messioso: “Quite obviously BC Game sponsoring/partnering with HLTV while a team owned by the same company participates in ranked VRS tournaments is a conflict of interest”
messioso: “Quite obviously BC Game sponsoring/partnering with HLTV while a team owned by the same company participates in ranked VRS tournaments is a conflict of interest”
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Why?
hltv doesnt organize tournaments its just a coverage site
I just dont see how it is conflict of interest
Is that why MongolZ games never show odds in the matches tab?
I don‘t think it is? I mean it’s not ideal and certainly in a grey area but hltv doesn’t run tournaments. Sure you could argue that hltv is incentivised to increase/manipulate their coverage of the bc.gane team but idk if that is really relevant. Maybe I‘m missing out on something obvious tho
edit: thanks for the explanation guys
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how is this a conflict of interests?
makes no sense. HLTV has nothing to do with the events playing out.
So to clear this up.
HLTV is the sole provider of data for the VRS.
A match or tournament cannot be included in VRS without HLTV covering it.
HLTV decides how they cover events (e.g splitting of major stages meaning the first two stages are $0 prizing), and what parts of events they cover (whether to start at OQ, groups, playoffs – and even what part of an OQ to start at as an example).
The conflict here is that BC Game have a clear interest in the events their own team play, being covered and ranked. HLTV are the only ones who can do that, maybe extend coverage of specific events, cover extra rounds to qualifiers that BC Game are playing in etc. Those two entities should not be exchanging money or partnering in any capacity.
I’m not saying they have done it, but they could. Therefore it’s a conflict of interest.
Hope this helps.
This is why VRS as a sole determiner of who gets to play in what event always seemed sketchy to me.
valve want to be in charge of Major but also depending on hltv