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Breeze removed from Reykjavík map pool

teja

May 4, 2021

Riot has removed Breeze from the Masters: Reykjavík map pool.

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@ValorantEsports

After conferring with pro players globally, in the interest of competitive integrity, Breeze has been removed from the map rotation at Masters Reykjavik.

Considering the overlap with Challenger Playoffs and travel to Iceland, 4 weeks is not enough time to practice a new map.

Introduced in patch 2.08, Breeze had been the first new map addition in more than six months after the release of Icebox in October 2020.

With the removal of the new map from competition in Iceland, the eligible map pool remains as Haven, Bind, Split, Ascent, and Icebox.

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asseater4life

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good still dont know how they thought this was a good decision

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SENBobstar

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Saved

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Supr3meGucci

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Yeah apart from the fact that this map was way too new, how would the veto have worked? xD

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Ullyr

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Probably thought showcasing a new map in their first lan would bring hype and new viewership/players, but yeah there's definitely not enough time for teams to learn/practice a new map.

zerosh1ma

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good move

beb0p

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this is a new record

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Imafont

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number_1_bjor_fan

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sorry i think you miswrote this i'll fix it for you: #RuinIceland

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TinglyPiano

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Demi

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What you smoking brah ?

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beb0p

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it's a new record LMFAO

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asseater4life

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bebop always baiting for that -20 frags

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bentseH

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yeah, im bored of him now

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Mehkek

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kinda wanna see the map potential and would be hella funny but not from a competitive standpoint

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Proxyloco

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Here for impressions

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alexzoid

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beb0p you have to be careful you're gonna lose your 4 stars at this rate

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Mehkek

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quick make it something good so people don't know why its down fragged

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Astralis_6_majors

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is that record?

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beb0p

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OMG I DID IT, I BEAT ACCOUNT123!!!!

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Astralis_6_majors

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Nope, someone else beat you

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beb0p

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it may not be a record but I still beat acount123 LOL

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ToastByToast

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Anyone else coming back here to take a look at this magnificent piece of history?

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Astralis_6_majors

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posted 5 days ago

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ToastByToast

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you can still enjoy it

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WitLitning

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five days ago is history for ppl with adhd just saying

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Astralis_6_majors

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Why adhd D:

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HLTV_Master_race

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IN POG WE HYPE

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WitLitning

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sadly not the record
https://www.vlr.gg/18166/most-upfrags

sm0ke3

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nice that they listen to the pros and the community

nekxyc

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Super good for competitive integrity.

za1x

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so maybe showmatch on breeze?

TinglyPiano

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the pros crying about it actually worked LMAO. Now pros will cry about everything now, next they will just complain everything that is not the same as CSGO (spray pattern, bunny hop, counter strafe etc.) , and eventually this game will just become CSGO with updated graphics

w1nT3r

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Or, it's just a logical complaint yk? You cri

TinglyPiano

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the pros sure are crying lol

they cry about everything to be fair

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Sims4proplayer

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Riot have huge experience in listening to all that cry. Dw they still do what they wanna do

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Youngztar

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Yeah they cry, but this one its a good decision, even the viewers were complaining

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RoadRunneR

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Four Weeks not enough to master a Map? That must be a joke. I mean this guys don't have other Jobs than playing a Game. I doubt the Main reason is practise time here. The Map itself is just to adventurous and not good designed for fair fights.

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Pristyna

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nobody wants to see pepega breeze clownfiestas and spam the chat with "this looks like ranked". breeze is not even out for competitive play yet, there's 3 weks left till masters, these teams need practice, scrims, strategies and to study other teams as well, since most of them are from different regions.

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TinglyPiano

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if they dont want clownfiesta, they should have only invited EU and NA LMAO

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hekzy

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the problem is that the map is not even available on ranked, let alone scrims. How will the practice for it?

Moreover, 6 maps is ABSOLUTELY retarded in pick/ban scenarios. In a bo5 one team has the ban and the other doesn't? On a coin flip? In a bo3 one team has 2 bans and the other 1?

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TinglyPiano

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huh? Scrims use custom game mode, of course Breeze is available in scrim.

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hekzy

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is it? idk, didnt check. But then again, it's not available on Ranked, where people actually learn maps. You are not gonna learn a map in scrims, you're already supposed to know it. (and i dont mean just callouts)

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array

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So maybe check before posting. Why would it not be available in custom games? Btw thanks for clarifying that there is more to map knowledge than just callouts lmao

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bloodysky

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Why do you want Breeze to be included so bad?

