“Worst map pool ever”: community reacts to the exchange of Overpass for Dust2 | DRAFT5

The change, however, does not seem to have been well received by the community, with several players, coaches, commentators, analysts and personalities reacting to the exchange:

“Are you kidding that they removed the Overpass“, wrote Gabriel “FalleN” Toledo, captain of the FURY, on the social networks. Already Jonathan “EliGE” Complexity’s Jablonowski rated this one “the worst map pool ever.“

Rasmus “HooXi” Nielsen, captain of the G2also expressed discontent with the change: “Why take the best map out of rotation to put Dust2 in?“, he questioned.

Already Wilton “zews” Prado, coach of Team Liquidmade one “Dust2 summary“, bringing to light the community’s main criticism regarding the map: the lack of tactical variation.

“TR: Gives me deep respawn…. Oh, haven’t I? Let’s master the balcony and then do split A or split B. CT: game B and I already know that I left the base with half my life because I’m going to get hit“, wrote the Brazilian.

The British Hugo Byronwho interestingly participated in the closed testing phase of Counter-Strike 2 at the offices of Valvestill at the beginning of 2023, was also not happy with the return of the emblematic map:

“An excellent update with several quality and weapon balance adjustments. All overshadowed by Dust2 returning to competitive“, he criticized.

The commentator, by the way, preferred to wait a little longer for Train’s return: “It feels like delaying any fun or fresh maps for at least another year. I would have waited until the end of 2024 to have Train back instead of Dust2 now.“

Canadian Conner “Scrawny” Girvan also questioned Valve’s stance on reintroducing a map known for being somewhat monotonous without major changes:

“The fact that they reintroduced Dust2 with just random spawns really shows how little effort they put into trying to improve the map for competitive play.“, he lamented.

Jacob “Pimp” Wienneche stated that he would have preferred to see the Vertigo removed from the rotation, at the same time that he was happy with the change and asked for more frequent changes in the competitive game:

“Removing the Overpass before the Vertigo is a crime. Regardless, happy to see Dust2 returning and happy to see a change in the competitive rotation“, he explained.

“I’d love to see this once or twice a year to keep things fresh, maybe with new or completely revamped maps“, said.

Finally, the Dutch “Don Haci“, one of the best-known personalities on the scene, endorsed the chorus for Train’s return: “We want Train back, not Dust2“, he grumbled.

“Imagine playing MD3 on LAN and the maps are: Dust2, Anubis and Mirage. Three dusty and sandy maps, with an orange filter for three hours straight“, he criticized.

At the moment, it is not known which will be the first major championship to feature Dust2 in the competitive rotation. However, there is an expectation that the IEM Dallas 2024 Bring all the news from the latest game update.