Counter-Strike 2 tournament BC.Game Masters has announced that esports organisation BC.Game will not compete at the event.
Due to Valve‘s stance on conflicts of interest, the team won’t feature in the Tier 2 event taking place from March 24th to 26th.
On February 11th, BC.Game Masters revealed that the team, which features Oleksandr ‘s1mple‘ Kostyliev, won’t attend the LAN “to avoid speculation” surrounding any conflicts of interest between the team and the event organiser.
According to HLTV, a Valve spokesperson noted that no team is able to compete in an event where the title sponsor of a team is also sponsoring the tournament.