September 27 was a long-awaited day for many fans of the Counter-Strike game series, as the developers finally released the CS2 game.

However, despite this important news, many professional tournaments, including the playoff stage of EPL Season 18, still remain loyal to CS:GO. Let's analyze why this situation has appeared.

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The main reason for CS:GO's remaining hold on tournament arenas is due to several factors, including:

1. Despite the expectations and hopes for a successful launch, many players and teams report that there are raw issues in CS2 that make it less preferable for competition. This takes time to address and refine the game.
   
2. An important aspect remains the lack of functionality in CS2, which can limit professional teams in their strategies and tactics. For now, CS:GO provides a wider range of options for teams. For example, even the fact that right now a coach can't enter a match!
   
3. As with many new game releases, CS2 faces the usual bugs and technical issues that take time to resolve. Most of them have already been fixed of course, but a lot of them are still in the game.
   

Thus, despite the release of CS2, official matches at major tournaments will probably remain on CS:GO for the time being. However, it is worth noting that once CS2 is a more stable and competition-ready platform, we can expect a gradual transition to the new game.

In case of possible problems with CS:GO, matches may be rescheduled according to the established rules, which may result in schedule changes between 0-36 hours.