In literally every aspect. Crowd, arena, views, hype, narratives, casting, plays, everything.
Hell in terms of competition, I feel like the only impressive team to beat right now is LEV, and they’re an unarguable downgrade to 2023 LOUD because aspas was definitely playing with better players last year.
It’s just depressing to see Valorant fall off already, champs EG would’ve made this tournament look like a joke.