Thorin named the main problem with the Counter-Strike 2 Esports World Cup tournament

Duncan “Thorin” Shields believes that the main problem with the Esports World Cup tournaments for Counter-Strike 2 is the format of the organization and the lack of a live audience.

The player shared this opinion on X.

“EWC can make the prize pool a billion dollars but it won't make their event the best until they improve the format and gave a real authentic crowd to give a great atmosphere.”

According to Duncan “Thorin” Shields, increasing the prize pool will not make the Esports World Cup CS2 events better, as the main problem with this tournament series is the lack of the atmosphere typical of Counter-Strike 2 championships, which is created by a live audience of fans.

Earlier, Filipe “Astini” Astini criticized the reduction in the prize pool for the Esports World Cup 2026 Dota 2 tournament.