XTQZZZ on Vitality's six-man roster: "We're going to make substitutions mid-series depending on the map"

27-10-2020 00:44

The Belgian youngster should feature for the team in the BLAST Premier tournament as they look to employ a policy of rotating players.

Vitality coach Rémy "⁠XTQZZZ⁠" Quoniam has revealed that Nabil "⁠Nivera⁠" Benrlitom will start practising with the team this week as part of a rotation system that will be employed moving forward. The 19-year-old is expected to make his debut in the BLAST Premier Final Series — the perfect proving ground for the former Heretics player as the team are already qualified for the BLAST Global Finals.

"The team will make substitutions mid-series depending on the map," XTQZZZ wrote in a Twitlonger post. "It will allow some players to rest on training days (very few until the end of the year), to rotate, to be able to make decisions and to remain as competitive as possible."

XTQZZZ says players will rotate to avoid burnout

XTQZZZ gives three reasons for the expansion of Vitality's roster, starting with the congested fixture schedule in Counter-Strike. "We have had a much higher number of tournaments, matches and weeks over the years," he said. "This is essentially related to business, where we're looking for a profitability that does not currently exist."

The second reason he gave is the team's struggle to perform consistently in a packed schedule while facing constant pressure to obtain results. This, according to him, affects "preparation ahead of intense matches".

The French coach also talked about mental health and burnout, a hot topic as several players have requested medical leaves this year due to the heavy workload. “These problems are essentially created by a loss of balance, a loss of fulfilment, a loss in the professional life and a loss of pleasure," he explained. "We must pay attention to each one of our players."

Regarding the addition of Nivera to the roster and the effect that it will have on the group, XTQZZZ insisted that the Belgian player will not be claiming anyone's spot in the starting lineup. "Vitality's objective is to continue training young talents while keeping the experience of our legends. Nabil doesn't come to bench anyone."

The French coach also shared his thoughts about jumping into uncharted territory, saying that Vitality will "give the project a certain amount of time to see if it can be effective, well-received and beneficial."

"We will try to adapt to the system in the short/medium term," he added. "In six months it may be different or perhaps even more complicated, but none of us can predict the future with the current situation."

nice

2020-10-27 00:44

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misutaaa is shit on every map except for tuscan

2020-10-27 05:10

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Having subs between maps is stupidest shit ive seen in pro CS Someone have bad game? Just get other player on Meanwhile if a team doesnt have 6+ players, its disadvantage. Even if it becomes normal and everyone is playing with substitutes on side its still stupid.

2020-10-27 06:22

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This is a great thing to have for the pro scene. Esports doesn’t have the monetary gain for teams to be able to fund pure superteams with 6 godly players for a long amount of time, and this will help prevent mental health issues in the form of stress, burnout, etc.

2020-10-27 06:42

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nah this is just makes it way harder for teams with orgs who cant/wont put in the money to get a 6 man roster and teams who dont have an org. besides if someone is burned out and not playing well, just get a temporary sub?

2020-10-27 17:35

Totally agree. In my opinion CSPPA should push same rule about this for all tournaments so it would be more viable for teams to have 6-7 man rosters. That rule should be max 7 player roster per tournament. Subs between maps should be allowed and subs during map disallowed. This could take pro matches to whole new level skillwise. Argument "Someone have bad game? Just get other player on" doesn't really work since player can be god on one map and trash on next one. Evidence: hltv.org/matches/2344440/natus-vincere-v.. People always protest about change but as we see this can be really good thing for the scene.

2020-10-27 22:49

0/8 some teams have more money than others and will get huge advantages the point of mental health issues and burnout is mute in this case because its subbing between maps. you get burnout between 2 maps? then don't play CS

2020-10-27 23:37

I think you are stupid, not the pro scene! Thought about it?

2020-10-27 07:21

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lmao ratiod

2020-10-27 19:01

thought and decided subbing between maps si stupid and not me try again

2020-10-27 23:36

2020-10-27 07:39

Than you are not watching them play. Misu is getting better every match

2020-10-27 12:46

kiss

2020-10-27 10:58

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no mens)

2020-10-27 17:13

Wait, is it allowed?

2020-10-27 00:45

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maybe it is.

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it shouldnt be allowed

2020-10-27 00:55

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It is allowed for the Blast tournaments.

2020-10-27 01:06

and why is that? what if someone just isnt feeling it and literally 0 frags? they can get a substitute and he then plays better. you can already do this on other games and sports so why not in cs?

