CSGO Announces Regional Major Rankings System for ESL One Rio Major

Valve has released leaderboards in preparation for the ESL One Rio Major. In March, Valve said teams were required to re-qualify for the sole CSGO Major of 2020, due to the long time between the StarLadder Berlin Major (September 2019) and the ESL One Rio Major (November). ). Now, fans and teams alike know exactly how the new system works.

The new system will be called Regional Major Rankings. It includes tournaments for participating teams to earn RMR points, starting with the ESL Road to Rio series.

The developer also divided the points for the teams based on the rankings in Berlin last time. ESL Road to Rio kicks off in May and will be the first chance for teams to accumulate extra points.

Here are the current rankings that Valve has pre-split:

StarLadder Berlin Champion, 800 points:

2-8, 600 points:

• Virtus.pro (precursor to AVANGAR)
• 100Thieves (predecessor Renegades)
• Evil Geniuses (predecessor to NRG Esports)
• ENCE
• Team Vitality
• Natus Vincere
• Team Liquid

Rank 9-16, 300 points:

• mousesports
• G2 Esports
• C0ntact Gaming (predecessor CR4ZY)
• MIBR
• FaZe Clan
• North
• Ninjas in Pajamas
• DreamEaters

In addition, Valve also announced the number of points that can be received in each RMR. ESL Road to Rio gets the fewest points, while the final RMR is worth the most.

Places	Road to Rio (May)	RMR 2 (Summer)	RMR 3 (Fall)
first	1,600 won	2,000 won	2,500
2	1,500 yen	1.875	2,344
3	1,400	1,750	2,188
4	1,300	1.625	2,031
5	1,200	1,500 yen	1.875
6	1,100	1.375	1,719
7	1,000	1,250	1.563
8	900	1.125	1.406
9	800	1,000	1,250
ten	700	875	1.094
11	600	750	938
twelfth	500	625	781
13	400	500	625
14	300	375	469
15	200	250	313
16	100	125	156

CSGO Major regional slots are determined by the number of teams in Berlin

Teams will compete for a place in the Major. Each slot is determined by “the team’s performance in the pre-Major region,” Valve explained. It appears that Valve is merely using the number of representatives from each region in the StarLadder Berlin group stage and using that number to determine the slot for each region.

Valve details how the odds are divided for each region as follows:

Admission to Rio November 2020
	EUR	CIS	NA	SA	AS	OC
Legends	3	2	3*	0	0	0
Challengers (predecessor Returning Challengers)	6	first	first	0	0	0
Contenders (predecessor New Challengers)	2	2	first	first	first	first
Total number of seats	11	5	5	first	first	first

*Teams that are currently unable to travel to their region will be invited to secure their spot in the region they are currently in.

Valve’s * is to refer to Complexity Gaming, the North American organization whose roster is in Europe during the ESL Pro League. Although the EPL has ended, it is unclear if the team will be able to return to North America in time for the Road to Rio tournament.

If Complexity is still in Europe, they will have a tougher confrontation. In North America, the chances of winning 1 in 3 are much higher.

The new rules are used to replace the loss of Regional Major Rankings points

Valve also announced many new regulations for the RMR system. Teams must register for RMR tournaments with the same 5 players. Otherwise, Valve will deduct team points equal to 20% of total RMR for each player, up to a maximum of 2 members. If the team alternates three or more between one RMR and the next, the team loses all of its points and starts at zero.

Valve also talked specifically about using match coaches, to reinforce the decision to limit communication between coaches and players during timeouts in 2016. Prior to the 2016 change, coaches and players could talk. comfortable in a round.

If the coach plays for a player in RMR and the team receives a point, they will lose 20% of the points earned. If the substitute player returns to the main roster of the event and replaces the coach, the team will regain 80% of the 20% of the points lost if a coach was used.

It seems that Valve does not need to register a substitute player, nor does it require the team to prepare one. The team only requires the registration of “5 members and a coach if any”.

The Road to Rio 24-team tournament will begin at the end of April, with regional qualifiers taking place over several weeks. Teams that often struggle on LAN will have a chance to make it to the ESL One Rio Major in this online format.

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