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\n<\/picture> <\/a>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n \n \n \n How Counter-Strike was watched online in the early 2000s <\/a>\n <\/h3>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/article> <\/div>\n<\/div>\nMirage, Dust2, and Inferno have not gone anywhere<\/strong><\/h2>\nThe author of one popular discussion said that after the update, he constantly plays Mirage, Dust2, and Inferno. According to him, once he got five Inferno matches in a row, so he suggested bringing back at least the ability for each team to block one map.<\/p>\n
I played five Infernos in a row. Everyone constantly picks Mirage, Inferno, and Dust2, and the random choice does not feel random at all.<\/p><\/div><\/blockquote>\n
Similar stories appeared in the replies as well. One user talked about four Mirages in a row even before the system change, while after the update other players began noting that the most popular maps still remain in the pool in almost every match.<\/p>\n
Players lack the ability to remove at least one map<\/strong><\/h2>\nOne of the most repeated suggestions is to allow each team to make at least one guaranteed ban. This would make it possible to remove a map that a stack fundamentally does not want to play, while still preserving the new selection mechanic among the rest of the pool.<\/p>\n
Previously, you looked at which maps the opponent played well and banned them to get a more balanced map. Now both teams choose their favorite maps, and then a coin flip decides whose map we play on.<\/p><\/div><\/blockquote>\n
User VanessaRainXoXoX also pointed out that the new format removes part of the strategic element of Premier. In her opinion, teams now do not look for a compromise map, but effectively put forward two opposite sets of comfortable picks.<\/p>\n
A \u201ccoin flip\u201d instead of veto<\/strong><\/h2>\nPlayers also separately criticize the very principle of randomly determining the map. If both teams regularly choose Mirage and Dust2, these maps almost always remain among the four candidates, so part of the community has not yet felt the expected variety.<\/p>\n
In almost 100% of cases, Mirage and Dust remain in the random selection, so on average you have about a 50% chance of getting one of them.<\/p><\/div><\/blockquote>\n
Another user said that his stack previously constantly banned Mirage, Dust2, and Inferno, but now avoiding these maps is practically impossible. Because of this, in his view, matches have turned into a random decision of which team gets the more comfortable pick for itself.<\/p>\n\n
Mirage, Dust2, and Inferno have not gone anywhere<\/strong><\/h2>\nThe author of one popular discussion said that after the update, he constantly plays Mirage, Dust2, and Inferno. According to him, once he got five Inferno matches in a row, so he suggested bringing back at least the ability for each team to block one map.<\/p>\n
I played five Infernos in a row. Everyone constantly picks Mirage, Inferno, and Dust2, and the random choice does not feel random at all.<\/p><\/div><\/blockquote>\n
Similar stories appeared in the replies as well. One user talked about four Mirages in a row even before the system change, while after the update other players began noting that the most popular maps still remain in the pool in almost every match.<\/p>\n
Players lack the ability to remove at least one map<\/strong><\/h2>\nOne of the most repeated suggestions is to allow each team to make at least one guaranteed ban. This would make it possible to remove a map that a stack fundamentally does not want to play, while still preserving the new selection mechanic among the rest of the pool.<\/p>\n
Previously, you looked at which maps the opponent played well and banned them to get a more balanced map. Now both teams choose their favorite maps, and then a coin flip decides whose map we play on.<\/p><\/div><\/blockquote>\n
User VanessaRainXoXoX also pointed out that the new format removes part of the strategic element of Premier. In her opinion, teams now do not look for a compromise map, but effectively put forward two opposite sets of comfortable picks.<\/p>\n
A \u201ccoin flip\u201d instead of veto<\/strong><\/h2>\nPlayers also separately criticize the very principle of randomly determining the map. If both teams regularly choose Mirage and Dust2, these maps almost always remain among the four candidates, so part of the community has not yet felt the expected variety.<\/p>\n
In almost 100% of cases, Mirage and Dust remain in the random selection, so on average you have about a 50% chance of getting one of them.<\/p><\/div><\/blockquote>\n
Another user said that his stack previously constantly banned Mirage, Dust2, and Inferno, but now avoiding these maps is practically impossible. Because of this, in his view, matches have turned into a random decision of which team gets the more comfortable pick for itself.<\/p>\n\n
I played five Infernos in a row. Everyone constantly picks Mirage, Inferno, and Dust2, and the random choice does not feel random at all.<\/p><\/div><\/blockquote>\n
Similar stories appeared in the replies as well. One user talked about four Mirages in a row even before the system change, while after the update other players began noting that the most popular maps still remain in the pool in almost every match.<\/p>\n
Players lack the ability to remove at least one map<\/strong><\/h2>\nOne of the most repeated suggestions is to allow each team to make at least one guaranteed ban. This would make it possible to remove a map that a stack fundamentally does not want to play, while still preserving the new selection mechanic among the rest of the pool.<\/p>\n
Previously, you looked at which maps the opponent played well and banned them to get a more balanced map. Now both teams choose their favorite maps, and then a coin flip decides whose map we play on.<\/p><\/div><\/blockquote>\n
User VanessaRainXoXoX also pointed out that the new format removes part of the strategic element of Premier. In her opinion, teams now do not look for a compromise map, but effectively put forward two opposite sets of comfortable picks.<\/p>\n
A \u201ccoin flip\u201d instead of veto<\/strong><\/h2>\nPlayers also separately criticize the very principle of randomly determining the map. If both teams regularly choose Mirage and Dust2, these maps almost always remain among the four candidates, so part of the community has not yet felt the expected variety.<\/p>\n
In almost 100% of cases, Mirage and Dust remain in the random selection, so on average you have about a 50% chance of getting one of them.<\/p><\/div><\/blockquote>\n
Another user said that his stack previously constantly banned Mirage, Dust2, and Inferno, but now avoiding these maps is practically impossible. Because of this, in his view, matches have turned into a random decision of which team gets the more comfortable pick for itself.<\/p>\n\n
Previously, you looked at which maps the opponent played well and banned them to get a more balanced map. Now both teams choose their favorite maps, and then a coin flip decides whose map we play on.<\/p><\/div><\/blockquote>\n
User VanessaRainXoXoX also pointed out that the new format removes part of the strategic element of Premier. In her opinion, teams now do not look for a compromise map, but effectively put forward two opposite sets of comfortable picks.<\/p>\n
A \u201ccoin flip\u201d instead of veto<\/strong><\/h2>\nPlayers also separately criticize the very principle of randomly determining the map. If both teams regularly choose Mirage and Dust2, these maps almost always remain among the four candidates, so part of the community has not yet felt the expected variety.<\/p>\n
In almost 100% of cases, Mirage and Dust remain in the random selection, so on average you have about a 50% chance of getting one of them.<\/p><\/div><\/blockquote>\n
Another user said that his stack previously constantly banned Mirage, Dust2, and Inferno, but now avoiding these maps is practically impossible. Because of this, in his view, matches have turned into a random decision of which team gets the more comfortable pick for itself.<\/p>\n\n
In almost 100% of cases, Mirage and Dust remain in the random selection, so on average you have about a 50% chance of getting one of them.<\/p><\/div><\/blockquote>\n
Another user said that his stack previously constantly banned Mirage, Dust2, and Inferno, but now avoiding these maps is practically impossible. Because of this, in his view, matches have turned into a random decision of which team gets the more comfortable pick for itself.<\/p>\n\n
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