>>2503875
Yeah this is 100% a thing, when a few people report you you're immediately send into soft low trust factor hell.
It's almost like CoD, winning too much is being punished hard.

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>>2505728
Valve steals money from peoples wallets, their servers should flare up and off itself lol stupid fucking lib kike rats
>im gonna make a tread about the skins instead of the gameplay
can you solve captchas?

Have any of you guys experimented with aftermarket mouse skates? What's the appeal? Are they better in some way?

>>2506346
It's a level of autism I try to stay away from lest I lose myself in it

>>2505747
I don't even think its reporting, its just the nature of winning consistently in these types of games.
If you're holding a solid win rate you're just going to play with people who also hold similar winrates, who are bored smurf accounts and other degenerates.
Only real solution is to sandbag a bit or push yourself stupid hard and try to play at higher/more organized level and get filtered.

>>2507309
I went from 10000 to 1000, and now I'm stuck to play with idiots

>>2505728
game so dead that the only updates are the fucking market and skins LMAO, maybe they should add another shitty gimmick like the spare mag realismslop they did recently.

Valve needs to stop fucking with skins and shit because if they lose skin guys then the game dies, because CS at a gameplay level is a dogshit game with zero content

>>2508110
Valve seemingly is perfectly balancing killing the skins market for their own gain with just about not killing the skins market because then their entire game will die.

I will probably go postal if I wake up to a new update banning P2P trading, which will happen in the coming decade

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Posted it in the other thread >>2508499 already. Rate this craft for this major. Shame the stickers scrape poorly...

>>2508511
I rank it 6.5/10. Feel like it would go better on a purple skin but the stickers are nice

>>2508553
Like I specified in the other post, I'm not playing CS at the moment, just watching. So I'm not in the mood to spend money on a skin (MP7 Fade would have been the choice) and am just going to use the one Valve made me buy in oder to open cases.

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Russians are straight up ruining NA CS and are making me understand racism. These draft dodging fetal alcoholic retards join games to intentionally just argue and fight people. 3 games in a row I've had some slavic retard just starting shit from round 1 and being anti-social for no reason
>game 1 pregame russian dude comes in chewing on his mic, we tell him stop, he says 'you have problem with me?' then says 'ya know what, I dont want to playh with you' and threw the whole game
>game 2 russian guy says go ramp, but we already bought smokes for outside, calls us retards, runs ramp with bomb, then spends the whole game calling us trash and saying 'he's not even trying'
>game 3 russian kid afks pistol, comes back, gets mad we lose anti-eco where we save, calls us idiots and retards, then mutes and goes no-comm the whole game
3 faceit games at Level 8/9, I'm 1740 after these fucking 3 loses.
I'm so fucking tired of Russians. I've genuinely always thought racism was cringe outside of edgy humor but these fucking cowards who fled the war are ruining the fucking game. Russians and slavs were confined to EU where at least there was a large enough player base that they were a minority.
So many of these inbred sub-40 IQ troglodytes have infected America that they are a sizeable population of the player base now. I can't go a single game without usually 2, sometimes I'm the only American in the lobby. Fucking parasites. I wish they could all go back home and fucking die in some fucking field while I get to watch on /wsg/
I understand why the rest of EU fucking hates these vermin filth. They're fucking impossible to work with and functionally braindead from birth.

>>2510040
u gotta play premier to escape them... faceit NA is full of them

>>2510040
I still run into slavs in AU premier lol

Not sure if they're Russian or some other slavic lifeform but they're all fucking awful, screaming their heads off. Please go home.

>>2510040
Be grateful there are no turks

>>2510040
>>2510107
I don't play faceit because of this. Live in EU and every faceit game I've played so far was full of the most tilted foreigners imaginable. Not once have I seen them die without sperging out in voice comms over someone not trading their solo mis rush

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>>2506159
>CS:GO thread
>Le skins
LMAO this board

>>2507562
Good update would be to add +2 damage per hit to every weapon.

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>>2510040
Now You know how it is to play CS in Europe...
Normies will call You a psycho when You tell em this game should have RACIST rules - servers for your country only and cross-country play allowed only after having 8/10 trust levels.

But this is what General Patton of Your armies told the press. You replaced an intelligent race with asiatic animals. First communism rules Europe - then rusians aren't a novelty anymore - then 60 years later it's invention of the internet and these creatures have the same rights to play the game as a 4-stack of Danes that can carry you even if you have les than 10 kills per game.
Call me crazy but this is a chain reaction and intelligent men understand this.

>>2505728
i need help with pick'em i want diamond coin what teams should i do? i only know GL will be good stage 1

>>2512547
Tdu as 0-3. FQ I have slightly more faith in as 1-3

>>2512547
You'll want to ask in the esports thread and consult this post >>2507417

>>2512547
Gaimin 0-3
BR 5-stack with a stand-in

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AAAAHHHH WHEN WILL THE MARKET STOP CRASHING
I BOUGHT GLOVES + BFK JUST LAST MONTH
€300 DOWN ALREADY

>>2514553
Idk anon, I bought a lower tier knife+glove combo and there still worth about the same :)

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>>2514571
Happy for u

>>2514553
I sold my gloves a few months ago for like $700 and I bought like 40 games instead.
CS is just not fun anymore, everyone is insufferable, retarded, clueless and grief when you attempt to even slightly micromanage them

>>2514676
Even though I agree with you there's something about winning a tight game which you won't get in any other game really.
I find other games really boring because of this.

>>2514553
When major starts or when summer is over

>>2514654
Poorfags stay winning

>>2506346
Bought artisan dot skates so I have easy access to the screws (so I can replace double clicking switches) and immediately noticed they 'dig' into the mousepad and get stuck when I push down. Replaced them with xraypad jade dots and these seem fine now.

Would I recommend dot skates? honestly no. I'm willing to bet out of all the players in the top 10 teams, nobody uses dots and are just on stock skates. They don't need it so why should you? Also as other guy said, you can really sperg out on this shit and end up like the guys on reddit who are buying like 20+ mice & pads looking for an "endgame".

