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On December 12th 2024, news dropped from several organizations regarding recompositions of their CS2 rosters following their elimination from the Perfect World Shanghai Major. Notably, Complexity and Virtus.pro have made the most shocking changes out of them all, paving the way for major changes to each organization’s rosters.

On December 11th 2024, GamerLegion’s coach, Ashley "⁠ash⁠" Battye, reflected on his team’s performance at the Perfect World Shanghai Major, expressing much satisfaction. Considering how the team brought Sebastian "⁠Tauson⁠" Tauson Lindelof into the team two months before the event, causing Timur "⁠FL4MUS⁠" Marev to take on more responsibilities, ash’s reflection expressed to HLTV comes as no surprise.

CS2 has many features and systems in place that influence their matchmaking and help make each player’s experience better. One of those features is the Trust Factor. In the simplest terms, it’s an indicator of how good or bad you are as a player outside of your in-game skills. Today, we’ll be discussing everything about CS2’s Trust Factor mechanic and how to check yours. Time to find out if you’ve been naughty or nice.

On December 10th 2024, Astralis announced that they had parted ways with their former rifler, Alexander "⁠br0⁠" Bro, who last played for the team in the Perfect World Shanghai Major. However, br0 was a substitute for Nicolai "⁠device⁠" Reedtz in the first place, which means that br0’s termination means that device will be returning to the team, as Astralis has announced.

Practicing your grenade throws and lineups is an absolute must if you care about your rank and truly want to improve in CS2. Knowing how to use grenades is almost just as important as your aim because of the big role they play in attacking and defending sites. So today, I’ll be teaching you how to create a rethrow bind and give you a couple of tips on how you can use it in your training sessions.

On December 9th 2024, FaZe and FURIA faced off for the very last spot out of the Elimination Stage and straight to the Playoffs at the Perfect World Shanghai Major. FURIA was off to a great start as they comfortably closed out their map pick of Inferno with a 13-6 scoreline. FaZe, however, locked in for the second map, Dust2, equalizing at 13-9 with Håvard "⁠rain⁠" Nygaard leading the charge.

On December 7th 2024, fans looked back as Vitality became the first team to break out of the Elimination Stage and reach the Playoffs at the Perfect World Shanghai Major. They had a bit of a scuffle on day one as they could barely beat FURIA 16-13 in their best-of-one, leading many to believe they weren’t in peak form at the tournament. However, they were quick to prove their haters wrong as they destroyed MIBR in their next best-of-three game, outclassing them on both maps, Mirage (13-3) and Anubis (13-5). Vitality certainly felt good about silencing their critics, as William "⁠mezii⁠" Merriman told HLTV.

On December 6th 2024, G2 Esports cemented itself as the top seed at the Shanghai Major with a stellar performance across multiple matches. Despite having a small hiccup on day one of the Elimination Stage when they lost their first best-of-one 13-10 to The MongolZ, one could call it “getting used to the tournament setting” because they have been undefeated ever since. Since then, G2 Esports has crushed BIG 13-5 and beaten 3DMAX 13-8, putting them at the top of the seeds for now, something that Ilya "⁠m0NESY⁠" Osipo spoke to HLTV about.

On December 6th 2024, while many fans looked on as their favorite teams qualified for the Elimination Stage at the Perfect World Shanghai Major, some were left heartbroken. One such major upset was with Team Complexity, Despite being one of the favorites to qualify, given that they were the fifth-highest-ranked team in the Opening Stage, they were sent home with a disappointing 2:3 win-lose ratio. For many fans, their heart sank on the opening day of the event where Complexity lost both of its best-of-one games to FlyQuest (6-13) and Passion UA (9-13).

On December 4th 2024, the Opening stage at the Perfect World Shanghai Major came to an end as Wildcard bagged the final qualification spot. It was an intense game against the upcoming Ukrainian superstars, Passion UA, who delivered a stellar performance back in the RMR. Fans were entertained as the map went to three maps, with Wildcard winning their map pick, Inferno with a 13-6 scoreline, only for Passion UA to return the favor on Mirage with a 6-13 sweep of their own. The final map went into overtime, where Wildcard secured the match with a 16-13 victory. It was a memorable match for Wildcard, as Josh 'JBa' Barutt expressed in an HLTV interview.

Players who want to improve their gaming skills do anything to make sure they get better at CS2. Some use CS2 bots, while others focus on learning the maps. But did you know CS2 demos are also good when you want to improve your game? This tool lets you check your previous gameplay, analyze your mistakes, and fix them the next time you play. But how to watch CS2 replays with the help of CS2 demos? Here’s everything you need to know.

On December 3rd, 2024, another team, paiN, bested FlyQuest as they were unable to recover from their loss to Team Liquid yesterday. Surprisingly, they snatched FlyQuest’s map pick right off the bat, winning 16-14 on Vertigo before comfortably closing things out on their map pick, Inferno, with a 13-6 scoreline. Lucas 'nqz' Soares put up a particularly stellar performance, especially with a USP ace on round 1 of Inferno, something that he also discussed in an interview with HLTV.

Once you started your CS2 journey, perhaps you came across the term “wingman” and had no idea what it meant. This popular game mode can make CS2 more interesting for you, especially if you are a fan of 2v2 matches. But what is wingman in CS2, and how can you see your wingman rank in the game? We will tell you everything you need to know, so let’s get started!

On December 2nd, 2024, Team Liquid fans rejoiced as their favourite team became the first out of sixteen teams to break out of the Opening Stage and make it to the Elimination Stage. While many were expecting Liquid to put up such a performance, given the teams they had been matched up with, they, nonetheless, delivered on those expectations. They beat Wildcard in their opening best-of-one game 13-10 and then went on to beat Cloud9 with the same scoreline (although they were down 3-9).

On November 30th, 2024, fans looked back at Cloud9’s performance at the RMR while many doubted their ability to even qualify for the Perfect World Shanghai Major. The team had genuine struggles up to the RMR, prompting them to implement equally drastic changes, notably changing Nikita "⁠HeavyGod⁠" Martynenko’s role on the roster. HeavyGod was known for being a good hard anchor during his time on OG, but Cloud9 decided to have him play as an aggressive star rifler.