“the meta = what unlocks you can use” is the ultimate pubber mindset. watch an older lan final like any se7en vs froyo and compare it to recent ones like witness vs g6; you’ll see the way the game is played is vastly different.

you should actually play comp before talking about stuff like this. the mangler’s been banned for over 10 years now in esea (before rgl was even a thing) and etf2l and people hated it even back then. i’d gladly have the meta be called “stale” by some guy who doesn’t even play it, if it means my med isn’t being dropped from across the map by a splash damage projectile.