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GIVE ME FUEL
GIVE ME FIRE
GIVE ME T SIDE
OR I RETIRE

>>2515600
Man I think my mouse came with extra skates and I just tossed them aside without thinking

>>2514782
more often than not "tight games" mean I end ct half with 140adr and then my entire team forgets how to play t side and we lose 10-13

>>2515600
I tried Jade dot skates and they were too fast but the Jade full skates were quite good on my superstrike. Like moderately faster stock skates.

>wired mice will always have cable drag, creating uneven directional resistance, ensuring your aim will never reach it's full potential
>wireless mice will always have wireless latency, causing your reaction speeds to go increase tenfold, ensuring your aim will never reach it's full potential
How to cope with this feeling?
Thinking magnetically suspended optic fibre cables are the future.

Anyone got tips on improving aim? Returned to game a few months ago after quitting at DMG back when the r8 revolver came out and alot of my gamesense came back but my aim is dogshit compared to then. Is the stuff like "kill 50 bots, DM warmup etc." daily actually useful?

>>2520163
I got better at aiming by having a daily routine of aim training and DMing on community servers. Roughly 40 minutes total of aim training and DM daily. Also Valve DM is full of shit players that won't help you improve so don't bother.

Repeat this for a few months to improve raw aim.

>>2519235
You might wanna check up on the wireless thing
Wireless might be *faster* these days

>>2520163
Prefire maps (5e is easy to find), actual aim training like kovaak's (cs+tracking drills), community DM
Yes with like 2 weeks of daily training (1h+) you will notice a difference

Coming back to this game after 10 years. The old csgog threads on /vg/ would have a bunch of links to good guides with smokes, aim training etc. I remember a lot of the videos were by Adren, is his stuff still relevant?
I used to have a map with aim training dots but can't remember what it was called. Anyone know what I'm talking about?
I've also noticed half my autoexec commands seem to no longer work. Is there a new autoexec meta?

>>2522473
Csnades.gg for line ups, there's plenty more websites like this.
Youtubers to learn from include austincs, biley, elmapuddy, fl0m, louiecs, mahone, Pol0, STYKO, Wa Tzu, WilsonCS. Mixed quality, some channels are former pros or are semi-pros, some are analysts, some are faceit demons, some are clickbait twitch streamers.
CS2 kitchen does good technical analysis of the game.
Cybershoke for good community DM, duels, retake etc servers
Leetify or cs2stats for your personal statistics (leetify also has a "focus area for improvement" function)
Refrag (paid service) for their prefire drills and warm-up routines. Very optional obviously.
Prosettings.net to see pro's gear
Aim_treeni_v3 has aim training dots but you'll probably be better off aim training in kovaaks or aimlab if that's what you're after
Csstats training map, aim_botz, recoil master are some popular warm-up maps
HLTV is still the home of CS2 esports and /magog/is where all the esports chatter belong. PHY CS YouTube channel does some nice storyline videos of CS2 esports, he's also a caster for tier 2 NA CS. The Cologne Valve Major Championship starts 2nd June btw.
Valve has tried very hard to move everything you'd do in console and autoexec to be doable in the in-game settings.

>NA faceit sub lvl 10 is literally 80% russian/european/brazillian

besides having to deal with these subhumans, I'm more curious how they are living in america/canada

Sorry if may be unrelated but
>binge CS YouTube for a bit
>Think to myself that it's been a while since I last played CS, might as well check out what's new
>Reinstall
>Hop into some Arms Race to warm up a little
>Keep getting insta headshotted in 0.15 seconds
>Uh, ok, maybe I'm just really bad
>Try some more Arms Race
>Same thing happens, a lot of players that just do insane 180s and insta headshots
>Cool
>Play some TDM
>Same thing, running headshots all the time
>Whatever, let's try some casual
>Literally everyone is Russian, has a name in Cyrillic and is speaking Russian
I then proceeded to get ass raped in Retakes before quitting out of boredom. Is the whole game like this? Just cheaters and Russians and Russian cheaters? Should I even bother trying comp at this point or has the ship left the port years ago?
Doesn't help that I've also switched my sens since I play other competitive games with lower sens

What are some good resources to actually learn how to play this game? I'm new, and I got placed in GN1 - GN3 in most maps I've played. The problem is I don't really actually know how to play the game. I know a decent amount of utilities, certain angles and positions to hold. But I don't have much game sense, I don't know how to manage economy, and I don't know any actual 'strats'. Are there any non-extremely annoying youtubers to watch? mahone is the best I've seen, but he uploads once every 4 months and only has a few videos.

>>2523431
a really slept on method of learning is by simply watching pro povs on youtube. while you might think "well I don't know WHY he did x like this", trust me that it's the best method. each round, you take a mental or physical note of what he did and maybe why he did it. this channel and playlist has pro povs that also shows keystrokes, utility cams, and their comms. just watch 1-2 each day and try to implement something you saw, e.g. an angle donk held on mirage or a strat he did. there's actually a saying in the cs community: a demo a day is the way

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaBOoZ_YQeU&list=PL0U4_MYvXNgPVmVFpvpLEoBCdYrhoZJsh

>>2523473
Thank you

>>2523765
also, I'll offer to play with you and give you tips or help you climb ranking. up to you. drop your steam or discord but no pressure. not tooting my own horn but I've been playing for awhile and know a thing or two

I entered some sort of command into my demo viewer and now I can no longer see names of teammates, does anyone know how to fix this without using xray?

>>2523784
are you EU or NA?

>>2523431
Most important I would say is just learning the base mechanics of the game really well ie strafing, recoil control, etc. For this I play mainly community DM through the website Cybershoke but there are other community server providers out there.
Do not try to improve on Valve DM servers - they are the absolute worst filled with bots.

