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One event doesn't make a trend but it will be interesting to see how things go during the next few stops. Can't imagine a name change would have this big of an effect on attendance.
The one thing that may have artificially inflated the ME was noted on the stream yesterday ... LOTS and LOTS of spin-n-go qualifiers who certainly wouldn't find themselves in a side event. They indicated that some of them didn't even know they were playing for a seat until after they won it!! Those are certainly the types of players you want online ... just unknowingly tossing chips around. GL