world champions at the Copenhagen Major. But the biggest match of the year is set to be a best-of-three affair, meaning if it is a one-sided match it could easily be over in 90 minutes or less. WithCounter-Strikewhen a map was a best-of-30 battle rather than the current best of 24, it seemed to make sense. Amatch can be long, but with the stakes being so high in a Major final and its rarity, there is no reason why once or twice a year we can’t be treated to an epic war between the top two teams.
Then we only have to look back at previous Major finals to see that there is a decent chance a best-of-five final might have produced a better outcome for fans. Out of the last seven Major finals, none have gone to map three, with the last close final being the ELEAGUE Boston Major where Cloud9 and FaZe Clan pushed each other to the limit in one of the best CS matches of all time.All the others have been 2-0 matches, but many of them have had at least one close map or even went into overtime.
Of course, more than a few of these finals would likely have still been a 3-0, but with the one-sided scores a lot of the more mismatched finals had, that would only add an extra 30 minutes of in-game time, and would have presented more of an opportunity for the match to grow into a classic rather than the forgettable domination that most of them have become.
Fans only have to look at other games to see how hype a best-of-five final at the biggest events of the year can be. The recentevent this past weekend also went to game five with the two teams trading wins until the final showdown. Both finals will live long in the memories of fans due to how close they were and the epic story lines they told.action over the coming days, but I can’t help but feel underwhelmed with a best-of-three final that could be over in a flash.