How outlandish would it be if we share our steam here so those who wish can add each other?
mine is 59845024

>>2522512
Thanks Anon.
I've played a couple comp MM games now and I have a few questions.
Are free players able to play comp now? There were a bunch of mic-less default skin players in my games. It also seemed like at the end of matches most players had no ranks and the few who did were silver 2 or similar.
Are ranks now per map? It said 2 wins required and I thought that was to get a rank but it seems to be counting them separately per map.
F2P wasn't a thing last time I played so I'm somewhat confused.

Also, why do my teams keep losing hard (like 15-3). I'd expect matchmaking would be closer to 50:50 like I used to get.

>>2525285
Also so far I haven't seen a single rank for the enemy team. Do they stay hidden at the end of the match now?
Sorry for all these basic questions Google give me shitty results which are just people's comments from years ago without any actual official or reliable source.

>>2525285
you have to play premier. premier is the more accurate matchmaking experience that counts for all the maps. also you have to hit rank 10 or something to play premier. so competitive will have more new accounts

>>2525285
Make damn sure you buy Prime status, it's like 10 bucks or something. F2P CS is full of cheaters. Prime CS has a lot less, especially if you have an old steam account cause Valve trust factor accounts for a lot of things.

Also watch pro CS, you learn so much through osmosis

>>2525293
>>2525673
if ur on an old steam account and already bought CS u automatically have prime, but yea free CS and prime are seperate lobbies too, but it could well be just that ur playing in comp with other new accounts. Get to level 10 and try premier. If you're not on your OG csgo steam account make sure u buy prime again too

Honest question how autismo are fags in the proper matchmaking, haven't played a game of defuse since cs:s, maybe go butt probably not

>>2525746
>>2525673
I have paid CS. I stopped playing before F2P was even a thing.
Will try premier, thanks bros

>>2525901
The higher rating you are, the more people take it seriously and play properly.

I've watched my 5k friend play and people on his team would refuse to defuse the bomb just to troll, it was unbelievable. At higher ratings like 20k+, people will know instant smokes and play the meta

>>2525931
>the more people take it seriously and play properly.
Alright total fags, gotcha thanks.

>>2524313
NA

>>2525976
If you want to just fuck around, play competitive or casual mode. Premier isn't really for casuals.

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This dynamic pricing shit is a scam

>>2526003
>>2524313
not the original anon who asked for resources, but im in NA east if u want to give me an add
11887283

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>>2505728
i just saw this in a prem match made me laugh so hard ive been playing since sauce never seen anything like this kek

>Teammate is pre-muted
>Unmute him cause I can't remember why
>Get reminded why
What is the point of shit talking and yelling at your teammates? They're just going to scream at you and throw to spite you

>>2529950
I like to pride myself on being a toxic asshole level player but I'm absolutely nothing compared to the average Faceit tryharding sociapath.
1 lost round and their minds are shattered. All they can do is completely freak out on some teammate who didn't properly trade their solo mid rush.

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Got a rat problem?

>>2532121
I usually don't like the point disarray nor the cobalt skulls but those look fantastic together. Post your inventory if you feel like it I'm interested in seeing what else you have to go with those gloves

>>2532121
Hehe

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>>2532723
Thanks but sadly my loadout is a mess. I only use the Point Disarray for DM stattrak farming while running a full gold loadout in MM. However with skin prices dropping I decided to get my dream gloves (cobalt skulls) and a bfk while everything else is still the same.

>>2532723
show me yours btw

>>2522473
austincs is the new hotness for cs guides
https://www.youtube.com/@austincsgo/videos

>>2535690
i like isk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJeGiRN77kU

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>cs then
>click on heads
>cs now
>need a degree in csology before even playing
what happened?

>>2535835
Gamers got really sweaty, this is happening across each and every videogame.

>>2522473
Most advice in those old youtube videos still apply today, aside from stuff regarding smokes and some movement differences. Mahone has the best videos I've ever seen when it comes playing different maps. I can't overstate how much his videos have helped me
https://www.youtube.com/@mahone-zone

>>2535835
gaymers leveled up

>>2529180
does is show up in the demo too? surely not. i've never seen anything like that either lmfao

>>2537674
I think it very, very rarely pops up in game too. Definitely remember someone in my 5 stack calling it out

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Is this a combo?

In game I feel like I'm half a second behind my oponents, feels like everyone is either prefiring perfect headshots or hitting headshots while at full speed.

>>2510040
>racism was cringe
You're a really dumb faggot ain't ya?

>>2541238
Trigger bot is rampant in cs (and valorant) and super easy to abuse with a simple AHK lua script.

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>clean names and avatars
>mute team and enemy team
>unbind ptt, allchat and teamchat
>hard entry every round, make sure if I die I always die first
>immediately alt tab until next round
forced 50/50 winrate system, outcome predetermined. go fast lose fucking faggots

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>>2510040
"Russians"
kek, these people are all central asians and ukranians.
NO REFUNDS NIGGERS WAHAHAHA

If you play NA east from like 4-6am does it get you in mixed trust factor games because of the lower player pool? I'll win 90% of my games if I get on early, but when I go on a late night grind the shit is tough and I lose most of my elo. Am I better of just sticking to faceit for late night games?

>>2541238
On pistol rounds you can run and gun with glock and usp with 95% accuracy, there is no reason to counter strafe just hold one key and spam
But I feel the same about your experience, sometimes I think its the server, sometimes I think Valve has implemented some kind of thing where one team is seen earlier on screen than the other. One game I will be getting raped by everyone so hard I think theyre all cheating and then the next I will go 26-9, and then when I watch the demo it looks like IM cheating. idk

>>2541914
>NOOOO NOT MY HECKING ZIGGERINOS!!1
lmao, they're by far the biggest slav nation and have the largest diaspora abroad, calling any vodkaslurring retard a russian has a 99/100 accuracy rate
and thanks to things like faceit you can actually see their flags if they're not diaspora and surprise surprise, it's 99/100 of times a russian

>>2542158
think about what kind of people play night games to begin with, by probability
they are by and large not really people you want to play with

do you guys experience the "warmup game" effect?
I get it, especially with a stack
meaning the first game of the day is relatively often a bit shaky, the second game is often likely the best, third is good and then it starts to slightly fall off game after game

>>2542833
Sounds very normal to me. Even when I warm-up properly in DM and literally warm up my hands swinging my cross hair around, the first game I'm still playing cold. Probably a mental thing. Maybe play the first game of the day playing Cache competitive before you move onto Premier or faceit.

