A match that is not part of the tournament and will not effect the players competitive record, but is shown another reason (usually the audience's entertainment). Show match could be anything, from putting players into a free-for-all, a game where you mix teams and players, etc.

Lots of money in streaming, plus prize pools in Val are not that big yet compared to other games. If he thinks he could make more money and have less stress streaming full time than competing it is hard to hold it against him imo

There is still a market for CS in NA, and Liquid has the biggest share of it. NA may be a smaller pond than EU, but being the biggest fish in a small pond is better than being a medium fish in a giant pond

I think that is a very valid criticism and would probably agree with you. But if cned does show up in a big way they have a good shot at making finals

why not both? Both games are fun to play and watch, why hate one when you can love both?

So many kids in NA like liquid and buy their merch, plus they're getting big sponsors. If they wanted to move the entire roster to Europe they wouldn't have resigned NAF and wouldn't be resigning Nitro, they would be focusing on signing players already in Europe. Orgs don't care about winning competitions, they just care about money at the end of the day

And Sens were expected to win and bombed out in the quarters. ACE is a good team that shouldn't be written off

I doubt the Liquid's CS roster is moving to Europe. It would be the right move if they want to win tournaments, but I doubt it happens. Plus covid will end eventually and there will be LAN events in NA again