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Taken from http://www.caleague.com/?division=cs
“CS League Changes
The much anticipated news for how CAL will incorporate Source and 1.6 next season is now ready. The movements of teams will be as follows:
1.) Source Invite will be comprised of all CS 1.6 Invite Teams.
2.) Source Main will be comprised of moveups from the current Source Open as well as any current CS 1.6 Main and Premier teams wanting to move to Source. To reiterate, NO teams that move to 1.6 Main from a MOVEUP will be eligible for this transition.
3.) With the removal of CS 1.6 Invite, the Intermediate division will also be disbanded. Please check your respective league's news page for movement requirements to Main 1.6.
These changes leave the leagues in the following way:
Source: Invite, Main, Open
1.6: Premier, Main, Open
More Information To Come As It Becomes Available"
The Opposition: My immediate reaction to CAL’s vague announcement was disheartenment. I thought that CAL’s solution to switching from 1.6 to Source seemed mediocre at best. Their solution effectively invalidated this season of Counter-Strike in the Cyberathlete Amateur League. Numerous players and teams have felt the same dejection that I have experienced, and have gone ahead and quit this season of CAL, as there is no realistic chance of them moving to the next division.
When the announcement was made, many teams protested on Cyber Evolution League forums, saying that CAL had abandoned them and that they needed a new league to play in. CEVO responded by casually reopening registration; however, to their discredit, they reopened registration in part to allow for more time debugging their CEVO Match Network.
I believe the drive of every team in any league is to become the next Team3D, or to just have a lot of fun as an average team (see Pubmasters). Without a next level to move up to, why should the participants in the 13th season of CAL have any drive?
“CS League Changes
The much anticipated news for how CAL will incorporate Source and 1.6 next season is now ready. The movements of teams will be as follows:
1.) Source Invite will be comprised of all CS 1.6 Invite Teams.
2.) Source Main will be comprised of moveups from the current Source Open as well as any current CS 1.6 Main and Premier teams wanting to move to Source. To reiterate, NO teams that move to 1.6 Main from a MOVEUP will be eligible for this transition.
3.) With the removal of CS 1.6 Invite, the Intermediate division will also be disbanded. Please check your respective league's news page for movement requirements to Main 1.6.
These changes leave the leagues in the following way:
Source: Invite, Main, Open
1.6: Premier, Main, Open
More Information To Come As It Becomes Available"
The Opposition: My immediate reaction to CAL’s vague announcement was disheartenment. I thought that CAL’s solution to switching from 1.6 to Source seemed mediocre at best. Their solution effectively invalidated this season of Counter-Strike in the Cyberathlete Amateur League. Numerous players and teams have felt the same dejection that I have experienced, and have gone ahead and quit this season of CAL, as there is no realistic chance of them moving to the next division.
When the announcement was made, many teams protested on Cyber Evolution League forums, saying that CAL had abandoned them and that they needed a new league to play in. CEVO responded by casually reopening registration; however, to their discredit, they reopened registration in part to allow for more time debugging their CEVO Match Network.
I believe the drive of every team in any league is to become the next Team3D, or to just have a lot of fun as an average team (see Pubmasters). Without a next level to move up to, why should the participants in the 13th season of CAL have any drive?