>>2542833
Same
>>2542158
Here in Europe i play better at night no russian or east European and not stupid kids.
I love when you find a team were nobody talk and everyone know what to do

>>2543236
Why can't slavs have their own servers ?

>>2542772
there are less than 1 million russian in the us.
most people you consider russians, are armenian, georgian, bulgarian, central asian, ukranian, belarusian, baltics.

of those there are 10s of millions combined
you are more likely meeting and non russian russian speaker than a real russian in the US you dumb fuck
but math is a amerilards weak point, doc said 2000 calories not 20000

>>2526005
>Premier isn't really for casuals
Noncasual players play on faceit, premier is just as casual as normal comp

>>2544225
yea most of the people i get in NA faceit who are raging retards are ukranian

>>2544225
WE CAN SEE THEIR NATIONALITY YOU DUMB LYING FUCK
Zigger Internet Defense Force needs better people
but so does all of russia

>>2546679
yes all the sub70 iq mouthbreathing retards with russian flags are secretly ukies
get the fuck outta here

My experiment with speed mousepads and speed skates has come to an end. Don't bother using them for cs

>>2547440
But what about precision skates and mousepads? Or a balanced combination of speed skates with a precision pad? What about a speed pad with control skates?
You're not going back to stock before trying them I assume?

>>2547456
nta, but games like cs are usually better to be played on slower pads ("mudpads"). Just check prosettings and see the players you rate most highly (ADVICE: Don't try to copy anyone's settings 1:1, you *DO* have personal preferences unique to you)
most of the famous aimers play on some thickish cloth pads
I think a lot of them (most?) play on default skates for consistency, but don't quote me on this.

>>2547503
Like 35-40% of pros use the default Steelseries mousepad which I feel like is proof enough that they don't really care about this stuff beyond finding a mouse they like.

>>2547515
It's either steelseries qck, razer gigantus, logitech g640 artisan zero or zowie gsr. That covers most pros

>>2547553
Are you familiar with the company "Endgame Gear"?
I bought both their wired mouse and a mousepad, both I rate as excellent

i saw my first spinbotter last night in cs2, i must've gotten thrown into low trust factor
https://leetify.com/app/profile/76561199677030774
it was funny as shit opening his leetify and being presented with a few of his games having a +60 rating

>>2549197
Blatant spinbotters are very rare, I don't recall seeing them after the first year of CS2.

>>2549762
>>2549197
I saw a spinbotter two days ago. First time in a year or so.

https://leetify.com/public/profile/76561199856324772

Sensitivity is kinda a meme.

I feel like I can play at 90% effectiveness after maybe 30 minutes of DM. That last 10% comes back with time. Went from 0.8 to 1.2 at 800dpi and it's pretty ok

>>2552055
>went from [low sens] to [not so low sens]
Now try actual high sens like 800x2 or better, Flamez's 400x3 and report the results.

>>2552051
Funny that in a couple of his games someone else got vac banned

>>2552162
Relegated to low trust HvH lobbies I guess

How do I get better at flashing. I am 13k on premier, peaked at 15k, but my utility game, specifically flashes, is so fucking weak. I watched so many guides about them, but I feel like they barely help when I throw them, and my "team flash" stats are pretty atrocious on leetify.

One thing I did recently pick up and it has worked 3 times so far is doing that right click + momentary left click underhand throw up in the sky where they slowly float followed by swinging, people look away like 90% of the time due to how lofty they are in the air.

>>2552055
going from a super low to high sens could throw u off if u havent trained the arm/wrist/fingertips... but yea minor sens changes hardly make a difference. I mean aim trainer autist trannies have figured this out forever ago. Aim is more hand eye coordination and muscle control than muscle memory. U get the muscle memory for a new sens in like 30 mins

>>2553228
yea that 2nd part is the basic self flash. Other than that You can learn flashes for your teammates. Like the long flashes etc. If you're only 13k mostly focus on ur mechanics and trading/making yourself tradeable

>>2553228
Some guy in my 5 stack is obsessed with flashes and keeps throwing random teamflashes that lose us rounds for no reason.
Like we're halfway onto the site already and he just realizes there's some epic flash to be thrown there and kills any momentum we had.

I changed to a new mouse and I suck now. Its over

>>2557656
What mouse
Also just use your old mouse again

>>2557983
Nobody buys a new mouse just because they can, right? I imagine his last one is broken

maybe play kovaaks for 2 hours a day for like 3 days straight and you will get used to it?

>>2558304
What? I bought a wireless when I had extra cash and kept the old one

>>2553228
try throwing them high above and behind teammates

>>2510040
Those are Ukrainians

>>2557983
>>2558304
Yep my old mouse's scroll wheel broke. Should have just got the same mouse to replace it, which I will do once I return this one.

Pulsar X2 btw

>>2560945
You can check eloshapes to find similarly shaped mouse next time you're interested in trying another model, just saying.
https://www.eloshapes.com/mouse/find-similar

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>>2510040
Lmfao

>>2560750
this
>>2553228
watch pro players play A long on dust 2 specifically. weird advice but A long on dust 2 has the most diverse potential for flashbangs out of any map in the game IMO.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANF0gmop3jo&t this is a good match to watch. notice how when zywoo isn't throwing a premade lineup, that he's aware of his teammate's positioning and throws the optimal flash for said teammate. round 4 at 2:20 in the video is a great example of that

my aim feels like shit the moment i don't have like 30 hours in two weeks on Steam
is it possible to somehow upgrade your fundamental aim as an adult or is it over? i don't have time to play every day

Why are the agent skins so soulless. Valve have so many interesting characters across their franchises but they didn't even try with CS.

