The Esports World Cup has launched a poster celebrating the beginning of its Rocket League match. Twitter/X customers, nonetheless, shortly clocked the, let’s say, ‘inspiration’ for the poster. You could possibly say they caught it Lightning quick…
The poster, shared on the Esports World Cup’s secondary Twitter/X account. EWC Additional has a putting similarity to the promotional imagery used for the film Automobiles 3 2017, which exhibits Lightning McQueen the wrong way up with the tagline “from this second on, every little thing will change.”
The color of the upside-down automobile even matches Lightning McQueen’s iconic crimson and yellow color mixture, with the Rocket League automobile having crimson paint and yellow exhaust.
Spoilers for the 2017 film Automobiles 3:
The scene depicted within the poster is early on within the movie, the place an ageing Lightning McQueen crashes as a consequence of pushing himself too exhausting to attempt to sustain along with his new rival, Jackson Storm.
On account of Lightning’s misplaced confidence from the crash, the movie explores the existential themes of ageing, the world shifting previous you, lack of relevance, and leaving a legacy – all by means of the lens of automobiles, which might discuss like people.
Ultimately, Lightning realises that although his greatest racing years are behind him, he can nonetheless make a mark on the planet by serving to his younger protégé, Cruz Ramirez, a yellow sports activities automobile resembling a Chevrolet Corvette.
I suppose the true Kachow was the buddies we made alongside the way in which.
Rocket League at EWC 2025
The match, stacked with the world’s greatest groups, runs August 14-17 to struggle for a $1,010,000 prize pool.
Crew Falcons, as the latest big-event champions after successful in Raleigh, are favourites with esports betting websites to say the title, however the match gained’t be simple. Dignitas, Karmine Corp, and Vitality are all believable champions and will likely be hoping they’ll crush Falcons’ keys on the way in which to glory.
Twisted Minds might also be a darkish horse. They’ve already proven their means to upset after eliminating Karmine Corp in Raleigh, getting back from 0-3 of their seven-game sequence to win 4-3 in what has been referred to as “the largest upset in RLCS historical past.” Can Twisted Minds repeat the feat in Riyadh the place their organisation is headquartered?
Its double-elimination group stage will result in a single-elimination playoff with a Third/fourth-place decider. The Playoffs will start on August 16.
Darragh Harbinson is an esports author specialising in Counter-Strike. He has written for Esports Information UK, Esports Insider, UKCSGO, Dexerto, and Rush B Media.
