IEM Sydney 2023, a $250,000 tournament running from Oct. 17 to 22, will be CS2’s first big esports event—but professional players think the game isn’t ready for competitions yet.
Despite fans’ excitement after ESL’s announcement regarding IEM Sydney and its future tournaments on Sept. 29, Valve still needs to make significant improvements to CS2 after its global release on Wednesday, Sept. 27.
Many pros are just now starting to play CS2 as they were still practicing in CS:GO before the game launched. NiKo, one of the best riflers in CS:GO history, expressed on Twitter on Sept. 28 that CS2 isn’t ready yet after getting his first feel of the game.
“CS2 is not ready yet for competition, but oh boy it feels nice to play a new game,” NiKo tweeted.
Dev1ce, a four-time Major champion with Astralis, shared the same sentiment on Sept. 28, stating that CS2’s gameplay isn’t smooth and doesn’t feel better than CS:GO. Complexity’s star player EliGE also voiced his concerns after playing his first CS2 scrims on Sept. 27.
“For now, CS2 is okay, but with time the rubberbanding on teammates and wobbly gameplay should be addressed,” EliGE explained. “It’s not smooth, and that is usually what we expect from FPS games. It doesn’t ‘feel’ good nor better than CSGO, which is fine for now but not forever.”
There is ample evidence to support the pros’ sentiment regarding CS2. The game is still plagued with significant bugs, and more are being discovered by the playerbase. These bug reports are likely to continue even after IEM Sydney concludes.
Most of the bugs are related to the overhauled smoke grenades in CS2. In addition to the bugs, pros have also expressed concerns about CS2’s tick rate, as they feel their shots don’t connect as reliably as they did in CS:GO.
Despite its flaws at the beginning, pros will have to accept that CS:GO is over and adapt to CS2. Sixteen teams, including some of the best in the world such as Vitality, ENCE, G2, FaZe Clan, and Natus Vincere, will compete at IEM Sydney.
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