Valve to replace direct invites with ranking system for fall major

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Valve to replace direct invites with ranking system for fall major -- https://www.hltv.org/news/28852/valv...for-fall-major

• The event will be between July and September.
• The event will result in a LAN portion with a minimum of 8 teams. The portion of the event preceding the LAN competition can be online or LAN.
• The event will include a minimum of 24 teams, of which 16 slots are available to teams by Major ranking, and 8 are selected by a process of the TO's choosing.
• The event results will differentiate between the top 16 performing teams and the remaining teams.
• Initial seeding for the event will be done by Major ranking.
• Valve will match up to $250k in prize money.