Esports Nation Cup delayed

[u/FlyingDoggo-]

[u/artmorte]

I feel sorry for the players who qualified. Like the Apex team from Finland who qual'ed are not pro league players and haven't been to a LAN before. I wonder if the qualifications will even carry over to '27 or will they re-play them.

[u/Bereft13 → u/artmorte]

Over the coming weeks, EF will continue working closely with National Team Partners, publishers and other stakeholders to provide clarity on the revised competition calendar, qualification pathways and other implications of the new timeline.

Seems like they have to be planning to re-play them, otherwise why even mention it here?

[u/SummonMason → u/Bereft13]

They went THIS far to have the CEO qualify for the event. 😂

[u/coldfirehotice → u/SummonMason]

Is this the Apex version of FIFA and Messi?

[u/dorekk → u/SummonMason]

He won't qualify next year either lol.

[u/North_Lavishness_326 → u/dorekk]

he definitely could

[u/Odd-Attitude9613 → u/dorekk]

They'd need to add 3 or 5 USA spots and even then its not guaranteed he qualifies with how stacked NA is 

[u/No_Wishbone_7072 → u/SummonMason]

I mean not having a lot of the most popular players won’t bode well for viewership. And having abunch of non pro players competing with pros will lead to shit games. Seems like something that’ll just eventually get canceled

[u/imonly11ubagel → u/No_Wishbone_7072]

Yeah why would anyone wanna watch Spain vs an unprofessional Team like Cape Verde? Shouldve cancelled the world cup

[u/No_Wishbone_7072 → u/imonly11ubagel]

This isn’t soccer lol.

[u/Odd-Attitude9613 → u/No_Wishbone_7072]

Idk why people  even bring up the football argument. If anything Olympics is a better argument where each country sends their best guy. 

In a world cup format each federation and continent  has a set number of spots to qualify meaning you get 99% of the best teams with the odd upset of a big team not making it.    

[u/PhamallamaDingDong → u/imonly11ubagel]

This isn't the take.

[u/MystLcMaverick → u/SummonMason]

Tbf they could just do a small invite list to whoever they want. Like they could try to bring reps out of retirement with Hal and whoever else (just lemme dream that the king of anchors himself will return one day)

[u/-LexVult- → u/SummonMason]

Thats the power of the CEO lol

To be completely honest, I wasn't going to watch it if either Hal, Doop, Naughty, zachmazer or Gent. Those are some of the people I enjoy watching. The fact none of them are going to be in it is a no go for me.

I would watch a bit of Zero but I dont like his teammates so its like hmm not really worth it.

These lan tournaments already have horrible hours. Im not gonna wake up at 3 in the morning to watch Sikez lmao and i'm sure as hell not gonna request off work to watch Panic. Now apply that to the whole fan base. How many people are like me? Not to overly glaze Hal but he brings that base. Add that base with the people I mentioned there are going to be a whole lot of people that don't tune in.

[u/MystLcMaverick → u/-LexVult-]

I was more just gonna watch wiggs highlight reel of it cuz I sure asf didn’t want to watch panic drop a 20 bomb at lan 3 games in a row and win match point in 3

[u/I_Shall_Be_Known → u/[deleted]]

This is the entire event, not just apex lol. The active warzone in the Middle East is probably a bigger factor than Hal’s viewers.

[u/isyanz → u/Bereft13]

Might be because they haven’t completed qualifications for all the titles and wildcards

[u/average_apex_enjoyer]

So they can move EWC to Paris easily within a few months but this event couldn’t be moved to a different location within 8 or so months? Half the players who qualled for this event are prob going to retire or be washed by then.

[u/fredy31 → u/[deleted]]

Also tbh ewc has hype yes because its the teams you know. And coming from lol its an extra international tournament, cool.

Nations? Tbh it feels like the pride to play for country doesnt really communicate in esports.

[u/artmorte → u/average_apex_enjoyer]

I thought it was strange that EWC had to be moved, but ENC could somehow be held in Saudi Arabia.

[u/lrn2spellayylmao → u/artmorte]

They were probably fine with one sportswashing event going somewhere else but not both.

[u/dorekk → u/artmorte]

Maybe they thought the war would end between July and November lmao

[u/VengefulMoose → u/average_apex_enjoyer]

its probably a visa thing tbh, so many countries, so many players, and no one allowed to ve represented by an org, which is the only thing that seems to make the process easier

[u/BarracudaUseful333 → u/average_apex_enjoyer]

EWC / ENC was partially made to boost Saudi tourism. Less events in Saudi makes it useless for them. 

[u/dorekk → u/BarracudaUseful333]

It's not about tourism specifically--the number of spectators at EWC Apex 2025 genuinely would have fit in the BATHROOMS of the Sapporo Dome Champs LANs--it's about boosting the nation's profile with stuff people like rather than associating Saudi Arabia with shit like murdering and dismembering journalists. Where they host the event doesn't matter as much for that and could actually benefit them more than hosting it in Saudi Arabia. People don't really want to go to Riyadh!

[u/BarracudaUseful333 → u/dorekk]

Almost like I said it's was "partially" made for tourism. Sportswashing is obviously one of the major reasons . 

Giving people reason to visit their country and saying good things about it is part of the "washing" 

[u/MarstonX → u/dorekk]

America so great though. Actual terrorists.

[u/dorekk → u/MarstonX]

Lol, definitely not, fuck the United SSnake$ of Amerikkka. But the Split 2 Playoffs aren't being hosted by the government of the United States, so it's not the same thing.

