yes and no. i already said this last year, and its been clear how a lot of teams dont care much about it so ill say it again and we can debate this by however you viewed what i said about last year’s ewc:
f0rsaken during an interview said they barely practiced any maps & barely vow reviewed SEN when they went against them
kaplan said how he was just excited to use ewc to get more international reps (which you know its cooked especially when he was all over the place about wanting to win toronto, then all of a sudden only wanting ewc for prac….)
g2 used it to practice sunset (old perma ban + banned their best map regionally (ascent))
didnt really pay attention too much to what players said this year but ye