Say, you’re more than just a fan of a team, you’re a fan of Counter-Strike. An event like the Blast Pro Series Sao Paulo gathers the best teams in the world. You’re interested in watching all the matches and witnessing the narratives as the tournament progresses. Sure, you might see a local team enter the fray, for example, Space Soldiers in Blast Istambul. But it is still quite interesting to see how lesser teams perform in this environment.

The problem is that it can be very hard to get around watching all the matches. In Blast, there are three simultaneous bo1’s ongoing. It can be very difficult to choose what games you want to watch. If you don’t have another monitor to watch the games on, well then tough luck.

Then there’s the issue with the round-robin format. If you lost 3 games in a row, you probably won’t make it out of groups. But because it’s round-robin, you must play the remaining 2 games.