As you know, recently, there has been some notable information related to the Esports World Cup (EWC) tournament for eSports games and will be held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia this coming summer. next. Accordingly, the tournament will be held with many disciplines, including League of Legends. At the same time, it is almost certain that big names in the Esports industry will participate. In particular, the tournament's prize money is up to more than 60 million USD and is the tournament with the highest prize money value in Esports history to date. For those who don't know, this number is much larger than the 40 million USD of The International in 2021 – DOTA 2's annual tournament.
The upcoming Esports World Cup scheduled to be held in Saudi Arabia has a “huge” prize money value.
Recently, images of T1 appeared in the announcement trailer of the latest tournament announced by the tournament organizers. In addition, the tournament also posted an image of Faker that made many viewers extremely surprised. However, the fact that T1 participates in EWC is not too strange. Because T1 is one of the largest Esports organizations in the world. Furthermore, in League of Legends alone – a subject that will also be competed at EWC, T1 is the name with the most titles and is the GOAT of the League of Legends village.
Faker's image appeared in the content promoting the award
However, bringing Faker's image to promote the tournament is one thing, in fact, whether T1 will field the strongest squad to attend EWC or not is also a big question mark. Because, if the tournament takes place between June and September, it will clash with the LCK summer 2024 schedule. Next will be Worlds 2024 – a tournament that will almost certainly receive more attention.
“T1 will attend EWC but what about their schedule and other activities they will attend?”
Maybe, EWC can be organized like last year's Hangzhou ASIAD. It only takes place for a short period of time for each subject. This is also more reasonable, because there are many sports competing at EWC. And if each subject takes too much time, the tournament may have to last until the end of the year. Not to mention, players like Faker have many tournaments ahead as well as a dense training and livestream schedule.
T1 will face an extremely tight schedule if EWC is added
Therefore, Faker appearing in a promotional clip is one thing. Whether or not T1 can bring the strongest squad to the EWC tournament is another matter. Even if there are unexpected situations, T1 can completely refuse to participate in the tournament to ensure the best for the players.