CSGO pros slam divisive Vertigo, call for Valve to rethink \u201cunfair\u201d map A handful of Counter-Strike stars have lifted the lid on what they like least about the game\u2019s current state, including the \u201cunfair\u201d nature of divisive map Vertigo, the powerful Kreig, and the game\u2019s notoriously slow mobility. It\u2019s no secret that plenty of CSGO professionals don\u2019t always see eye-to-eye with the game\u2019s developers Valve, especially with the recent drama around the over-tuned nature of the SG 553, more commonly known as the Krieg. In a new video released by ESL, several stars, including Marcelo \u2018coldzera\u2019 David, Finn \u2018karrigan\u2019 Andersen, and Ian \u2018motm\u2019 Hardy, took aim at their least favorite parts of the title where they ply their trade, including Vertigo and the game\u2019s mobility. Coldzera, who holds the ignominious title of being the first-ever pro player to fall off the skyscraper map at a competitive LAN event, was one of the most outspoken stars when it came to abolishing Vertigo, suggesting it\u2019s \u201ctoo random.\u201d \u201cThe map pool should definitely be changed, I\u2019m not satisfied by the map pool at the moment, and I think they should remove Vertigo,\u201d he said. \u201cI don\u2019t know why they keep Vertigo. They had a few changes to the map, but it\u2019s just too random. Things are random. Teams just play aggressive, re-peeking a lot, because no one knows how to play the map really correctly right now.\u201d The Brazilian superstar suggested Valve could bring other, more popular maps into the fold if they shunted the incomplete Rizzleton Tower map from the pro scene. \u201cThey have so many good maps likes Cobblestone and Cache, and they\u2019re not being in it, so I think that the map needs to be removed [to allow others in],\u201d he added. Coldzera wasn\u2019t the only pro that aimed their sights at Vertigo for changes, with ATK\u2019s motm also suggesting the high-flying map could use a few more tweaks to make it more balanced for the team playing as Counter-Terrorists. \u201cI feel like they need to change Vertigo, because the A-side just feels really unfair for CTs, because if the Ts just take the bomb site they [CTs] have to retake their one choke point and it\u2019s really hard to flank on A-side Vertigo,\u201d he explained. Vertigo wasn\u2019t the only thing the stars were interested in seeing changed either, with newly-minted Renegades star Oliver \u2018DickStacy\u2019 Tierney suggesting the game could add a prone feature, which would be \u201cf**king hilarious\u201d and \u201ca lot of fun.\u201d Patrick \u2018es3tag\u2019 Hansen also joined in on mobility suggestions, though Heroic\u2019s rifler said he was more interested in seeing the pace of the game \u201cupped\u201d just a bit, partially because he thinks it would change the skill gap between players. \u201cI would love for there to be more movement, if Valve put up the acceleration \u2014 not too much because we don\u2019t want to be as fast-paced as like Call of Duty \u2014 then that would be nice, a lot of players would be punished for it,\u201d the Dane said. For mobile readers, the related segment in the video below begins at 0:29. Finally, mousesports star Karrigan, who has enjoyed a pile of success in recent times with his European lineup, including at the ESL Pro League finals, and more recently with two fill-ins against G2 Esports, returned the conversation to the Krieg. According to the CSGO veteran, despite a recent November update returning the SG 553 to its original price point of $3,000, up from $2,750, the Krieg is still just too much of an influence on the game\u2019s current competitive meta. \u201cIt\u2019s too much\u2026 I would get Valve to change the Krieg a little, and I think I\u2019m not the only player who is saying that either,\u201d he said. Whether or not Valve will listen to these ideas from some of the biggest names in the game right now remains to be seen, but it is interesting to hear the pro\u2019s opinions on common issues that many CSGO players agree upon heading into 2020. And who knows, once the devs hear so many players calling for changes, maybe they\u2019ll take a second look. We may have to cross our fingers, though, and hope they don\u2019t listen to DickStacy\u2019s wacky idea and add \u2018prone\u2019 to the game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
CSGO pros slam divisive Vertigo, call for Valve to rethink \u201cunfair\u201d map A handful of Counter-Strike stars have lifted the lid on what they like least about the game\u2019s current state, including the \u201cunfair\u201d nature of divisive map Vertigo, the powerful Kreig, and the game\u2019s notoriously slow mobility. It\u2019s no secret that plenty of CSGO […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37857"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37857\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}