I'm genuinely confused as to why people are full saving on pistol rounds. It's happened when I am with people who are solo as well as full groups that are 4 stacked and I am solo queued into their squad (I know this because I ask if they're 4 stacked).

IMO pistol round is possibly the most important round on every half because it almost guarantees you would win the second round off of being able to have better guns. But I've seen people who fully save the first round, then fully buy the second round, which even if they did save the first round, their econ would be worst than against the team that bought the pistol round and won it, then re-bought second round.

Needless to say, we almost always lose both pistol and second round, which if you lose pistol, generally you'd want to save second round so you can full buy on third round against the SMGs or half buys against the enemy team that bought on the second round. Which is easier to win that way you are 1-2 instead of 0-3. Straight up losing 6 rounds each time this happens is so weird to me.

I just don't understand the concept and where it came from. And when I ask the people who do it, they don't respond. You guys/gals got any clue?