After making a lighthearted remark on Twitter about the BLAST Paris Major stickers a few days before the start of the event, Ninjas in Pyjamas CEO Hicham Chahine has come under fire for his comments. Only a few days are left until the BLAST Paris Major, but the last Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major stickers still need to be released. The chief executive officer of NIP made a bold announcement on Twitter that there will be no stickers for the Major to perform some reverse jinx.
The post has rapidly found traction, accumulating over 200,000 views and around 1,000 likes, with some users considering the message genuine and others commenting on the humor. The post has immediately gained traction, accumulating over 200,000 views and almost 1,000 likes. In reaction to the article, Dust2 Editor-in-Chief Ryan Friend stated, “It’s true, the French unions firebombed all the stickers yesterday during the protests,” which he said was a direct quote from the post. “Could there be a justification for this? Surely this has nothing to do with CPH Flames?” Jacob Toft-Andersen, senior vice president of esports for 100 Thieves, made this statement.
Stickers bearing the BLAST Paris Major logo are still forthcoming
Upon seeing that a significant number of CS:GO fans had taken his tweet seriously, Chahine replied to his own post and stated that he has “no info” regarding when the stickers for the Major will be available.
“Oh wow,” was all he could say in response. “I was trying to state that it wouldn’t happen, so they drop tonight.” Compared to his initial joke post, the follow-up post that he made to clarify his statement has only received about 20,000 views and has gained minimal traction.
Stickers from the competition are a means for teams to make money from the biggest tournament in the esport by taking advantage of Valve’s in-game sale of the cosmetic item. On the secondary market for collectibles, some stickers from previous events have been sold for hundreds of thousands of dollars each. One team’s players were recently accused of engaging in “insider trading” in the CSGO sticker market, as they purchased their organization’s stickers before the company revealed it had filed for bankruptcy. This led to the team being accused of “insider trading.”
The BLAST Paris Major Challengers Stage is where NIP plans to begin its participation in the tournament. On May 8, the team will play their debut game against MOUZ.
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