Liquid GM: "We did not ask to be put in the Rest of the World Showdown"

Earlier today, BLAST announced that the North American showdown would be consolidated and restructured as a "Rest of the World Showdown", which almost entirely becomes the Americas with one single Asian import team. Oh, and Liquid, now with a European roster, is playing as well.

However, Liquid did not want to participate in the showdown as Steve "jokasteve" Perino, Liquid CS:GO Manager said in a tweet. "We did not ask to be placed in the rest of the world showdown. We actually pushed to be in the EU showdown due to the logistical hurdles of getting our roster in NA, and knowing it would be more fair."

BLAST explained why Liquid were headed back to North America to compete in the online competition, despite the long travel. Before the roster changes over the summer, Liquid were already headed to the Fall Showdown as they are considered a BLAST North American partner team. Perino contests that Liquid wanted to remain in Europe, but for this edition it does not seem possible. Going forward, Perino says that BLAST will fix this issue.

The following teams will take part in the Rest of The World Showdown October 4th through October 10th: