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Most people who play CS2 do it for fun. They are ready to relax and unwind at the end of the day, enjoying some adventure and action in their favorite shooter game. However, more experienced players or players who want to go pro usually pay attention to their FPS, and they make the FPS visible on their screens. With frames per second on your screen, you are able to see actions much sooner, allowing you to have a quicker reaction. If you’re interested in doing the same to your game, perhaps you’re thinking about how to show FPS in CS2. Keep reading, and you’ll find out how to see this metric on your screen whenever you want.

On October 23rd, 2024, the Counter-Strike community was pleased to hear some informative announcements from YaLLa Esports. For those tuning in for the first time, YaLLa Esports are famous for organizing the YaLLa Compass events we see every year. In today’s announcement, they have unveiled three events planned for 2026 as well as shared format and prize information regarding their upcoming events in 2025.

On November 11th, 2024, fans are eagerly waiting for the Shanghai Major to commence at the start of December. However, before that, the final qualifiers for the Major will entertain us this month, and among the many teams participating, M80 is a very intriguing contender. Many expected the American team to fall off after G2 Esports snatched their star rifler, Mario "⁠malbsMd⁠" Samayoa, but the remaining team, especially Ethan "⁠reck⁠" Serrano has proven everyone wrong.

On October 30th, 2024, fans await one of the most anticipated events of the year in the CS2 esports circuit to commence: BLAST Premier World Final. The event will feature some of the best teams in the world such as Natus Vincere, G2 Esports and Vitality - Team Astralis also find themselves in the mix of such a stacked lineup, hoping to win it all. However, realistically speaking, Astralis’s chances of winning the tournament or making it far into the semi-finals look grim.

On November 2nd, 2024, Team Vitality faced off MOUZ in the quarter-finals at BLAST Premier World Final and bested them 2-0 without breaking a sweat. The best part is that they did all this with Audric "⁠JACKZ⁠" Jug standing in for William "⁠mezii⁠" Merriman, with the former having played only two practice games before the tournament. Astonishingly, Team Vitality has been blowing past the tournament with the 32 year-old, beating Team Spirit and Liquid before their match with MOUZ.

On October 24th, Andrey "⁠Xoma⁠" Mironenko, former coach on Virtus.pro sat down with HLTV to give an interview on his time at the team, what he learnt, and what he felt were its biggest shortcomings. For those unaware, Xoma coached Virtus.pro from June to September, partaking in many tournaments like IEM Rio 2024, ESL Pro League Season 20, all of which we have covered on our website. Xoma left the team recently and joined Aurora as their assistant coach, working alongside head coach Stepan "⁠brain⁠" Sivoronov to make the team into the best version of itself.

On October 31th, 2024, the CS2 community was shaken to its core as one of the biggest upsets of the year unfolded on day 1 of Blast Premiere World Final. Amongst the many matchups scheduled for the day, many expected Astralis versus Natus Vincere to play out one-sidedly in favor of NAVI. On the one hand, you had the #1 team in the world, and on the other hand, you had a team that has struggled to win a single best-of-three lately.

On November 4th, 2024, G2 fans celebrated as their favorite team bested Team Spirit in the grand final to win BLAST Premier World Final. G2 Esports were the favourites going into the match, given that they had already beaten Team Spirit earlier in the event. Unfortunately, Team Spirit were unable to bounce back, despite having a player as talented as Danil "⁠donk⁠" Kryshkovets on their team, and suffered a one-sided 3-0 defeat on all maps: Mirage (13-7), Anubis (13-5), and Dust2 (13-7).

On October 26th, 2024, fans looked back on day 1 of ESL Challengers Katowice where we witnessed all the best-of-one matchups plus one matchup to determine who would face off against Team Legacy for a spot in the playoffs. The matchup was between Team Monte and Team MIBR, where the former dominated 13-2 on their map pick, Mirage, while the latter put up a good fight on their map pick, Anubis, only to lose 19-17 in overtime. With MIBR eliminated from the tournament, Team Monte survived to play another day, pitted against Team Legacy for a spot in the playoffs.

On November 12th, 2024, fans tuned in as the Perfect World Shanghai Major Americas RMR was in full swing, with the best of the best facing off for a chance to compete in this year’s final Major. Amongst these teams, we saw Team Complexity facing the Argentinian powerhouse, BESTIA. Although the match started off in BESTIA’s favour, leading 1-3 with a pistol round win, 5 rounds were all that Complexity was willing to concede. Complexity took back the lead in the ninth round, leading 5-4 before running away with it, closing out the best-of-one with a 13-5. While a part of Complexity celebrated the win, they know it’s far from what they want to achieve.

On October 25th, 2024, we stand on the precipice of ESL Challengers Katowice, the next big LAN that everyone’s looking forward to in the Counter-Strike circuit. Amongst the many matchups that everyone is looking forward to, fans are particularly interested in seeing how well Oleksandr "⁠s1mple⁠" Kostyliev will play at his first LAN tournament in months. While he did demonstrate great form at the Thunderpick World Championship, his team didn’t measure and largely bore the responsibility of defeat.

On October 29th, 2024, SAW, short for Stay a Warrior, the Portuguese esports organization took home their first LAN trophy in Counter-Strike 2 after winning ESL Challenger’s Katowice. The team has had a phenomenal run throughout the tournament, having fortunate matchups but also having the capability to close things out. In fact, they are the only team that went completely undefeated the entire tournament.

On November 13th, 2024, day one of the Americas RMR came to an end with some teams nearing elimination while others passed through with flying colors. One team stood out in particular, not because it’s insanely dominant, but because it’s very unpredictable: BOSS. BOSS is an org-less team, meaning that they are sponsored by no one and hence, its players aren’t paid active salaries - the only money they get is from winning.

On November 14th, 2024, Wildcard became the first team in the Americas region to qualify for the upcoming Perfect World Shanghai Major in December. The #32 ranked team in the world kicked things off with a bang as they beat Team Liquid (#13) and paiN (#16) in their opening best-of-one games 16-12 and 13-10 respectively. Today, they went on to play against 9z (#25) for a chance to qualify for the Shanghai Major and they did not miss that opportunity.

On November 16th, 2024, FURIA and M80 faced off in the Perfect World Shanghai Major Americas RMR for a chance to grab the last qualifying spot from their region. Unfortunately, despite the ambitions M80 entered the fray with, FURIA won comfortably across the two maps, Anubis and Vertigo, with the same scoreline, 13-8. FURIA’s qualification marks Gabriel "⁠FalleN⁠" Toledo’s 16th Major appearance, going to show how long he’s been competing in the Counter-Strike esports scene.