2020-10-27 01:25

Sorry, but not fragging is part of playing CS, you can not just frag every game. If you can as a player, well thats great, but you should not just be able to replace a key fragger mid series for absolutely no reason except that you want someone better to increase your chances.

2020-10-27 03:21

yea but u have lots of situations where ur bottom fragger starts fragging hard and even carrys a game. The substitute who can replace one of them can also end up being trash,cuz he didnt warmed up like the rest.

2020-10-27 14:51

I'm pretty sure the substitute will be able to warmup, why wouldnt he?

2020-10-27 18:20

yea but its not the same warmup if u go on aim bots and if u play rounds on servers in a real match.

2020-10-27 23:11

This.He is just retarded mate, don't mind him.

2020-10-27 10:37

nice alt

2020-10-27 13:54

Exactly. If a football, hockey, cricket, basketball, etc etc etc starts puking on the ground or just doesn't have a good day he will be replaced. Why should esports not be able to do it?

2020-10-27 10:55

dont act so dumb theres a reason its called esports

2020-10-27 14:08

Wa da fuk. Rofl. Tell me why is it called esports. Hahaha

2020-10-27 17:50

Because it's sports that's done on a computer (which is electronic)? How does that say you can't have more than 5 man on a roster?

2020-10-27 22:21

Imo substitutions between maps should be allowed but ones during match disallowed.

2020-10-27 01:37

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2020-10-27 04:41

I mean sure if it's between match-ups and not between two maps of a bo3. Although it might just be that I'm so used to how things are now. But it seems like an unfair advantage for teams with better funds.

2020-10-27 08:17

Makes sense, no team should be allowed to buyout any S-tier player because its unfair they have so much money

do you rather having some coach playing if a player is injured or else ?

2020-10-27 14:31

+1, 6-man rosters should only be a main roster + an extra bench player in case of burnout/sickness/visa issues/youngster who wants to gain experience

2020-10-27 03:38

Yeah, 1 s1mple and just a bit more than half a zywoo and you get the best 1, 6-man roster ever!

2020-10-27 06:57

Nice name btw but is kinda weird with your flag xd

2020-10-27 01:38

Haha thanks XD, which flag can i use?

2020-10-27 01:42

Russki

2020-10-27 08:44

+1, pretty weird with a BR flag xd

2020-10-27 11:28

yea im pretty sure its not thats why astralis had to submit a roster before each series when they were doing their stuff

2020-10-27 00:46

but in blast it's probably allowed because it's astrablast

2020-10-27 00:48

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ah true i guess that means the mid-series rotation is only for BLAST events then for the other TO's they have to play it normally and submit rosters i guess

2020-10-27 00:49

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blast and ESL literally have the same rules about this, why wouldnt that be allowed what if a player gets sick?

I think in ESL and co. it between series and in Blast it's between maps or maybe even rounds

2020-10-27 02:35

Blast can be good showcase for this new meta. If it is good for teams, players and audience then all tournaments should allow it. If its terrible then teams can forget it and have 6th player only as backup or change players for each tournament. It's going to be something between and we get new valuable information about this new thingy.

2020-10-27 22:52

yea i guess but it only favours the team that has the 6th players otherwise if you are going against them there's a whole other set of plays for each map you have to prepare for and a whole new person you have to study the behaviour of at a micro-level i can see the entertaining side of it but also the side that just seems unfair

2020-10-27 23:00

In overwatch teams can have more than 10 players while only 6 players are playing per map. I don't know for sure but I don't think that people say "oh that team has 11 players and this team has only 7 players so ofc that team will win". I know CS and overwatch are different games and cannot be directly compared. If 6-7man rosters are happening it will lowers everyone's salary. Also it will make anti-stratting harder. But most importantly it will help to prevent burnout and offer higher level of CS.

2020-10-27 23:12

Blast changed their thing when Astralis came out with the idea

2020-10-27 00:47

Of course blastralis

lol no they didnt, the rules about changing players were made by blast all the way back in 2017 which was the exact same rules as ESL have had for years

2020-10-27 00:53

It shouldn't.

2020-10-27 00:51

It's allowed in BLAST. "Match Line-up: Teams may field a different line-up for each map provided that they can set-up the Player(s) in the Playing Area within the pre-scheduled break times. Line ups for each map must be submitted to the Tournament Operations Manager 10 minutes before the map starts." This was for the LAN part ofc, but the same principle applies.

