Valve require publicly disclose conflicts of interest on CS2 pro scene

Counter-Strike 2 developers have once again adjusted the official tournament rulebook. This time, Valve has made changes to the section on conflicts of interest: according to the edited set of rules, all conflicts of interest must be disclosed publicly.

The updated section now looks as follows (changes are highlighted in bold):

Tournament Operator and Tournament staff may not have any business relationship, including, but not limited to, shared management, shared ownership of entities, licensing, and loans, whether related to Valve Games or otherwise (each an "Entanglement") with any Participant unless approved by Valve and publicly disclosed.

An Entanglement is considered approved if (a) it is disclosed to Valve in writing and (b) publicly disclosed and (c) Valve has not objected to within 90 days of the disclosure to Valve; provided that only disclosures after the Effective Date of the Agreement shall trigger the 90 days period.

The latest update to the Counter-Strike 2 tournament rulebook was released on March 15 – it concerned invites and team seeding. Among other things, Valve increased the minimum number of invitations to tier 1 events from 16 to 20.

Origin: github.com