>>2564815
>when i stop practising i get worse
no shit

>>2564815
try and aim train a little bit everyday if u can. even if u dont have time to play 5v5 try and throw in 30 mins of aim training everyday... not playing for a few days messes up ur aim basically. So maybe aim train during the week and play matches on the weekends

When will Season 4 end? Right after the major?

>>2565618
It's not consistent but weirdly when I take a week or two refresher break the first day or two I'm back my aim is way better. Like today I came back and my first 3 matches I had around 500ms reaction time and above 50% spotted accuracy when usually it's around 620/35%. Probably just playing myself to fatigue and auto-piloting

>>2565658
They'll announce it after the major; usually 2-3 weeks I think

>>2565381
That would be fun und das ist verboten

Three days left for the WC!!

W.C.

My leetify CT rating is absurdly higher than my T rating :( T side is just hell for me...I'm not patient enough for my slow passive ass teammates to peek something with me to trade me etc.

>>2567621
Isn't that fairly common? Mine are +.50 T/+3.00 CT though I usually try to play support on T with util and then it's 50/50 if I lurk or entry. Probably time to learn some new lineups and prac prefire maps

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>>2567621
>>2568857
Could be worse

Changed my sensitivity after 1k hours and I'm doing marginally better. More importantly I feel more comfortable.

Not going low sens for a natural wrist aimer was a good idea.

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What a dogshit idea. Surely this joke can't be nearly as profitable as cases?

I opened like 20 in total and any time i got something decent, it was at best few % cheaper or breakeven when you account for the terminal price and that's assuming prices don't drop further within next 7 days

I just can't get behind the idea of opening this terminal and being presented with gloves I have to pay $800 for when I could just go on csfloat and get them for a similar price at any fucking point whenever I feel like it

Just add a proper dynamic in-game store at this point

It has to be an experiment they can present in their lawsuits to show the judge that business can't be as profitable without cases

>>2570420
Seriously. Just give me a store where I can buy any skin/sticker for a set price. This dynamic shit for the major stickers is a joke and I will never buy anything from a terminal

>>2505728
does cpu actually affect hit reg? its the processor so it processes the game worse/better than other people?

>>2572167
CS2 is incredibly CPU bound so if you have a better CPU the game will run much more fluid and what you see on screen will be more reflective of what you actually get

>>2570420
its a scam, but people open them to try and get rare floats and patterns. That's the only way u can get anything cheaper than csfloat. Yea but for none super rare shit its just a scam

>>2572702
you mean ill get more, stable fps? my cpu isnt going to affect any more than that?

>>2573241
ur internet has more to do with hitreg. Also maybe input delay? The more frames you have the less input delay you have, but if your monitor is shit your input delay will be shit either way. What your seeing on your screen at the time is basically what you are getting though. Ping and network issues are the delay to the actual server which affect hitreg. You might be blaming hitreg when you are messing up your movement and counterstrafes also.

Valve should pull an Overwatch and rename CS2 to Counter-Strike.
CS can be called Legacy CS or whatever.

Why are so many players with 14-20k hours still stuck in 2.7-3.2k faceit elo? Do you need superior special genetics to climb past 3.5k+ ? I see this pattern constantly. Also the best female players in the world can't seem to break 3.2k-3.3k elo

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I've got a question and maybe somebody here knowledgeable on how gun models work in CS2 knows the answer. How come the background of the scraped autograph stickers doesn't show on certain parts of the gun? The Cologne stickers scrape terribly but depending on how the sticker is positioned you don't see it.

>>2575041
playing on autopilot /adhd and neeting

>>2575123
I've noticed this too. Honestly I only have a few scrapes like PV stickers on the black/white galil because they blend in with the white. I don't know how valve can't figure out a nice way to scrape logos/signatures without ugly edges or erasing the letters/logo before the background

>>2575206
>I don't know how valve can't figure out a nice way to scrape logos/signatures
I doubt it's inability to figure it out, they likely just don't care. CS skins and stickers is already such a cash cow for them without the extra effort so why bother. Just like they never bothered porting skins most skins to the new CS2 models.

>>2570420
Who is this supposed to be for? Feels like buying a lottery ticket but at most you win the chance to buy something expensive with 5% discount. It's retarded

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So what's the devs logic on the dumbass loadout system? I don't get it at all
It's been my biggest culture shock getting into CS2 after years of not playing CSGO. How did the community even let this stupid feature stay?

>>2578110
The loadout system is irrelevant for serious players and valve doesn't listen to casuals

>>2570420
They're only good for hunting low/high float items, but even then you're better off buying them off the marketplace like everything else in the game

>>2578145
Why was it introduced in the first place though. I don't see any advantage to it except as a stupid baby mode for new players. Yet it's not optional

>>2578178
It was introduced cause Valve wanted to replace the dogshit CSGO buy menu, why it limits you to just 5 weapons though they've never stated.

But in my opinion its probably cause they wanted to copy Valorant, easier to understand for new players, and probably makes it easier for them to add new weapons in future and not overload the buy menu (yes they mentioned they wanted to add more weapons in CS2 lol)

>>2578178
Likely to skirt gambling laws. Valve has been under fire a lot recently for it. IMO all of these changes to the skin ecosystem is Valve testing and laying the ground that Deadlock's skin ecosystem will use. You can go back and see parallels with Valve experimenting with TF2 items before they introduced the community market and introducing skins to CSGO shortly after.

>>2578201
I replied to the completely wrong post here I meant to reply to >>2570420

>>2578110
you literally only need:
pistols: one slot for tec9/fiveseven,
mid-tier: one slot for mac/mp9, maybe one slot for mp7 in this meta
rifles: scout, galil/famas, AK/either M4 and AWP. You can add the other M4 in the empty slot.
the slots you have left over you can fill with anything you want
The only weapon I sometimes miss from the slots is maybe AUG, but I could include it by removing famas or one of the m4s with little difficulty so I guess I don't really want it that much.

