Valve have announced a change to its Regional Major Rankings (RMR) guidelines which now gives previously VAC-banned CSGO players a way to participate in future Valve-sponsored events.
- Some VAC-banned players can once again participate in Majors.
- Disqualified if: VAC bans less than five years old.
- Disqualified if: VAC ban received after first participation of Valve-sponsored event.
Valve change Major rule for VAC banned players
The CSGO developers have finally amended their stance on VAC (Valve Anti-Cheat) banned players on April 15, which will now ease some restrictions for Major-eligibility.
While other effects of a VAC-ban will stay in place on the account, the owner of the account will now have an avenue to participate in Valve-sponsored events, like the Stockholm Major in the Fall.
“Up until today, players were ineligible to participate in Valve-sponsored events if they had ever received a VAC-ban in CSGO,” Valve said. “These guidelines had not seen an update since the game was new and all CSGO VAC bans were relatively recent.”
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New RMR Eligibility guidelines
Players who received a VAC-ban less than five years prior or accrued a VAC-ban after their first participation in a Valve-sponsored event will still be ineligible.
All other player-cases will now ease up and allow them to once again enter in RMR events such as qualifiers and big-money Majors.
This will give some CSGO players previously implicated in a VAC-ban a chance to once again compete at the highest level of the game.
