The corona pandemic also determines the eSports season in FIFA 22. Michael ‘MegaBit’ Bittner regrets th
At the beginning of December, EA SPORTS and FIFA had to make the next calendar adjustment due to the global health situation : The premiere of the TOTY Cup was canceled due to corona and the list of canceled offline events was extended by one point. With the FIFAe World Cup and the FIFAe Nations Cup, two highlights of the season were already canceled in FIFA 21, and the World Cup was not held for the second time in a row.
“My former team-mate Mo ( Mohammed ‘MoAuba’ Harkous; editor’s note) is still world champion today. We were still team-mates when he became world champion. It feels like two ages,” says Michael ‘MegaBit’ Bittner from SV Werder Bremen. ‘MoAuba’ won the global FIFA crown in the summer of 2019 and did not have to defend it in the past two years.
Eligella XMAS Cup as a role model?
“The pandemic is an event of the century, nobody could have guessed that. If it doesn’t work, then it won’t”, says ‘MegaBit’. However, he is not satisfied with the solutions proposed by the organizers: “You have the feeling that the online tournaments have stagnated more than they should have.” The alternative for large global offline events in FIFA eSport was mostly online tournaments, which were carried out separately according to regional zones.
The Eligella XMAS Cup powered by CosmosDirekt opened its live gates last week and could become a model for EA SPORTS and FIFA. “Today you can see what makes offline events so special. Be it the networking or just presenting yourself and having this stage. Offline storytelling simply works better,” said ‘MegaBit’ to kicker eSport during the event.
“We came out of the high phase”
Bittner had his most successful season so far in FIFA 19, when he was among other things German club and individual champion: “We came out of the high phase in FIFA 19 and at the beginning of FIFA 20. In FIFA 19 I flew to tournaments 30 times. The number Of course it went straight to zero. ” ‘MegaBit’ also sees the psychological aspects of the pandemic, life and everyday life have become “much more monotonous and lonely”.
“You don’t think about it in offline tournaments. You just live. It’s a bit more difficult at home,” said the FIFA professional, summing up the mental situation. For FIFA 22, EA SPORTS and FIFA have planned offline events for the FIFAe World Cup, the FIFAe Nations Cup and the FIFAe Club World Cup next summer. The FIFA 21 season has shown that these events can also fall victim to Corona in the short term.
is fact – but also criticizes the organizers.
