XANTARES Calls Skyesports Championship The "Worst Tournament" Ever

Skyesports Championship 2024, which was supposed to be the biggest CS2 event held in India, is off to a problematic start. The event met with constant tech issues resulting in heavy delays mid game.

Soon after the first game of the day started, the electricity went out, which was followed by internet connection disrupted as well. 

This resulted in The MongolZ vs True Rippers, which was a BO1, getting over after three hours. The other matches of the day didn't even take place and were postponed to July 24.

Skyesports Championship 2024 Update:

We regret to inform you that due to unforeseen technical issues and despite our best efforts to address them, we have decided to postpone the matches to Day 2 (July 24).

Our team is diligently working to resolve these issues and will bring…

— Skyesports (@skyesportsintl) July 23, 2024

These were not the only issues faced by teams participating in the event. Before the event began, Ozzny shared a video of Magnojez from BetBoom showing the dirty practice rooms teams had, highlighting the broken tables, unactivated windows, and more. 

CS2 Pro 'Magnojez' shared the conditions of the practice rooms for the Skyesports CS2 tournament in India 🇮🇳

It's not looking good 😬pic.twitter.com/uJBR2zJrm0

— Ozzny (@Ozzny_CS2) July 22, 2024

Tweeting about the whole situation, XANTARES from Eternal Fire said, "I have never seen such a bad tournament in my life, the PCs are extremely bad, there were nails on the tables, now the electricity goes out first, then the internet goes out, it's a disgrace."

Another video was shared by CS2CIS, revealing that practice PCs were taken away from them without any explanation or warning. 

r3salt: "If I understood correctly, we can only play official matches and no practicing from now"

— CIS CS2 NEWS (@CS2CIS) July 23, 2024

Apart from this, Magnojez also asked other players to log out of the Steam accounts to secure the private information. 

"It is obvious that practice room is a personal zone for teams, where printed analtics/strategies are located, and the guys go there without warning, take out computers, monitors and put dirty things on the carpets," said Magnojez.

As a result, BetBoom has withdrawn from the event due to "unmet promised conditions and unsuccessful attempts to resolve issues with the organizers."

"We believe that fair competition requires a level playing field for all teams, which is currently not the case," the official statement by BetBoom said.

pic.twitter.com/kfwOiOq9XV

— BetBoom Team (@BetBoomTeam) July 23, 2024

Apart from Skyesports postponing the matches to Day 2, no other statement has been given by them regarding the current situation of the tournament.