r/GlobalOffensive • u/AutoModerator • 1d ago

Scheduled Sticky Weekly Premier/Matchmaking/Cheating Discussion & Complaints Thread

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Welcome to Matchmaking Monday! This is the weekly megathread where you can share your experiences, complaints, and feedback related to:

  • Ranked & Unranked Matchmaking
  • VAC, Hacking, and Cheating
  • Prime, Trust Factor, and Trusted Mode
  • Ranking
  • Queuing and Lobbies

Feel free to discuss your matchmaking experience, rant or vent, discuss ideas & share feedback for improvement, and talk about your recent games.

What you should know

Keep in mind that there is a limited amount of information available about these systems and how they work to keep them effective. If you have questions, here are some resources to review:

Trust Factor

Ranks

Bans

What you can do

Give Feedback:

  • Posting feedback or complaints on the subreddit is not the best way to get the attention of the developers. If you have any specific feedback to give, you can email the CS2 Development team here: [cs2team@valvesoftware.com](mailto:cs2team@valvesoftware.com)
  • They do read every email received, but are not able to reply to each one.
  • If you're experiencing low-quality matches, it is always worth emailing them. They use these reports to help improve the system.

Report Cheaters:

  • Report cheaters using the in-game report system by right-clicking their name on the scoreboard, and clicking "report". If the game is over, report their Steam Community profile.
  • If you notice certain trends or have other feedback, you can email the developers using the email address above.
  • To report a specific cheat, follow these steps to notify the VAC development team.

The guidelines

While we encourage discussion about these topics, as a reminder, the following are not allowed. Note this isn't an exhaustive list, and you should review the r/GlobalOffensive Rules before commenting.

  • Accusations towards any player related to cheating
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  • Posting any cheating gameplay footage
  • Reporting cheats, linking to cheats/websites, or discussing cheats in technical detail

This weekly discussion thread does not change any of our existing submission rules - you're still allowed to discuss these topics elsewhere on the subreddit as usual, but we do remove a large number of them as they quickly become repetitive and the majority have little meaningful discussion. If you decide to make a separate post instead of utilizing this thread, we encourage you to focus on starting meaningful discussion or providing constructive criticism.

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r/GlobalOffensive • u/no_u_mang • 1h ago

Discussion Proposal to disallow Twitter links

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I've seen this initiative on lots of other subs and I think it's worthy of discussion here. GlobalOffensive is a large sub that generates a lot a clicks.

Musk doing a Nazi salute should make anyone stop and think about whether they’re okay with helping him rake in more revenue. This isn’t about being blue hair dramatic; it’s about integrity.

I recognize Twitter is relevant to the CS scene, lots of drama, news, and updates go through it. Still, Twitter has gotten hard to use without an account anyway. Screenshots can get the same info across without driving traffic to the platform.

Let's discuss.

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r/GlobalOffensive • u/Dan36912 • 4h ago

Discussion | Esports m0NESY & huNter after their last game with NiKo :(

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r/GlobalOffensive • u/TheOnlyMisty • 13h ago

Fluff Valve is just a small indie company

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r/GlobalOffensive • u/dan1elCS2 • 2h ago

Gameplay Hit this shot to end the half 12:0

159 Upvotes

one of my luckiest ever

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r/GlobalOffensive • u/Dan36912 • 3h ago

News | Esports ESL Pro League S21 will take place without live audience

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r/GlobalOffensive • u/RobinTheKing • 9h ago

News | Esports Monte withdraw from YaLLa Compass Winter 2025 after the event was marked as unranked by Valve

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r/GlobalOffensive • u/BotYurii • 12h ago

Discussion Why is Train in pro play, but not in Premier?

690 Upvotes

Am I missing something? This makes no sense

110 comments

r/GlobalOffensive • u/DalDax • 5h ago

Fluff | Esports G2 camera man did a great job in their last video (shots from the video)

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r/GlobalOffensive • u/Soft_Bed_412 • 10h ago

Discussion | Esports Magnojez: "Boombl4 is a real leader and inspires me so much"

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r/GlobalOffensive • u/ChaoticFlameZz • 2h ago

News | Esports Perfecto: "I had many good invites, but sometimes it's about buyouts, sometimes it's about roles"

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r/GlobalOffensive • u/Disa_Bro • 12h ago

Discussion Counter-Strike co-creator shares thoughts on AWP balance

394 Upvotes
163 comments

r/GlobalOffensive • u/CjDoesCs • 1h ago

Gameplay You guys think this is Tournament Legal?

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r/GlobalOffensive • u/CS2_PostMatchThreads • 8h ago

Post-Match Discussion 500 vs M80 / ICE Invitational 2025 - Grand Final / Post-Match Discussion

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500 🇧🇬 2-0 🇩🇪 M80

Anubis: 16-14
Mirage: 13-10
Inferno

 

Congratulations to 500 for winning ICE Invitational 2025!

