Tristan Sullivan

@ThourCS2 @eugenio8a8 Aimpunch is skill based somewhat because it does reward positioning and whoever shoots first. Other competitive shooters have had it as a core mechanic that works well such as pubg but they tweaked it well

@eugenio8a8 100%, Aim Punch with Kevlar doesn't deserve to be in this game.

I asked CS2 Pros about the Aim Punch with Armor Update, and this is what they have to say about it: 🇵🇱 xKacpersky (Ninjas in Pyjamas): After the update, I can feel it a lot. Sometimes you get hit once and can’t even shoot back, even with full armor. 🇵🇱 mhL (Wildcard): It feels too strong. It should definitely be reduced. 🇧🇾 lollipop21k (Minsk House): Ithink it should be fixed. It feels very awkward. 🇩🇪 faveN (BIG): I don’t know if it’s just me, but I rarely noticed any difference. 🇷🇺 KaiR0N- (Nemiga): I’d say it’s not good at all, but I got used to it pretty quickly. 🇷🇺 kl1m (MiBR): I don’t really notice it. 🇸🇪 LNZ (MiBR): To be honest, I don’t feel much of a difference. 🇸🇪 spooke (OG): It’s pretty bad, not gonna lie. It feels way more visual than before. 🇸🇪 adamb (OG): I really don’t like the update, especially the leg movement and the aim punch. 🇸🇪 Lekr0 (Johnny Speeds): Honestly, I didn’t notice it too much during games or practice, other than when I first tested it on a server. 🇸🇪 Plopski (Metizport): I feel like it doesn’t affect me too much because I don’t always notice it, but when I do, it really throws me off. It feels like you die faster because your aim gets completely thrown off. In short, I don’t like it, but I don’t notice it all the time. 🇸🇪 eraa (Alliance): It’s horrible. They need to fix it. Getting aim punched while zoomed in with an AWP, even with full kevlar, feels awful. 🇩🇰 Lucky (Washed): It might be a little too much. It rewards spraying more and it might be why the M4A4 feels a lot stronger now. 🇲🇰 Nucleonz (Falcons Force): Personally, I don’t like it because it’s harder to one-tap people with the new aim punch, especially with a Deagle against SMGs. I liked the game much more without it, it felt cleaner. When trying to one-tap someone, your crosshair didn’t shake. Overall, I think the game was better without aim punch, at least for me.

@an0nuser1997 @hobshy Not really. Heaps of ppl dm like this. Pros aim is obviously elite but one of the least things that actually separates them from the rest.

@hobshy sometimes you watch pro matches and you think "damn I feel like I could do that" because of how easy they make it look and then you watch these same pros on dm servers vs regular people and you realize how big the gap really is

Checking in to see how NiKo is liking the latest updates:

@meet0_o @karriganCSGO Horrendous post, F off troll. Have some respect.

@karriganCSGO What the hell are you still clinging on for? I’m so fucking fed up! You’re 36 already — you’ve got all the trophies you’ll ever need. Just retire already! Why the fuck do you insist on sticking around and holding back the young guys on the team? It’s disgusting to watch

I don’t know man, deserved not to go to the major that’s for sure and there is no freaking excuses. Rough months incoming but I never gave up at any point these months, but this is the lowest point of my career. I will fight and I hope I can survive this and come back. 😞

@Trevy35 @FACEITcs My reaction speeds at 40 are around 150ms on humanbanchmark. And they were 150-160 at 30 as well. Load of bs this meme. The reason there’s less older players is they quit cs and have more important committments, that is all.

@FACEITcs 19-21 is really peak gaming years, reaction time is already on the decline by then too

We analyzed the average age across active FACEIT Level 10s. Data shows that the number of Level 10s climbs steadily to a peak at age 23, then begins to decline at age 27 as players move into new life stages.

@ThourCS2 @escorenews Australia for sure

According to Ivan Burachenko, the former Esports Marketing Director at PARI, the tournament organizers and locations of the 2027 CS2 Majors are already known. He said that the location and organizer of the first Major of 2027 will surprise everyone. 🤔 Credits: @escorenews

@ThourCS2 Nah. Don’t remove the objectively most loved maps. Valve should just do a vote each season based off tier 1 and 2 pros so the most unbalanced map gets pulled and fixed each season.

