Mirage har redan sett aktion då den haft en framträdande roll i de två senaste DreamHack-turneringarna. Forge, som är en remake på klassiska de_cbble, har däremot haft svårt att ta sig in i e-sportens finrum. Förutom en kort period i numera nedlagda r60.orgs ladder- och ligasystem har den sällan kommit till användning. Med dessa något chockerande nyheter kommer det givetvis bli ändring på det!

För er som glömt bort – eller kanske aldrig fått chansen att testa – kartorna och deras utseende har ni några screenshots att tillgå nedan.

Uttalanden från respektive arrangörer om denna förändring:

Camille Versteeg, ESWC
"For years we have been seeing the same Counter-Strike 1.6 maps over and over again. In the past it was impossible to add a single map because teams would not train them if only one event would use it during the tournament. Now with this initiative we hope that teams are able to practice and play some new maps. I personally hope that other organizations out there are willing to follow our initiative."

Tomas Hermansson, DreamHack
"Counter-Strike 1.6 is still the most popular game at DreamHack festivals, qualifiers and events. Last year we started to use de_mirage to give the DreamHack tournament some extra flavour - now we're very proud to team up with ESWC, ESL and eStars Seoul to announce the official map pool for the upcoming DreamHack Winter 2011. This kind of co-operation is important for the future growth of eSports."

Alexander Nehr, ESL
"We are really happy that we don't do this step alone but in cooperation with ESWC, DreamHack and eStars Seoul. With the help of several professional teams we all together agreed on this new mappool for our upcoming tournaments and I hope that there will be some more cooperations in the future. We are all competitors but we still need to work together to help our beloved eSports."

Kartpoolen som gäller nu för ovannämnda evenemang är alltså:

de_inferno

de_dust2

de_nuke

de_train

de_tuscan

de_mirage – ladda ner

de_forge – ladda ner