This is not a riot event, why would it be managed by someone on riot lol

They should hire me as analysts icl

I don’t disagree- hence why I said the regulations themselves are silly. I disagreed because your original post just said the scheduling isnt their fault, which it very much is lol.

To me this is simply to separate issues: stupid regulations and stupid scheduling. Riot is entirely at fault for regulations, but scheduling is on EWCs part.

You saying that the scheduling part is not their fault is silly. I dont disagree that these are silly regulations, but this isn’t something riot just made up on the spot. We have known Split 1 schedules for a long time now. EWC were either completely aware of these issues and still decided to hold the tournament today (despite the vitality voting thing implying that they couldve very well moved the date) or their planning was so poor that they never bothered to ask riot about broadcasting rights while split 1 is ongoing.

Yes the riot regulations are dumb, but this is like willingly walking into a wall and then blaming the wall for getting hurt. EWC could have simply avoided these issues.

And EWC, who were aware of this, still decided to host their event on this date. Somehow that is not insane?

Thats what I was thinking lol id be very surprised if EWC hasnt been aware of this for a long time now and even if they werent, thats just pisspoor planning on their part

maybe, just maybe, people wanted more events so they can actually watch them and not look at the results on vlr

put the fries in the bag you two

you people are aware this was just referring to the fact that the games arent broadcast yea?

Because tier1 players need to be careful of their image, and tdawg knows he isnt good enough to make it that far

tdawggs masterful gambit to even the scales as his team really only has 4 players with the performance bro has been putting on

get his ass amygdala30 real men just thug it out imo

Just such a well thought out tournament, impressive

more importantly why the fuck is it at the same time as stage 1 playoffs 😭

Id say NT but unfortunately it worked pretty well

not trying to be bait, says the guy that made a fresh account for this post

No way you actually believe this 0/8

I know they have bank but are they richer than T1? Have little insight into CN esports

I don’t think mini is interested in working as a coach atm

I was just the wrong person to reply to then 😭 I understand wht you mean but my original comment was just entirely about why its not equal to champs whatsoever

does he know

very much implied it by responding to me providing reasons why its not the same as champs

Nobody is forgetting that and nobody is saying teams wont try but if you actually believe this will be the same as champs I can recommend you a good psychiatist

• less prize money than champs still, no added incentive of performing for franchise reevaluation and poopy format

each of them micromanages one of the other boasters to create an igling chain

champs winner team

where the fuck is redgar? dog team

Have you seen the troglodytes wandering around on this forum? Seems self explanatory

i made up. a team in my head and its better than all the teams therefore they are all chokers and frauds and washed and baiters

vlr users try not to piss your pants when a vct player has any form of confidence

half of bros comments are like the motivational alpha male instagram quotes

Yeah exactly 😭

Feel like the original post mightve been bait but some transphobes were really happy to get an opportunity to shit on flor without being blatantly transphobic so they just agreed as soon as they saw the title lol

Result = Result unless I dont like it xd

Current results tell me EDG are not even top 3 in the least competitive region

Depends on bans prolly since both ban pearl, if TH ban first FNC might ban Haven considering last game.

FNC might pick Fracture over Lotus but they should still feel like they could win Lotus since it was pretty close.

I think it could maybe go (If TH is team A):
Pearl Ban, Haven ban
TH pick Icebox, FNC pick Fracture, Lotus is decider

EWC win = better team is ultimate cope

Groups have been so insanely unbalanced recently lol how does alpha have the 1st 2nd and 4th team from split 1?

Thats great and all but you can be top 3 in china and still kinda suck lol

perfect grade easily u will feel good and not be stressed 🔥

nrg vs their own coaching staff is an all timer

good morning afternoon or night vlr user

you got this, today will be your day (fire emojie) I believe in you (one hundred emoji)

Oh Shloobert is your doppleganger subconcious alien georgopolian clone? Tell him i said hi

Yeah but EWC is made in a way where the team that places the best across all esports gets like an insane bonus prize. And since all games are counted as equally important, falcons just buy superteams in like shitty mobile games so they can crown themselves as the world champs.

They created a tournament to jork themselves basically

Besides, negative comments about the org are just completely different from beefing with players in the first place

Theres a fundamental difference between CS and Val, because Valorant is simply much more prep heavy. In Valorant, the advantage that you gain from observing a team play multiple officials while you have free time to prep is exponentially higher than in CS.

Its okay to have tight schedules if all teams have tight schedules - the issue at hand is just that qualifier teams have big advantages while especially the playoffs/top 3 teams of toronto have a giant disadvantage. It just forcfully closes all skill gaps and turns the whole tournament into slop.

You either only invite teams that arent at toronto, or dont hold the tournament right after. Simple as.

A pattern? I dont think ive seen Derke say a single bad thing about anyone on FNC lmao hes even chatting and playing with them on stream what are you waffling

I didnt say that. The fact is simply that every team that quals for Toronto cares more about Toronto. Anything else would be idiotic.

Its about how those outcomes come to be:

If the top team wins again, its likely to be boring since we have seen the exact same top teams pull out pretty much everything they have just 2 weeks prior. There will be barely anything new and very few surprises coming from those teams. The exciting part about a masters is seeing the international matchups and seeing some of these teamns reach kind of a "new level" from their regional performance because of what is on the line.
All of that stuff wont be "new" at EWC anymore. We will most likely see the exact same G2, the same TH, the same FNC... that we saw just 2 weeks ago, play against the same teams we just saw them against. Imagine they would just play stage 1 groups again tomorrow, none of thos games would have anything exciting anymore.

If an underdog wins at a masters, they win despite all the other teams having looked better and they win on the exact same conditions as them. They have the same (if not less) prep time and just simply beat the other team when it mattered. EWC will just have the sour aftertaste of underdogs winning NOT because tey played better, but because the overdog was put in a tougher spot then them. Think of a boxing game: It wouldve been fun to see some underdog beat the shit out of Mike Tyson, but not if its Mike Tyson at 80 years old while sleep deprived and with a broken leg. A drastically unbalanced matchup like that tells us nothing about who the better team is.

perhaps it will just be the ultimate humbling tournament for one team and its fanbase that wins EWC and then gets grouped at champs

good