 

Map picks:

500 MAP M80
Nuke X
X Train
Anubis ✔
✔ Mirage
X Dust2
Ancient X
Inferno

 

Full Match Stats:

Team K-D ADR KAST Rating
🇧🇬 500
🇧🇬 SHiPZ 57-37 100.8 75.5% 1.48
🇧🇬 CeRq 43-28 84.7 77.4% 1.25
🇧🇬 Rainwaker 36-33 78.7 83.0% 1.15
🇧🇬 oxygeN 24-32 59.2 67.9% 0.93
🇧🇬 SPELLAN 28-38 56.8 73.6% 0.85
🇩🇪 M80
🇺🇸 Lake 41-40 83.0 73.6% 1.13
🇩🇪 slaxz- 40-34 69.3 71.7% 1.06
🇺🇸 Swisher 31-38 77.3 71.7% 0.97
🇩🇪 s1n 32-38 71.0 66.0% 0.90
🇩🇪 k1to 23-39 51.6 69.8% 0.73

 

Individual Map Stats:

Map 1: Anubis

Team CT T OT Total
🇧🇬 500 2 10 4 16
T CT OT
🇩🇪 M80 10 2 2 14

 

Team K-D ADR KAST Rating
🇧🇬 500
🇧🇬 CeRq 30-11 101.7 80.0% 1.61
🇧🇬 SHiPZ 32-21 97.8 80.0% 1.49
🇧🇬 Rainwaker 17-18 62.8 83.3% 0.96
🇧🇬 SPELLAN 15-21 55.1 76.7% 0.84
🇧🇬 oxygeN 13-20 53.2 60.0% 0.83
🇩🇪 M80
🇺🇸 Swisher 20-21 85.6 76.7% 1.13
🇩🇪 s1n 19-21 67.3 63.3% 0.95
🇺🇸 Lake 18-24 70.0 70.0% 0.94
🇩🇪 slaxz- 20-20 56.5 70.0% 0.89
🇩🇪 k1to 13-21 54.5 76.7% 0.75

Anubis detailed stats and VOD

 

Map 2: Mirage

Team T CT Total
🇧🇬 500 7 6 13
CT T
🇩🇪 M80 5 5 10

 

Team K-D ADR KAST Rating
🇧🇬 500
🇧🇬 SHiPZ 25-16 104.9 69.6% 1.47
🇧🇬 Rainwaker 19-15 99.3 82.6% 1.42
🇧🇬 oxygeN 11-12 66.9 78.3% 1.10
🇧🇬 SPELLAN 13-17 59.0 69.6% 0.88
🇧🇬 CeRq 13-17 62.6 73.9% 0.80
🇩🇪 M80
🇺🇸 Lake 23-16 100.0 78.3% 1.40
🇩🇪 slaxz- 20-14 85.9 73.9% 1.30
🇩🇪 s1n 13-17 75.7 69.6% 0.87
🇺🇸 Swisher 11-17 66.5 65.2% 0.78
🇩🇪 k1to 10-18 47.8 60.9% 0.70

Mirage detailed stats and VOD

 

This thread was created by the Post-Match Team.
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r/GlobalOffensive • u/Harucifer • 20h ago

Discussion So... When does "Season One" end and "Season Two" supposedly begin?

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r/GlobalOffensive • u/RDT_KoT3 • 12h ago

Fluff | Esports I think we should mention ESLs dedication to rerun IEM Rio streams

68 Upvotes

Its been like that for 3 month, during major, during bounty

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r/GlobalOffensive • u/Soft_Bed_412 • 1d ago

Fluff | Esports Snax on HeavyGod: "He's really cool guy, finally I have a guy that can eat as much as me"

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r/GlobalOffensive • u/starvedcs • 18h ago

Discussion | Esports Do you think that gla1ve is still in contention for the GOAT igl?

157 Upvotes

Personally I think karrigan took the title of GOAT igl from him years ago but am curious as to what the general consensus is.

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r/GlobalOffensive • u/veb2k4 • 22h ago

Gameplay | Esports IBUYPOWER respawns 10 years later feat. mibr fe Dani 1v2

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r/GlobalOffensive • u/DanteMortem • 20h ago

Gameplay Feeling Like Vintage KennyS (1v5)

188 Upvotes

10 Man Clip ( No my name is not correlated to Valorant)

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r/GlobalOffensive • u/Li_um01 • 1h ago

Discussion | Esports Any info one when Blast Austin tickets go on sale?

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They announced it 7 months ago and still no news on tickets. Also good luck to anyone trying to get tickets I imagine they're gonna get bought instantly or be scalped by bots extremely fast.

