Yesterday, Valve announced the cancellation of the DPC Winter Tour Major 2022. Indeed, this annoncement resulted in a lot of backlash from the community. Within a day, Valve has offered a reply, while also detailing possible future events – read on as we fill you in below!
DPC Winter Tour Major 2022 – Acknowledging Faults
Indeed, the new update revolves around the following update from Valve below:
Amongst the apology, there is also promise of a consideration of a replacement event. Indeed, the following statement can be interpreted as so:
We’re working on a plan to see if we can get everyone together in one location and play out the tournament on a LAN. Obviously this event will have a number of constraints placed on it given the current state of the world. We will update you all as we have something more concrete in place.
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Such interactions between publisher and the esports community are essential. Regardless of the fact that Valve did not acknowledge the possibility of an online event, the community is disappointed.
Let’s see if this is a learning opportunity for Valve.
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