I'll preface this with I'm much more of a Val enjoyer than a CS enjoyer (re: I play and watch Val a lot, but don't play CS at all and only watch occasionally at best).
But, I am watching some of IEM Katowice and one thing that I've noticed (and don't like) is that in between rounds the replays often go 5-10 extra seconds into the next round.
I don't even feel like the length or amount of replays even adds much of anything.
Iirc missing more than 2-3 seconds at the start of the round while watching a Val event is unusual.
I want to see all of the round if possible, even if it is just the few extra seconds of briskly walking out of spawn. But often times smokes or mollies have already landed before the camera is back on the live match. As a Val player I like watching the start of the round to steal lineups, but I feel like cutting back to it mid round really just takes me out of everything.
Am I the weird one here or do you guys agree too? Is this normal across all of CS, is it just ESL events, or is more like a change that happened after CS2 came out?