try rages at BLAST after being asked to take Argentine flag off chair; BLAST responds

Imperial's Argentinian AWPer Santino "try" Regal said BLAST prohibited him from playing with his Argentinian flag in the first round of the BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025 today.

This controversy added more fuel to the novel between BLAST and Argentina, which started after the tournament organizer ruled out BESTIA from playing at the Major because they failed to secure visas in time.

"BLAST, why don’t you let me use my flag at the Major? First, they said it was because of the chair sponsor then I said I could leave it on the desk, and the reply was just that I couldn't. What's the problem?"

After this first post, try went even further and used the famous hashtag #ArgentinaAlMundial, which BESTIA and its fans spammed in protest against BLAST in the weeks leading up to the Major.

Our sister website Dust2 Brasil witnessed the moment that try was warming up for the debut against B8 with the Argentinian flag hung on his chair, and that some minutes later, the flag was nowhere to be seen.

BLAST says all national flags are prohibited

After seeing try's post, Dust2.us' Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey "Mnmzzz" Moore reached out to a BLAST official at the Austin Major, and asked why try couldn't play with the Argentinian flag hung up on the chair or underneath his peripherals.

Turns out that BLAST isn't allowing any national flags to be displayed at the Major. That is a general policy that isn't written down in their rulebook.

For the BLAST.tv Austin Major, we have a general policy of not displaying national flags on broadcast for all teams and players to maintain a consistent tournament focus. This is likely due to multiple conflicts going on around the world that BLAST would rather not become entangled in, so the policy is arguably quite well advised.

BLAST also responded to try on X with the following:

One thing is for sure, the BLAST-Argentina feud is far from ending, especially as BESTIA's CEO Alejandro "Papo MC" Lococo promised to take BLAST to court after their appeal didn't work.

Likewise, as can be expected, try's protest has raised tempers in Argentina to a new high, with fans accusing BLAST of being anti-Argentina after this latest "incident".