I don’t know if I can provide an accurate tldr but from what I understand:
Astralis planned to bench one of their players “br0”
they claimed he was unfit to play for an upcoming tournament, and requested to use player “Cadian” as a substitute
“br0” and his agent denied those claims, saying he felt perfectly fine
the rule book of tournament organiser “Blast” states that if a player is unfit to play, the coach has to be subbed in as a player
fielding “Cadian” instead of the Astralis coach would break those rules, yet “Blast” gave them green light
in response/protest, all in game leaders from other teams decided to not show up at the photo taking thing for the tournament, saying they felt unfit to participate
prompts a request from “Blast” for an investigation
I may have missed things, anyone with better info, feel free to correct me
Edit. Here’s some better, more factual articles than my own recollection:
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I don’t know if I can provide an accurate tldr but from what I understand:
I may have missed things, anyone with better info, feel free to correct me
Edit. Here’s some better, more factual articles than my own recollection:
https://www.hltv.org/news/39897/astralis-got-cadian-in-for-the-fall-final-on-an-emergency-sub-was-it-against-the-rules
https://www.hltv.org/news/39917/seven-captains-unite-to-protest-blast-astralis-decision-in-open-letter
https://www.hltv.org/news/39949/blast-request-esic-investigation-into-astralis-emergency-substitution-for-blast-fall-final
Merci!