Beyond the Summit announced the closure.

Tournament operator Beyond the Summit announced the closure. Over six years, the tournament operator held 8 CS:GO tournaments, 3 of which were RMR events. During the entire existence of BTS, $1,100,000 was won in CS:GO.

What were the tournaments there at Beyond The Summit?

BTS held a series of cs_summit tournaments, and their events were distinguished by a unique atmosphere. As part of the event, all the participants settled in one big house, and the players felt relaxed. Yes, it could not be called a serious tournament, but such events are also necessary, and many spectators liked them. While watching, you could feel yourself in the same circle with professionals who, without any problem, joined the analysts and commentators between their matches.

Now ESL is trying to create a similar atmosphere with the updated ESL Pro League studio format, and the tournament operator is doing well. In the final match of Group A, Rasmus HooXi Nielsen joined the commentators.

Related: "EPL studio format looks much better" - neL

The exit of tournament operators from CS:GO

After the news about the closure of BTS, the French journalist Guillaume neL Canelo noticed an exciting trend in CS:GO: the number of tournament operators has dramatically decreased.

It is very sad that Beyond The Summit has closed. It really was a tournament with a great look, a soul, something unique. Earlier in CS, there were ESL, DreamHack, StarLadder, BLAST, ESWC, PGL, ELEAGUE, ESEA, BTS, EPICENTER, MLG, FACEIT, and so on. Now only ESL and BLAST are left.

Guillaume neL Canelo

And neL has the right to such an opinion - about other tournament operators that conduct regular tournaments, in addition to ESL and BLAST. For example, ELEAGUE does not hold tournaments, StarLadder does not hold regular leagues, and FACEIT does not have its own events. However, before, there were a huge number of large tournaments from different operators. However, neL's opinion cannot be considered entirely correct.

A large number of new operators appeared

Yes, operators leave and close, but new ones take their place. One of the new openings is the Champions of Champions Tour or CCT. This is not quite a tournament operator but rather an association of tournament operators that conduct many regional tournaments, ending with LAN finals. In addition, CCT made its own series, in which sometimes even tier-1 teams participate.

Elisa Esport with its LAN events, FiReLeague, is just entering the scene. And if we talk about the departed TO, then most of them simply entered the ESL monopoly, which is why the tournament operator now has so many events. However, things on stage are not as bad as they look.