every team is trying and actually wants to win, there are 16 teams instead of the previous two masters where there were 8 and 12.
People are comparing it to T3 Valorant events like the best teams in the world aren't competing in it. If you consider Lock In a Major with its single-elim format, idk how you would discredit this event. People cry there aren't enough matches then when a non-VCT event happens everyone says it doesn't matter lol. This isn't the same as SOOP, Red Bull Homegrounds etc., bc those events have less than 8 teams present; this one has 16. Not sure how you can think teams aren't trying either, do people think the players don't want 500k?