Why is this so heated

How is an ascension match leading to regional arguments lmfao. Back in kickoff between SEN and LOUD ppl werent that heated and stupid

Anything with botzil mentioned leads to regional arguments

brazilians don’t have twitter

average cross regional game

EXACTLY LOL

I think it is because it is ascension that it is leading to regional arguments. The region boundaries are a lot more defined and the stakes are arguably as high or even higher than a lot of T1. The emotions run much higher because this tournament could mean the beginning or the end of a career, depending on who wins.

Side note, this would lowkey make for a fire research paper.

edit: or it's just that AMER has more hate in general due to the sheer amount of people following it. EMEA was generally more chill than this, but there were less people following it I think. Since there are more people watching AMER (especially ones with clout), that leads to more arguments as people attack everything except what actually matters. Additionally, people tend to flock around general consensuses, so seeing people hate makes people want to hate, making a positive feedback loop of never ending pressed people

It’s kind of fucked up how my fellow Americans are hating so hard on this result 😢😇

We tryna get the best possible Teams in T1 so the Americas can get Trophies smh my head

you can see the same in hltv for CS as well. their teams usaully suck ass but when they win against the favoruites it gets crazy