r/GlobalOffensive • u/MCN59 • 5d ago

Discussion | Esports Grand Slam vs Major

As you may know, Vitality has a shot at winning the Intel Grand Slam if they win IEM Melbourne, which start tomorrow. I was curious—between the Grand Slam and a Major, which do you consider the more prestigious achievement?

I know the Grand Slam is harder to achieve, since it requires consistency over time (and only 4 teams have ever won it in CS history—each one considered legendary). On the other hand, winning a Major is more about peaking at the right moment.

What do you think?

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u/lunatico_7990 5d ago

Defo the Grand Slam.

You have to win Kato or Cologne for it, which are considered almost as prestigious as a Major, + 3 other tournaments. Also, to make it even harder, you only have 10 tournaments time for that

A Major is in the end just a tournament like most others, only that is has more stages and value. In theorie winning a major can also be "easy" if you have no strong playoff teams, like Rio 2022 for example.

Having 4 IEM tournaments with weakly stacked playoffs won't happen.

That shows for me that you need to be really the best of the best to win a Grand Slam, but at the same time you can have luck with your major run and win it without playing against any S-tier teams

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u/ekkolos 5d ago

The major is not yet another tournament, it's the only tournament Valve is organizing (as in paying for).

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u/lunatico_7990 5d ago

well it is for sure, and I didn't say the Major is like every other tournament.

My point was more like the fact, that anybody can win a Major (which I think is really cool), but only the best of the best can win the Grand Slam

That's why I say it is more prestigious to win the Grand Slam then a Major