region.
Asia-Pacific RMR:
- The MongolZ
- FlyQuest
- Lynn Vision
There were only three slots for RMR in the Asian region, which is justified by the fact that there are no teams that could compete on equal terms with the world’s giants. The invitation of The MongolZ and FlyQuest is definitely justified, the teams are currently playing at IEM Cologne 2024, and the last slot went to Lynn Vision, who had also previously attended some tournaments.
Invites to the closed qualifiers for RMR Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024
European RMR:
- ENCE
- Sangal
- BLEED
- B8
- GamerLegion
- Dynamo Eclot
- PARIVISION
- Monte
- KOI
- 1win
- TSM
- SINNERS
- Rhyno Esports
- BC.Game
- Enterprise
- UNiTY
- BIG
- Johnny Speeds
- SAW
- Nemiga
- Zero Tenacity
- AMKAL
- Sashi
- 9Pandas
- Passion UA
- Cloud9
- OG
- ARCRED
- Rebels Gaming
- Permitta
- ex-Pera Esports
- Insilio
Unlike the invites to the European RMR, the story with the closed qualifiers turned out to be much more interesting. Here we will be able to watch the performance of such suspicious teams, suspected of cheating and 322, as Johnny Speeds, Zero Tenacity, Permitta and ex-Pera Esports.
It was also unclear until the end whether the new Cloud9 roster would be able to perform at the qualifiers; to rank in the Valve rating, the team had to play at least ten matches, but they managed to play only six. It is still not entirely clear how C9 ended up at the closed qualifiers, but perhaps they had to return Ilya Perfecto Zalutskiy to the roster, and declare Timofey interz Yakushin as a stand-in.
But this is not the biggest scandal at the European closed qualifiers. Valve recently updated the rules for holding tournaments, where they stated that the organizers have the right to remove teams involved in unfair play from participation. However, Perfect World still issued an invite to BC.Game, whose player was literally banned by the Akros anti-cheat the other day. Joel joel Holmlund’s guilt has not yet been fully proven, but he has already been suspended from the team, and anti-cheat representatives have stated that there will be no unban. The entire community is tormented by the question of why a team that earned the necessary points with a cheater in the lineup receives an invitation to the most important qualifiers, but there is no answer to it.
American RMR:
North American Qualifier:
- Legacy
- Wildcard
- NRG
- Nouns
- Party Astronauts
- Elevate
- E-Xolos LAZER
- BOSS
- LAG Gaming
- Mythic
- FLUFFY AIMERS
- Phoenix
- Limitless
- Homyno
- Take Flyte
- ex-Limitless
South American Qualifier:
- RED Canids
- Fluxo
- ODDIK
- Sharks
- BESTIA
- inSanitY
- Team Solid
- Bounty Hunters Esports
- Case Esports
- KRÜ Esports
- Galorys
- Hype Esports
- Vikings KR
- Dusty Roots
- Intense Game
- w7m esports
The American RMR qualifiers are split into two regions: North and South America. Some interesting representatives include NRG with Nick nitr0 Cannella, who has returned from Valorant, Mythic with Ryan freakazoid Abadir, and Marcelo coldzera David’s team – RED Canids.
Asia-Pacific RMR:
Oceanic Qualifier:
- Rooster
- Bad News Kangaroos
- Mindfreak
- KZG
Chinese Qualifier:
- TYLOO
- Rare Atom
- CatEvil
East Asian Qualifier:
- Chinggis Warriors
- ATOX Esports
- Akimbo Esports
- GR Gaming
Southeast Asian Qualifier:
- Gods Reign
- True Rippers
Middle Eastern Qualifier:
- NOM Esports
The Asian region is the only one that still has open qualifiers. And there are the most qualifiers in this region, as many as 5 of them. Of the more famous ones, there are TYLOO, who disappeared from the tier-1 scene and lost key players, Rare Atom and True Rippers, who were spotted at the scandalous Skyesports Championship 2024.
The closed qualifiers in August are just the very beginning of the major, you will have to wait a little longer for the RMR tournaments themselves, until November. The main spectacle will take place there, but already at the qualifiers, there is someone to keep an eye on. Who knows, maybe one of these teams will eventually become the champion of Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024.