I know it has been mentioned very often so far.. but Shootmania urgently needs ESWC this year, in my opinion. Not to actually boost the activity, but to give a sign of hope for SM in general! ESWC has such a
huge symbolism and it has always been THE tournament for Elite players. If there will be no SM representation, then the so-called description "SM is dead" would probably make more sense then.. and even myself (who was always blamed for his obstinate posivity & optimism) would lose faith in SM.
A few might consider the absence of SM in ESWC as a "drop in the ocean" and it wouldn't have solved all problems like magic...
but this very certain tournament has a huge character (especially for elite players of SM) and would consequentely have huge impacts on this game.
Why would people rejoin SM if they would figure out that it had no ESWC? Waste of time, they would probably prefer to stick to their current games like CS:GO.
And even a power-up wouldn't be able to "wash out" the mistakes of the past... at least it would be much harder.
Excuse me for my negativity but something needs to be done before it's too late. As dreammy said, it's never too late for an announcement of which the majority is waiting for so long now :-/
Whom can I (we) contact Cerovan to ask this one question that I wrote above? Does this one person know about the petition and generally the community's eager will to have an ESWC for SM this year?
What do you think of a smaller tournament this autumn/winter as a substitute for ESWC? Smaller prices, maybe less players (One can arrange that teams have to qualify online first and the best players will play locally).
I am sure something can be done!
Regards,
Soprah
But let's hope for the best.
