Notice of a new electronic sports tournament with a total prize of up to 1.3 million USD immediately attracted the attention of the Counter-Strike community. The event called Global Domination: Invasion is expected to end with the LAN final in Oklahoma, promising to attract both professional players and amateur players. However, the more information is revealed, the more doubts of the reality of this monumental tournament.

Who is UGC and GDE?

Ultimate Gaming Championships (UGC), one of the two tournament organizers, has experienced in the field of Esports: The company was established in 2004 and used to organize tournaments for games like Halo, Rocket League and Fortnite. However, UGC has no longer active in the past six years. UGC's social networking platforms are almost "sleeping": Twitch did not update for two years, Youtube stopped working from seven years ago, and X/Twitter had almost no move until the end of 2023.

The second part of the project - Global Domination Entertainment LLC (GDE) - makes people even more suspicious. The company was only registered in February 2025, with a residential house in Florida and a postal mailbox (P.O. Box) in Tulsa, Oklahoma. All of these factors evoke the image of a young, no experience in organizing major tournaments.

What promises the tournament?

According to the official website, Global Domination: Invasion will include qualifiers starting from June 17, and the Lan finals will take place from August 29 to 31 at Paycom Center - a stadium with a capacity of 18,000 seats, often the place where Oklahoma City Thunder basketball team. The tournament is expected to award $ 1 million to teams to the final round and add $ 300,000 for regional qualifiers.

Interestingly, the event has been listed in Paycom Center's official event courtesy, showing that at least there was a certain contact with this location. AMD is also listed as a sponsor, and AMD Gaming X has posted a confirmation of their participation.

Currently, the registration of participation in Global Domination: Invasion is open until June 15. The total prize consists of $ 300,000 for regional qualifiers and $ 1 million for the global finals, opening for all players.

The organizers affirmed that the tournament is open to both amateur players, and the ranking will be based on Steam account statistics. In addition, they also plan to pair the team from "solo players" - this raises many doubts about the feasibility, especially in the size of the tournament and professional standards in the Community of the Community, especially related to compliance with VRS regulations.

In the context of the North American CS is stagnant and Valve and the large organizational units are less and less salty, any big tournament is considered a new breeze. However, at the present time, Global Domination: Invasion seems like a "media illusion" rather than a project planned.