GamerLegion have found themselves at the centre of an esports controversy following an error in Valve’s February ranking update.<\/p>\n
A glitch in the calculation system caused the European organisation to lose their crucial 12th-place standing, which directly impacted their invitations to key Counter-Strike 2<\/a> tournaments such as BLAST Open Spring and PGL Bucharest.<\/p>\n The organisation is now demanding transparency and urging Valve to rectify the issue promptly.<\/p>\n Valve’s team rankings are pivotal in determining invitations to premier tournaments.<\/p>\n However, the latest update failed to award points to teams still competing in IEM Katowice<\/a>, while teams already eliminated received their rightful evaluations.<\/p>\n This discrepancy was first flagged by Complexity’s manager, Graham “messioso” Pitt, on X and soon picked up by GamerLegion, whose ranking was directly affected.<\/p>\n There is a pretty major flaw in the way Valve (and HLTV?) are calcualating the VRS with regards to on-going events (in todays case, Katowice) which has been going on for months but since today is a major invite cut-off it's more relevent than ever.<\/p>\n On a very basic level – teams\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/g6Lb2j1le7<\/a><\/p>\n — Graham Pitt (@messioso) February 3, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n \n