type yes or no. need to know to see peoples thoughts
I think we just have a different understanding of the term 'mickey mouse'
to me it's mickey mouse if: teams that aren't good at the time (relative to everyone else) are present.
why you are saying it's mickey mouse: if the teams that are good on average for the whole year aren't present, then it's mickey mouse.
correct me if my interpretation of what you're saying is wrong
why you are saying it's mickey mouse: if the teams that are good on average for the whole year aren't present, then it's mickey mouse.
pretty much yeah. i mean it's hard to take that event seriously when the winner cant even qualify/struggles to qualify to subsequent events. there were too little teams for my liking too
But if you subscribe to that logic, every single first tournament is and always will be a mickey mouse, because the teams that do well at the start, outside of say the top 3 rarely maintain their form for the rest of the year as other teams catch up/meta changes. Are you willing to say with 100% certainty that every masters 1 will be mickey mouse?
they will keep the same format for kick off and stage 1 coming into 2025 so i guess every start of the year is mickey mouse then
https://liquipedia.net/valorant/VCT/2025/Americas_League/Kickoff
Because the team who won regionals in beggining of the year, arent the best team overral. they just have advatange over team who changed the roster. Think about Sentinels, i dont think they will have a great kick off and even a great stage 1. The roster just losted two importants players, so they need rebuild the team. And think about LEVIATAN or even G2. They have a lot time advantage, beucase they dont change they roster yet. So the team who win kickoff is most likely the team who maintain the same roster.
Thats why this is a mickey mouse.
No tournament is mickey mouse. Why do people even consider Masters Madrid and Lock In as mickey mouse? Masters Madrid - the best teams at that time got there according to the rules, so why should it be a low-ranking tournament? Lock In was the biggest tournament so far, all franchise teams took part there, the best team at the time, Fnatic, won and people have nothing to doubt here.