Spike detonation

Heres a question for the viewers, do you want to know how much time is left for the spike to explode or not? I personally dont want a spike timer as it rises tension

I would rather not. Makes it more intense plus it involves more skill in terms of hearing the status of the spike instead of seeing it. The uncertainty makes it great

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4vwWpxOcso

i feel like moments like this (Fnatic vs M3C 0.02) are better with the timer

Don’t have a timer on the streams. But there’s a pretty easy trick to tell if you can defuse in time. Theres a small circle that appears around the spike if u see that it’s too late

Theres plenty of "QOL" things like this that are not included simply for the competitiveness of the game. No, they should not add a spike timer.

It's easy to tell how much time is left if you know how the sound que for it works

There are 3 noticible speed change in spike sound
1st is slow and when it's planted
2nd when it speeds up a bit and the floor begins cracking (20 seconds)
3rd is when you only have 4-5 seconds to defuse (considering its already halved)

funny ppl don't know what the spike actually does when it "explode" . (Only valorant lore masters will know) !!!

Wait i just realized I didnt word this properly, I meant when watching the VCT matchups, should they add a spike timer? Obviously in comp adding this is just stupid