The highly anticipated ESL Pro League Season 14 is to be played online instead of in a LAN environment. Here’s the announcement:
ESL Pro League Season 14 to be played online instead of LAN – Why?
Originally this upcoming season and the one prior were intended to play out in an offline studio in Malta. However, due to developments in the current health situation around the world, travel restrictions are limiting all teams to come to LAN as previously planned. Because of this, ESL have decided to once again host EPL from an online platform, and will consist of the usual 24 teams competing.
What’s good about this is that during this player break, these teams have the option to either compete in ESL Pro League from their home or plan a bootcamp location somewhere in Europe. The event is still scheduled to play out between the 16th of August, till the 12th of September.
How did the players react?
While some players are happy to return to the online format, others are not. This will certainly impact how the event will play out, but unfortunately there’s nothing we can do about it.
ESL finalized their statement by emphasising that after EPL 14, they will be reviewing how the pandemic develops. If the situation is clearer and more ideal, they are to host another CS:GO LAN event in 2021.
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