I know we as viewers have been complaining about this for 10+ years now, but will this ever get fixed by the production teams at ESL, Blast, etc? Surely these employees are reading this feedback by now? It just happened at one of the closest defuses at IEM Melbourne, they took away the in-game cam, and the HUD was not on the screen, so viewers on the stream are forced to squint at the tiny defuse graphic at the top of the arena screen. Can we please keep the in-game view on until players are actually back in their spawns?
Example from IEM Melbourne 2025: https://youtu.be/GAEwE7BgjMs?feature=shared&t=7435
Countless threads over the years complaining about this:
https://www.reddit.com/r/GlobalOffensive/comments/xn0v62/esl_please_stop_switching_away_from_the_action_at/
https://www.reddit.com/r/GlobalOffensive/comments/18kfypd/can_the_people_who_do_camera_switches_during/
https://www.reddit.com/r/GlobalOffensive/comments/12uukqi/esl_stop_showing_fan_cameras_at_the_most_intense/
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Thank you. So many rounds they always switch to player cam before the round ends. Just switch during the freeze time of the next round ffs.
Because they want the crowds reaction to millisecond differences…. Clearly.
Either the fireworks go off for the bomb explosion or not… People wearing a teams jersey will cheer or not …
It’s not hard to understand that the production team lead or coordinator wants to highlight production with a packed audience.
Faceit Watch is a good solution to this
I don’t see how this is a complaint?
You’re watching a show at the end of the day, the events are shows, their job is to not only show the game but show the event, imo these tense last second defuses are a great time to show the crowds reaction
Also it’s free advertising, like a thing of ‘wouldn’t you love to be here’ with passion roaring.
It’s not like you missed anything, you still very much saw the game
Exact same reason why there’s fans celebrating in other sports matches and screens cutting to them. Engagement and makes it feel like more if a show
i hate that as well and its not only in arenas, it happens all the time on all events, missing defuses, hunt kills, save kills, etc etc
In the example, wouldnt you see the explosion. Like it was paper close and we still see the game, do we actually miss anything?
I don’t know how bad the camera situation is but your solution is just as bad, if not worse.