We can only expeculate, can we?
Is odd that everything the leaker told got right, besides that?
Anw, glad they didn't change because would be fucking stupid.
No no it's not speculation. This is the situation as is.
Over the years TO's and teams themselves have been asking for a bunch of stuff from Valve. Obviously, for better or worse, they don't have to adhere to any of their requests. It's a bit of a difficult relation at times because CS thrives on esports but they feel Valve doesn't
fully acknowledge that. Most of its popularity arguably comes from that scene which is why they (esports) have been kind of frustrated with Valve as the devs have been prone to just drop updates in the middle of tournaments or otherwise make sweeping changes that break the game. Teams would also like more of their merch inside of CS, other than just the stickers that we have currently (branded gloves or other apparel that you could equip, like how CoD does it).
Again, I'm glad they kept the basic terminology the same but I also wouldn't have minded a change to a more advertiser friendly phrasing. As much as I love playing the game I think over the years I've enjoyed watching the big tourneys even more. I'd love for that scene to thrive and get even bigger as experiencing amazing clutch moments with hundreds of thousands of like minded fans is just an amazing experience, better yet when you're there in the stadium itself. Definitely recommend going to one of those if you ever get the chance!