Ö1 mple otel odası hakkında şikayette bulundu — ESL çatışmayı çözdü
Ihor MatusRecently, Natus Vincere player Oleksandr 's1mple' Kostylev went public with the fact that he really disliked the room that the employees of the hotel where the participants of ESL Pro League Season 16 live in. He called it more than unsatisfactory, since, according to him, there there was not only mold, which the photo speaks of, but also ants.
Hey ESL, wake up and tell your employees to be professional. Terrible communication with the teams and with this crappy hotel. <...> I don't want to complain, but if I wake up with ants and look at a moldy wall in a four-star hotel, I don't even know.
ESL Vice President Ultrich Schulze immediately responded to the situation. He said that s1mple had established contact with the organizers, but decided not to resolve the issue, but to immediately publicize the incident:
Providing players with the best accommodation is very important to us. We've been working on this for several weeks. This tweet[by s1mple]was sent before anyone at ESL received a request for help.
The VP of Product also said that s1mple was immediately moved to another room after the incident became known:
S1mple got a different number when he notified our staff of the issue (he didn't do this until after the tweet). We communicated with all the players and teams before the start of the tournament - there was an active communication channel. We are still investigating, but the hotel is of a high standard. None of the 24 EPL teams have mentioned mold so far. Since s1mple has been staying at this property since the group stage, we are trying to figure out the mold issue.
Ultrich does not deny the poor condition of the room, but he did make it clear that the organizers of the event were looking for a place for the players to stay that could meet their needs, and the hotel was recently renovated:
No one says that the mold appeared in the room overnight. The hotel has recently been refurbished with positive reviews and no mold complaints from the 24 EPL teams. It is unlikely that a room with so much mold would have been left unattended for a long time. We are studying this now. Although s1mple has decided to make this situation public, I'm not going to go into details.
The situation was summed up by ESL employee Alexander Inglot. He said that the organizers had the necessary conversation with both the hotel staff and the Natus Vincere player, and the problem was finally resolved:
Update on the situation with s1mple and the hotel. We sat down and spoke to the hotel management to clear things up. S1mple expressed his opinion on the latest events and media misrepresentation. The hotel accepted his point of view. We ended up with mutual respect. Thanks to both parties for solving the problem.
Natus Vincere made it to the first round of ESL Pro League Season 16, taking 3rd place in Group A in the previous stage. They will have to fight with representatives of Heroic for the right to reach the quarterfinals, where they will be expected by the G2 Esports team.
ESL Pro League Season 16 runs from August 31st to October 2nd on the island of Malta. The venue for the event was the Salini Resort. 24 teams from Europe, CIS, North and South America compete for a total prize pool of $835,000. The winner of the tournament will receive the main prize of $175,000, as well as tickets to BLAST Premier: World Final 2022 and IEM Katowice 2023.
Intermediate results of ESL Pro League Season 16
- 1 place: $175,000 + 2,800 BLAST Premier points + ticket to BLAST Premier: World Final 2022 + ticket to IEM Katowice 2023
- 2 place: $70,000 + 1,400 BLAST Premier points
- 3-4 -4th place: $35,000 + 875 BLAST Premier points
- 5-8 -8th place: $17,500 + 262.5 BLAST Premier points
- 9-12 -12th place: $12,000
- 13-16 -16th place: Team Spirit, Astralis, Evil Geniuses and BIG — $19,000
- 17-20 -20th place: Ninjas in Pajamas and Eternal Fire - $17,500
- 17-20 -20th place: MIBR and ENCE - $12,500
- 21st-24th place: Endpoint and 21-24 — $11,000
- 21st-24th place: 21-24 and Movistar Riders — $6,000