[M. Bison]

I sure there's people who haven't been following the thread. So here's a basic summary of the feature:

1. The player can only make one purchase of an awp per map. (24/7 servers would go by map half instead due to longer map durations)
   
2. There isn't any sort of awps per team limit. There can be an infinite number of awps on a team, but they're still constrained by #1.
   
3. If the player wishes, they may use their single purchase to give their awp to someone who has already used their purchase. (This can only be done in spawn)
   
4. Users can't circumvent the purchase tracker. If they were to purchase an awp, leave and rejoin, they still wouldn't be able to purchase the awp until map change.
   

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I can imagine some guys playing extra douchery, like hanging back to avoid dying.

i also think awpers will camp in spawn more and be afraid to get picks... as well as go after the objective because they wont get their awp back

I don't believe this will be too big of a problem. If they camp that's perfectly fine; however, they'll only be able to do so until they die. The users who are beneficial to the team and do objectives are likely be rewarded by their fellow comrades. A lot of regulars don't like the awp nor wish to ever use it. If a user wants the awp and has a good track record with it, his comrades wouldn't have any reason not to give him it. This will give that particular player more opportunities to use the awp per map. The camper probably won't get the same generosity. Good riddance.

4) I like having the Awp in the hands of a playmaker. Someone who "can" pick mid every single time.

This system may actually encourage that behavior with exception to spawn campers.

We're going to have a lot of angry regulars & players, especially if we say to complain on the forums.

That's not necessarily a bad thing. When players complain it gives us insight into their desires which we can then try to conform to. The status quo isn't working too great either. There's people who hate it immensely. They used to complain all the time, but it doesn't happen anymore because the system is basically accepted at this point to not be going anywhere. I know people (me included) who generally don't even try buying the awp because it's a hopeless endeavour at times. There's a lot of uncertainty about this system and it's probably the cause of much hesitation. No one will know how it'll go until it's actually tested.

6) it's people that want to Awp, and are good at awping that compete for it.

The first point is definitely true. The second isn't necessarily true. This doesn't necessarily mean the player is beneficial to the team. There's quite a few awpers who do nothing other than camp spawn. They're among the players who give the gun it's bad name. I'd prefer the awp be in the hands of someone beneficial to the team rather than someone kill hunting.

2) It already takes long enough for pubbers to get out of spawn, switching weapons, and people stealing swapped weapons will only make our lives worse.

valid point.

Everyone has a chance of getting the awp

The person who buys it first will always have the advantage to buy it again. They can simply spam the re-buy key. It's pretty much impossible to beat them to it at that point. :p

You'll have to hope they run out of money. Unfortunately, this may not even happen to extremely horrible players. If their kpd is horrible enough, they'll always get 6000 due to the stimulus offered to them. That's enough for an awp, kit, and armor.