>>2578110
I only need a xm1014

>>2510040
>introduce lefty friend to cs, hes playing soloq
>two weeks later he absolutely hates russians and turks with burning passion
kinda felt bad for making him racist, but then again it really is inevitable

>>2578110
It's really retarded, I just want to see my skins in arms race

That update they did a while ago where they nerfed xp in DM and Arms race to combat bot farming unironically has made it worse. 90% bots in every single DM now. And the few human players have to spend even more time getting one tapped by bots spinning around 180 degrees since the xp is so trash now xd

>>2591555
Oh sure, plus a lot more bots now in arms race

>>2591555
yea true, the bots just take longer to get their drops now and fill all the servers even more

>two -500 rating games in a row against smurfs
Should I just switch to faceit I'm already 20k

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bros i got a mw hellish on my last 4 armory stars

>>2594134
Congrats bro

This is the first pro CS tournament I've watched in years, why is it 12 rounds a half now? Feels immeasurably worse to watch, less drama, less room for making reads and staging comebacks. These games and this lan just feels lifeless

>>2505728
Why is the esports thread so much larger? and they hit limit so fast there's 3 threads rn??? is it all ruski sports bettors

>>2594771
It's the Cologne major and the next matches are in 6 minutes

>>2594771
there's a literal schizo, chikaner and a ziggerlover all spamming the thread 24/7
it might be one of the generals with most mental illness per post on this whole website, which is an extremely high bar
it used to be more comfy but is now unusable for anything apart from spamming
the autism revolving around creating (spamming) new threads is just one of the symptoms

>>2595180
it's actually funny how the thread will be fine then the two loonies come in and start baiting each other for 8 hours

CS would be a better game if the faster you move the less damage you deal

>>2595812
i know cs isn't a realistic game, but like, how would running effect a bullet

>>2595903
Don't care. Fed up of people getting full sprint AK headshots

>anubis decider

lmao karrygan about to be exposed like the bot that he is

>>2595961
Fuck off nobody cares about memesports

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I feel like Anubis needs a way to be able to flash out of Palace. Every game I p lay or pro game i see it seems next to impossible to fight your way through a smoke being down here. Anubis is the only T-sided map in the pool so I get not making it easier for CTs to retake, but I think it would make the map feel like you can be more proactive in post-plants

>>2595957
low elo hands typed this post but I'm only 18k so I getchu. Watch the demos even ike 25+ ping makes shit look whacky. Lot of times the game client just lies to you and on the demo you see they just counter-strafed. Not saying it doesn't happen, but a lot of times it looks more retarded on your screen than the demo will show. Sadly just a flaw in how online video games work.

>>2596058
There's no way it doesn't get taken out of the pool anyway. Teams only choose it as an upset because no one plays it. Out of like 180 matches this season I've only played it like 5 times

>>2596083
Yeah anubis kinda booty. I love the concept and I feel like there is a good map somewhere in it, but it just isn't it in the current form. Feels too large, rotates take forever and fakes are hard.

>>2596081
>Sadly just a flaw in how online video games work.
Na, arena shooters figured out LAN-like netcode years ago. Valve are simply greedy washed up devs who don't care.
https://youtu.be/leRZIz6vyso?t=1460

>>2594110
whtaever u find is more fun. i meet cooller people on premier, but faceit games themselves are closer matched and more fun gameplay wise... so whichever u prefer

>>2596169
Yea i see reflex. The map editor thing is real cool. I'm watching all of this I love thorin since the esea days in 2006, and it's real cool seeing him discuss movement mechanics with kovaaks. Thanks for posting this

getting into serious cs again and got to level 9 but so I bought premium, but I can't fuckikng use premium match making without sending in my ID
what a fucking joke

>>2596479
>i meet cooller people on premier
There's something about faceit that attracts the mentally ill. Nothing quite like it.

>>2596820
nah that's just counter-strike. I've been clipping my various run ins with mentally ill people in CS and I want to make a compliation and call it 'People of NA CS' where it's just the deranged and weird shit people say and how they behave online.
Faceit doesn't seem to attract it anymore than any other game mode.

>>2596169
damn i was actually wondering what is thorin doing these days. I haven't been up to date with cs scene for years.

He got so fucking fat, looks like he's approaching 60 and gets no views

>>2597344
I wish his old cs 1.6 interviews were archived.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWdmtBEAIac
hes been pumping out some decent stuff latelyy looks like. ropz interview u cant beat that

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>>2594613
You're about three years late to the party. It was changed cause MR15 took too long for broadcast.

The first couple years was pretty fucked cause CT economy was so bad with shortened rounds. That's fixed now with more CT income and cheaper guns and the game at pro level seems to be CT sided from how games are going...

Does this game still punish you for having <5ms ping? Does the game still play like shit? I really just wish I could play CSGO again.

>>2598566
You can play CSGO again

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>>2598566
Go ahead, there's 31k bots you can play with right now

>>2598566
I had 8ms against someone with 130ms and was dying when moving behind walls. CS netcode is objectively garbage.

>>2599608
It wasn't this bad on csgo. Cs2 has some kind of MASSIVE net code design flaw. Everyone I know that played csgo quit after cs2 launched because it was so shit and with the last straw being no updates and reversion to less maps/features/gamemodes. We all got fiber internet during csgo and it was phenomenal. Then cs2 rolls out, and now some thirdie with 80-130+ ping is dropping us in what looks like 1 shot on our screen out of nowhere but shows as 2-4 shots of damage. GAAAAAAAAAAAAAABE!

wow fn astrolabe mp7 got pumped huh. I got mine for 50 cents last september and now they're $58

>>2599871
Yeah it's really random. I occasionally check my CSfloat and all these random skins just skyrocket and then crash again

>>2599871
Damn almost bought one a couple of months ago

are any pistol choices throwing/a meme?

