how can one even support ewc? It was never meant for the fans, it's just a big pay day for all the partner orgs, an opportunity for EWC to feature their big sponsors, for these said sponsors to showcase themselves for an esports crowd and that's it. The whole hype around EWC is built by the orgs for the orgs. They are actually paid to advertize EWC, and you can't blame them, EWC gives you free money for just participating in their circuit.

Yeah I get it, but it's just a different flavour or feeling when you see b1ad3 just stare in utter disbelief at his players when they lose a 5v2, it's as if he is personally offended.

I mean it's not an important thing, just a niche difference. I guess the only thing val fans miss out on are funny coach reactions on the cameras and nothing much really.

Oh so like they are on the server as an observer and not just walking around the backs of the players, got it

yeah cuz the crowds are small and most of them are just invited guests/media personalities and stuff like that, literally the gala of esports. Just a showcase of important people and ''oh look, this nickname or name of a relatively famous person in the esports circle, didn't know he watches vct/dota!''

wait I am a cs fans y'all don't have coaches behind the players?????

Are we deadass larping EWC as an actual premium S tier event and not just a pay day for orgs? Lmao

people don't watch EWC because for games like val/cs/lol it's either the same as other events or a meme event. Fans ain't being rightous for ignoring it, we just don't give a shit because EWC is not hype.

When you look at one esports at EWC and treat it as just an offseason event, yeah, it ain't as bad. For CS it's also just ''one random event before/after cologne where teams play for a big prize pool.''. The thing is that EWC exists in like 30+ different games. For esports like cs/val/lol it's just a run of the mill event. even for a decent esports like dota it's the biggest payday. I can't speak for other esports, but I would guess that for most of these niche games it's also the biggest one. Their PR and Marketing teams are correct when they claim they are the biggest esport event in the world, because it's 2 months of non-stop action across 30+ different titles with the biggest teams. But most esports viewers watch like 1-5 different esports so for them it's just a run-of-the-mill esports event. The contrast is too much for me to ignore. It feels fake because of this. You have 30+ titles but the biggest ones simply do not give a shit about EWC.

yeah and it begins in august and they teased roster changes by dubbing their cologne major vlog as ''last dance'' but no rumours around them rn :D. So instead of announcing anything about their CS roster (FYI the last time they made changes they announced them on 08.07.2025, when the major ended on 22.06.2025, and the current major ended on 21.06.2026 and still no news or rumours

they didn't qual to both dota and valorant, yet they tweet about it the most. They attend other games afaik, but rn it's just their fatal fury guy playing, yet they made like 7 tweets in 24 hours

I mean I remember that collapse (team spirit dota 2 offlaner) said that falcons/ewc basically hired fans off the streets of riyadh to come and cheer for Falcons during their Dota Games, so yeah, everything around the event just feels artificial af

I ain't really a fan of 100Thieves, I am just testing out my bullshit luck theory, if it's correct they lose to mibr tommorow

Not even talking about val only, probably the fakest an esports event can feel. Yeah prize pool, partnership programms, I get why teams participate in it, but gosh it's so artificial. Lame ass studios, small crowd (if any). And the members and partners do not help. Even navi, for example made like 8 posts advertizing EWC and the organization itself didn't participate in a single game. It is not even sportswashing that is my main issue (and it is a huge ass elephant in the room), it's just the contrast that EWC themselves, sponsors, Club Partners hype it up as the biggest event in all esports yet the fans do not give a single shit.

+1, how can you claim ''I love everyone equally'' when Lance Stroll exists

You didn't even say anything weird, you just asked a corny question and that's it bro, no need for apology gimmick

dota and cs are just straight up CIS. These are the only 2 relevant PC games which exist. It's usually just

1. CS
   slight gap
2. Dota
   big gap
   whatever friend slop game is hype rn (repo, mecha chameleon, etc.)

I mean if you hate all races, including the race you represent, then you are just the world's saddest human being ever recorded, no?

it's at the point where no matter what ronaldo does, messi fans will think messi is the goat. and no matter what else messi does, ronaldo is still the goat. Somewhere around 2021-2022 the fanbases just permanently locked in their opinion and will keep it no matter what. Sure, there are more ''messi is the goat'' guys, but the ronaldo guys will still not back down from their opinion. They are just so old these 2 fan bases mostly go into revisionism and throw shade or praise their previous achievements

what do you even do against a team which just fouls you?

Genuinely the only reason why I can't say I love football wholeheartedly. They always try to make the game about themselves. Either pure blatant bullshit which makes you think the guy cashed in on crypto platforms or such a level of blindness that Stevie Wonder mocks him for it. Sometimes they even make mistakes with VAR. Genuinely the first job which should be replaced with AI, I would rather deepseek refs than some of these world cup refs

12 fouls 0 yellows, especially with what they were doing in that germany game? oh yeah someone cashed in on some great odds

greatness can be achieved through hard work, plenty of examples in sport. The thing is that most of the guys still had some sorta predetermination or what others call talent. I feel like there is no right or wrong answer in terms of ''hard work or talent'', because it depends purely on the field you choose, the person who has the most talent in the field and who his biggest rival is (because you need a merit to understand how much better the talent is). Some sports it's less (e.g. all esports imo, talent is not as strong as in true sports. Exhibit A: tenz in cs. All the talent in the world, but he wasn't nearly as good as for example elige), some sports it's everything (you are at a huge handicap in the NBA if you are short). Imo the answer is somewhere in the middle and it depends on the volume of talent certain individuals have and the talent a hard worker has, if that kinda makes sense :D For example, to say that Ronaldo is only a hard worker and had no talent is nonsense, the guy is an absolute freak of nature in talent as well. To say that messi is just a genius and doesn't train is also false. in Anime or series or movies, yeah you can have 0% talent 100% hard work or 100% talent 0% hard work characters, but not in real life. There is no correct answer because everyone views talent, hard work and everything around sports differently

Depends on if the prodigy is lazy or no. If the prodigy is at least 50% as hard working as the guy with no talent, I highly doubt that. Some things are just OP

I would put it not as talent but rather predetermination, at least in terms of sport. Wembanyama is a talent, but he has a predetermined buff compared to any other athlete due to the height. Messi is undoubtedly talented, but his dribbling is so good because he has such a low center of gravity. Magnus Carlsen is a genius in chess, but he was born with a high IQ. Same goes for reactions, body builds, mentality, focus, etc. etc etc. Some people are just born in a way that if they find their work/sport they will have an edge over the field due to some sort of thing they inherited. At least that's my opinion. Obviously working hard is also required to reach the very top, but sports know plenty of examples where players had terrible work ethic but still could put on an absolute brutal display of talent diff

what the hell is the middle east then? what continent?

I refuse to believe that humpty dumpty won't rig it for CR7 vs Messi final

''not even a global sport'' is the true kicker. The take so stupid it either is a rage bait or actual fact denial

I shit you know the only reason I knew what cabo verde is that nani has heritage from it, literally that's the level of what cabo verde was to most fans. The niche trivia fact that ''oh these portuegese players like nani or renato sanches are from cabo verde''. They are that irrelevant in terms of football

literally 8 asian teams my guy

that's not even team secret, that's straight up a tier 2 team going band for band with fnatic 2023 my guy

WHAT THE FUCK DID I JUST SEEE WHAAAAAAAAAT

a country with 530k population potentially knocking out reigning world cup winners is what the world cup is all about, genuinely do not get how people can hate such an event

the team from lower bracket has to field leroy sane for the first 45 minutes

I mean I kinda started following football in 2013, and since then
we choked the 2-0 lead from france in the 2 leg qualification game in 2014
we placed 3rd in the eu qualifier group
lost to fucking wales in 2022
got bitch slapped by gyokeres

yep :D

For me it just feels weird. if Neymar or prime Jorginho does it, I trust them, they were the first ones to do it. But if someone like eze I just go ''oh yep he has fucked it!''

running it as an experiment. I will prolly pick an actual team to support purely on the jersey I like or the nickname

I don't know why players still do it after euro 2020 penalty shootout where england's best pen was Maguire's thundercunt into the top bin

I am not even surprised this bullshit happened

man the path was free to at least make the superbowl :D

worked in spain :D

I mean out of the teams remaining I guess I want portugal to win (Cr7 last dance please, their results show that my curse is working) and if not portugal then I guess I like how the Netherlands play. So, ez marroco

my football team acts like they are talented but then euros happen and romania 3-0's us and I just find myself asking what's the point of watching sports

I will not be surprised if Monaco happens again

the thing is that all my friends and family are mostly barcelona fans, so I am either dunked on for being a fan of real even if we win, or dunked on when real madrid loses. At least when Real wins I can be a 5iq gorilla and spam ''15 ucl''

they are cursed enough, if I start cheering for them I might nullify their curse.

-my home country has last been at the world cup in 2006. I was born in 2007. Therefore my country has never been at the world cup in my life (this year we got bitch slapped by Gyokeres)
-the country I live in for the last few years just lost to Paraguay on pens (insane that the goal was cancelled imo)
-I am a Max fan in F1. Red Bull built an unreliable piece of shit (praying the car performs well in silverstone)
-A Real Madrid fan. trophyless for the 2nd straight season. Players fighting
-I occasionally watch american sports. wanted the bills to win the super bowl this year. they lost to the broncos. Then wanted Luka to win a ring this year. He got injured and they were swept by OKC
-wanted Topuria and Pereira to win at the white house. both lost.
-a navi fan in cs. They shat the bed and placed 11th at the major.
-then wanted furia to win falcons for fallen. they got swept as well.
who should I curse next boys?

I miss Toni Kroos....

''no matter how long the game drags'' The players are already participating in like 50-60 games a season, if you go through the entire world cup you will have like 40 days of rest before the new season begins. It would deadass just kill your stamina and make you so injury prone you will be missing games every second month