I think maps should be removed based on how long they’ve been in the map pool, with the oldest map removed first each season, instead of removing maps based on how often they’re played. It should be -Mirage, not Train.

@eugenio8a8 @CounterStrike The only reason is twice the server compute costs. Thats it. Plus the odd extra bug or two

@tsullydude @CounterStrike probably but we dont have that choice for now, there are probably good reasons(or not) for this case, either way ty man for your opinion

Today I want to do something different than usual. There’s a lot of talk about subtick and 128 tick lately. So let me ask: what do you think subtick actually is? And how exactly would 128 tick solve anything? (Don’t be afraid to answer, just keep it polite.) @CounterStrike

Understating depreciation by extending useful life of assets artificially boosts earnings -one of the more common frauds of the modern era. Massively ramping capex through purchase of Nvidia chips/servers on a 2-3 yr product cycle should not result in the extension of useful lives of compute equipment. Yet this is exactly what all the hyperscalers have done. By my estimates they will understate depreciation by $176 billion 2026-2028. By 2028, ORCL will overstate earnings 26.9%, META by 20.8%, etc. But it gets worse. More detail coming November 25th. Stay tuned.

@ThourCS2 @HLTVorg They need to make it a public api and charge licensing fees. They would make plenty. Keeping it secret is dumb.

@HLTVorg HLTV can count to 3

Rating 3.0 adjustments go live hltv.org/news/43047/rat…

@ThourCS2 Utterly useless test and in the margin of error results. Reflex can push your card to 99% always without getting input lag from max gpu useage. Capping at 240 manually with reflex is utterly useless data

u/jtl06 ran end-to-end latency tests in CS2 and found barely any difference in latency between Reflex On and Off at 240 FPS / 240 Hz. 🤔 Reflex Off: 10.304 (Max: 15.056) Reflex On: 10.599 (Max: 16.648)

@CS2News_EN Lmao would have Smurf accounts every pro does to fuck around for thousands of hours when they want

😳 910 has only 4,800 hours in CS right now. For comparison, donk has over 3 times that.

@Matty_OW @ayodps Your both right. But aim isn’t as critical to be pro as ppl think. There’s a baseline, but the best aimer alone wouldn’t even get a kill in pro cs. It’s only a part of it. Going pro requires incredible game understanding and multitasking. Aiming well is 1/10 things to prac

@ayodps Bruh Viscose - played comp CS, played at LAN, has insanely consistent aim in every FPS ever cartoon - one of VALORANT’s most knowledgeable aimers Bardoz - legit played pro CS Minigod - also top TacFPS aim MBM - insane tracking, also crazy in 1v1/LG duel spaces

Presenting a timeline chronicling the history of aim training for the past 5 years (2019-2024) (WIP)

@vaxee_corp Please ship to Aus

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@pinguefied Your explanation of pro gaming is spot on. Speaking from experience no one has any idea how aim is such a small part of it, although fundamental of course, so many other skills matter more overall to win so you homogenize prac on all and get good at all rather than crazy on 1

I've been around the aim community for 5 years now. rileycs is NOT cheating, and here's why. I talk about the rock clip and address common arguments for the first 8 minutes and the rest is about how aiming has developed as a skill in the past few years.

@csmoneytrade @Ozzny_CS2 @grok does this image make sense or is it wrong

NiKo on why he changed resolution ‼️ “I tried 16:9 and I feel good on it… I like that the game is a bit slower, I feel like I can actually hold an angle and prefire better”

@ThourCS2 @ProSettings URL?

@ProSettings Quick Update on this: - Added Avg. of All Players - Option to Add Your SteamID Next, I will be adding compare two players option. Open to more suggestions. 🫡

Working on a little project, CS2 Pros Leetify Data - In a way like @ProSettings shows the gears.

@ThourCS2 @ProSettings Release when?

@GR4fps @Ausmodshop Thoughts on the vaxee ninjitsu combo mouse?

Just some of the many things I’ve bought from AusModShop. Best store in OCE by far 💙

@ThourCS2 @BattleNonSense Agreed

@BattleNonSense Hi Chris, is there any reason why you haven't looked into CS2's Subtick? It's been more than 2 years now. I loved your CS:GO analysis on networking.

BF1942,2,Vietnam,2142 were also commercially successful. Otherwise non of the Frostbite engine games would exists, nor the Frostbite engine itself. So not sure what you were trying to imply here.