Okay so I bought this pass earlier today and while I was super excited to buy it and lock in Cloud9 as my team, I've already encountered a couple of concerns.
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Do vods not work for this pass at all? I normally watch the games through another platform on a Smart TV, and then just stream the vods on my laptop later to get the BE. Or, if I can't watch the games live, I watch the vods at a later date. Well today I was really excited to watch Cloud9 on a screen bigger than my monitor, so I tried streaming the vod later to get mission credit for watching a game... nothing.
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From what I've seen, all of the weekly missions are framed as "watch 3 games from your team this split on..." Well, sadly, teams only play 2 games a week. That means that for many of these missions, unless you can rewatch old vods, you have to wait 1.5 weeks to complete the missions? Also, back to my previous point, if vods are not working with the pass then that means that missing one game live can put you behind on the pass.
That being said, I really love the idea of this pass. I personally like participating in all of the events with extra missions because it just adds a little something different to my game experience. I also really like that half of the proceeds go to the teams themselves. Finally, I like the awards. I definitely prefer this method of getting team icons/emotes/ward skins over simply buying them in the store because it genuinely feels like I'm supporting the team by watching the games/cheering them on!
Idk, overall I really like the idea of the pass, but I would definitely like some more clarity on exactly what the pass does/how the missions work/if vods are acceptable. I bought it assuming vods would work (as they did for last split's esports missions) and if they end up not granting mission progress then I'm going to be seriously disappointed.
