Produced with $100,000 in prize money, CouRage Clash for Marvel Rivals takes place Thursday, October 2, from 12 Noon PST. The teams are pretty stacked. Actually, CouRageJD, a well-known streamer and commentator, announced that he will be casting all the action for the very first time. Predictions-and the multiplayer-mode shenanigans-are already swirling in gaming circles.
The teams are all loaded with the array of top-name streamers i.e. Shroud, SypherPK, BigPuffer, Grizzy, and The BonsaiBroz just to name a few. And how are reactions from players? Pure chaos. Says one, “Team 1 is so unfair”; then, looking at the lineup, I totally concur. Then another one said “Team 4 is stacked”; and somebody else just proclaimed, “Team 3, for sure.”
Really, the real drama began when the issue of BigPuffer’s missing or weird profile picture emerged. CouRage’s original graphic for the event apparently had a weird image or no image at all for Puffer, and in reply to that, Puffer said, “Here’s a photo of me since you couldn’t find one on the internet somehow” . . . and then shared a selfie. This kicked off a mini-thread with people sharing better pics, one jokingly asking, “Are you saying you’re actually not an angry blue puffer fish?” These little, personable moments really cement the fun factor of the tournaments before they even get going.
Then, with guys shouting back and forth “LETS GOOOOOOOO WWWWW” and “I’M TUNING IN FOR THE WHOLE THING!”, some fan just whispered, “Can it be Thursday yet? 🐢”, The hype for this Marvel Rivals showdown is really there. With a $100,000 prize fund, it is going to be one hell of a competition.
What is really awesome is that the players are seeing early signs that the team construction is fair and offering one hell of an enjoyable experience. One comment went: “These teams looks fair. It is fun to see there only being creators and not fully stacked ‘pro-teams’ as that usually ruins the fun.” This should be a good gauge to the tournament’s watchability and staying power. When the tournaments are balanced, the matches get exciting and unpredictable and are never one-sided stomps.
A few more interesting team dynamics are already blossoming. “Shroud and Flats on the same team? Easy,” suggests another voice. Meanwhile, “Why do you hate Necros? Putting him with both Puffer and Grizzy feels like a punishment,” throws fuel onto the fire for team placements turning into a conversation about who actually gets along.
BonsaiBroz, who will be inside and outside of the tournament, threw in an extra fun question: “The real question… WHICH BONSAI BRO WILL WIN OVER THE OTHER” with a thinking emoji. This sibling rivalry will add so much to the already loaded event narrative. CouRage himself commentating on Marvel Rivals for the first time will be a fresh experience for all involved.
Still a relatively new title in the competitive scene, throwing such a big tournament with these huge streamers marks huge potential for the game’s esports. BigTime creators causing such a spectacle will almost cement the game into the competitive scene. Backed by NetEase and Marvel throwing down a $100k prize pool for this really puts them in the “we mean business” category.
For now, the community’s opinions vis-à-vis actually winning are sharply divided. Some are rooting for Team 2 on account of SypherPK; others feel like Team 3 might just have the secret sauce; while many are simply over-the-top getting overwhelmed at how stacked Team 1 looks. But this is the real beauty of these types of tournaments: yeah, some teams might appear stronger on paper, but the minute actual matches kick off, anything goes. Marvel Rivals is still setting its meta, and it’s going to be a ton of what will transpire on that particular day and with each individual player that will massively decide who will walk away as a victor.
So write it down for October 2, Thursday, at 12 P.M. PST. CouRage Clash promises must-watch content anyway for fancy Marvel Rivals gameplay, CouRage-style banter, or for witnessing how the entire BigPuffer picture saga will unfold. And from there, $100k and several popular streamers are going to make sure that replaying will be mad competitive and honestly so much fun to meme about. This is exactly the fuelling event that will glue the gaming community together for a great time of competitive laid-back fun!
