S1mple Explains Why BLAST Premier World Final 2021 Will Be Held Without Audience
The GOAT of CS:GO knows it all.
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Natus Vincere (NAVI) are the favorites going into the last big CS:GO tournament of the year, BLAST Premier: World Final 2021. The CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States) juggernauts have dominated 2021 so far by winning every CS:GO LAN tournament, including the Stockholm Major where they went undefeated to create history.
Unfortunately, the upcoming World Final 2021 will not be taking place in front of a live audience. Instead, it will be taking place on LAN in a closed studio. According to BLAST, the decision was taken keeping in mind the health and safety of the participating teams, talent, and staff.
However, Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev in a recent Twitch stream provided a very different reason behind the tournament taking place on LAN at BLAST Premier's studio in Copenhagen.
S1mple reveals why BLAST World Final is taking place on LAN without spectators
The final tournament of the BLAST Premier 2021 circuit, World Final, featuring $1,000,000 USD in total prize pool is all set to take place from 14th to 19th December 2021 on LAN at BLAST's studio in Copenhagen.
The organizer's highlighted the reason behind this decision being "the current COVID-19 restrictions and guidelines in place". However, s1mple, who is on an incredibly hot LAN streak this year, provided a very different reason for the event taking place without a live audience.
They (BLAST) wanted to host the tournament (World Final 2021) in some Arab country. But they ended up changing everything, and they did not have enough time to book the Royal Arena (stadium where BLAST Premier: Fall Finals 2021 had taken place). They are required to book the arena in advance, but they simply didn't have time.Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev - Statement on Twitch Stream
Note: The above has been translated to English by DeepL with some changes to maintain brevity and clarity.
The following was stated by s1mple during a recent Twitch stream while he enjoyed playing Call of Duty: Warzone with some of his friends. A viewer asked why the BLAST Premier: Fall Final 2021 was not taking place in a stadium with a live audience, to which the above response was provided by s1mple.
NAVI will be looking to end the year with one final victory at the World Final 2021, a title which they will be defending as they are also the winners of BLAST Premier: Global Final 2020 which took place in January earlier this year.
