Perfect has disclosed the invites for the CS Asia Championships 2025, a tier-two tournament slated for October 14-19 in Shanghai, China, with a prize pool of $1,000,000.

FaZe received special permission from Valve to participate despite being ineligible otherwise due to their ranking in the top 12 of the VRS. This exception follows the allowance of a wildcard invite for previous champions, which involves FaZe.

However, the invites stem from the July 7 VRS list and pose a problem according to the tournament’s changed Additional Information, which deviates from the April announcement, creating questions about tournament integrity.

In Graham Pitt’s words, “CAC has now invited teams from the July VRS without announcing their slot distribution beforehand. This means they basically could just decide when to stop inviting teams based on their perceived value.”