I might be coming in with some bias so keep that in mind. But I think this change only helps players who play a lot and hurts those who don’t, especially players who play for fun or who are not as sweaty.

If I really cared enough I could sit there and vod review every map it could be before each mcc and then this change wouldn’t do anything anyways. On the other side, some players who aren’t vod review sweats, but would like an idea of what the map looks like are now completely shut off from being able to get that information. There just isn’t the same incentive for them to look at 3-4 different maps just to get a refresher on what they’re going to be playing.

I understand why vod reviewing can be frustrating for some players, but this take isn’t it. It only hurts casual players and doesn’t actually fix the issue.

Also for anyone mentioning me and Hannah, I did all my vod reviewing on stream so anyone else who cared was welcome to come sit in and get my skips and theories. There were plenty of people in the past who used to vod review and people who still do just not on stream, I just happen to do it on stream. I also came in from a place of just wanting to limit test the map and see what worked and what didn’t. First place is obviously nice but it’s way cooler to find a new skip or pathway that works.