>>2599866
Valve have never had good netcode in a single game.

Why do I keep running into cheaters.
Its been like 7 years since Ive played go but ive been playing valorant a lot. Finally went back to cs and was having fun until I hit 20k elo. But now im running into cheaters like every 5 games at 23k and if I play after midnight theres 100% chance im in a hvh lobby. I wanted to hit 25k elo as an achievement but this is kinda insane.
Also why do people complain about my aim rating so much. At the start of each game someone cries about me having a 91 aim rating. I dont even know where they get this number from. My aim is genuinely shit. My hs% is garbage each game.

>>2601311
aim rating is from leetify. are you na or eu? I know premier has more cheaters in EU because faceit is more popular in EU.

>>2601311
aim rating factors in time to damage, crosshair placement, spotted accuracy (if u hit ur first shot on them or not this boosts ur aim rating a lot) recoil control, headshot accuracy, consistent counterstrafes. It's basically a rating for your mechanics

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>>2601311
Aim rating is complete horseshit. I had some good ass games last night (for once) and I apparently have hacker aim in one game and silver 1 aim in the next three. Makes no sense why there's such huge variance.

>>2601436
>if u hit ur first shot on them or not this boosts ur aim rating a lot
This is probably it because in valo you gotta hit your first shot since you cant control your spray. I havent been bothered to learn recoil control again.

>>2601662
I mean it's still best to just insta headshot them..good recoil control is for when u miss

>>2601194
If you're talking pistol round getting a deagle, CZ or R8 (lmao) is throwing. P250 and Five-Seven also throwing on CT side since you have USP already.

On non-pistol rounds, only the R8

>>2597708
Too long according to whom? CS lans did excellent viewership and were even crammed with advertisements moreso than many other esports, Valve trying to fix something that isn't broken, a repeating occurrence in CS it seems. I can imagine it feels better for matchmaking tho

>>2602112
>I can imagine it feels better for matchmaking tho
I guess the playerbase wanted that enough for Valve to add that weird ass short match format in GO.

>>2602051
>R8 on gun round is throwing
KEK, oh sweet silver child

One day people will figure out the R8 has been busted since the start and it will dominate the game for weeks until it's destroyed like the SG553.

Screenshot this.

>>2602150
I'll be honest, your post is completely untrustworthy because you call a krieg the "SG553"

>>2602156
>calling the 4-4, krieg
Tsktsktsk

>>2602261
I'm not unc enough to understand...

>>2602337
in ye olden days it was the buycode for that weapon

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>>2597708
>>2602112
It less about 'too long for broadcast' but more about 'too long for casuals/zoomers to play'.
Basically at one point valve introduced MR8, found out that it was quite popular so they decided to take middle ground and copy valarante. Hell, even Spunj, a former player and a caster himself admitted on screen that he played MR8 more.
As somebody who has been watching pro cs semi religiously since 2018, I used to loathe MR12 when they trialed it on GO but thanks to saving meta MR15 can be a chore to watch half the time, like one team would won 6-9 rounds in a row then choke and other team won 6-9 rounds, choke and repeat. At least MR12 shorten the process.

>>2603110
I always thought jame time wasn't a big deal, but it must have been excruciatingly boring in MR15 BO3s

>>2603110
cs 1.0-1.3 were MR12

>>2505728
How the fuck do I play this game if I don't wanna speak to fucking nobody?

>>2605553
Just play Comp or Casual; I only experience actual comming in Premier most of the time

>>2605553
Half my team still doesn't comm at 22k prem, its common...

Just don't blame your team when you get them killed by giving no comms.

>>2605561
If you watch the map you get all the information you need

>>2606698
No you don't, there's plenty of situations that require voice comm or even a message in chat (lmao). Think a bit harder, surely you can think of situations where a teammate would gather some information that wouldn't show on your minimap lol

>>2606730
Probably because you use the zoom map

>>2606778
elaborate

>>2606797
Probably an ESL talking about having a zoomed in radar I think?

>>2606801
Sounds plausible.
Anyone using the autozoom radar option?

>>2606808
I use a radar zoom bind like everyone else...

>>2606812
But the autozoom does it ... automatically

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How do i even get started with organized play?
Like i don't even know the 5 million names for all spots and positions you can play or the names and works of all the strats.
Do i have to take a college class on cs2 first before playing?

>>2606698
>Holding an important angle, let's say squeaky on nuke, maybe im holding from garage
>Have to focus, if I look at map or chat and get peeked I get raped
>Some bullshit goes down on the other side of the map at ramp>>2605561

>Team doesnt comm anything
>Turns out two retards on my team died and didn't say shit and now the round is over because im going to be late to rotate to lower
>Whatever just rotate anyway down secret
>Turns out the Ts wrapped heaven instead and my retards didn't comm it from the death cam
>Get shot and killed while leaving garage
>"Retard didn't help us at all"
I can understand not wanting to be overly chatty but if you are playing without comming you are actually throwing. I have definitely played matches where even though my team was noticeably worse than some others I've played with we won because everyone was communicating.

>>2606838
You just learn by playing, you can look up some callouts but as far as strategies go unless you are playing with friends it's a pure gamble whether your team even has one.

>>2606820
Hmm I just feel safer being about to control it myself. Maybe its fine. Originally I had my radar zoom bind to zoom in when I'm playing in, around and pushing smokes but its pretty niche use.

>>2606838
By organised play you mean 5v5? You just play and learn passively through experience like everyone else.

>>2606844
The best teams are those were everyone know what to do, and nobody talk, for the exception of say Niggers at the beginning of every match

>>2606698
>>2606844
>teammate hears an awp scope in donut
>doesn't say shit
>duo queue friend who's dead and spectating had to tell me
Its important

>>2606855
>ESL response
>NIGGERS!
Sure thing little buddy

>>2606864
Yeah it's crazy how much small info like that can change a round.