Thanks mr miraa :)

2020-10-27 01:03

If its not just have a dude unplug his router and claim the other person just to be a standin

2020-10-27 06:14

when?

doesnt seem particularly fair

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GET WITH THE TIMES BOOMER

unfair advantages for rich teams have gone too far

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sell s0mple and make a 6 mens)) roster

2020-10-27 01:18

navi is one of the orgs who could do it, but further separating cs from the 5 man roster will be ultimately harmful for the scene. valve doesnt want coaches with the amount of involvement they currently have, they wont want 6 man rosters. banned from majors incoming.

2020-10-27 01:29

You seems to forget 1 thing, rich teams always go far in every competition and got almost 0 break

2020-10-27 01:44

something that has been criticised by everyone in the scene many times over.

2020-10-27 02:04

Ofc but do you see ESL or Valve trying to do something against it ?

2020-10-27 10:33

ofc esl wont, valve might though

2020-10-27 12:49

Wait, are we talking about 6th man rosters or players having no break ? xd

both? no one wants it but if they dont like the way the scene is going, they might enforce scheduling, but theyll definitely ban 6man rosters at majors.

2020-10-27 14:17

yes, the only fair way is to allow roster change between tournaments like astralis is doing atm, any other use of the 6 man roster would destroy the cs scene we know

2020-10-27 10:56

ok! vitality still wont win a final!

LMAO

2020-10-27 01:22

Sounds fair

what? wtf

VITA ON TRAIN Pog

allowed ?

yes. not in valve sponsored events though pretty sure

LOL

XTQZZZ head is awesome!

+1 he looks like an evil mastermind, guaranteed smart guy

2020-10-27 02:09

worst nickname in the scene.

2020-10-27 08:21

NOW THIS IS THE BIG BRAIN WE WAS WAITING FOR

I cant wait for 5 man substitutions between maps. Astralis will play their starting line for Inferno, then next thing you know Astralis will 5 -man sub the ex-Heroic starting line for Vertigo :) big BRAINS

I mean yeah i dont see why not - it happens in every other sports the lineups switch constantly and/or mid-game so I think it makes competitive CS even more interesting frankly

why would it sound interesting? i watch astralis because i care about astralis, i dont give a shit about heroic..

2020-10-27 09:45

Astralis sign 7 rosters. One specialised for each map

2020-10-27 02:19

You are being sarcastic but what you are saying is true therefore its ironic

2020-10-27 07:32

Voldemort?

This guy is literally 5Head

Pretty sure its not allowed to switch players mid game, no?

It is on every tournament but volvo Navi junior did for monesy in elisa wich is qualifiers for blast

2020-10-27 00:52

Really? Then this is really big brain time.

((they will sub misuuta out and make nivera play b on inferno)

2020-10-27 00:54

ESL doesn't allow player changes during a series. They allow at EPL to switch between coach slot and player slot but not during the match.

2020-10-27 05:54

Nice, if that will be allow, its be awesome, something new in scene.

shouldn't be allowed

2020-10-27 06:20

Good for the 6th man if this is allowed, it will give them more play time for sure.

It's allowed at blast

2020-10-27 00:57

But not at ESL. And that is important TO.

2020-10-27 05:52

A great way to make online cs even more inconsistent. Pretty stupid because it ruins the whole purpose of anti-stratting or studying your opponent.

2020-10-27 00:56

Tbh it would make online more interesting. It will slowly kill other teams tho.

2020-10-27 01:02

If anything it requires more anti-stratting - hence why football teams and rugby teams or whatever switch out their players mid-game or between matches - keeps enemies on their toes and makes sure that to attain the top level you have to have studied your opponents inside and out

I think it could be interesting regardless. The teams with 6 players need to be on a mutual understanding no matter who is playing so it's a double edged sword in a sense.

2020-10-27 09:55

this dude looks like a cartoon supervillain irl

he is literally voldemort lol.

2020-10-27 01:20

if you can do it go right ahead but I guarantee valve wont let that happen at majors

2020-10-27 01:05

cool stroy bruh

Imagine Nivera gets picked on a certain map only and doesn´t deliver good results haha The amout of pressure would be even higher i guess.

2020-10-27 01:19

they shouldnt be allowed to change players during a tournament imo. should submit the roster that will play throughout the roster. this cant be fair surely; say a player is playing very bad one map, they can just sub the other player in. kinda unfair when not a lot of teams have 6 man rosters as of yet

That is just ridiculous. There should be a rule against this. There needs to be a balance on this alternative player style. You can only change players between matches not during a match. I personally prefer only allowing changing players between tournaments, not just during a tournament. This is CSGO not some 20+ players soccer team.

