What part of me saying I think its a good way to standardize finals did you miss

I find it hard to believe you think if there wasn't a LAN people would lose all desire to get better. I think LAN is great and is a good way to standardize finals but they aren't absolutely required like alot of people feel they are.

Don't get me wrong, I want there to be strong enough competition and support for a LAN to exist, but when a basis for an argument to join a league is "we have LAN" I feel you are reaching pretty deep.

If I'm in open why should I particularly care if ESEA has lan? I get that it is for greater competition and all, and I do like seeing the top teams compete, but honestly why does it matter when it will probably be Mixup vs b4nnys team?

If cevo does drop the ball and there is no esea to return to then there will probably be a new league to join, if the demand of competition is high, then some group will take advantage of the situation and provide them what they want, which is pretty much what cevo is doing right now.

Alot of people are also saying ESEA has the greater competition (in open). I think CEVO has almost 100 teams signed up for their open while ESEA has about 20 or so. Obviously not all 100 of those teams are going be paid and ready for the season and obviously since its CEVOs first serious season there will be teams such as budsquad in open which is basically the problem ESEA open had last season. So then what happens when most of the open teams shift from ESEA to CEVO like we are seeing? Does the claim that ESEA having a stronger open scene stop being valid?

It seems to be that the self fulfilling prophecy of people not wanting to join ESEA because people are saying ESEA was going to die may come true and that certainly is being a deterrent to people wanting to sign up there.

Alot of people are saying that teams should play in both leagues if they can

But what if teams can't play in both leagues for whatever reasons? How do they choose between ESEA and CEVO?

Why is ESEA starting to sound like the big banks of America? I guess some things are too big to fail.

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