A new Counter-Strike 2 update from Valve, rolled out during Week 36, changes how demos handle in-game chat.
What changed
- Team communications — now unreadable in downloaded/replayed demo files
- Global chat — only viewable through the in-game watch UI (not exportable from demos)
HLTV's Week 36 short-news roundup did not attach a rationale from Valve.
Source: HLTV.org Short News Week 36 — /news/45477/short-news-week-36
