Valve grants BC.Game Asia exception for Singapore Major

Valve has assigned BC.Game’s roster to the Asia region and made it eligible for an invitation to the PGL Major Singapore, despite the team not meeting the tournament’s three-month regional eligibility requirement.

The ruling was added to Valve’s tournament operation requirements exceptions list on GitHub. The assigned roster consists of Denis “asap” Dautov, Emil “Magisk” Reif, Kamil “mzinho” Szkaradek, Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev and Sanzhar “Senzu” Nurlanuly.

Valve changed its rules for regional assignments one day before approving BC.Game’s exception. Under the revised policy, a roster can receive a regional assignment only if it has not appeared on another region’s VRS list during the previous three calendar months.

The rule was introduced to prevent teams from switching from stronger regions to weaker regions with fewer VRS points shortly before Major qualification. It followed Sashi’s decision to adopt an Asian core in an attempt to qualify for the Singapore Major.

The change also affected BC.Game and WW after both teams changed their regional status. Valve warned that the teams would be disqualified from the Major qualification process unless they contacted the company and found a solution.

BC.Game CEO Ali “Ako” Muhanned asked Valve to remove the team’s existing VRS points and let it begin the Asian qualification race with zero points. Coach Wiktor “TaZ” Wojtas described the rule as “difficult for me to accept” and confirmed that BC.Game would appeal while accepting Valve’s final decision.

Valve has now approved the appeal by assigning BC.Game to Asia. Qualification projections had already listed the team as having secured an invitation before the regional assignment was formally approved.

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