BLAST will not implement CS:GO coaching changes despite Valve ruling

BLAST Premier events will still permit Counter-Strike: Global Offensive coaches in the same room as their players, according to the tournament organiser, despite recent rulings for Valve-associated events prohibiting it.

In a statement ahead of the BLAST Premier Spring group stage from BLAST's newly-appointed commissioner Andrew Haworth, the tournament organiser's position on the matter was made clear, saying it would permit coaches to communicate with their players and be in the same room as them during matches. This is something Valve has now banned for upcoming Regional Major Ranking events (which see teams earn points to qualify for the PGL Stockholm Major in October) following the rampant abuse of CS:GO's coach spectator bug that continues to be investigated by the Esports Integrity Commission.

"We believe that the mechanisms we have in place enable us to listen and observe coaches actions when they are on the server and in the room with the players," Haworth reassures in the statement.

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