Too Many LANs? Tournament Oversaturation

TrAiDoS

Germany258 Posts

September 19 2025 06:17 GMT

Happy Friday.

After the COVID pandemic, Counter-Strike LAN tournament schedules are back to the point of potential oversaturation. For players, this often means jumping on a plane at the end of one tournament to compete in another, in some cases less than 24h later. The jet lag that comes with it may negatively impact their performance and health. Research on the matter is limited, but here is what it tells us.

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Christian

Yurie

12175 Posts

September 20 2025 06:23 GMT

Tiers of events is important to consider in this type of analysis. Would the worst full time pro team be allowed to attend the best events? Would the best team globally bother to attend the worst ones or the ones with bad scheduling clashing with a top tier event?

So the most impacted teams are likely mid tier teams that often attend top tournaments but might feel forced to attend a lower tier one just to keep their spot in top tier ones.

sikhajain

India1 Post

September 20 2025 07:38 GMT

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JimmyJRaynor

Canada17911 Posts

September 20 2025 09:45 GMT

I'm headed to a LAN today! I can't wait! Except there is really no "LAN". Its a bunch of Sega Genesis and SNES systems.
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you spelled glamourous incorrectly.

speaking of Glamour.

TrAiDoS

Germany258 Posts

October 02 2025 10:37 GMT

On September 20 2025 15:23 Yurie wrote:
Tiers of events is important to consider in this type of analysis. Would the worst full time pro team be allowed to attend the best events? Would the best team globally bother to attend the worst ones or the ones with bad scheduling clashing with a top tier event?

So the most impacted teams are likely mid tier teams that often attend top tournaments but might feel forced to attend a lower tier one just to keep their spot in top tier ones.

Even top-tier team in CS are basically competing every other week or so, especially during the summer season. I would echo your thoughts on mid-tier teams. Especially since money has become tight in esports (esports winter), teams can't rely on sponsors and marketing anymore. They need prize money too.

Stonesa

1 Post

October 04 2025 05:26 GMT

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