After Perfect World published information about the upcoming global RMR qualifiers, where the top teams will qualify for the long-awaited Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024, the community noticed that the RMR schedule coincides with the BLAST World Finals 2024.

RMR Asia starts on November 11, while the BLAST World Finals 2024 begins on November 13 and runs until November 17. Most teams at the BLAST tournament will be from Europe, where the RMR starts on November 17, meaning the grand finalists of BLAST will have to choose: play the BLAST finals or travel to the RMR with a potential spot at the Major. The RMR dates were confirmed by Valve, while the BLAST tournament at this time was announced on November 27, 2023.

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It is still unknown what BLAST or Valve will do, and community reactions are mixed. Most believe that BLAST should move their tournament date to another, it should be mentioned that the location for the BLAST World Finals 2024 is still unknown, it might just be Shanghai to ease the teams' issues, but we will find out later.

So far, both BLAST and Perfect World have not commented on this situation. The community and players are shocked by this situation and are all waiting to see how it will be resolved, as both tournaments are important for the players' careers.