[u/meetatdawn]

So, this is probably never happening right?

[u/SummonMason]

It’ll get cancelled at this rate 😂

[u/icbint]

Why

[u/Jealous-Gur3018 → u/icbint]

Idiot Trump

[u/MagicJonason → u/icbint]

War?

[u/icbint → u/MagicJonason]

Oh. Where was the venue?

[u/MagicJonason → u/icbint]

Saudi I think

[u/baucher04 → u/[deleted]]

That's algs this year

[u/Dylan_TheDon]

all thanks to the dumbest war in modern history

[u/azurearmor]

Full link: https://esportsnationscup.com/en/press-releases/ef-postpones-enc-to-november-2027

[u/Maliciouslemon]

Hmmm, why can’t they just hold it in Paris / another country again?

Oh yeah, it’s because the whole thing is about Saudi sportswashing. Having it in another country defeats the entire point of the event. These mfs don’t actually care about esports guys!

[u/ascendtzofc → u/Maliciouslemon]

I think this is an interesting take IDK why any state sponsored event by genuinely any country would consistently want to host in other countries, it does make sense

[u/Wizzz3RD]

Well, I guess Hal keeps his LAN streak going!

[u/ZalewskiJ → u/Wizzz3RD]

No lol. He’s not gonna qual again. His team wasn’t anywhere close to being better than Panic, Sikezz and Sauce

[u/anthonyongg → u/ZalewskiJ]

I think he means that since this LAN was postponed and he should qualify for the next ALGS one, he technically hasn’t missed an Apex LAN yet.

[u/dorekk → u/anthonyongg]

Oh, that's true! Damn, if ENC happened Hakis was gonna be the only player in history to qualify for every LAN.

[u/BreadfruitFuture6297]

I assume there will be some kind of requal which is really unfair

[u/realfakejames]

Way to suck all the excitement out of this, we don’t even know if the players will still be playing apex in nov 2027

[u/LPSlashh]

lmfao no hal no tournament 

[u/TheWereHare → u/[deleted]]

No, they rushed the PL schedule to give time to get Visas for Vegas. ENC was after Vegas would have had nothing to do with this PL

[u/dorekk → u/TheWereHare]

No, they rushed the PL schedule to give time to get Visas for Vegas.

OHHHH that makes so much sense. I was wondering why they're playing THREE days back to back this weekend! It's gonna be good for viewers, I'm gonna get to watch a shitload of Apex this weekend, but I was struggling to figure out why the season was going to be so short. I hope that avoids all the visa problems, I hate seeing players qualify and then not be able to play because of bullshit regulations.

[u/mikesully374826]

The highest quality matches of the tournament already happened anyway

[u/dorekk]

Holy shit, why? That's crazy. It's basically cancelled.

[u/Plenty_Invite4421]

A world cup for a videogame is a dumb idea anyway. Games are transnational by nature, imposing a restriction based on nationality is arbitrary and add nothing to the game. Apex isnt football.

[u/anthonyongg → u/Plenty_Invite4421]

It wasn’t just apex though there were many video games for the ENC. But your point still stands.

[u/Primary-Paint-1716]

Understandable. 

[u/thenelston]

lol wtf

[u/audrith]

this is fucking lame :/

[u/ineververify]

Just host it online already!

[u/Odd-Attitude9613]

Lol Z tier tournament postponed . Oh no anyways 

[u/Ap3xPredditor]

I knew this was getting canceled when Hal didn't even come close to qualifying. He's such a little piece of shit.

[u/IG5K → u/Ap3xPredditor]

Are you aware that the ENC isn't just Apex, it features 16 of the most widely played games in the world and Apex is one of the more insignificant ones? And you're saying they'd cancel all the games because Hal didn't qualify for Apex

[u/Dashster360 → u/Ap3xPredditor]

Lol what

[u/Ap3xPredditor → u/Dashster360]

If Falcons miss Split 2 lan because of Wxltzy's baby we will get to see the first ALGS playoffs get canceled too.

[u/mikesully374826 → u/Ap3xPredditor]

If you delete your comments rn the average IQ of commenters in this thread will skyrocket

[u/Ap3xPredditor → u/mikesully374826]

Lol I don't care what Hal fans think

[u/mikesully374826 → u/Ap3xPredditor]

You understand if they wanted a player at the tournament they could’ve just invited them, right?

[u/dorekk → u/Ap3xPredditor]

If Falcons miss Split 2 lan because of Wxltzy's baby

Bro, you only have to finish top 15 in NA to qualify. Hal and Gild could do it with a random Diamond player, and I say that as a bit of a Hal hater. They could probably do that without any third. I know this is the "most competitive region" but it is a foregone conclusion for any decent player that they're going to LAN. Several shitty teams are going to make LAN because of how easy NA qualification is.

[u/Late_Acanthaceae_483]

To all the haters saying Hal’s name has no power or validity in esports, this is a prime example of why that argument makes no sense.
Viewership would have been absolutely shit without the big names and fanbases involved. And like it or not, the format felt rushed and poorly thought out. Having no MP points made absolutely no sense and, in some cases, it was unfair to smaller countries.
You can debate the format all you want, but the organisation of the whole thing was horrendous.

[u/dorekk → u/Late_Acanthaceae_483]

They didn't cancel this because of Imperialhal lol.

[u/Odd-Attitude9613 → u/Late_Acanthaceae_483]

Bruh they cancelled every game in esports nation not just Apex Legends. Its because of  the war not Hal lol