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CGUnited said the event date will be changed, from July to early Autumn CGUnited said the event date will be changed, from July to early Autumn

CGUnited: "It was our fault"According to the release the CGunited website (now offline) which was passed around amongst the community and put under the microscope was still under construction, and the organisers did not expect it to be discovered."Our website is under construction. It was our fault that people could publicly access it before we were ready. CGUnited did not intend to release any information to the public at that point in time. The website was made public so that Valve could look it over during the process of approval. Considering that no one knew about our event, we had no reason to believe that anyone but Valve would see the website. Unfortunately, we were wrong to believe that."However, despite the website clearly starting the company off on the wrong foot, CGUnited still plan to host the event, and have been provided with a license to host the event by Valve. Although, "the negotiations with Valve about assistance is currently in progress".According to the press release CGUnited LLC, registered in Pennsylvania, is comprised of individuals with extensive experience in "large-scale event production" and an Events Director who "has worked for almost three years managing and coordinating events for the Washington Nationals, a Major LeagueBaseball team, in Washington D.C. with each home game having a capacity of 35,000 or more."They have also enlisted the help of an event organiser to help run the event. "We are working with Connors & Co. Events to budget and produce this event. They are the same company that helped Valve with the International 4. They just finished GDC 2015 and are now working with us to pull this event together. They have been a great help to us and we could not do this without them."$500,000 event pushed back to AutumnProbably the most important piece of information in the release is CGUnited's decision to change the date of the event, as the initial date would have been highly unfeasible, not to mention hard to believe for some."We have decided to move the event date back to late September – early October as this will guarantee the participation of some of the top teams in the Dota 2 community who have given us commitments to compete in our tournament during the revise scheduling. Valve, Tacoma Dome, and Connors and Co. have been informed and understand the change of date. We are making adjustments now and when we are ready, CGUnited will make a date available to the public."CGUnited went on to say: "We would like to apologize to the Dota 2 community for any confusion we have caused during this process. This was not our intent. Our purpose as a company is to promote large events and expand the presence of eSports in North America and, eventually, the world."It will be hard to sway the public given the company's terrible first impression, but with the date moved and an apology issued from the organisation, could this make the difference?