>>531100209
>who basically said fuck any grass roots tournaments and any circuits that actiblizz wasnt involved in

Riot said the same thing, and in a much more developed competitive scene than Overwatch had at the time. Blizzard forcing everyone into their ecosystem was not a unique thing, they were copying Riot's successful model after Starcraft 2 failed with this grassroots mindset.

>contains great classics like tournament organizers being allowed to have prize money tournaments but, NOT being allowed to make a profit

They weren't making a profit anyway, none of these scenes do. To me this looks like Blizzard is forcing organizers to actually pay for their own production costs instead of doing the esports classic of simply not paying anyone and fleeing with the money.

Esports exists because the developers fund it, it's really that simple. League is the most popular esport on the planet but it doesn't make a profit, can't pay for itself and as far as anyone can tell there's no plan or pathway to sustainability. Riot sustains it because they make so much money it doesn't matter, but eventually it will matter and that's when you'll see the League scene collapse. OWL was just that but it happened faster because of OW2 and COVID and the Microsoft merger, etc etc.

>>531101078
> they dont want ranked to feel TOO competitive so they introduce matchmaking shit under the hood
schizo...