Despite some talks that Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) was “too young” to replace the venerable Counter-Strike 1.6 in the Romanian eSport scene, the third season of the Romanian eSport Championship has proven without a doubt that professional players can adapt very quickly to change.
Over forty teams wanted to participate in the inaugural stage of the CS: GO Championship, with only 32 making the cut.
That didn’t stem the tide of new teams who expressed their interest in the new season, though, and PGL ultimately had to raise the maximum number of teams to 48 for the fourth stage.
However, even this might prove to be insufficient as over 30 teams enlisted in just the first two days of open registration, leaving many to wonder what the final tally will be at the end of the week. The same situation applies for Dota 2 as well, where the number of teams that registered for a stage has become almost twice as big as the number of available slots.
Naturally, with all the newcomers wanting to prove their worth, the established hierarchies from Season 2 have been shaken quite a bit. Nevertheless, the established names in the Romanian Counter-Strike scene—EQ, IGG or neXt Please—have no intention of riding off into the sunset and have already started to recruit new blood into their lineups to give their opponents a good run for their money.
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