There’s always a need to fill up the off-season with tantalising content, lest the scene itself runs dry and fans disappear during the inevitable annual gap. It’s one of the biggest issues in Call of Duty esports, for example – when the Call of Duty League ends every year, a lengthy period of silence kicks off. Well, Ludwig has revealed that he wants to fill the VALORANT off-season by pitting his team – Moist x Shopify Rebellion – against the top teams in the scene.

They’re going to be show matches, but they’ll still be exciting. It’s a similar principle followed by a few organisations recently, with the concept of competition without reward becoming much more popular. For instance, Karmine Corp recently held an event in Paris that sold out an arena and pulled in thousands of viewers online – and it was just KC challenging various teams from around the world in show matches.

We Just Want to Watch

It goes to show that there doesn’t have to be a million-dollar prize pool on the line for an esports tournament to be exciting. Sure, the prize money is an added incentive for those taking part, but for the fans, it’s about watching the teams go head to head – the general population doesn’t really think about the prize pool. So, with Ludwig stepping up on stream and announcing his desire for Moist x Shopify Rebellion (MxS) to take part in a series of challenging bouts in this category, it all makes a lot of sense.

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While on stream recently, Ludwig explained:

‘We are going to do straight-up best-of-fives against the dopest teams. Like, I want MxS to do a show match against Sentinels, I want MxS to do a showmatch against LOUD, against PRX, against Fnatic. Whoever will play us in the off-season, let’s play, baby. Best-of-five, once a month.”

Recently, the Moist Esports team formed a fresh partnership with Shopify Rebellion in VALORANT esports, with the two teams merging to form their long-named organisation. That was on September 20th, and Ludwig is already eager to start flexing that refreshed brand name. It’s going to be a Tier 2 team in the 2024 season, but that doesn’t mean that the squad doesn’t have the clout to go face-to-face with the best VALORANT players in the business.

After all, that’s what show matches are all about, right? Most major sports have ‘friendlies’, so why can’t esports?

So far in the VALORANT scene, neither the Shopify Rebellion nor the ‘Moist Mogul’s managed to gain too much traction, but perhaps sharpening their skills against the most cracked teams in the space is just what’s needed.

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