Counter Strike

[Patrick Bait-man]

Anyway, praying for an ooperation, there really isn't much to cs if you're not a competitive retard.

You mean you want something other than the Nigger Pass™ which for only 15.99 shekels lets you gamble for supreme hood gangsta nigga grade skins by grinding for 40 redeemable EBT credits in your Counter-Cripz & Bloodz 2 matches?

Sorry, all we got is another skin collection and major pass plus a pixel gap bugfix.

 

[WULULULULU]

Anyway, praying for an ooperation, there really isn't much to cs if you're not a competitive retard.

Even competitive side is getting shit on because of latency issues AND insane Premier rank inflation. The fact that you need shit like a wooting keyboard just to be consistent with your counter-strafing movement speaks volumes on how much Valve fucked with core mechanics with the game.

 

[Thiletonomics]

If what I've seen from every single eSport that has been dominated by Fagcons sponsored teams (i.e DOTA2, Apex, R6S, ec.), its that those eSports slowly fade away and their popularity falls off the face of the Earth as it basically means whoever buys the biggest money wins the competition. This has been the case for every single physical sport and now eSports has repeated history.

And the games where Fagcons don't dominate are either populated with Gooks (i.e. League of Legends and StarCraft), or the scenes are so small that they don't bother to field teams for it.

 

[WULULULULU]

And the games where Fagcons don't dominate are either populated with Gooks (i.e. League of Legends and StarCraft), or the scenes are so small that they don't bother to field teams for it.

idk, Mobile Legends doesn't have a big ass scene, but Fagcons even have a stake on that fucking game.

 

[arc uwurden]

Roger that affirmative
Negative and go go go
Stick together cover me
Get out of there she's gonna blow

 

[Thiletonomics]

idk, Mobile Legends doesn't have a big ass scene, but Fagcons even have a stake on that fucking game.

Mobile Legends is very popular in SEA countries though. When COVID caused internet cafes to shut down, players moved from games like DOTA 2 to mobile gaming.

 

[Most Wanted Banana]

Counter-Strike Nexon will shut down at the end of September.

 

[Hellwalker]

I seriously can't overstate how much I fucking love the old CS:GO gun sounds from 2012 to 2016-ish.

They're genuinely some of the best gun sounds I've ever heard. Nothing else is as mean and delivers the punch like these do. I really adore the pistols, especially compared to the paintball sounding sounds that were given later.

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Their loudness makes even the cheaper guns like the Galil, Famas and Scout sound powerful on their own.

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And of course, I can't forget about the fan favorites of the AK, M4, and AWP.

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If there was just one thing I could bring back from the CS of old, it'd have to be this. Matches would feel so much more dramatic and like a spectacle if I had these constantly raping my ears close-up or from a mile away.

Valve, let us go back to a time when the Negev raped your ears with every bullet shot.

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(it is a bit unfair to give CS:GO entire credit since a lot of these sounds are just from other Valve games, most obviously the AK and M4)

 

[Patrick Bait-man]

I seriously can't overstate how much I fucking love the old CS:GO gun sounds from 2012 to 2016-ish.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=nNE64g_lDMc

The old SSG sounds were great, currently it sounds like a wimpy plastic toy. I would unironically use the SSG far more if they brought back the old sounds for it, because it actually sounds like it packs a punch.

 

[mingo mongo]

They should bring back danger zone

 

[Godchu]

They should bring back danger zone

Ehhhhhhhh. I played it when I was still a noob at CS (so, near the end of CSGO's life), and it fucking sucked. I probably spent more time stuck in the queue than I did actually playing the game. See, the problem is the success of Danger Zone relied too much on its inherent popularity, but to remain popular the game had to be worthwhile for players to stick around, which as I established needed a large enough player base constantly queueing up for matches, which can only happen if the game is fun enough to do so, which can only happen if a lot of people want to play it at once... see where I'm getting at? That's why it's not coming back.

The surge in popularity from resurrecting it can only last for so long. Who's to say it won't suffer the same exact fate as before? It needs a major revamp before it ever comes back. E: getting rid of the 10 minute long, single-round games would be a good start, IMO. Let's be real most players only last 5 minutes, tops.

 

[Korpon]

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[iceteayo]

Lots of schizophrenic rumors floating around on how Valve gets out of lawsuits. Removing the 3rd party API is a solution but outright nuclear to actually crashing the market. Valve has been looking for ways to slowly lower prices without panic selling. Recent rumblings have been speculation on them introducing “wear restore” where you could turn battle scared items to factory new.


CS2 is alright for quick casual fun but man between the server browser being a dead end and esports running the show. I love hostage and wish they would bring back more hostage maps to the queue pool.

 

[Thiletonomics]

Valve is releasing Jackass Stickers for CS2. Does the fanbases of Jackass and Counter-Strike even overlap?

 

[Blitzsneed]

Recent rumblings have been speculation on them introducing “wear restore” where you could turn battle scarred items to factory new.

They will do this, bet on it. It will catastrophically fuck up the skin market and it's most likely Valve's intention. If you're a skinfag, take this advice:

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flashbang
>fuck up the throw

 

[acme]

Agency was my favorite hostage map. Im gold nova 4 on Office.

Valve is releasing Jackass Stickers for CS2. Does the fanbases of Jackass and Counter-Strike even overlap?

THE POINT IS MORE GAMBA! thank GOD

 

[iceteayo]

Agency was my favorite hostage map. Im gold nova 4 on Office.

THE POINT IS MORE GAMBA! thank GOD

Agency and militia need to come back 100%

 

[Patrick Bait-man]

Agency and militia need to come back 100%

Agency was brought back in May 2025 and stuck around through the next community map rotation, only to be suddenly removed with the start of Premier Season 4 in January with no reason given. CS2 has such a content drought, that they're removing legacy maps they've brought back.

Nearly 3 years since release, CS2 still does not have a permanent map to call it's own either made by Valve or the community (technically Pool Day, but that's an ancient map dating back to 1.6). It's all just skins and esports with roughly 1-2 meaningful updates sprinkled in.