Organise
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For organisers

How Quickshot Leagueruns events

Contracted organisers run the events. Quickshot League handles the license and the platform integration.

VRS
Valve Regional Standings, Valve's public team ranking.
HLTV
The CS news and results site. Organisers can apply for event coverage.
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Where events run

VRS-ranked events on Challengermode, open events on FACEIT.

Challengermode

VRS-ranked events. Agent creates the Challengermode cup.

FACEIT

Open cups and VRS open qualifiers. FACEIT verification checked at sign-up.

Ranking:
Based on Valve public rules
Coverage:
HLTV application helper

Organiser details

Who runs this

  • Any tournament organiser can run events on this platform under contract with QSL.
  • QSL holds the license and handles the platform integration. The contracted organiser runs the event itself.
  • Quickshot League is the current contracted organiser.
  • Site: QSLGaming.pro.
  • Support: QSL Discord and the /contact page.

What the organiser handles:

  1. 01Event creation through the VRS agent.
  2. 02GitHub event documents: README, RULEBOOK, SCHEDULE, VALVE.md.
  3. 03Optional HLTV application preparation. QSL cannot submit the form.
  4. 04Player sign-up certificates for VRS events.

For organisers

VRS tournament agent

Check first. Publish last.

An admin workflow with cited checks and resumable steps.

  1. 01

    Check the requirements

    The agent checks the event against Valve's published tournament operation requirements and returns cited findings.

  2. 02

    Create the cup

    The agent creates the Challengermode cup for the VRS-ranked event.

  3. 03

    Publish the documents

    A public GitHub repository holds the event's README, RULEBOOK, SCHEDULE, and VALVE.md.

  4. 04

    Publish the listing

    The event listing goes live on QSLGaming.pro.

Each step is resumable.

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Team eligibility

Linked accounts. Checked at sign-up.

  • At least five members per team.
  • Each member must be FACEIT verified, rechecked at sign-up, or admin verified.
  • The Steam ID from FACEIT must match the Challengermode account. Events that require a license also receive a license check.

Eligibility is checked by the database.

Player registration · VRS events

Roster details and declaration

For VRS events, players provide HLTV roster details, social links, and an optional HLTV profile link. Steam and FACEIT details come from linked accounts.

Players sign with a typed name and receive a web certificate card with a certificate number.

Illustration of a Quickshot League player certificate card with a certificate number and typed signature
Private details are visible only to the player and admins.
Valve standings

From Valve's public repository.

QSL reads standings from Valve's public GitHub repository and refreshes them hourly.

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Public event documents

Read the rules before you register.

The VRS agent publishes the event repository before the listing. Teams can review the README, RULEBOOK, SCHEDULE, and VALVE.md.

READMERULEBOOKSCHEDULEVALVE.md
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For organisers

Optional per event

76 questions. One place to prepare.

Start the HLTV application from the event admin workspace. QSL pre-fills answers from the event data.

Prepare and copy

  • 01All 76 questions across four pages.
  • 02HLTV's wording, with copy buttons.
  • Roster and schedule CSV exports.

Check what's missing

  • 01Readiness checks include at least three organizer social links.
  • 02For online events, broadcast delay must be at least 110 seconds.

You submit the application.

QSL cannot submit HLTV's form. Organisers copy the prepared answers and paste them into HLTV's form.

For organisers

Know the process.Run the event.

Review the requirements, then sign in to start the workflow.

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