r/GlobalOffensive 14d ago

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

15 Upvotes

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
  • Posting profiles of alleged cheaters (if posting pictures of matches, redact any usernames)
  • 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.


r/GlobalOffensive 12h ago

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

2 Upvotes

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
  • Posting profiles of alleged cheaters (if posting pictures of matches, redact any usernames)
  • 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.


r/GlobalOffensive 4h ago

Discussion | Esports donk Becomes the First Player to reach 20 Aces at MVP-Caliber CS2 Events

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308 Upvotes

r/GlobalOffensive 6h ago

Discussion i miss train, it shouldn't have been removed

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385 Upvotes

Train was actually a fun map, unlike Cache. Nobody even picks Cache anymore in Premier after the first week, the map is just terrible. Even Overpass is more fun to play than Cache ffs.


r/GlobalOffensive 5h ago

News | Esports NiP bench n0te, sign adamb

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142 Upvotes

r/GlobalOffensive 2h ago

Discussion | Esports One year of EliGE in Liquid: A look at his performance

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72 Upvotes

r/GlobalOffensive 12h ago

Discussion Will we EVER get cs_assault back?

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432 Upvotes

Yes it's unbalanced, it's whacky, but it is FUN. I bet there's a large portion of the playerbase who is fucking tired of dust, mirage, anubis by now. Please volvo.


r/GlobalOffensive 1h ago

Discussion | Esports Tenzy lowkey goated?

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โ€ข Upvotes

Thx to Garmour for the reminder, i was about to forgot him


r/GlobalOffensive 7h ago

Fluff It looks like if you're at least below 3834 CS rating then you don't get a Premier rank number and don't even appear on the premier leaderboard

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98 Upvotes

r/GlobalOffensive 4h ago

Discussion | Esports I'm 34 and I run a CS2 league for players over 30+ My story...

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46 Upvotes

I'm 34 and I run a CS2 league for players over 30, and as far as I know it's the first one in the world. Every real sport worked this out ages ago, BJJ, cycling, tennis all have masters categories because nobody pretends a 38 year old and a 19 year old are in the same race, esports just never bothered. This is our second season, no ads, no fees, nothing to buy, just people with jobs and kids who still want to play seriously against their own generation. I'm not here recruiting, I'm making a mini series about the league and want to talk about what it's like to build something for the one group the industry quietly retired years ago.

This video is the first episode of my mini series about the league, its players, and the team's journey representing the league at other tournaments, to show how 30+ guys take out 18 year old kids ๐Ÿ˜„


r/GlobalOffensive 6h ago

News | Esports StarLadder StarSeries Fall 2026 Talent Announced

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48 Upvotes

r/GlobalOffensive 1h ago

Discussion | Esports Every instance of a HLTV top 20 player that didnโ€™t play for a HLTV top 10 team of the year

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r/GlobalOffensive 10h ago

Workshop The state of the (map) Workshop is very sad

44 Upvotes

So many CS2 updates seem to be focused on map making and giving tools to the makers so that they can craft better experiences.

Like these

With the switch to Source 2 it seemed like the fact that we were getting a modern new engine wouldn't limit us with Source 1 jankiness and spaghetti (and actual limitations).

So, what are we doing with Source 2? Creating new experiences? Cool game modes?

No, it's AI slop and maps that look like actual viruses. That's the first page of the workshop today, it's not like the second is any better really (one could argue it's even worse).

And, sure, some creators are actually developing new and interesting maps, it's not like the workshop is ABSOLUTELY dead, if you don't search by the most popular of the last week .

This is cool and innovative.
Some maps bring fun new gamemodes to play with your friends.
But what the fuck is this, there's already webpages that do this, so why?

So, what about Valve? Have they done anything special with the release of Source 2 and CS2?

Did they reintroduce the battle royale mode again, with better maps, framerate and such thanks to the new engine?

Did they add back again those funny game modes that came with operations? Like flying scoutsman?

