is ewc worth as much as a masters

16 teams make it competitive ig, but no lower bracket screams mickey mouse.. happy for heretics tho very well played and they all seem like nice boys

no

Id say equal to Lock in max. But less than masters

no

less than masters equal to lock in is where i think it sits seriously
for my bait take EWC > Champs because all of the finals TH have been in have been more important than the last((kick off to regional to masters to champs to ewc)

Felt like the brazil lock in but mid season

below lock//in

Worthless as l0ck in. Mickey mouse

any1 saying no is coping hard. the best teams in the world were competing for what was literally a bigger prize pool than that of toronto. not sure what more you'd want lol?

luhuigarten [#9]

any1 saying no is coping hard. the best teams in the world were competing for what was literally a bigger prize pool than that of toronto. not sure what more you'd want lol?

It's easy to write it off as a highly legit tourney if you use that logic but being before Champs and having essentially no prestige to back itself, only the teams that care more about money are going to seriously compete for the title.

Ryuukami [#2]

no

Its more than 8 team masters

geospliced [#10]

It's easy to write it off as a highly legit tourney if you use that logic but being before Champs and having essentially no prestige to back itself, only the teams that care more about money are going to seriously compete for the title.

which teams dont care about money

To the org its worth way more.

1st place - $7,000,000
2nd place - $4,000,000
3rd place - $3,000,000
4th place - $2,500,000
5th place - $2,000,000

Warlordwibz [#13]

To the org its worth way more.

1st place - $7,000,000
2nd place - $4,000,000
3rd place - $3,000,000
4th place - $2,500,000
5th place - $2,000,000

That’s why the FNC person in audience looked sad

for Heretics it's worth more than Champs

geospliced [#10]

It's easy to write it off as a highly legit tourney if you use that logic but being before Champs and having essentially no prestige to back itself, only the teams that care more about money are going to seriously compete for the title.

are you saying that some of the teams competing weren't trying their hardest?

liltrapster [#12]

which teams dont care about money

Richer teams that have deep pockets and are focusing on champs/regionals?

ufc [#14]

That’s why the FNC person in audience looked sad

FNC CEO - Sam Mathews

kabingo [#16]

are you saying that some of the teams competing weren't trying their hardest?

Yeah

flashed [#3]

Id say equal to Lock in max. But less than masters

yep

geospliced [#17]

Richer teams that have deep pockets and are focusing on champs/regionals?

Esports is a losing business so every organization cares about any money they can get, it doesnt matter how rich they are.

geospliced [#10]

It's easy to write it off as a highly legit tourney if you use that logic but being before Champs and having essentially no prestige to back itself, only the teams that care more about money are going to seriously compete for the title.

"only the teams that care more about money are going to seriously compete for the title"

does he know?

No, but for me it was more fun than toronto

inconsistent qualifiers, qualifiers before toronto so it isnt even the best teams from the previous event or of the current meta, bo1s, single elim, schedule conflicts, no hype (toronto average viewership is higher than this tournys peak), auraless trophy (gold coin?), no champs points, no icon on the bundle next year, no bundle in the riot shop, i dont even think the valorant account tweeted about it

but to heretics its worth more than champs

Idk, kinda sits around the 2022 Reykjavík level in my head. Yes, it is a big lan event. But there's also all the asterisk on it. In this case it's right between a masters event and international play starting again. A couple subs and roster changes.

At the end of the day the grand finals was a 3-2 reverse comeback holding on for dear live. Enjoy it for what it is, a good game. In an overall decent event with pretty interesting results heading into stage 2 and champs.

liltrapster [#21]

Esports is a losing business so every organization cares about any money they can get, it doesnt matter how rich they are.

Touché lol

luhuigarten [#22]

"only the teams that care more about money are going to seriously compete for the title"

does he know?

I'm just coping hard because none of the teams I support won

geospliced [#27]

I'm just coping hard because none of the teams I support won

i respect that. no worries liquid are sweeping stage 2 and champs the roster is too good

luhuigarten [#28]

i respect that. no worries liquid are sweeping stage 2 and champs the roster is too good

I hope they do great for the rest of the season but I really hope BBL can make a run because they have Jamppi and he's the reason why I sport this flair in the first place