Has a full on class ban ever been considered or tried? Because it definitely sounds unprecedented. It can be tough to not start to dislike the class as a whole after being forced into anti-sniper positioning and a potential round reset just because 1 player on the other team wanted to make a play and kept stalling for one more peek.
A lot of sniper rage comes from not being able to effectively counterplay, but even with proper counterplay it just feels like the game slows to a halt and isn't really engaging for anyone when the "stalemate breaker" class is active. Additionally sniper v combat matchups are pretty unfun with the sniper either being uncontestable or a free pick, and neither kill feels very fair to the one who died
On the flip side the class is relied on a lot in higher divisions as a means to break well-established holds, many of which take a ton of coordination and effort to crack. Also while in my opinion any weapon, map, etc bans should only be judged on whether they add or take away from the format, on some level it does feel weird to completely eliminate a class
All that being said I just wanted to ask if this was even something people have talked about and more importantly what would the game look like/play like without sniper to rely on?
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will be top 3 main demo next season with ease
so why exactly is andrew decided to not be a default ringer? its already insane cope to try to deny him ringing for perutech but how did an admin sign off on one playoffs demo not ringing for another?
no ones stopping you but a lot of people have asked those same questions and tried things out and theres a reason shotgun isnt used
brodythis also happened s8, where a 9-7 team (i think longerestboys) beat every other bubble team but was the one team not to make it, just because they had a lot of close matches
not to mention that one of the teams that beat them on round differential only did so because of a ffw that erroneously gave 4-0 that season
they don't call it grnnyary, grnnyduct, grnnycut, grnnygel, grnnywater, grnnycess, grnnyshine, grnnyworks, or grnnywash for nothing
Huge thanks to the organizers, production, and staff who are the real backbone of the community, especially production for letting me go on and cast last minute
Thanks to all the teams too for fun matches
We're also a little overdue for a chicago lan, don't we agree? ;)
say gg in the server after matches only
only ever say gg publicly (like tftv) as a response to being told gg and only sometimes
heavy already has an ultimate it's called brass beast
one day I'll draft up my eltorro64rus essay but not today
IM players saying main is too easy this season
ive noticed this too when i stare at it for long enough i start to see the pixels/flickering