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All my homies loved Season. What a great map, the remake looks so modern as well. Finally someone is talking about it.

It's crazy how much of a disaster that 2017 update was that removed most of the maps from the game. Pretty much killed off the casual nature of counter-strike matchmaking, removing most of the fun casual maps like insertion, militia, zoo, seaside, shipped, and cruise. Hoping that cs2 adds more casual maps to the map pool.

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A lot of good memories on Assault, Italy and Militia.

Season had lots of problems, but the biggest complicating factor IMO is Molotovs. A lot of maps in CSS (season, contra, russka -- all 3 of my favourite maps lol) had tons of tight choke points and fairly long rotations. when you have a game with just smokes (and extremely overpowered flashes) you can deal with that. your opponents probably will run out of utility before around the time you might go for a retake, and worst case you can flash through the smoke if you need to. Once you add Molotovs, a ton of interactions that would be "fine," are now extremely problematic. On a site take your opponents might be able to replace what used to be a 100% necessary smoke with a Molotov instead, then delay until your rotates get there and use that saved smoke to block the choke points that are honestly too important to retake without utilizing. Jail on season is probably the best example of this. you could Molotov off the entire mid-b rotate (often 2, even 3 players) for the execute, then smoke them off for the retake. Not only was jail insanely important for a quick rotate, but basically 100% necessary for any retake at all, given the other options would be heaven (insane number of angles you have to clear to get out of) and ... the longest flank in the entire game. Tuscan I think had a lot more potential, but is a map that requires CT aggression to function properly which takes a lot of time and effort to get used to, and players really weren't ready for it, imo. There were similar interactions with Molotov and tight choke points in positions like Mid which required the map to be re-thought a little bit, but with a few adjustments it probably could've turned into a functional map. I don't think the same is true with season -- they would likely have to heavily adjust the layout before moving on to the other small but serious problems it had

Dataminers found information related to Tuscan in the cs2 game files. So yes, it will eventually be released for cs2 and I am happy for it.

Season was so underrated back then, i wish it was still available today. I loved it, and i missed it after the Bloodhound operation. Hopefully it’ll be available again

Nobody remembers climb, the hostage map. That map was so much fun

Season will be remembered by IBP scandal...

I hope Valve takes advantage of having Competitive and Prime matchmaking. They could, and should add so many community maps to the normal comp maps, I don't see any reason not to. I really hope they add not only their own maps, but also a community map with each operation... and KEEP THEM IN THE COMP MAP POOL!!! Prime should probably stay limited to a smaller amount of maps, simply because it's already hard enough for most players to memorize the nades and angles of like 3 maps, let alone more than 7 lol. Excellent video as always Mr. CS2.

ive been talking about season FOREVER, i miss it so much! not even any youtubers ever really mentioned it again once it was gone. its like a media blackout for the map lol.

operations on community maps was crazy

My favourite map is Breach, they used it in that Scrimmage mode, but they will proabably never add it back

I love learning about old CS maps. Keep up the great work!

A nice video talking about Season. Love it!

I think they should shuffle the maps twice a years after a major. We hame the current map pool plus 4-5-6 other maps missing. It would be refreshing and nice to have the 2 least played maps dropped after a major

Seeing this video after some months of not playing cs (mainly due to the deletion of unranked and my friends getting better at the game) was so nostalgic. I remember maining tuscan with my friends when they still were silver 1s. I also remembered a lot of the maps of late cs:go, and I love even the worst ones. I also remember getting introduced to the game by my friend, seeing hive (at least that was the name on signs everywhere), and some lake ripoff with a lot of breakable glass, where my friend showed me the zeus.

Minor feedback, at 4:41 it would have been nice if the map pictures were from the version of the map that was present at the time (for example you use the modern versions of d2, inferno, and nuke)

Finally, been waiting for some banger content from you Mr Penguin

love your videos man!! keep it up :)

I loved de_season so much.. good memories! thanks for your videos

season was one of my favorite maps of all time

Dude ghe thumbnail is unreal, great vid❤

You've quickly become one of my favorite CS youtubers. Great content as always keep it up!