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TinglyPiano

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because is fun to see which team adapt quickly and see how new meta form for the map. Not to watch the same B execute in Icebox with viper and sage wall for the 1 millionth time

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bentseH

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exactly, if a team can master a map, before the other, it could be big firepower

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Youngztar

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man, youre not pro, stop talking like you really know how to play on a map competitively

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Helix_Exton

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Remember when icebox came out during First Strike and how bad the play was? Any play we see on a new map looks atrocious at first, and for a while after, although the process of improving will be faster now that we have played the game a lot longer. The whole community would rather see good play and cut the map.

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Noyn

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Waiting for a 5v5 Breeze showmatch with Mwzera & TenZ vs Scream & Derke before Grand Finals

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FIreFistOM

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This is what i love about Riot ... they are always listening to thier communities

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kapteN

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Good to see.

Breeze was going to be an absolute shitshow without any smaller tournaments including it before Reykjavik, and the perfect way for the "worse" teams to create upsets that should not happen all else being equal.

Not enough time to scrim, practise, create strats and look at what other teams are doing, where every team would be super secret about their strats. You'd end up with unpolished stuff that is - unexpectedly - countered by even wilder stuff.

I agree with the sentiment of a showmatch though, that'd be amazing. But not in the active map pool just yet.

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TinglyPiano

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there's a map ban you know?
If u are a team that is under prepared for Breeze, you can ban it. It just means you have to play 1 of the 5 other map that has been out for MONTHS. And there is 0 excuse not to know how to play those maps.

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kapteN

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in a BO5 grand finals, that one map (that may not be in your control to ban) may prove the difference and crown someone champion that should not have been it.

Also many teams have been working with a permaban on the same map for months on end. What do they do now? Ban breeze and leave their permaban untouched? Ban their permaban and be forced into an unfavorable matchup on Breeze?

It leaves too much to the question. You're only seeing 1 part of it but there's much more that you're not addressing.

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TinglyPiano

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in other words, they have 1 month to work on the permaban map, which has been out for months (or they can try to invent the meta and play breeze). It is not an unreasonable request.

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pewpew

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Just stop typing dude. Haven't seen 1 upvote for you.

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TinglyPiano

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Oh no, no upvote. What a tragedy!!!

I not farming for upvote, I am just voicing my opinion. It is a public forum, you can feel free to upvote or downvote however u want, and I can say my opinion however I want.

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array

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There is a brain you know? Use it

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Shanty

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Hope they do a show match. Hyped for pro play on breeze, so I hoping 4 weeks would be enough time. But with the travel I can understand that it's simply not enough time to learn a new map. For all we know Riot might want to do some small changes to the map now that it's been released for public testing.

Happy Riot is willing to listen to the pros. Will make the first tournaments after Iceland exciting with the addition of Breeze, and agent nerfs and buffs and an ever changing meta.

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plas

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good move by riot, althought i wouldve liked to see the map but its whatever

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ranker11

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Glad riot grew brain

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mAko

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riot, best dev ever? poggers

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CurryCooker

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sort of sad we will not see breeze in a pro game but it makes a lot of sense. We want to see who currently the best in the world and there shouldn't be series decided on a map that is recently released and hasn't had much prep time.

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STRAWHAT

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irons in the comments not understanding why it's good that they removed breeze XD

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Ryuzaki

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As much as I would've loved to see Breeze being played on IceLANd, I totally understand this move and makes total sense. Still a little bit sad tho :(

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Youngztar

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Good decision

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ArgieGR8ArgieB8ArgieM8

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Excellent decision. These teams didn't qualify based on breeze, so why should they compete amongst each-other on breeze? Maintaining structure throughout qualifiers and the tournaments teams qualify for is important.

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Scottyboi30

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stage 3 breeze and smaller t2 torny should start using it

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Anees711

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I wish it was still there cause it would be fun watching pros tryna figure out the map while playing in that big of a tournament.

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Aqr8

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i kinda understand riot and pro players. but i honestly would have loved to see breeze. teams would prolly insta ban this but this could also be an upset pick. lovely imagination to me

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awearTV

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good move

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Le6lindre

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How sad. It would have been an exciting challenge for a show match or something.

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kapteN

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That can still happen though. Just not for official matches.

I don't doubt a showmatch on breeze is on riot's mind