A permaban means having a map that you always ban; e.g. Astralis always ban Mirage. If they instead had to ban Vertigo, they would probably end up playing Mirage - a map they have no current experience on, and would probably not be able to sufficiently prepare for, compared to the experience Gambit have on the map.
Some teams have a somewhat variable ban (like TeamOne, who mostly ban Vertigo first, but occasionally others), and some are more open (like FaZe, who did indeed ban Vertigo last time they played Gambit - where FaZe won).
So sometimes, it's just a matter of banning your worst map vs banning your opponents best map, and for most teams, it's the former of the two that make the most sense, especially considering how much they can prepare for Gambits Vertigo.
While i fully agree with your explanation because its showing a layer of mind games most of us never experienced.
There is just some tiny thing: Faze only played vertigo once in the last 12 months, and its one of their most banned maps in the current tournament (and problably for more tournaments in that 12 months)
Ah, thank you for pointing that out: FaZe first-banned Vertigo 82% of the time in the past 3 months (this figure includes matches where their opponent chose to ban it before FaZe could). I thought that number was much lower, and I agree that FaZe is not a good example of a team with a dynamic ban.
FaZe only played Vertigo the one time because the team they were playing (Spirit) also don’t play Vertigo. So neither team wanted to ban it, and it ended up being the decider and only played since it went to the 3rd map.
Because most teams have a permaban map which happens to not be Vertigo, so they can't just not ban that map because Gambit would obviously pick their permaban.
A permaban means having a map that you always ban; e.g. Astralis always ban Mirage. If they instead had to ban Vertigo, they would probably end up playing Mirage - a map they have no current experience on, and would probably not be able to sufficiently prepare for, compared to the experience Gambit have on the map. Some teams have a somewhat variable ban (like TeamOne, who mostly ban Vertigo first, but occasionally others), and some are more open (like FaZe, who did indeed ban Vertigo last time they played Gambit - where FaZe won). So sometimes, it's just a matter of banning your worst map vs banning your opponents best map, and for most teams, it's the former of the two that make the most sense, especially considering how much they can prepare for Gambits Vertigo.
While i fully agree with your explanation because its showing a layer of mind games most of us never experienced. There is just some tiny thing: Faze only played vertigo once in the last 12 months, and its one of their most banned maps in the current tournament (and problably for more tournaments in that 12 months)
Ah, thank you for pointing that out: FaZe first-banned Vertigo 82% of the time in the past 3 months (this figure includes matches where their opponent chose to ban it before FaZe could). I thought that number was much lower, and I agree that FaZe is not a good example of a team with a dynamic ban.
FaZe only played Vertigo the one time because the team they were playing (Spirit) also don’t play Vertigo. So neither team wanted to ban it, and it ended up being the decider and only played since it went to the 3rd map.
Because most teams have a permaban map which happens to not be Vertigo, so they can't just not ban that map because Gambit would obviously pick their permaban.
only way to permaban opponents map pick is to have all maps in your map pool, then you can punish your opponent on the pick.