A tournament with a single elimination bracket in the playoffs espicially in a game like valorant which is heavily momentum and pistol round based game like valorant cannot be better than a masters playoffs with second chances because it doesnt determine the better team a bad matchup against a team which perfectly counters your map pool and you are pretty much out of the tournament a double elimination format just determines if X team is better than Y team better than A tournament like LOCK IN or EWC yes its fun yes it has more stakes but it doesnt mean its prestigious
A tournament like masters if you place high enough rewards you with champ points which is the most prestigious tournament in valorant and EWC doesnt give any champs points well because it is a off season tournament
Valorant VCT program has been existing around 2021 and EWC started around 2024 and for valorant is started in 2025 the vct program has more prestige because it has existed for longer and has more hype than EWC and no prize pools doesnt make a tournament more prestigious
The ewc qualifiers they are online unlike the whole VCT program and yes it affects the gameplay LEV the Masters London winners couldnt make to EWC so is 100T really better than LEV? currently LEV is the best team in the world but they are still not on EWC why? because it is an off season tournament and it has also ruined the NA prep time for masters
Everything feels forced the production was shit and to me that isnt a prestigous tournament
and no match quality doesnt make the event more prestigious







