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We understand that all good things must eventually come to an end. It is with heavy hearts that we have now reached the conclusion of the league, but we are grateful for the opportunity to have been a part of such a special community for the past few years.

For the first time in a long time, we have some major CAL news to share: the league will be winding down at the end of season 51.

It’s been a wild ride, to say the least. When we created CAL, we envisioned a league where players could compete, improve, and eventually be noticed by teams. It was our small contribution to the Asian CS:GO ecosystem. CAL was thriving at the start, with a lot of activity and player interest. With time, the interest in CS:GO in Asia has seen a significant decline. To be completely honest, our own interests have shifted elsewhere as well. It’s still sad to end support for something that we’ve been working on for so long. In esports, four years is a long time.

We’ll keep it short and sweet for this update, because to be honest, not much happened in CAL-land during October. The only division that had games going was CAL India Division 1 and for the third season in a row, it was rev3nnn that bested the field to end up at the top of the leaderboard. A big congratulations to rev3nnn from the CAL team on your remarkable streak.

CAL has turned four years old. When I think about it, it’s absolutely insane; who would have believed we’d get this far? So, instead of lamenting the current situation of CAL and CS:GO in Asia, let’s go back in time and take a trip down memory lane.

August was a particularly competitive month in India’s premier division. It was great to see players play more than 150 games in a season once more. Queue times decrease and more games occur when players are eager to play – it simply becomes a better experience for everybody. Let’s cross our fingers that the momentum continues in September.

only so much to write about), we do have some news from the Asian CS:GO scene that should excite teams and players looking for competition.

We’re back with our monthly update article, where we keep you up to date on everything CAL and the state of CS:GO in Asia (hint: it’s not great). The 45th season of CAL was a slow one, with little activity across our divisions. The only active division was India Division 2.

We launched our new initiative with FACEIT and Gamers Without Borders in May, bringing you three community tournaments with prizes to compete for! So far, two tournaments (21-22 May and 28-29 May) have been held, the first on Mumbai servers and the second on Singapore servers. In both tournaments, the same team, NEXGA, was victorious.

Naturally, good news about CAL would be welcome; perhaps a new partner for the coming season, increased activity in the hub, and a resurgence of sorts for CS:GO in Asia. Unfortunately, we’re still heading down the same path, with decent to healthy activity in our India divisions and no activity in our Southeast Asia divisions.

Ever since we introduced our India divisions late last year, we’ve been positively surprised by the passion and determination of the South Asian CS:GO community. But more than anything it has warmed our hearts. That’s why we’ve decided…