Valve pushes Ranking Update ahead of RMR Closed Qualifier Invites
Yesterday, Valve published an update to their Regional Standings, marking the first update in over a month. With the recent announcement by PGL on December 7th, this latest update will be the final snapshot of the scene before Valve pushes another update and PGL send out invites for each region's respective Closed Qualifier on December 18th. As such, this update is incredibly important as it illustrates which teams will have a potentially easier road to Counter-Strike 2's first major — PGL Major Copenhagen 2024.
At the moment, the list of teams that would earn spots in the NA Closed Qualifier are as follows:
1) 
Complexity
2) 
M80
3) Nouns
4) Evil Geniuses
5) Badass
6) Party Astronauts
7) BOSS
8) Unjustified
It is worth noting that despite Liquid ranked as the second-best North American team, their roster is that of their ill-fated European adventure. As Liquid only retained two players from that roster, they will need to play in the open qualifiers in order to earn a spot in the closed qualifier. Additionally, it is currently unknown if Evil Geniuses intend on sticking together heading into 2024, as Jadan "HexT" Postma was recently scooped up by NRG and Timothy "autimatic" Ta is set to take a break from competition.
As always, as a living document of the history of the Counter-Strike 2 scene, Valve's ranking leaves much to be desired. However, with the invites for the Closed Qualifier right around the corner, all eyes are now on Valve's GitHub as it will light the way to CS2's first Major.
