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For any european that missed the ESEA meeting last night, there were whitelist pugs last night which ran into the discussion for the whitelist. The weapons that have been discussed to be unbanned (bonk, solemn vow, soda popper) have PROVEN to not be nearly as busted as people thought they were going to be. I heavily believe that unlocks that prove to have no impact on the game shouldn't be banned, if they prove that we have nothing to lose and only things to potentially gain (no matter how small that gain is) then there is literally no reason to be so stubborn about keeping them gone.
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This right here is why I have little faith in a lot of the "high" level players.
Seriously let's consider how many Invite scouts actually have used the soda popper for more than an hour or so in the last 2 years.
The soda popper has completely different timing than Stock scatter gun and even the FaN this will automatically put every scout who's practiced with a scattergun for hundreds (if not thousands) of hours worse off if they've rarely/never used the soda popper. Don't get me wrong they'll still do well but they will definitely not be at PEAK performance.
The only thing a single night of pugs could do is prove that the soda-popper isn't immediately and obviously broken.
I guarantee a lot of the people who think the soda-popper has little to no effect on the game, will change their mind after a full season of use.