What we know about the situation
We would like to remind you that recently, information about the changes that will be in the upcoming patch 11.08 has been released online. Among them will be a large-scale rebalancing of agents, changes in weapons, a new map rotation, and much more.
The update is scheduled to be released on October 14-15, and this is the reason why players of the Game Changers scene are dissatisfied. The fact is that the following tournaments will start shortly after the patch release: VCT 2025 playoffs: Game Changers EMEA Stage 3 on October 17 and Game Changers Championship 2025 on November 20. Thus, players in the Game Changers league will have very little time to learn the new patch and get used to all the changes.
I'm sorry, but it's just terrible and unfair. There are 2 new maps in the rotation, the shooting in the game is changing, all the target agents are changing. And all this needs to be sorted out in 2 weeks. And you also need to take into account the flight to Korea and the fact that the teams will play the most important qualifiers before that. The other teams will have a whole month, and even that, in my opinion, is not enough.
It's just crazy that the GCC tournament will be the guinea pig for such a radical patch. And it will be even harder for teams from the EMEA region. In my opinion, this is a very bad time to release a patch.
It should be noted that Game Changers EMEA Stage 3 will be the most difficult for participants, as the competition starts on October 17, and the 11.08 patch is released on October 14-15. This means that players will literally have 3 days to prepare and learn the entire objective, which is unrealistic.