Finally de_season mentioned on this channel, i hope a lot this legendary map gonna back

Tuscan always was one of my fav maps in 1.6 and also was very good in CSGO. I really hope we get it in CS2 and also in pro play.

Another Penguin banger! Keep it up man

I think a new map after every major would be great. BUT once a map is in the pool it can't be replaced until every other map in the pool has. Therefore once a map is added its added for 3.5 years (assuming 2 majors a year, evenly distributed). This would force pros to adopt the new maps early on into their life, they could easily be learnt in the tournament break that is expected to be come standard after each cs2 major. Given that this would now be a scheduled event, Valve would have two options: A. announce the map ahead of the major (perhaps at Cologne/Katowice respectively) to allow for analysts/youtubers/coaches to start theorising about its use in pro play B. announce the map AT the major and play the showmatch on it. Then teams would be expected to work on it during the tournament break post-major and come into the new season with whatever they've come up with. Of course some would just permaban it but with it being guaranteed to stay in the pool for 3.5 years, whilst every map you already like slowly gets replaced, this would be shortsited from pros.

LOVE YOUR VIDEOS! talk about wingman maps like rialto and also maps like engage

That Sonic Spinball tune really hits hard! especially with the "Unregistered HyperCam 2"

Season was my inspiration to play awp ages ago. So many cheeky plays on that map

I've been playing CS since about 2017 on and off. I've really got into the game with CS2. These videos are super interesting because I get to see a side of the game I'd otherwise have no idea of.

Bloodhound nostalgia is insane, Zoo and season are 2 certified classics.

Season remake was soooo beuatiful and i really wanted to play it a lot more

Season was and continues to be my favorite map

What a banger video love the vibe W

seeing season gave me some flashbacks, but seeing the hypercam watermark GOD DAMN

9 map pool, 2 maps switches per year (every six months) and letting people know beforehand what maps will change next time. I just think this would be the best outcome as you’d have more maps to choose from and you’ll be able to know and prepare for the next ones

played the old version of season on legacy strike, had no idea there was a remake

There is definitely hope for Tuscan as it was found in recent leaks

what they could do is the following, 7 map pool but every week they rotate the premier maps, by removing 2 and adding 2 in a queue way like there are like like lots of competitive maps and every week the 2 oldest are removed and 2 new enter, so every map has a 4 weeks in the map pool and 4 weeks off .also they could remove 1 map per year to rework and introduce a new one that year like they are doing. all maps would be available in competitive all the time, just in the premier mode the rotation would take place. this way they could experiment with maps and see what maps are played more . this would also give tournment events to customize their cup with the 7 maps they choose , or they could ask for team to vote the 7 maps they want in the tournment. I also think pro teams could also choose a map that fits their gamestyle. something like football stadiums each team has their own. i dunno.

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Got a few good sessions on Season in community servers on CS2. Map is so fun and looks great!

great cs content + good choice in tekken soundtrack = i subscribe

season was the greatest map, my friends and I played this map all the time absolute goated.

Season was my favorite map, all the way from when me and some friends were doing scrims in CSS. It really deserves some time in the spotlight again. I played the living daylights out of it when the operations were on. - It was introduced back with Operation Vanguard, and re-introduced with Operation Bloodhound. Tuscan as well. I had so many good memories from playing on it. No idea why Valve chose Anubis to be the default addition to CS2, and leave Tuscan behind, despite revamping it to that extent. Don't get me wrong, Anubis is a fine map (not the greatest IMO). It gets the job done, of being a good Dust replacement, but for me, Tuscan was the better one of the two. Some other maps that deserves honorable mentions are: Santorini, Seaside, Zoo and Agency (arguably the best hostage map in the history of CS)

I remember grinding season in CSGO with my friends when the operation came out. Awesome map that was sadly removed :( hope it comes back to cs2

1:07 that is so true that it hurts

9:05 Damn that caught me off guard👴

i miss seaside. that map was so fun, it reminded me of old css style gameplay

I love season. I absolutely loved its aesthetic cause it’s kinda similar to vertigo but unlike vertigo, it plays better and doesn’t have headshot angles everywhere.

Another penguin banger, Let's gooo!

One map exchanged after every major would be nice. I kinda like the idea of a 9 map pool but even tier 1 teams struggle to excel nowadays so that might just result in a lower level of play..

