ohnePixel, a well-known streamer and blogger throughout Europe, today announced the signing of a CS2 team. Which will participate in the Asian Open Qualifiers.
Lineup details
The new squad, the name of which is still unknown, includes the following players:
The coach of the team will be the streamer himself, but whether it's a joke or not is unknown. But most likely it will be known a little later. The captain of the team will be Woro2k, who was previously the captain of Monte.
Details of the opportunity to play in the qualifiers at MENA
The team has two Israelis and hadji, who has Moroccan citizenship. In Valve's rankings, Morocco is equal to the Africa region and Israel to Asia.
That said, there are 3 global regions in the VALVE rankings: Europe, Americas, Asia. Anything not in Europe/Americas is automatically dropped into the Asia region, even Antarctica.
🇩🇪 @ohnePixel has formed his own team to participate in the 🇨🇳 @PerfectWorld Shanghai Major 2024.
— bo3.gg (@CS2_bo3gg) August 12, 2024
The team roster:
🇺🇦 @woro2k
🇫🇷 @hAdjiCSGO
🇮🇱 @AMSALEMcs
🇮🇱 @meztalCS
🇺🇦 @Kvem_csgo
🇩🇪OhnePixel (Coach) pic.twitter.com/5y0Fjsc6L5
Team Goals
According to the streamer, the main goal of the team will be to qualify for Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024, which will be held in China from November 30 to December 15. The roster is signed exclusively for qualifications and the tournament itself.
When asked if players will be signed for other tournaments or further, he said that this is a one-time promotion for the duration of the tournament and they will see how they continue from there. Most likely the players will be released and become free agents.
Community Reaction
After the signing, it came as a surprise to everyone and most thought it was a joke. But when it became clear that he was serious everyone was surprised.
Some top teams, coaches and some players started joking about it, creating jokes about it. In most cases about him being a coach.
READ MORE: MOUZ qualify for IEM Cologne 2024 playoffs.
Qualification dates
Open qualifications will begin on August 21, from where an unknown number of teams will qualify for the Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024: Middle Eastern Qualifier. From there it will be on to Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024: Asia-Pacific RMR, where spots in the main tournament will be up for grabs.
Closed Qualifiers will start on August 25 and run until August 27, from where only 1 out of 8 teams will qualify.
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