You might’ve heard about BLAST’s odd choice of locale for their Major press conference. who gave them the keys to the Eiffel tower? What you might not have known is that we were there! Okay, maybe not like that, and we weren’t there per se. But we also sort of *were “*there”, by attending the press conference virtually. the wonders of technology
Straight off the bat BLAST hit at our biggest question, would we have to listen to that “language” some call “French” in the arena? Fortunately for all but Quebec, the casting will be done in English. Only some "entertainment pieces", as they were called, will be in French. Realistically, this means there will probably be a split between French and English for the broadcast critical moments and working the crowd.
It’s important to know for sure since you’ll be spending a good amount of time watching CS in person. More than normal in fact, another topic discussed was the possibility of the Challengers and Legends Stages being held in front of crowds. Not the arena, but “a balance of maybe opening up to the public." as said by Nicolas Estrup from BLAST, one of the speakers at the presser.
That’s all they confirmed on the matter, but we’re in favor of more crowds. CS:GO is better when there’s someone to scream with the frags, well, other than the casters of course. 2020 wasn’t a good year for CS.
Last but not least, we got confirmation of the RMR locations. Some are very good to see, like Mongolia which has slowly been becoming one of the bigger forces in the Asia/Oceania scene. Others, namely Denmark, are par for the course. That’s not a negative mind you, just we’re used to it.
Confirmed RMR Locations:
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