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Does it only talk about the awp nerf?
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That's what we've been trying to do, but you keep bringing up the pros like it's the end of the discussion. :/
I think that pro players know what's best for health and future off the game as a skill based competitive and tactical shooter. That's why I keep bringing them up. It's not the end of discussion but I do think that if people want to nerf a gun because
THEY CANT ADAPT (Smokes/flashes) then this game will rot as another mediocre shooter.
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Well, you could say that about anything in the game. "Damn this movement inaccuracy! I should be able to run and shoot! How dare valve tell me I shouldn't be allowed to!"
You are right. I should have stated that in a tactical and skillbased shooter that valve shouldn't tell us what to do as long is it doesn't ruin the game by being ridiculously overpowered or watering down the metagame for casual players.
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They probably haven't been able to play with it long enough to determine how the change effects them.
Yet all the riflers are cool with it because they get a buff since the awp gets a nerf. Excuse me for this question but why was it notable to bring up players that were either neutral or didn't even comment? I really want to see what ex pro players and esports analysts without a dog in the fight say.
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That's not what's happening. This is a game, a sport, so it has to have clear rules.
In my metaphor I'm using basketball as an example. They don't change the rules to benefit high school basketball players. They only change the rules for the highest level of play and everyone else (NCAA, High School, Middle School, Elementary School, Kids on the street) tries to emulate that.
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It's like complaining that on fourth down, if you try to kick a field goal, you can't also try and catch a miss and get a touchdown.
How does an awp nerf that waters down the game compare to some arbitrary complaining that didn't even happen? I'm confused.
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It's like in basketball, saying "Don't tell me I have to dribble! How dare you hand me this ball and tell me how I must use it." Or a baseball pitcher complaining that he has to throw in the strike box. "I'm the pitcher! How can these people who aren't even pitchers tell me how to throw the ball! The gall of them!" This is how sports work, including esports. The people in charge of the sports decide how they want the sports to run, make changes to the rule-set to cause them to run that way, and the people who play the sports deal with it. Nobody asked my opinion when they changed where you set up during a free throw. They just told me "This season, you have to set up one block higher", and I had to change my play style to compensate.
Of course there has to be rules as a foundation for play. Nobody is saying we need 4 teams with 5 bombsites to play CS. But with the guidelines that are set in place I can't understand how a watered down nerf a gun that wasn't OP benefits the game. Also, the NBA didn't create basketball nor did the MLB create baseball or the NHL create hockey. They are simply the league in charge of the pro scene. We need a league in charge of the entire pro scene (similiar to a union) that dictates the way the game should be played and everyone should follow that if they want to play a tactical and competitive shooter. People who want to play the lesser game modes still can but the competitive scene needs to be prioritized.
PLEASE WATCH THE THORIN VIDEO IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT.
It addressed my points in a way I can't articulate.
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I didn't think this needed to be said, but your behavior yesterday followed by this post today leads me to believe maybe it does.
I didn't do anything except express my opinion and play with funny and I told him not to troll. I don't know what I did that was so bad.