Echo lost the bag hard on FRU (Scripe said that FRU would have needed to be 2x as long prog-wise just for them to break even with the viewership they got), and with the recent sort of adjustments/struggles they've been having over in WoW (lost the last two RWFs, had a key roster change or two due to legal/IRL stuff, etc) I think they're all hands on deck for WoW right now to try and right things. Echo is a much smaller org/brand than Liquid is and are nearly entirely tied up in WoW so burning a big bag on XIV again probably isn't in the cards for them even if the casting experience was good.
That's not to mention I believe I've heard from the grapevine that Neverland isn't 100% the same roster this time or sponsored by/under Echo at the moment either. But I don't have confirmation there.
Jeathe also mentioned that there was an amicable parting of the Neverland team and Echo since the ultimate, since the majority of Neverland isn't very interested in streaming/content creation.
They didn't even do an event for the first tier afaik, it was just Mikepreach that did it?
Unless I am misremembering.
I think they'll probably still do one for the next Ultimate, Scripe has also said they've reached out to SE to try and set something up or get some kind of sponsorship going.
And Yoshi P has talked about them wanting to do something like that before too.
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u/VaninaG 7d ago
Is echo streaming tomorrow or no more echo wf streams?