ESEA and ESL’s latest announcement has not surprised anyone as it plans to introduce new operation that involves dramatically changing player models in a way similar that they change the skin of their weapons. Known as agents, they offer a large variety ranging from tough-guerilla to camouflaged special operation members.
Some of them offer an added advantage in certain maps but playing against them can be deadly and horrifying. According to the players, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive has nothing to do with skill set anymore but is now more focused on whatever matches the camouflage. It is already available on the platform now.
Comments have already poured in where several streamers have highlighted similar issues. Saying that Counter-Strike: Global Offensive has changed in terms of the gaming strategies and is more about luck now rather than skill and techniques.
ESEA and ESL, ban all agent skins in professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive play. Reportedly this is true because of the open nature of the game where Valve has allowed anyone to organize and host with any set of rules which is unlike its competitors.
Certain other opposing games allow only sanctioned actors to host professional tournaments.
This will save Counter-Strike: Global Offensive from facing a rapid downfall into becoming a mere game of hide and seek.
Although this whole idea of unlocking various camouflaged player skins in a competitive shooter is brain-storming Valve is a bit confused about the skins being already sold on the Stream Marketplace in exchange of real currency as they simply can’t remove the agents without a few ruffled feathers from those who have already purchased.
Apart from ESEA and ESL, Valve also runs the Majors where a huge amount of money is made by the professional teams. Things seem improbable as Valve is not expected to restrict players from utilizing the new skins, which makes the Majors an interesting performance to observe.
However, some fans have concluded that the professional teams might choose to share a fair agreement on not utilizing the skins.
This kind of agreement is common for games that are balanced poorly like Overwatch’s Open Division and T3 scene. On the other hand, games like Overwatch has a marked ability to strike a balance in their game where it makes ten heroes viable at once, making ‘Gentleman agreements’ typical regarding the usage of Orisa, or Doomfist. Therefore it is much anticipated to see whether or not the professional teams choose to spend so much money to enter.
ESL and ESEA took no time to respond on the matter and ECS is supposedly hosting their finals by the end of this week. They have however not offered any kind of restriction in terms of the skin.
Valve who has fixed their Krieg price has remained silent on the complaints received from their long term fans.
Though the players are not much convinced on the agent skin advantage, they can still find out a hidden player in the image at the top, who’s already striking a riffle on the camera.
