The Summoner Showdown Tournament Begins July 31!

This fall, a champion will be revealed! The Marvel Contest of Champions: Summoner Showdown, a nine-week tournament, will kick off on July 31 with the first livestream event. The Summoner Showdown is the longest tournament we've ever run, and it will culminate in a final showdown at New York Comic Con in October where the winner will be crowned!

Tune in to Marvel.com/mcocshowdown on July 31 for the first livestream event that will determine the first finalist! More details including the Schedule coming your way soon!

Get all of the Information here: https://www.marvel.com/articles/games/marvel-contest-of-champions-summoner-showdown-tournament-begins-july-31

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DNA3000

I honestly don't see very many people (outside of Kabam or those participating) really caring about this at all.

I'm sure it's exciting for the participants though.
While it may not be for everyone, a lot of people all around the world tuned in to see the semi-finals and finals of the NYCC Tournament last year.

Although you may not be tuning in, others might, and might really enjoy the idea of watching other parts of their Community compete in the first Tournament for a game that they enjoy!

So maybe I'm being a bit harsh, but I kinda wish the commentators had more than a passing knowledge of the game. When they kept saying that the player using X-23 would be using her special three, and at no time did anyone say that was kind of the worst possible thing to do short of letting go of the device (until the end when it didn't matter), it got painful to watch.

Using any specials when the objective is to end the fight with as much health as possible is quite literally the silliest thing to be telling a player to do in that situation.

I had to take a call after this, so I don't know if there was any commentary after the fight addressing this. But this just seemed goofy to me.

ArcDeAngelus

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT that over 99% of the regular player base can not participate in. Good work to Kabam for finding something even more pathetic than a broken Act boss.

winterthur

How about an "in-game" show down with some nice rewards.

I would be happy to attempt even without rewards.

Looking at 200k+ HP, I will be trashed though.

GroundedWisdom

Are people really upset if that's the big news? Lol. Oh my.

DankestChef

Are people really upset if that's the big news? Lol. Oh my.

of course you don't see a problem with this smh my head

GroundedWisdom

Are people really upset if that's the big news? Lol. Oh my.
of course you don't see a problem with this smh my head

People feel how they feel. Do I have a problem with it? Not on a personal level. It's just comical how people hear surprise and immediately go to getting something. Not all surprises involve Rewards. Some just have to do with something enjoyable and new. Generally, not everyone is excited about these, but many are. People get caught up in the competition of it. They root for their favorites, they talk about it after. It's hype. Doesn't always have to mean we're getting something. News is news.

DNA3000

Are people really upset if that's the big news? Lol. Oh my.
of course you don't see a problem with this smh my head

I'd be willing to bet my game access rights against anyone elses that the vast overwhelming majority of players of the game don't have a problem with this.

It is a joint marketing event with Marvel at their SDCC booth. It is something worth marketing to the vast majority of players that aren't supremely jaded. Anyone who thinks the only big or important marketing announcements either involve them getting rewards or them getting to participate in something aren't really worth trying to please with marketing announcements.

Besides just being a fun event that involves the community, if not literally every single member of it, the event gives me an idea of how Marvel views MCOC as a product in their licensed gaming portfolio, and indirectly gives me an idea of how successful a product Marvel thinks MCOC is. Not only continuing events like this, but scaling them up says something to me that is interesting, so I think the announcement and the event itself is noteworthy even if I'm not actually going to be participating in the actual competition. I think it is good for the game I play that MCOC is continuing to get this kind of exposure and attention from the company holding the strings to it all.

Kobster84

Are people really upset if that's the big news? Lol. Oh my.
of course you don't see a problem with this smh my head
I'd be willing to bet my game access rights against anyone elses that the vast overwhelming majority of players of the game don't have a problem with this.

It is a joint marketing event with Marvel at their SDCC booth. It is something worth marketing to the vast majority of players that aren't supremely jaded. Anyone who thinks the only big or important marketing announcements either involve them getting rewards or them getting to participate in something aren't really worth trying to please with marketing announcements.

Besides just being a fun event that involves the community, if not literally every single member of it, the event gives me an idea of how Marvel views MCOC as a product in their licensed gaming portfolio, and indirectly gives me an idea of how successful a product Marvel thinks MCOC is. Not only continuing events like this, but scaling them up says something to me that is interesting, so I think the announcement and the event itself is noteworthy even if I'm not actually going to be participating in the actual competition. I think it is good for the game I play that MCOC is continuing to get this kind of exposure and attention from the company holding the strings to it all.

