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@ZooL_Smith Maybe for other games but for CS it's hard to agree on this one. Apex is more arcade style, has a much larger TTK and is less sensitive to inaccuracies which allows more client based feedback. Players aren't going to question how they died when it takes a full clip to kill them.

Since Apex runs at 20hz then explain to me why the game is more snappy than the 60hz+ others? It's purely a placebo and good maths on the networking systems. You cannot get rid of ping and timing between ticks doesn't really matter much at all. Nobody seems to understand that.

mfs when they ignore the existence of physical wires running across the world:

@ioiocs2 @pglesports If your team cant beat college players doing this while studying you don't really deserve the spot do you. Our region losing credibility every day because of weak mental like this. Maybe lock in and stop feeling sorry for yourself.

So... why are we allowing EU teams to play in NA qualifiers when it is specifically against PGL rules? @pglesports are you aware of the fact that Fisher eSports is a team with a European core? What steps do you take to uphold the integrity of your qualifiers? Per your own rule book: "A team’s eligible region and subregion will be determined by citizenship plurality among the players from that VRS region: For each match, the team must field a roster where the largest share (plurality) of relevant player citizenships belongs to the chosen region or subregion. If there is a tie for plurality between two regions or subregions, the team may choose which of the tied subregions it will represent, and must compete in that region or subregion for that match. Competing in an ineligible subregion/region (i.e. not meeting the plurality requirement) will result in disqualification from the tournament at any stage." Fisher eSports Roster (In qualifiers): CrePoW (Belgium) th0rsteinnf (Iceland) AlekS (Sweden) z0mb1e (USA) cornfps (USA)

@GherkinAA @lucyluce_ Valve tends to be quite penny wise and pound foolish, we're still reeling from many of the larger changes they've made that weren't walked back.

@ApathyCS2 @lucyluce_ valve disagrees

It feels like in trying to make ammo management a thing, Valve have made reloading much less tactical? Spam timings, reloading ahead of expected fights (especially the AWP, getting those 5 bullets back mid-rotate), this feels like a clunky solution to a problem that didn't exist?

@RegentXD @Mauisnake So basically just raising the skill floor for very little meaningful benefit mastery at the high levels. Feels like a lose lose.

No shit to COD people, but we legit would tell people to stop reloading at 25 bullets to the mag all the time. This update kills that ability and people hating it doesn't make sense. Plus smoke spams are gonna be more skilled and based on timing rather than just cause a smoke is down.

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@GherkinAA @lucyluce_ Calling it undeveloped completely misses what makes the game so timeless and rewarding. The more mechanics you add the less emphasis there is on fundamental expertise and the more variability comes into play.

@lucyluce_ this is a change CS would have reasonably had with the release of condition zero had the development cycle not been so turbulent. same for CSGO. people are used to what is an underdeveloped franchise including gameplay features and CS2 is where valve will finally be changing that

For your consideration, an update pertaining to Guns, Guides, and Games: steamcommunity.com/games/CSGO/ann…

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@mui_mui_018 @popflashsite

@popflashsite ngl i tried popflash but. WE DO NOT WANT SPEND MONEY TO HOST IDIOT.

HUGE! Reminder that you can still host csgo matches on PopFlash. Our users run a ton of csgo matches every day!!!

@jamesbardolph Even with zopfli PNG is extremely bloated now days compared to webp, but if anything we should be fully switching to JpegXL

European Union needs to ban .webm and make everything .png

@robert_leuca @melito2344 @Higspeed12 @Thorin Zero ball knowledge spotted

@melito2344 @Higspeed12 @Thorin Superteam with teses who was the worst player in Heroic and kyxsan? At what point was teses even close to be a superstar to be considered a superteam? I won't even mention kyosuke who is inexperienced and needs to develop more. Falcons won't achieve anything with teses and kyxsan

NAVI 2021 looked like the most dominant team in history until the Ukraine-Russia conflict.

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@Z0Boog @Aernath @PandaTVoce I think it was definitely fun and gave more reason to play LFR and stuff, but shouldn't be the only option, mixing the upgrade system and rng is ideal probably.

@Aernath @PandaTVoce I'm in the minority but I enjoy RNG gearing. I loved legendaries, corruptions, titanforging, etc lol

WoW was never better “back then.” You just had more free time and less responsibility.

@JakeSucky Super Mario 64

What video game do you think has the biggest skill gap when it comes to competitive play? Show me

@C0J0M0 We already have CSC though

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@_rchh @el_jack0 @ESEA @FACEIT Ok but can we get the @popflashsite scrim accept sound

The @ESEA queue pop sound file has been acquired! So, remind me who wanted this on @FACEIT again? 🔥

@messioso @MnmzzzCS @peterjarguz Meanwhile steel did it multiple times and got shafted every single one of them... Unlucky.

@MnmzzzCS @peterjarguz Not the first time of course. He built that successful forsaken roster that eventually morphed into Wildcard.

Huge respect for @peterjarguz for immediately getting back into action, especially with an orgless team like BOSS. As I discussed w/ Brehze it's really hard for a pro like him to step down to an orgless team for financial reasons and I think it demonstrates his love of the game.

@eksjeugbelss @ThourCS2 They are separate technologies, subtick improves accuracy of the timeline of events but tickrate still very much influences smoothness.

@ThourCS2 Ask him how tick rate works in cs and what the difference between sub tick and 128 tick is

I asked Heroic’s 🇸🇪 yxngstxr what he would like to see brought back in Counter-Strike 2 this year, and his answer was the same as many other pros i.e. 128 tick. 🤭 "The smoothness and overall feel were so much better. Right now, it just feels choppy and inconsistent."

@wickedplayer494 VGA has aged like wine, not like fine wine but there's a beast inside that interface waiting to be set loose for anyone who dares

Also remember, VGA and HDMI pre-1.3 will not work for high refresh rates. Use a DVI or a DisplayPort cable. If your GPU supports it and your monitor does, you can also use HDMI 2.0 or newer in some cases. When in doubt, or for high-res and/or >180Hz monitors, use DisplayPort.

Annual obligatory Christmas reminder: did Santa bring you a high refresh rate monitor under your Christmas tree? Make sure to set it to its refresh rate in Windows to feel the difference it makes.

@JorgieWasTaken @ScripeWoW 10 world firsts and raid leading isn't enough proof of functionality I guess

@ScripeWoW How did you function before ChatGPT? Oh okay.

“Asked AI” how are you people not embarrassed?

@vxunderground Librewolf

> be me > use chrome > removing stuff to block ads > leave > be me > switch to firefox > block ads > firefox wants to add ai > omg leave me alone > gonna leave Okay where do I go next?