DrewSpark

so you're telling me they took advice from fuckin tarik? dawg you're just making shit up, take the L

Scrims are mostly basis of all map picks. Even though their results dont mean anything, its the only form of benchmark they have int erms of determining synergy and comps atleast given the long break between recent events. Sgares has also mentioned this multiple times on stream aswell when he was talking about 100Ts map picks. Also its based on anti stratting which is why a lot of the times, teams win each others maps. Even though SEN have only played pearl 6 times, they looked very comfortable on it yesterday even against Cryos op anchor, which is why it isnt a bad decision.

I would rather they play fracture and pearl instead of maps where both teams have shown results like Ascent or Haven or bind because it just means that both teams have deeper strategies which will result in continous back and forths. IN a momentum based game you NEVER want to have back and forth rounds. Even though from audience POV its entertaining, for teams its a mental strain and you have to come up with counter strats and plays on the go. Which is why teams usually pick maps where its either you get destroyed or destroy.