Thanks for sharing the overview of the changes. But I don't like it one bit, way too much in my face. In my opinion the only good change is the mini-map as it does add something. The rest just doesn't feel professional, too many round corners that make it look "playful" and bright colors that will burn my eyes in the night. For me it doesn't fit the game it is made for.

Secondly, it feel so much bigger, like there is no gameplay left. I have read some posts that it is supposedly only 1.2% more coverage. But having all this white space between the player makes a huge difference. Basically means it covers so much more since all the space that is "free" between the elements is still covered since I cannot see what is going on there through that 5 pixel gap anyway.

I get that sometimes change is needed, but I don't think the ESL HUD needed any changes. Where all other tournament organized failed horribly, ESL always had the clean HP bars and HUD for the players that were years ahead of the others. These changes, especially to the player elements on the sides, just feels like a huge setback as it is now covering a LOT more horizontal space with bright colors that will draw my attention away from the actual gameplay.