Hooch commented on the changes to the Major qualification format.
"What do you think about the changes to the Major qualification format?"
"It's hard to find words without swearing. It's complete nonsense. Because it kills the ecosystem, we have such chaos in the structure of CS. Young organisations are closing down because they can't make it to the Major.
The sporting principle should always be straightforward: anyone should have a chance to make it to the Major. Thanks to open qualifiers, we've seen many interesting teams. Now they are losing that chance.
Instead of implementing proper anti-cheat measures or at least hiring competent administrators... Okay, there's no anti-cheat, but when only one and a half admins are managing the qualifiers for the main tournament of the year, of course, cheaters will get through.
On one hand, Valve says they're moving away from franchised leagues for the sake of sporting integrity. On the other hand, they're closing off qualifiers," said Dmitry "hooch" Bogdanov in a conversation with Fedor Kwan, author of the CS section at Cyber, during the BetBoom Aunkere Cup 2.