No one has a problem with it it’s just disappointing

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BigPoppaCBONE

Kabam shouldn't be surprised that the response to this is less than enthusiastic. They never showed why we should care about this. Maybe if the winner got to spin out a crystal of their choosing and everyone gets what comes out. I'm interested in that action.
I think most of those youtubers viewers won't want to watch content they'll never ever get to play through as opposed to a new champ review or tutorial. The only scenario where I picture myself watching would be if this uses a new practice realm or something.

DNA3000

Are people really upset if that's the big news? Lol. Oh my.
of course you don't see a problem with this smh my head
I'd be willing to bet my game access rights against anyone elses that the vast overwhelming majority of players of the game don't have a problem with this.

It is a joint marketing event with Marvel at their SDCC booth. It is something worth marketing to the vast majority of players that aren't supremely jaded. Anyone who thinks the only big or important marketing announcements either involve them getting rewards or them getting to participate in something aren't really worth trying to please with marketing announcements.

Besides just being a fun event that involves the community, if not literally every single member of it, the event gives me an idea of how Marvel views MCOC as a product in their licensed gaming portfolio, and indirectly gives me an idea of how successful a product Marvel thinks MCOC is. Not only continuing events like this, but scaling them up says something to me that is interesting, so I think the announcement and the event itself is noteworthy even if I'm not actually going to be participating in the actual competition. I think it is good for the game I play that MCOC is continuing to get this kind of exposure and attention from the company holding the strings to it all.
No one has a problem with it it’s just disappointing

It seems pretty obvious a non-zero number of people have a problem or issue with this. I'm only stating that number is very small.

It is of course also going to be disappointing to a very small number of players, but I doubt that number is significant either. If players thought like that in general, no game would organize events like this. No game would do any community coordination and reach out with members of the community if most players were uninterested in anything that didn't directly involve them. For that matter, there wouldn't be any visible members of the player community in the first place, because no one would give them a second glance.

GroundedWisdom

It's for love of the game, a spectator sport of sorts. I don't really think we need to be given something to enjoy the game. Lol.

xNig

I, for one, would like to see Cowhale play live though. Will be interesting. 😂😂

Meatlips77

Can’t wait to watch a bunch of dudes I can watch on YouTube compete. Lol. So ridiculous kabam.

I got excited when I read it thinking that you could sign up to compete or at least be chosen to compete. Your lame kabam and so is this tournament.

Werewrym

Honestly what I want to see is something that will include all summoners and offer your every day normal person a chance to prove their skill in the game. I don’t ultimately care about any of the big YouTubers playing in some tournament. I’d rather see what normal summoners who aren’t able to record videos or go to big comic-con venues can do.

GroundedWisdom

Do as you want. I expressed my thoughts. It's engaging. While I can understand that people want to be able to participate in something, I don't personally need something in it for me to enjoy it.

Nojokejaym

This is just ridiculous, content that I can’t participate in and can’t get those rewards lol. Please tell me how this benefits me.

Nojokejaym

I don’t believe these contestants determine whose the best in the game, it just determines whose the best in that group lol

Kaspy

I think the idea of this is cool, but my question is what was the process for selecting the summoners who get to compete? I don’t recognize all the names, but many are content creators. Did them being a context created have anything to do with them being selected?

If so, this is a big deviation from all the public statements that Kabam has made stating that content creators don’t get any sort of special treatment from Kabam. If them being selected to compete for exclusive rewards isent special treatment, I don’t know what is. Can we assume you will be changing your messaging about the content creator program going forward?

Nojokejaym

I think the idea of this is cool, but my question is what was the process for selecting the summoners who get to compete? I don’t recognize all the names, but many are content creators. Did them being a context created have anything to do with them being selected?

If so, this is a big deviation from all the public statements that Kabam has made stating that content creators don’t get any sort of special treatment from Kabam. If them being selected to compete for exclusive rewards isent special treatment, I don’t know what is. Can we assume you will be changing your messaging about the content creator program going forward?

Clearly they get special treatment

Husky54

I literally do not care about this at all. It doesn’t involve me, my account, or my alliance in any way whatsoever. I do not care about the content creator community. Good for them. I hope they have fun. I’ll be ignoring the whole thing.

Djkrdjj

Do as you want. I expressed my thoughts. It's engaging. While I can understand that people want to be able to participate in something, I don't personally need something in it for me to enjoy it.

Someone who gets it. I agree that it kinda sucks that the big announcement wasn’t something that everybody could participate in but jeez guys. It hasn’t happened yet. Who knows what will happen? But also at the same time @GroundedWisdom is right. Not everything as to be inclusive to be enjoyable

Husky54

Folks, this is nothing more than marketing. What Kabam apparently doesn’t realize is that people only check in with content creators because those people spend and can give advise on how to clear content BECAUSE THEY SPEND.

This “tournament” is a joke.

