Following the news that the CS:GO Pro League Season 4 Finale dates would conflict with the Brazilian election, ESL has made a statement saying that they knew of the issue beforehand and will not be changing its dates.

On Thursday, a Reddit user addressed the fact that the event takes place over the same weekend as the Brazilian election, which could affect local attendance due to a drop in public transportation and the legal obligation to vote in your area if you are of legal age.

Michael Kiefer, ESL Brazil's Project Manager, responded to the post on Friday saying the company was aware of the conflict before announcing the dates, saying "it's not easy to schedule big tournaments".

"We have to consider other tournaments, our own schedule, availability of the venue. We need a venue like this not just for the weekend there is a lot of preparation going into the venue to make a nice looking event," the post reads. "Obviously its not ideal but I am very confident that with clever scheduling we can have people go voting and see the last day of an awesome Pro League Finals."

The event is set to take place from Oct. 28-30 in São Paulo, Brazil, which was announced on July 6.

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