Valve ban in-game coaching in pro CS:GO, triggering community and player outcry

The Counter-Strike: Global Offensive professional scene operates by a few simple rules. There are five players on a team, bomb defusal maps only, 15 rounds per side. One area this got a little greyer was the interaction of coaches with players. Many teams employed a coach as a sort of sixth man – they don’t interact with a mouse and keyboard directly, but they can call plays, keep track of each team’s gun economy and generally act as what’s known as an in-game leader. Valve have just banned them from operating in that role during normal gameplay, limiting them to warmup periods, half-time and timeouts.