Anubis is out of the map pool.

Thank f-ck for that.

Seriously, we know that all the apparent Anubis enjoyers have come out of the woodwork since the update dropped, but let’s make this absolutely clear: Anubis is almost as bad as Vertigo.

Almost.

A massively T-sided map, it sits at a 57.2% T-side win rate at big events this year, which is absolutely abhorrent. The economy might not make it seem like the case, but Counter-Strike is meant to be CT-sided, having a T-side win rate as high as Anubis’ is absolutely criminal.

And let’s face it, no one played the f-cking thing anyway.

The second least played map at big events – only in front of Train, because Train is new – it never really caught on with the proles either, it was the second least played map in Premier, too.

Being real, no one’s going to miss the map once the beautiful Overpass is back in full swing, except maybe for Aurora, because it’s the only map they’re actually any good at.

That Aurora dropping out of the top ten prediction from this week’s podcast is looking really good right about now.

So let’s talk about the new-ish map.

Overpass has returned, and we really couldn’t be happier about that. Instead of the nostalgia bait return of Cache, or the terrifying prospect of an updated (and likely awful) Cobblestone, Valve actually did something smart for once.

We know, we can’t believe it either. At least they stayed a little true to themselves by announcing it right as the new season began.

A map that we expect a lot of teams will still be able to plug-and-play, we’re still confused why it was ever taken out in the first place, especially when Vertigo was left in the map pool when it departed.

One of the best maps to ever be in Counter-Strike, it instantly shoots up our map pool ranking, and we expect it will for a lot of the pro teams, too. There’s a lot less to learn with it than Train, at least.

Great update, honestly. No notes.

Well, except for the fact that the Five-SeveN is still broken. But not everything can be right with the world.