Valve recently enacted a series of new coaching restrictions during the organization's world-famous CS:GO tournament PGL Stockholm Major 2021. According to the head coach of Astralis, PGL instructed coaches not to touch (except for during timeouts) or shout at players.

If coaches were caught breaking these rules, then PGL would instruct them to leave the venue. While these rules weren't heavily enforced towards the beginning of the tournament series, they became more prevalent as the event went on.

The PGL Stockholm Major 2021 was the 16th edition of this world-famous CS:GO tournament. This year's events ran from October 26th to November 7th.

The Profit's Take:

This is very odd. These rules disallow physical contact of any kind and shouting whether it be for good or bad reasons. How are you going to stop people from high-fiving or fist-bumping? I don't know how this solves any issues of cheating. Coaches and players both sound unhappy with these rules. This has led to a bunch of community backlash. There have been reported issues of coaches being toxic in the past. I don't think this is going to stop the toxic culture from still existing in the world of esports. Excited coaches are fun to watch, it totally adds to the entertainment value of gaming. Valve always makes somewhat questionable moves when it comes to esports. Yet, the company still continues to thrive. CS:GO and Dota 2 are not going anywhere anytime soon. As much as they have tried to kill their own scene, they continue to flourish. I give this a week before they backtrack this thing.

(All information was provided by Dot Esports and Google)