Quote:This is an invalid argument. I'm not sure what would make you think exchanging weapons is slow. I used to do it for Sol, Rabbit, and Sporkis all the time when the economic stimulus plugin wasn't there. It was actually a challenge to afford awps on the losing team. They'd ask for it before the start of the next round and I'd toss them it pretty fast on round start. We were always still one of the first ones out of spawn. If people begin to ask for the awp only after the round has already started, then this would show a lack of foresight and a degree of incompetence. The only reason it happens now is because no one is certain whether they'll be able to purchase the awp or not. Additionally, even if this were a problem, the freezetime could be incremented to account for the added delay of purchasing the weapon.

Not an invalid argument. You're not the average pubber, and Sol, Rabbit, and Sporkis aren't either. The others have mics and they can spot each other quite quickly, but not every pubber has a mic.

There's the problem of not being to ask for the awp during the round since the awpers are typically not the first to die, if they're playing a spot, covering a flank, or defending a lane. It doesn't always give them the most amount of time to ask for the weapon.

The problem with exchanging weapons is the fact that it's inherently slow. Players must first buy the weapon, find the other person, have each person drop the gun and take off. Players in our scrims (5 players on a team) *still* have problems exchanging weapons with each other and we for the most part have mics. Now, take this and add 15 more people, and it becomes more complicated, especially if a troll comes in and attempts to take the awp during the exchange. Even if it's not purposeful, people are running everywhere so it becomes even harder with more people.

Increasing the spawn time isn't a suitable tradeoff either, as you still gotta run towards the person, you can't do it like a scrim where you shoot the gun across to someone.