Crazy how I never played any of theses map even tho I started playing in 2016

A first in first out map cycle would be amazing, every map would get like 3.5 years in the pool before it gets rotated out, that's plenty of time for a map to get figured out and played at a high level. I think they should also maybe try to stagger between adding in completely new maps and maps that have already been in the pool -- if we didn't do this, every 3.5 years we'd have 7 maps that have already moved in and out of the pool, and it really seems like a waste to let them rot like that.

Season was my absolute favourite map

Tuscan was such a great map, very underrated.

Season is great and I really hope to see it back but I think Tuscan is better suited as a map like Italy more centered around casual or for fun comp, but not premiere or pro play

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Gabe Follower also found mentions in the game files of Tuscan being remade again for source 2, so Valve are definitely not abandoning it

They should have another set if maps not for the pro scene but a rotation system every season to showcase what the gems on the workshop.

hOPE to see Tuscan. When it was released my friends played a lot only that map bc of those ol days of pcw.

I miss Season, it was such a fun map.

i miss tuscan und season so much

changing maps once a year is the best way to do it for pro play. imagine being told half way through the season your teams best map just got swapped for one u have never played

When watching this map not for ancient highlights for the first time, I realise that i see some similarities to Valorant's Ascend, some areas have attack/defend or general orientation rotated differently

Season was actually in Operation Vanguard in late 2014 before it was also included in Bloodhound in early 2015.

now with the finals in blast being bo5 maybe thats a hint they are considering 9 mall pool in the future

I miss Season, it was such a fun map!

the sad story of so many maps

Imho we didnt get tuscan in the pro pool because anubis largly overshadowed it. It may gets the chance somewhen, but it needs good amount of changes to be a good map

I really thought that Season and Santorini would stay in the Game. Was really sad when both got taken down. Also Breach was pretty cool

"The community pretty much agreed that Tuscan will be the next pro map" ???? Nobody has ever said such a thing

I fucking loved that season revamp..

Another banger video.

Chang the pool much more frequently, you could happily swap out three or four of the current maps tonight.

BRO CANNOT HIT ME WITH SONIC SPINBALL MUSIC

Everytime I see discussion about great community maps I have to throw de_engage out there. Just a beautiful, fun banger of a map.

hope they bring back tuscan played like 300+ matches in CS:GO fun to play both ct and t simple layout, comfort duels

Thanks for a new Video

I love Sonic Spinball!

Season was great B was easier to take and harder to hold, A was the opposite. I really miss it, especially the random fights in the vents

I loved Mocha... it was the best map I have ever played in CS.

9 map pool with 2 out and 2 in rotation every year at the end of a major as well as a seasonal rank reset for premier mode.

it's insane to me that season isn't in the game permanently it's a great map with a long history

Swapping 1 map in the active duty pool at the end of each month might be nice once they add more maps.

I think it's important to note that in cs2 cache has been completely rotated out instead of remade & been replaced with maps like anubis and ancient which are fully valve owned. There's a chance cache could come back, but it's intentional that they didn't add it at launch

9 maps in active duty is the best way to address this issue

I miss train tbh, it was the last CsGo map I played on

I loved Tuscan and I really think the only reason it didn’t stay or even get that popular was because it wasn’t in active duty. I also really liked Austria.

i miss cpl_mill

I remember season being not that light. And B side having servers.

my biggest issue with cs and also the vast majority of its playerbase is that they would be quite happy playing about 3 maps every day every week every year. and so everything else gets neglected. Unless its skins

id like a map pool of 9, would make best of 5s alot more interesting

That BGM tho! Sonic Spinball?

I do think it would be sick if we gave the map pool 2 more maps and then just increased the bans making the variety of 'favorited' maps more interesting and the 3rd map even more of a wildcard. Also adding more bans still allows teams to have 2 permabans.

Wasn't canals one of those maps valve had tried to make into a competitive play map, kinda like what they did with vertigo?

The problem of season is that it is more like a five line map instead of a three lane one. The map is really big for 5v5. I still like and enjoy it for deathmatch and casual gameplay.

In my opinion cache will be the next added to the competitive pool. What do you think guys?