2020-10-27 01:23

This is ridiculous. I find substituting within one event bad enough, but between maps? Ridiculous. 1. Disadvantage for small teams 2. Counterstratting becomes less useful 3. Where is the limit for this? Can you sub in a whole team?

2020-10-27 01:30

Agreed 100% 1. Gives more resources to the teams 2. Takes away some pressure phisical and phsicological 3. Help to the teams dont stagnate and underperform because of the internal competiviti 4. Other sports have been doing that since ever.

??? Mental deficiency much?

2020-10-27 02:06

0/8

R u stupid?

2020-10-27 06:23

#112

2020-10-27 06:28

2020-10-27 23:35

1. No one stopping the small teams from picking up other players. 2. Counterstratting still exists??? It's not like the player(s) is gonna take on a whole new role that didn't exist in their system before??? 3. Ehhhh I would say 10, so yes theoretically speaking you could sub in a whole team This is the future of CS, whether people accept this or not, it is for the BEST!

2020-10-27 03:54

1. Money is stopping lower teams 2. Create counterstrat just for the player to be replaced 3. That is so stupid lol. Thats not how CS Should be played. 10 people is two teams. Lmao. I dont see mm being played with 10 people 4. Its not the future, cuz valve wont allow it in majors (thank god). 5. This is not like football where u get fatigued during game. Subs between tournaments, cool. No problem. Subs between matches, not cool, a team is 5 people not 6+ Subs between Maps is fucking retarded

2020-10-27 06:19

1. Their fault for being a poor organization. Maybe get better sponsors, or actually think about the costs before joining 2. Yea. You can literally just have another Strat. How much of a difference can a player even make, it's not like it will completely change the game. 3. Subbing a whole team would be dumb. Have like a max of 1 or 2. Subs between maps makes everything more interesting. Wdym.

2020-10-27 06:26

1. well... sometimes its not their fault. could you start a randomly new org and immediately get millions of $ from sponsors? i don't think so.

2020-10-27 13:11

Let me explai to your peanut brain psychological diseases in addition to affecting the brain, there are also diseases that affect the body such as panic attacks that result from psychological stress as well. Imagine a pro playing cs with panic attack probleams or even depression, if you dont know at you are talking about men don't talk, saves you of pass by an idiot

2020-10-27 14:33

if you have "psychological diseases in addition to affecting the brain, there are also diseases that affect the body such as panic attacks that result from psychological stress as well." and cant play 3 maps of CS in a row, it's your problem. also pls try writing in better English, can barley understand what your Portuguese bird brain is saying

2020-10-27 23:34

and fucks poor orgs. yeah... Other sports has physical aspects. Dont compare apple and bananas. Dota has nothing like that. Only game I know where you can change players is Overwatch the dead game...

2020-10-27 05:51

So you play cs 24 h per day and you have the pressure of playing at competetive lvl why the hell do you think that glaive and xyp9x take medical leave. Lett me explain to your peanut brain, psychological diseases in addition to affecting the brain, there are also diseases that affect the body such as panic attacks that result from psychological stress as well.

2020-10-27 14:29

all that you say has nothing to do with change a player during a match. Nothing of this will prevent a burn out. There is a difference between a time off and still competing for a place in the lineup. But your peanut brain has absolutely no idea what burnout means and how it happens. it don't happen cuz you play all the time. it has to do with stress level and that you can't handle with other things outside the game.

2020-10-27 14:50

Uare and idiot i have gain panic atacks before because of been to much hours in front of an computer i know what i am talking about m8

2020-10-27 17:56

obv not. otherwise you wouldn't think a pure strategy move would prevent a burnout.

2020-10-27 18:01

should not be allowed, hopefully valve will do something about this as this will for sure go against their previous stance on a 5-man roster.

2020-10-27 02:17

Valve cant control other TOs and events or force them to , they dont allow such thing on their own sponsored tournaments and that is all they can do about it

2020-10-27 05:32

Valve can control other TOs If they want. Normally they don't want, but they should at some point. Any commercial TO need a license by Valve and they can put a restriction in that license, like no player changes during maps.

2020-10-27 05:49

i dont mind a 6 man roster myself , but switches between maps is maybe a bit too much , if they can force them to stop it , sure go ahead

This is like the most toxic thing known to man

won't be allowed lmao

2020-10-27 02:21

oh fuck my life, this shit never should be allowed.

