Several tournament organisers have got together to come up with a unified rule-book for the CS:GO competitions.

With the latest installment in the Counter-Strike franchise still taking its first steps in terms of offline events, there have been several questions about the kind of rule-set that should be adopted, as we approach the ESWC finals and DreamHack Winter.

In order to prevent every tournament from having its own rules, the ESL, ESWC, SLAP Live, Copenhagen Games and Assembly Lan have convened to put together a rule-book which will be used in all competitions organised by these companies.

Below you can find the settings and map pool which will be adopted from now on:

4 Grenades in total, 2 Flashes possible

cl_bobcycle 0.98 (standard)

weapon_debug_spread_show forbidden (has to be 0)

net_graph forbidden (has to be 0)

weapon_recoil_model (do not use or alter)

mat_hdr_level (do not use or alter)

In general all weapons and grenades are allowed

Mappool:

de_inferno_se

de_dust2_se

de_train_se

de_nuke_ve

de_mirage_csgo

The most controversial aspect of this rule-book is that the Molotov grenades will be allowed, despite the fact that many professional players have publicly declared that they are against this decision.

According to a statement issued by Alexander "crtmN" Nehr of the ESL on behalf of these five event organisers,the Molotov grenades "will be monitored closely", but "for now" will be allowed in all tournaments.

Two notable absentees in this agreement between tournament organisers are of couse DreamHack, which will put togeter a $50,000 CS:GO tournament next month, and E-Sports Entertainment (ESEA).