PGL Updates Qualification Rules for Antwerp Major 2022: American RMR

The PGL Major Antwerp 2022: American RMR (Regional Major Rankings) tournament is scheduled to take place from 11^th to 15^th April on LAN at the PGL Studio in Bucharest, Romania.

While the community is excited to witness the clash between some of the best CS:GO teams from North and South America in a LAN setup, they were concerned about certain consequences that could arise due to the Buchholz system being used by the tournament organizers.

Though the issue was being discussed between community members, it got pushed into the limelight following a series of tweets by the founder and CEO of FURIA Esports, Jaime Pádua, who spoke about the issue in great detail while also suggesting a viable solution.

Within 24 hours of the issue being highlighted, PGL has come forward with an update on its ruling for the Swiss format being followed by American RMR.

PGL updates Swiss Format rules for PGL Major Antwerp 2022: American RMR

Yesterday on 6^th April, FURIA's CEO and founder had highlighted how the Buchholz system being followed for the American RMR could create problems for the participating teams.

As there is only one 'Legend Status' spot for the American RMR and two teams that will be ending with a '3-0' scoreline, it could lead to some problems as the Buchholz system offers more points to teams that beat better competitors.

This could lead to an unfair judgement, so Jaime Pádua suggested that an extra best-of-three tie breaker should be implemented for all teams that end with a '3-0', '3-1', and '3-2' scorelines.

Within 24 hours, PGL has listened to this solution and implemented it as it is for teams that will be ending with a '3-2' scoreline. In total, two decider matches will be played on 15^th April for determining which teams qualify for the Antwerp Major.

However, the solution seems to be implemented only for the teams that end with a '3-2' scoreline, the first three teams qualifying will continue to be decided using the Buchholz system.

This decision has the community divided as it seems to be a partial resolution of the problem at hand. It remains to be seen if any further changes will be made by PGL or not.