an honest conversation about Game pauses

Almost every sport has some form of game pause that can be used for breaking momentum. Esports are no different. Tech pauses are annoying for both the players and the fans because in order to call one something has to have been going wrong that affects their gameplay experience and potentially costs them rounds. Valorant is heavily dependent on some rounds. What do you expect team A to do if they have a mechanical problem? Let themselves be disadvantaged by it? Team B (Who didn't call the pause) has just as much time to talk and strat as Team A so It is perfectly balanced. In fact, if a Mechanical problem has arisen TEAM A was at the disadvantage. If it's a normal time out then it's just a well placed time out. This is true for all sports. This isn't a defence or a critique of any team or fan base. Just everyone's treating calling a tech pause as a crime because their team potentially loses momentum. Let the Pros play the game and sort out their tech problems.

You cannot talk during tech pauses

waiting 5 minutes for a tech pause is a whole lot better than seeing a team unfairly lose due to tech problems