2020-10-27 02:39

player: i am bad at this map, i will train to improve myself coach: dont need, we will replace you for this map

2020-10-27 02:44

you didn't read shit

2020-10-27 11:47

I think they could change ZyWoO for Nivera just to see how the Team perform without the Star. They certain could loose to TIER 3 teams! Would be so fun!

2020-10-27 02:52

subs should not be allowed during maps, only one roster for a tournament

2020-10-27 03:15

Why so much whining for some changes? The orgs are ok this, the rules permit this, the pros' lives will be better with this... are changes so much annoying that you have to be "against" something that won't change anything in your life?

2020-10-27 03:19

which rule permits this? ESL don't allow it. Valve don't even allow roster changes at all.

2020-10-27 05:47

Blast: "Match Line-up: Teams may field a different line-up for each map provided that they can set-up the Player(s) in the Playing Area within the pre-scheduled break times. Line ups for each map must be submitted to the Tournament Operations Manager 10 minutes before the map starts."

2020-10-27 13:04

Yeah blast but to our luck compare to esl it is no important TO who rule the scene

2020-10-27 13:06

ESL "3.2.3. Players in team A player may only play for one team in a tournament or league. Participants in an EPS may not also play in the EAS underneath it. In tournaments or leagues that require Premium or Trusted then only players with this status are eligible to play. In general players that are marked inactive or honorary on a team page are not eligible to play. If a homepage is required for a tournament or league then a every player that is on the team account must also be on the homepage." They don't have any rules on the number of players a team should have. Your team members just can't be honorary or inactive. play.eslgaming.com/rules

2020-10-27 15:03

2020-10-27 03:30

Imagine letting zywoo play 5 times in the other PCs

2020-10-27 03:33

what how is that fair? choose a player for a tournament. lock that player in. im not against 6 man rosters but they shouldn't be allowed to swap willy nilly whenever the fuck they want.

2020-10-27 03:37

Professional sports can do it lmao, so why disallow esports from doing the same? Edit: There are obviously going to be rules put in place to limit the amount, but allowing one per map or in between maps is fantastic and likely what will happen going forward!

2020-10-27 03:44

professional sports you mention has a physical aspect so you need to change players during matches for their health. In eSports, it is pure strategy. Don't compare apples and bananas.

2020-10-27 05:46

You can do it in League. It's literally just strategy.

2020-10-27 06:21

Do you mean LoL?? Even if so, you don't change maps you only change roles/heroes That is also different. I only know in Overwatch you can do it but this game is already dead.

Oh wait yea that is true. Maps are a huge factor. Honestly, just see how it works, because this could potentially add another layer of strategy, or fail completely. Let people test it out in blast since its blast.

THIS IS EXCITING NEWS FOR THE FUTURE OF THE GAME!!! Normalizing rotating rosters is the future for any esport as it exists in main stream sports and should now also exist in esports :))))

Gaben: "Rotating players is an ass and we don't work with it anymore"

2020-10-27 05:45

0iq detected You get tired after playing sports. You dont get tired after playing Mirage

????? Strategy. 0iq

??? Reply needs to har actual content

You can't change the players how you want. you always bound on the health of the player and his body level at the moment. So you can't make the strategy you want all the time. You don't have such restriction in eSports.

2020-10-27 06:24

6 player meta is a joke.

2020-10-27 04:38

new form of cheating

This is retarded. Changing players mid-series? Get out of here!

2020-10-27 04:54

league of legends does it, Dota does it, OW does it. what's wrong in this?

2020-10-27 08:52

wtf, some rich org can sign ten players and play with two different lineups between maps

Glad that Valve denies such shit. Even ESL has restrictions against that.

2020-10-27 05:44

Finally. About time.

cs is becoming shit with those 6 players+ rosters

2020-10-27 06:56

His face always looks familiar too me and now i know why gametimers.it/wp-content/uploads/2014/11..

2020-10-27 07:00

Shit like this should be banned.

2020-10-27 07:20

I think this is not legit and won't be allowed

2020-10-27 07:52

Ok now it's getting really interesting.

