FACEIT May Bring Back Cross-Team Voice Chat During Halftime

FACEIT is considering bringing back cross-team voice chat during side switches in Counter-Strike matches. The platform has launched a community poll on its official X account, allowing players to vote on whether the feature should return.

The proposal has already received strong support from the community. Many players and members of the professional Counter-Strike scene welcomed the idea, saying that brief interactions between opposing teams during halftime were one of the game's most memorable features. However, others pointed out that Valve removed cross-team voice chat from Counter-Strike back in 2015, reportedly due to widespread toxicity.

If the community votes in favor of the change, FACEIT plans to introduce the feature as a limited test starting with Season 9, which kicks off on August 5. The trial will allow the platform to gather player feedback before deciding whether to make the feature permanent.

Season 9 will also introduce several other changes, including a soft Elo reset. Players will need to complete 10 placement matches to receive their updated rating for the new season.

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Meanwhile, FACEIT's ranking system continues to be a hot topic within the community. Earlier, professional CS2 player Ilya "Perfecto" Zalutskiy criticized the platform's current Elo distribution, claiming that many players who had around 1,800 Elo in CS:GO now have nearly twice as many rating points, despite not necessarily improving to that level.

It remains to be seen whether one of Counter-Strike's most nostalgic features will make its return—at least on FACEIT.