no tarik literally said they are doing something in this tournament that has never been done before in val. ludwig said" riot does a lot of esports vct matches anyway throughout the year" they want to do something else with this event. which could mean many things, but i am inclined to believe that it'll somehow takeaway the competetive aspect of it. (like how agent bans work. the matches are still serious, but they cant be considered as the same as vct)