EWC is not mickey mouse

Yes it is sportswashing slop, nobody denies that. But most, if not all orgs want the money. Orgs want their players to win. Players want to win as well (I’ve seen no proof saying otherwise). “My team does bad in EWC because Toronto more important” is cope.

I give up arguing about this I guess people want there to be no 3rd party tournaments and wait 6 months after the end of every season

they'll all try to win in EWC but most likely most teams attention will be on Toronto and not EWC

it's a 'major' tournament, but it's still less prestigious than any masters and even regionals, cause those at least contribute to circuit points, whereas EWC is just random tourney in the middle of a season with shitty format and even shittier qualifiers, like no one give a shit when T1 won EWC in league lmao

The format and structure of the tournament does allow for more variance though, so a team doing bad in EWC because EWC sucks is still a little valid.

orgs are not after the prize money, orgs after the club partner funding which gives them at least six figures with bonuses related to their performance and ability to promote EWC

do you unironically think an org would risk a masters event for 250k?

That's a funny joke