https://x.com/entropiqteam/status/1796616530270068762?s=46&t=-3egK92HOw99oyeW3UFXsw
been a while, i know faze had a deal that autoqualified them for all the esl stuff
https://www.hltv.org/events/7552/blast-premier-spring-groups-2024
https://www.hltv.org/events/7440/esl-pro-league-season-19
you can see current partner teams here in these events. this will all stop next year but the major qualifiers have nothing to do with this.
idk anything abt the CS system, but valorant's isn't even franchising because teams don't own their slots right?
CS doesn't have franchising. Some tournament orgs allow partnered teams, so consistently good teams or orgs with big viewership can ensure an invite, some may even auto them past the first group stage. But that's the biggest extent of it.
It has never applied to Majors.
They'll still be playing against teams or any tier of they manage to qualify for the event.
It's not like the Valorant closed circuit
It doesn't even remove Open Qualifiers as a whole, just removes them from direct qualification. You have to qualify and make another event and do well enough to justify bringing them into the RMR. Cinderella runs are just a little harder but when they happen they should be of a better quality.