Valve officially announced that Train will replace Vertigo in the map pool for Blast.tv Austin Major 2025. This is the much-awaited return of the legendary map to tournaments, where it has been absent since 2019. In this news, we've gathered reactions from pro players, talents, and the community.

Pro Player Reactions

All professional players were delighted with the return of Train, but malbsMd joked about it and said he expects the return of de_piranesi. Other pro players were also happy to see the map's return but mentioned that the map needs fixing.

2nd major of 2025: de_piranesi right after de_train! 2 great maps! Then de_airstrip

malbsMd

Now we need about 10 updates for Train

iM

It's nice that Vertigo was removed, but this Train needs fixing!

hades

Vertigo > Dust2 :(

REZ

Our game is coming back

jL

Organization Reactions

Social media managers from various organizations also expressed their opinions, unanimously supporting the return of Train. The Vitality social media manager even made a bold prediction about winning the Blast.tv Austin Major 2025 for their team.

THIS IS MY DAMN GAME

HEROIC

EASIEST MAJOR

Vitality

COUNTER-STRIKE IS BACK

NIP

I like how that sounds

MOUZ

Talent and Media Personalities Reactions

The opinion of media personalities was similar to others, but ohnePixel responded somewhat mysteriously and cryptically.

YEEEESSSSSSS

James Banks

We did it, Reddit!

Mauisnake

I speak for the entire Counter-Strike community when I say we don't want this.

ohnePixel

Train will be added to the upcoming BLAST Bounty Spring 2025: Closed Qualifier, which starts on January 14 and runs until January 19 in an online format.