Before the 2024 Esports World Cup officially started, the information surrounding the tournament attracted the attention of the audience. In particular, the most noticeable and controversial, which is the “key and key” that is considered unprecedented in the history of any subject, from traditional sports to eSports. This format also divided the community into many supporting groups. One side thinks that it will be more entertaining and competitive. While the protesting party said this is a non -sport behavior, not bringing the spirit of respect for the opponent.
EWC 2024 is controversial with the formula “Giving key – beat key”
And the image of the players when giving the key to each other after the match speaks of all the issues that fans are concerned about. Whether the players are somewhat gentle like Zeus, or strong personality like Bin, APA, Humanoid, when faced with the opponent they have just fought, all 4 players have a certain embarrassment. Even a famous player is often teasing the opponent before the match like APA is extremely tense when meeting Humanoid – who has just been defeated by him a few minutes earlier.
Even personality players like Humanoid or APA are uncomfortable
In fact, the forcing one of the two teams to show honor with the other team even though they are rivals, even rivals have to praise each other's title is normal in traditional sports, such as football. But obviously, even at that time, the defeated teams were definitely unhappy, but the teams who won the title were not really too salty.
Even in football, even the welcome player or the welcome team is not very comfortable
As for eSports in general or League of Legends in particular, the players may be competitors on the stage, but in real life they are very close friends or at least have fun chatting, exchanging ranks with each other many times. Not to mention, compared to the football players, the ego or the personality of the gamers is sometimes even higher and more likely to break out. Therefore, the fact that the two players gave each other right after the match is showing many inadequacies.
Even in two rival areas, ordinary players are also extremely comfortable to interact with each other
Fans can watch these actions warm up the passionate atmosphere. Even experts are excited. But for the players, facing the opponent after the match is not easy, especially when they are just rivals, not each other's enemies.