FaZe Clan is the current No. 2 team in the world according to HLTV and has been either in the No.1 or No.2 slots since October of 2017. And yet because of one bad finish last July at the PGL Major where they finished 15th-16th, the team needed to qualify all over again for Boston. This is the way of the qualification system for Majors.

“The insane part to me how many finals the team has gone to since PGL. We have gone to eight finals since Krakow and the one tournament in which we didn’t go to the finals forced us to qualify for the next major,” FaZe Clan’s in-game leader Finn “karrigan” Andersen told VPEsports after their quarterfinal win over mousesports. “It is a long road and we are kind of used to it and it is a hard thing to change, but maybe giving teams points from other tournaments and not just the qualifiers would help and go far.”

Organizations and their teams are under heavy pressure to perform at Majors as these tournaments have been championed by Valve and at one point offered the most money in the prize purse. However, prize purses have caught up and roster rules are easier to stay in compliance with since you are turning in a roster for single events.

When asked if he thought that the Major system is broken, karrigan took a strong stance.

“I think the biggest thing I am quite sad about is that this Major doesn’t finish a season, it is starting one,” karrigan said. “So I think that is an issue especially when it comes to roster changes. When you start a season it is pretty hard to get all the roster into affect, especially when you played in the PGL. Making sure you keep your roster intact becomes very hard because there is too much time between Majors. There is always stuff you can get mad about, but the biggest thing is the qualifying process where the second best team in the world has to qualify all over again because of a bad finish in one tournament.”

Should There Be a World Champion?

Right now other than the rankings by various outlets, there is no culminating championship and hence no true world champion. karrigan and been giving this some thought and would love to see a team be crowned world champion.

“That is something I have been thinking about,” karrigan explained. “Like what happened with the PGL. After [ESL One] Cologne there was only Cologne. After PGL there would be nothing but a three week vacation. When you know that a season is about to end and maybe if you have been playing bad for a long time, you are more likely to change and do better. Teams can get that last chance to go far in a Major and stay together as a team depending on the situation. I think there are two seasons. A Major should finish a season to see who is the best in that particular time frame. Whoever wins the major is the best team in the world, but if they haven’t shown anything leading up to that we should still say they are.”