Perfect World Shanghai Major starts this Saturday, and Valve released a big Counter-Strike 2 update. The main highlight is the Shanghai Major hub with traditional Pick'em challenge. As usual, you can pay for the viewer pass and earn containers with skins if you're successful with your predictions.

The format of Pick'em Challenge stayed the same. During Opening and Elimination Stages you will have to choose six teams who will move on with the scores of 3-1 and 3-2, two teams with perfect 3-0 score and two teams eliminated with 0 wins. In the Opening Stage, you need to get five correct predictions.

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Also, Valve released sticker capsules. Twenty-four teams were split into three groups, and so are the players of these teams. This time, Valve required the players to draw autographs with their own hands during RMR tournaments. While overall creativity of player autographs went down, it doesn't mean that all stickers are boring.

Finally, there is one more very important change. Now, you can rent skins from older cases. When you purchase a key and want to use it on a case, you will have an option to try your luck and get a permanent skin, or to use a key and a case to have a seven-day rent of all skins in this case. This might be a great option for those who have long breaks but intense gaming periods. Otherwise, it is better to try your luck as skins' price may change with time.

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