omg, you guys, the latest marvel rivals creator world cup championship just went down and it's been a total drama fest. i mean, we've seen this kind of thing before, but this time there was a whopping $300,000 on the line, with the winning team taking home $75,000. team amer united ended up on top, but their victory has been kinda overshadowed by all the tea that's been spilled.

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so, apparently, there was a bit of a team dynamic issue with team canada, which included some pretty big names like xqc and surefour. one of their teammates, warn, doesn't really play marvel rivals that much, and when his team asked him to switch heroes, he just didn't. it's not a huge deal on its own, but when there's that much money at stake, every win counts. and it sounds like this isn't the first time something like this has happened - there was another tournament with a way smaller prize pool where a player called zazza did something similar and caused a ton of drama.

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i have to admit, it's pretty wild that this keeps happening in these tournaments. i guess when you're dealing with players who have different skill levels and streaming incomes, it's gonna be hard to keep everyone on the same page. and it's not like netease, the company behind the game, did a great job of organizing the tournament or balancing the teams. warn even said that the invitation to the tournament was last minute, which doesn't exactly inspire confidence.

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anyway, things got even more heated after the tournament when a clip circulated of warn blaming his teammates for their losses. he's since apologized and said that the clip was taken out of context, but it's still pretty shaky. preorders are availableRead more: Full article on www.pcgamer.com

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