Recently as I’m playing Valorant more I see more people on the enemy team saying why are you buying shields on pistol round. Is it not normal for someone to buy light shields on pistol round when first beginning the game and swapping sides

https://imgur.com/a/EzH6aL5 Can anyone confirm if that's the actual date for First Strike? I looked at liquidpedia and there's not mention about when the actual tournament starts (unless I'm blind). Edit: Checked again and I'm blin...