Husky54

Do as you want. I expressed my thoughts. It's engaging. While I can understand that people want to be able to participate in something, I don't personally need something in it for me to enjoy it.
Someone who gets it. I agree that it kinda sucks that the big announcement wasn’t something that everybody could participate in but jeez guys. It hasn’t happened yet. Who knows what will happen? But also at the same time @GroundedWisdom is right. Not everything as to be inclusive to be enjoyable

Ok then tell me why I should care. Content creators are just marketing tools who make money from a third party platform. I don’t care about marketing. I don’t care about anybody getting free advertising. There is literally no benefit to anyone not directly involved.

GroundedWisdom

I'm not the slightest bit triggered. I don't take it home with me at all. They did have a big announcement. It's the Tournament. Something they've never done before. That's big. Are we all doing it? No. Are we getting something from it? No. Is it big? Yes.
What's comical to me is the moment they mention big announcement, most peoples' minds tend to go to any place that gives personal benefit. People have their own reactions. Can't really argue with that. What I can say is it's not disappointing in any way. They said they had a big announcement. That's about as open as it gets. Not something game-changing that will come to us all. Mind you, the Champ they're announcing may.
If you're implying I'm just contradicting people, that can't be farther from the truth. Believe it or not, this is exactly how I feel.

GroundedWisdom

Do as you want. I expressed my thoughts. It's engaging. While I can understand that people want to be able to participate in something, I don't personally need something in it for me to enjoy it.
Someone who gets it. I agree that it kinda sucks that the big announcement wasn’t something that everybody could participate in but jeez guys. It hasn’t happened yet. Who knows what will happen? But also at the same time @GroundedWisdom is right. Not everything as to be inclusive to be enjoyable
Ok then tell me why I should care. Content creators are just marketing tools who make money from a third party platform. I don’t care about marketing. I don’t care about anybody getting free advertising. There is literally no benefit to anyone not directly involved.

Tell me, are you a Sports Fan?

Djkrdjj

Do as you want. I expressed my thoughts. It's engaging. While I can understand that people want to be able to participate in something, I don't personally need something in it for me to enjoy it.
Someone who gets it. I agree that it kinda sucks that the big announcement wasn’t something that everybody could participate in but jeez guys. It hasn’t happened yet. Who knows what will happen? But also at the same time @GroundedWisdom is right. Not everything as to be inclusive to be enjoyable
Ok then tell me why I should care. Content creators are just marketing tools who make money from a third party platform. I don’t care about marketing. I don’t care about anybody getting free advertising. There is literally no benefit to anyone not directly involved.

That’s literally with everything in this world. The same could be said about sports. Just a marketing tool to sell tickets and ads for people watching the game on tv.
Watch it because u enjoy McOc and u actually have fun watching gameplay.

GroundedWisdom

Rather than wait for a response, I'll elaborate on that question.
Some people love Sports. They watch for hours and hours. They root for their Teams, buy their merch, place bets with their friends, talk about it for days and days. Personally, I'm not into Sports. I get it, though. People love the game. They watch other people play for hours and hours, when they never win a thing. They don't get the Cup. They don't get drafted. They don't play the game. Yet they watch it.
If you're asking why you should, no one can answer that. You're either a Sports Fan, or you're not. Some people love to watch and cheer others on.

Djkrdjj

Rather than wait for a response, I'll elaborate on that question.
Some people love Sports. They watch for hours and hours. They root for their Teams, buy their merch, place bets with their friends, talk about it for days and days. Personally, I'm not into Sports. I get it, though. People love the game. They watch other people play for hours and hours, when they never win a thing. They don't get the Cup. They don't get drafted. They don't play the game. Yet they watch it.
If you're asking why you should, no one can answer that. You're either a Sports Fan, or you're not. Some people love to watch and cheer others on.

This is basically what I tried to say below but couldn’t because can’t articulate myself very well while not focusing

Do as you want. I expressed my thoughts. It's engaging. While I can understand that people want to be able to participate in something, I don't personally need something in it for me to enjoy it.
Someone who gets it. I agree that it kinda sucks that the big announcement wasn’t something that everybody could participate in but jeez guys. It hasn’t happened yet. Who knows what will happen? But also at the same time @GroundedWisdom is right. Not everything as to be inclusive to be enjoyable
Ok then tell me why I should care. Content creators are just marketing tools who make money from a third party platform. I don’t care about marketing. I don’t care about anybody getting free advertising. There is literally no benefit to anyone not directly involved.
That’s literally with everything in this world. The same could be said about sports. Just a marketing tool to sell tickets and ads for people watching the game on tv.
Watch it because u enjoy McOc and u actually have fun watching gameplay.