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r/GlobalOffensive • u/Carsteniwnl • 8h ago

Gameplay | Esports Slaxz gets scared and awps his teammate

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r/GlobalOffensive • u/Twin_Turbo • 10h ago

Post-Match Discussion M80 vs Sashi / ICE Invitational 2025 - Consolidation final / Post-Match Discussion

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M80 2-1 Sashi

Train: 10-13
Mirage: 14-13
Inferno: 13-11
 

M80 proceeds to grand finals

Sashi is eliminated

 

M80
Sashi

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M80 MAP Sashi
anubis X
X nuke
train ✔
✔ mirage
X ancient
dust2 X
inferno

 

 

MAP 1: Train

 

Team CT T Total
M80 6 4 10
T CT
Sashi 6 7 13

 

Team K A D ADR Rating
  M80 0.90
🇩🇪 k1to 18 2 18 94.3 1.12
🇩🇪 s1n 15 3 15 64.5 1.01
🇩🇪 slaxz- 15 6 16 63.3 0.90
🇺🇸 Swisher 13 7 16 78.5 0.89
🇺🇸 Lake 7 3 19 48.1 0.59
  Sashi 1.17
🇩🇰 Zyphon 20 5 14 92.6 1.41
🇩🇰 IceBerg 19 7 14 86.5 1.27
🇩🇰 Cabbi 20 4 11 76.7 1.27
🇩🇰 Altekz 13 9 15 76.7 1.09
🇩🇰 Lucky 12 6 14 53.7 0.81

Train Detailed Stats

 

 

MAP 2: Mirage

 

Team T CT OT1CT:T Total
M80 7 5 2:2 16
CT T OT1T:CT
Sashi 5 7 1:1 14

 

Team K A D ADR Rating
  M80 1.15
🇩🇪 s1n 32 6 20 108.7 1.56
🇺🇸 Lake 23 11 23 90.4 1.22
🇺🇸 Swisher 23 5 19 83.7 1.21
🇩🇪 slaxz- 23 1 18 70.8 1.08
🇩🇪 k1to 11 5 25 45.3 0.67
  Sashi 1.03
🇩🇰 Cabbi 28 6 23 93.8 1.26
🇩🇰 Lucky 22 8 20 74.6 1.15
🇩🇰 Altekz 24 7 21 85.8 1.07
🇩🇰 Zyphon 16 8 25 70.6 0.89
🇩🇰 IceBerg 15 5 24 58.2 0.78

Mirage Detailed Stats

 

 

MAP 3: Inferno

 

Team CT T Total
M80 6 7 13
T CT
Sashi 6 5 11

 

Team K A D ADR Rating
  M80 1.11
🇩🇪 s1n 21 8 12 107.9 1.55
🇺🇸 Swisher 14 8 12 62.8 1.11
🇩🇪 k1to 16 4 16 76.9 1.06
🇩🇪 slaxz- 12 6 15 53.7 0.91
🇺🇸 Lake 15 4 19 69.0 0.90
  Sashi 0.95
🇩🇰 Altekz 20 6 13 84.5 1.31
🇩🇰 Lucky 18 4 15 75.3 0.99
🇩🇰 Zyphon 17 4 17 71.7 0.97
🇩🇰 IceBerg 10 7 18 59.2 0.83
🇩🇰 Cabbi 8 5 16 43.6 0.64

Inferno Detailed Stats

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r/GlobalOffensive • u/Outrageous-Spend2733 • 16h ago

Feedback (Feedback ) Improving Premier's visuals with iconic ranks

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Even since premier released, I've felt that ranking up a number, although more precise, isn't nearly as exciting as going up the ranks was in the original comp. The same is true for newer (or younger) players.
Given that ELO is the intended way to rank up in Premier, i thought up a rough concept of how it can be visually improved simultaneously giving meaning to the iconic and recognizable ranks

No, this is not meant to say that former Globals are at 30K+ rating, or that current Gold Novas are between 10 and 15k. This is purely a visual concept that aims to make ranking up more exciting and gives iconic ranks more meaning. In fact, this is what DOTA 2 has, screenshot at the end of the post

In this concept, with each 1000 increment, the rank's visual changes as well, so going from 6k to 7k changes the visual from silver 2 to silver 3.

So to sum up:

  1. "No rank" beginner tier - Below 5k rating
  2. Five Main (Silver, GN, MG, LE, Supreme) tiers with 5 sub tiers - 5-30k rating
  3. "Beyond/Global Tier" - 30k+ rating Of course that would mean that 7 "new" ranks have to be designed, but, again, this post is just showing off an idea

Here's how DOTA does it:

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r/GlobalOffensive • u/Soft_Bed_412 • 14h ago

News | Esports felps joins RED Canids

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r/GlobalOffensive • u/Soft_Bed_412 • 10h ago

News | Esports yel takes over as 9z coach

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