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De_mirage is a legendary map without which it isn't easy to imagine Counter-Strike today. An amateur created it for just one series of tournaments, and it immediately won the hearts of players and even attracted the attention of Valve, but first things first.
Fish, pigeons, and other “Easter eggs” on CS:GO maps
Today we will talk about the unfinished secrets on different CS:GO maps. Such artifacts make the community players excited because they make the game more various and make users interact more with it. Read about more interesting CS:GO game surprises on our site.
It is not a secret for any player who has been playing Counter-Strike: Global Offensive for a long time that the most common role is AWper. But there are still roles that require good endurance and are important both in matchmaking and on the professional stage. This role is a lurker. Unlike all other roles that require team coordination and the frequency of team map motions, lurkers differ from them very significantly. Their job is - to take a position that isn't as obvious to their opponents as possible do kill by taking advantage of bad decisions in the enemy. That lurkers don't forgive.
CS2 Squad Being Probed For Transphobic Remarks on PRACC.com
On October 10th, 2024, Georgia State University gave an investigative update on a recently sparked controversial case in the CS2 community. The case was brought to light when Amanda "Reef" Ruiz of GIRLYPOPS shared a post on X (formerly Twitter) showing members of another team “GSU Black” making transphobic comments on PRACC.com. Notably, they called the GIRLYPOPS lineup "5/5 tranny demons," using one of the oldest transphobic terms to date.
Valve Introduces Snap Tap Detection With the Latest CS2 Patch
On September 10th, Valve dropped a small yet important patch update to Counter-Strike 2. Apart from enabling the measurement of network jitter on direct UDP connections to community servers, the developers added counter-strafe input automation detection options for non-Valve servers. In other words, Valve has introduced a detection mechanism for catching players using controversial technologies like Razer’s Snap Tap or Wooting’s SOCD.
BIG Benches Their AWPer syrsoN, Reliable Sources Say
On December 23rd 2024, just when fans thought that their favorite team, BIG, wouldn’t be the same without their Swiss rifler, Rigon “rigoN” Gashi, credible sources have said that Florian "syrsoN" Rische is also getting benched. The German AWPer is undergoing his second stint with the team, which seems to be coming to an end soon due to the rough year the European team has had.
On October 9th, 2024, Martin "stavn" Lund, Astralis’ rifler, reflected on the team’s performance in their most recent game in IEM Rio 2024, also remarking on the team’s cohesiveness as a whole. After beating Eternal Fire 13-11 in the Group Stages of Group B, Astralis faced off against HEROIC but lost with a humiliating 2-0 score. With this defeat, Astralis so far has not won a single best-of-three since picking up Casper "cadiaN" Møller.
Conflict between s1mple and hotel management at ESL S16 settled
ESL analyst Alexander Inglot put the "end spot" at the conflict between Natus Vincere sniper Alexander "s1mple" Kostylev and the administration of the Maltese hotel where the participants of the ESL Pro League Season 16 CS:GO live. On Twitter, he noted that the parties talked and resolved all differences.
ESL Reveals Counter-Strike Esports Circuit Going Into 2025
On October 19th, 2024, ESL FACEIT Group (EFG) announced details about the ESL Pro Tour 2025 for the first time, with five IEM events and two ESL Pro League events planned. The company also plans to pump much more money into the years 2025 and 2026, as they highlighted in the blogpost on their website detailing all the information we currently know about ESL Pro Tour going forward.
Esports organization Astralis has signed a female CS:GO roster. The roster was presented on the club's official website: Rachel "RacheLL" Kuyava (2680 elo), Cassandra "kezziwow" Heya (2760 elo), Aurora "aurora" Lyngdahl(2069 elo), Joana "Joanana" Vlaykova(2347 elo), Celine "spike" Alak (2342 elo).
On October 16th, 2024, massive news hit the VALORANT Esports communnity as the coach for NRG’s VALORANT team, Chetan “Chet” Singh was suspended from the scene for six whole months. Although Chet has disagreed with the ruling, he is, nonetheless, looking for coaching opportunities in Counter-Strike, specifically CS2. Chet is a critically acclaimed coach in tactical FPS games, with a solid track record in both VALORANT and CS:GO, meaning any team that signs him as their coach for CS2 can expect to see huge improvements in their roster.
Do you follow and track the best autumn CS:GO event? IEM Rio Major 2022 runs from October 31 to November 13 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The teams compete for a prize pool of $1.25 million. The tournament is held according to the Swiss system, the match will be held in the best-of-1 format. The strongest of the pair will go to the next round with teams with 1:0 statistics, and the loser will play with one of the losing teams
NAVI Outplay MOUZ To Take Home IEM Rio 2026’s Trophy
On October 14th, 2024, another CS2 Major came to an end, this time IEM Rio 2024, with Natus Vincere winning it all and taking home the trophy. Even though the team lost underwhelmingly to G2 Esports in the foregoing event, BLAST Fall Final, they redeemed themselves in the grand final against MOUZ.
Prices & Pricing Trends: Understanding the Graphs and Drivers
Steam's Community Market appears simple at first glance. You list an item, wait for it to sell, and occasionally check the chart. But if you’ve spent more than a few hours watching CS2 skin prices, you know it’s rarely that straightforward.
FaZe Clan got +1 victory at ESL Pro League Season 16
FaZe Clan beat FTW in Group B at ESL Pro League Season 16 CS:GO. The match ended with a score of 2:0 (16:4 on Inferno and 16:4 on Overpass). Howard "rain" Nygard's team earned the first points of the tournament. FTW was left without points. The game day will continue with the Virtus.Pro - Team BIG.