Should be allowed in all tournament like in football ..great news to make cs more compétitive and exciting to Watch , it s fore sure the futur of cs , should be allowed even in game

2020-10-27 08:18

They've been doing it in league for years. Good news for the scene overall but perhaps a bit confusing for the viewer

2020-10-27 09:09

Reading the comments of people saying "switching players between maps is unfair" makes me feel they are way too conservative, maybe those opposites to players changes have been, in the past, opposed to the switch from MR12 to MR15, or against the switch of money cycle (in the past if you had won 1 round - even after losing 7 or so - and then lost one you would be back to 1400$ money received because you had won one round before losing another). CS evolves, often for the best, deal with it. I'm personally 100% for : - the possibility of switching players between series - 100% between maps (that's the point of having 6 or 7 players, one player isn't generally unconfortable playing against FaZe or NiP but playing on Train or Mirage, whatever, so on one map you play with RpK on another with nivera, another with misutaaaa, so you have to have the possibility to switch players between maps and - i'm not against the possibility of making 1 change during a map but we have to consider things like "how much time does it take ?", "doesn't it kill the flow for players/the viewers" so i have to think more about that "change during a map" thing, but i'm not massively against it, at all

2020-10-27 09:19

I agree with you, yet as many sports did, perhaps limit the amont of possible change by match.

2020-10-27 10:12

2020-10-27 11:38

I think spunj talked about that oke time that in the rulebook of some TOs like blast it says that if u can change a player there will be no extra time for that. You have to change the setup (on Lan) kn the give 5 mins or so between the maps in the commercial breaks. If u dont get that done the game will start with only the 4 players on the server

2020-10-27 13:37

Maldemort

2020-10-27 09:41

I do not think switching players between maps will work for Vitality. In my opinion, the reason why they are winning is Zywoo, not a team game.

2020-10-27 10:09

if it was that easy to win with a single star player, navi would be top1

vitality isnt top1 either?

2020-10-27 13:13

XQTZZ 200IQ

2020-10-27 10:54

they need 4 subs to replace Apex, Shox, RPK and Misutaa mid series because they all suck

2020-10-27 11:01

.... Do you know CSGO ? its a fps game pretty nice. you really should watch at least once before giving your opinion ....

2020-10-27 11:37

loooooooooooool

2020-10-27 11:40

Top1 incoming soon

2020-10-27 12:07

this is cheating... imagine in bo5 or something... other team player is tired... they pull out there 10 man roster with complete energy to swap over... its bs...

2020-10-27 12:51

2020-10-27 15:38

I think spunj and prof discussed that at hltv podcast some time ago and in some rulebooks like blast u can change a player after every map if they can build up their mouse and keyboard quick enough. That will put another huge mindgame factor into the game. Imagine having someone on the roster who is insane at nuke but absolute dogshit at d2 then u can play with him on nuke and get him out for another map. IGLs then antistrat for those exact tactics and they show up with another lineup. That will bring a huge new Tactical element into the game

2020-10-27 13:31

stupidest thing ever, gl to them though i aint hating i just know its stupid

2020-10-27 14:43

big

2020-10-27 14:46

EVIL BALD EGG MAN

2020-10-27 14:57

the good question is how to read properly this fr guy nickname - XTQZZZ

2020-10-27 15:05

Xtaz i think

2020-10-27 20:31

Xtaz, like extase or ecstasy in english

2020-10-29 12:08

absolutely disgusting..... sad day for professional csgo scene

bald

2020-10-27 15:59

he has a huge head

2020-10-27 16:13

this seems the natural progression for a sporting scene. Results are a bigger part of players lives than in other sports, more short term impactful. Having a bad afternoon in 2 games might be the end of a players career, in other sports we don't just watch that player struggle and burn, we sub them out tell them the team has their back. I dont understand why this wasnt part of counter strike, except for maybe the events were just so far apart it wasnt necessary. The players now have a full load, the sponsors are chucking in big money. A bad afternoon doesnt cut it anymore, but neither is it fair to say you can never have a bad afternoon. The roster changes have to happen before map pick, its not like teams are subbing in their best train player because train made it through the veto. But teams might change their map priorities between that upper bracket loss and lower bracket re-match. How could you not view this as a competitive boost for CS?

2020-10-27 16:30

"The roster changes have to happen before map pick, its not like teams are subbing in their best train player because train made it through the veto. But teams might change their map priorities between that upper bracket loss and lower bracket re-match." Wrong. I misunderstood series. (Ithought Blast Series) More interesting twist, more counter play available switching between maps, hopefully teams provide feed back about time given to react to changes and when switches feel good for the game

2020-10-30 19:26

very wise decision

2020-10-27 17:42

2020-10-27 20:28

2020-10-28 13:45

Rotations for burnout is definitely a good idea. Strategically it's a slippery slope for a team that can sub out the bottom frag every time, that I do not agree with. The five that play the first map have to be locked in, can't leave unless there's an emergency.

2020-10-29 02:30