Counter-Strike (CS) is a series of multiplayer first-person shooter video games in which teams of terrorists battle to perpetrate an act of terror (bombing, hostage-taking, assassination) while counter-terrorists try to prevent it (bomb defusal, hostage rescue).

When we announced the Rio Major, we were excited to bring a CS:GO Major to one of Counter-Strike's most passionate fan bases. At the time, we couldn't have imagined the global...