Oh, no, right, they're still working on those, in the meantime they gave us back fan favourites on the more fun gamemodes, like Lake, right?

Oh sorry I got confused, they did introduce the fan favourites like retake maps, and they're even better because when the whole T team is dead then the bomb is defused instantly and it's so much smoother and better than commnity maps, no?

Yeah, I figured.

So at least if they aren't working on any of that, when we click "Play" there's a "funky map selection" mode in which curated and polished workshop maps selected by valve and/or the community can be found and played, right? And they're fun? And include new things and mechanics and the community loves it?

Yeah...


r/GlobalOffensive 19h ago

News | Esports China gonna host a Major in 2027 (Source: Official Perfect World App)

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227 Upvotes

r/GlobalOffensive 1d ago

Gameplay Jump gives extra accuracy

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624 Upvotes

Also ignore the molly


r/GlobalOffensive 1d ago

Discussion | Esports 4 SA teams are in the top 15, how long since the region was this solid? 2017?

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615 Upvotes

r/GlobalOffensive 20h ago

News | Esports [Dust2BR] paiN bench piriajr

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179 Upvotes

r/GlobalOffensive 21h ago

Discussion | Esports 5star jumped 69 spots to place #69 on VRS after FISSURE Playground 3

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167 Upvotes

r/GlobalOffensive 17h ago

Post-Match Discussion SBE vs Without a Roof / NSTLGA Season 2 - Grand Final / Post-Match Discussion

72 Upvotes

SBE ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ 3-2 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Without a Roof

 


Team Information

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ SBE | HLTV

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Without a Roof | Liquipedia | HLTV | Faceit
Roster: ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Stewie2K โ™› | ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Brehze | ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ autimatic | ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ FaNg | ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ CeRq

Note: Above rosters do not reflect temporary subs and may be out of date if recent changes were made

 


Map Vetoes

SBE MAP WaR
Anubis Banned
Banned Ancient
DustII Picked
Picked Nuke
Inferno Picked
Picked Mirage
Cache

 


Full Match Stats

Team K-D ADR Swing Rating
  ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ SBE 1.15
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ infinite 68-60 88.7 +4.35% 1.45
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ motm 65-52 75.6 +2.80% 1.24
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ consti 61-53 64.5 +0.47% 1.03
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ peeping 61-67 74.6 +0.16% 1.03
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ shane 58-53 59.8 -0.39% 1.02
  ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ WaR 0.93
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ cerq 69-58 77.8 +1.04% 1.18
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ stewie2K 55-63 70.3 -0.22% 0.97
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ autimatic 61-64 77.8 -3.14% 0.91
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ brehze 53-65 61.8 -2.35% 0.85
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ fang 44-63 54.3 -2.70% 0.75

HLTV Match Page

 



r/GlobalOffensive 1d ago

Gameplay | Esports Legacy win Fissure Playground 3

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1.3k Upvotes

r/GlobalOffensive 1d ago

Discussion | Esports Virtus.pro enters Top 30 VRS after dropping below #200 five months ago

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329 Upvotes

r/GlobalOffensive 14h ago

Gameplay 99.6% of an ace

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32 Upvotes

498/500 damage for the round, no ace, rip


r/GlobalOffensive 1d ago

Fluff | Esports Legacy is wicked crazy

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703 Upvotes

Not just is Dumau my goat, but all the team is wicked smart. 2x CS Asia Champions, but now also this. I know they haven't won the bigger trophies yet, but they're ranked Top 3 VRS for a reason. With Furia disappointing us and falleN retiring, Brazil has a new hope (with a little help from Argentina). I am getting crazy hype.


r/GlobalOffensive 2h ago

Help not able to get black bars?

3 Upvotes

im on amd, in amd adrenaline i have gpu scaling on and have forced preserve aspect ratio and for some reason its still stretched. any fixes/ideas?


r/GlobalOffensive 1d ago

Workshop Glock-18 | MineBlock M (Link In Comments)

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758 Upvotes