Said the mibr fans
its literally just a champs event with different naming and different hosts
do you think orgs and players compete to win just because its named "masters" or "champs" and not the prizepool and trophy? lmfao
Yes
You can throw as much money into an event but the vct circuit is still universally considered the superior event
the best teams are playing and its a huge prize pool in the middle of the vct season, thats literally what a masters event is
there is no fungible difference between masters london and ewc 2026, same top teams will play for even more money
Again, you can throw as much money into an event as you want but community reception is still very important in determining the importance of an event
if most of the world think a masters is more prestigious than ewc then a masters is more prestigious than ewc, it doesn’t matter if there’s no “fungible difference” (even though there is in multiple facets)
nobody is saying more prestigious than masters or champs
im just saying if you think teams arent trying to win a million dollars versus the best teams in the world youre stupid
arguing about qualifiers in which the end result would be the same is stupid, name a team that is going to the ewc that shouldnt be there lol
ur just being emotional, purely objective there is no difference in a 16 team tournament with a 1 million dollar prize pool
any format in which a single winner is decided is a technically true outcome
nobody is saying more prestigious than masters or champs
that is exactly what you’re arguing
its literally just a champs event with different naming and different hosts
if teams wanna win five billion dollars in an event then go ahead, it just isn’t the more prestigious event simply because the organizers have deeper pockets
i agree different naming and different hosts carries a small difference, the title of the post says mickey
see how its important to read
the only reason why people are saying this tournament is mickey is because its new. literally happened to cod fans and now they respect ewc now
COD is different because the scene is garbage and has a 12 team league, ewc is by miles the superior format and on par with champs
The players themselves have expressed that it means more to them to win a masters or champs because that is their true goal, etc is cool but if you asked any of the the team heretics players who won last year they would trade that for winning a masters in a heartbeat. The tournament therefore doesn’t truly show strength because the best teams like nrg or lev are not putting their focus into these games, it doesn’t matter to them and it hurt teams who did try last year.
wrong. there’s no champs points involved, it’s not in a closed circuit, half the teams aren’t trying cause they have an ACTUAL international to prep for, there’s no reason to watch EWC unless your team wins and you desperately need bragging rights or something.
if people can argue lockin was a competitive event then i dont understand how any other format would be considered less competitive than that
champ literally have 100 million dollar from champ bundle sales gets distributed DIRECTLY to the team
mickeywc didnt have that
bro just watch the ewc games and tell me if its even close to the high levels of vct games
legit no one is preping for these games theyre just using it as scrims and ways to test out new comps
Yall severely underestimate riots influence in their own circuit lol 99% of val players would take masters above ewc in a heartbeat
yea, except the qualifiers are held online and are much shorter, and (at least for last year) bo1's are used in the format.
i'd say its considerably below a kickoff masters / lockin
Agenda either way for u guys either mibr are 0-5 in qualifying games or EWC is Mickey
just wait brother this is a foundation for an embarrassing reverse sweep
check event and then filter with VCT u will see masters regional champs and ewc. if u dont click vct u will see Valorant Radiant International Invitational SOOP etc etc it says a lot about mickey specially when its only TIER 1 team if there was any tier 2 team like red bull new york maybe but there is tier 1 team only big prize pool true the production is shit cuz its online and next year vct will be the same but once they go to paris it will be better ig and its there second year thats why the production is shit