>>2606797
You can change the map view in the options menu, the standard is zoomed, but you can choose to see all the map, so you always know if a your team mate see an enemy or where he die

>>2606864
You Can use the v and say enemy spotted

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Honestly, on EU servers cs2 is simply unplayable.
>dozens of countries mixed together
>no one talks
>if someone talks, no one understands him
>everyone blaming everyone
>cheaters out the wazoo
>everyone is as toxic as possible

>>2606873
Is it annoying if I'm spectating and there are 2 or 3 people left and I'm flipping through cams and maybe comming stuff someone is hearing but not sharing. Not advice but like "multiple underpass". I had someone complain once but usually it seems to help. I won't say anything to a solo clutcher but idk the etiquette

>>2607093
Come on it's not that bad, have played with quite a few cool people, some even added me and we play together from time to time

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>>2607946
you're right, it's not that bad. it's worse

>>2607746
this is normal and a good thing any good players do. If you're dead you should be comming for people while they are in gunfights since them comming early will make them mess up the gunfight etc. If people bitch about talking too much they are either noobs, or you are saying too much meaningless info. Like if you are lurking B and your team is all A u dont need to tell them everything u hear/see at B since they are so far its meaningless info for them.

>>2605553
You can play just fine without comms. I never comm and just hit 25k NA. I could probably hit 30k but im black and don't have time for edgelords screaming the hard r every game so I just mute people.

>>2608131
>NA
I envy you. I'd play with you because i am way past my edgelord phase

>>2607093
I remember when servers were fucked as I was playing Premier and suddenly I ended up in a lobby full of people just having fun and being positive.
Didn't even have to check to know I was on NA servers

>>2606838
Just play the game, it's the best way to learn. Competitive mode allows you to pick your maps, just find one or two you're comfortable on and learn from there.
I'm playing with a friend who's completely new to the game and he's maybe 20 matches into Dust 2 and is already calling out players on short, mid, tunnel, etc

having multiple bad games in a row is so demoralizing. had to play 5 games today just so I could end on a win lmao

>>2607746
That's super helpful and very common, especially if its a clutch round with a no-mic teammate. I won a 2v5 a couple days back cause my teammate was comming for someone without a mic.

Having no mic is such a nerf, maybe not to your personal stats but to your overall winrate.

I wonder what playing in a real region is like. I remember when AU CS had everyone crammed into silver ranks and some MGs cause the entire region was in a rank decay death spiral.

>drop in to see if game is in a non-shit state
>2-3 people getting nothing but headshots for EVERY kill, even when they are up against 3 to 1
>3 headshots in a span of .5 seconds
wtf, bros

I spent years playing this game using a shitty mmo mouse and not understanding why my aim was so inconsistent, I just put it down to me being bad and retarded. After years away and deciding to check out CS2, you cannot imagine my astonishment and feeling of despair over those wasted years now I feel what it's like with a good sensor mouse. What thE FUCK was I doing back then man

>>2609968
It took me a long time to find a perfect mouse for my grip style and hand size and it did help a lot. A little better in terms of my mechanics, but much higher comfort let me play for longer without any hand strain and is overall a lot healthier.

>>2609430
dang, those guys sound like they are really good

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>>2609968
>>2610008
I used to use a shitty old HP mouse similar to pic related and then everything changed when my friend gave me his old mouse. Now I just need more desk space with a bigger mouse pad.

Is the best way to get better to mostly just grind faceit? Why do some players get faceit 10 in only 1k hours when Most take 3-4k+? Is it just having a better mindset? Are they just higher IQ and learn faster?

>>2612456
just watch austincs and apply yourself consistently

>>2612456
There are tons of ways to get better, aim training maps, utility training maps etc. Grinding will always make you better but it helps to really look after playing and see what you were doing right and wrong and apply yourself.

>>2612467
>austincs
Fuck outta here this is a Mahone thread https://youtube .com/@mahone-zone

Damn I just remembered that Mocha map; I wish the server browser was integrated into the game so people would be more inclined to use it. Would be nice to play old maps like that. Community servers look like a ghost town mostly for surf and zombies..

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Wanna get to 30k you fucking n00bs? take notes... this is a 27k player's crosshair placement, movement and gamesense in a 1v1 situation

>>2613573
hahahahahaha

When is this season going to end. I might go for 30k if theres time.
>>2613573
I do incredibly dumb things in 1vXs at 25k. Carried by my aim.

>>2614240
major finals are this weekend; 2-3 weeks after usually

>>2613573
Account buyer or was his cat attacking him that round

>>2613277
mahone seems alright but i like austin because he is not a gloryhound like all the other csfags on yt

I don't fucking get it man

Some days my hand literally doesn't want to listen to my brain and I can't shoot for shit. Its so frustrating, I know what to do and I can't use my hands.

>>2615026
It's called getting old, unc.
After you hit old age you simply can't compete anymore. So once you are over 18 it's better to pick up another hobby like gardening.

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bringing flags in esports LAN is the most cringe thing to do

As a total noob shit like this seems like wallhacking to me https://youtu.be/EH18fZRVTps?si=ucpEalFJYIJhpXz_&t=850

>>2615121
It's not fair. I'm still young. My cock still works.

>>2615026
Look man, I don't know how else to say this, but everyone is hacking in this game. That's really all there is to it.

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+ stockings + thong + black lipstick + eyeliner

Would you?

>>2615138
>>2615149
>>2617384
Wrong thread lil bro

>>2614955
i've found isk to be a best. Only person I've seen to explain all types of peeking and what they are actually used for. That Pienex guy is alright but he overrates mechanics so much. Isk seems the best youtube coach overrall

I've been stuck between 15k and 18k for the entire season. Starting to think that grinding is meaningless without some sort of mindset change

>>2620660
I peaked at 21k this season and now I'm losing to 12k players. None of it matters

cant even play comp anymore without getting cheated on, crazy
wallers everywhere

why is spirit playing without a coach?

>>2623593
meds or too broke to pay $15?