Everyone is watching a different angle, and sharing your knowledge with the team can empower the squad. Your teammates don’t have the same intel as you do, they are watching other locations and are engaging enemies in other areas of the map. If you keep them up to date with the enemies you’ve spotted, areas … Read more
Managing your team’s economy is a significant part of winning rounds. Before you buy any weapons or utility, look at all of your teammate’s available resources. Just because you have enough money to buy a full loadout, doesn’t mean you should. When a team has 5 players with full loadouts, it’s a formidable squad. When … Read more
During the buying phase, communicate with your team and make a plan. The team-based design of CS:GO means that your actions heavily impact your team. You shouldn’t only do what you want to do, but you should do what the team needs you to do. If everyone on the team executes their part of an … Read more
Every time your monitor ‘refreshes’ the image on-screen, it’s asking your GPU for a new image. Usually we think of graphics cards as the slowpokes here, but in games such as CS:GO that aren’t graphically demanding, it’s often the opposite: our lowly 60Hz monitor can only refresh the screen 60 times per second, but our … Read more
Chess, unlike CS:GO, is a perfect information game. Both players can see the full board and all the pieces on it. CS:GO isn’t a perfect information game: you don’t know where any of your opponents are unless you happen to cross paths. That makes information even more important than bullets. The particular currency that information … Read more
1280×960, 4:3. Hardly the numbers of an achingly beautiful, fully immersive virtual world being rendered on your screen, but these are in fact the preferred resolution and aspect ratio of pro CS:GO players. And it’s not for framerate purposes. More frames can definitely give you an advantage, but it’s not like ‘Dupreeh’ can’t afford an … Read more
Complexity’s ‘Coldzera’ is known for being one of the best riflers in the game. He’ll pull off plenty of slick plays, but watch his performances back and you’ll see an absolutely flawless pre-aiming technique. Pre-aiming, also known as active aiming, is just about putting your crosshair in the places that players are likely to be. … Read more
Most of us probably haven’t spent much time thinking about mouse sensors or DPI, but ‘S1mple’ has. The NaVi AWPer has one of the sickest aims in all of FPS gaming, and regularly pops off game-deciding headshots in an instant. And he does it using 400 DPI and an in-game sensitivity of 3.09. He’s not … Read more
There are a few economic strategies for CS:GO rounds. Not only do they depend on the sum on your account but also on your plans for the rest of the match and your appetite for risk. Full Buy — it’s an ideal situation when you have enough funds to purchase everything needed for your team. … Read more
Win and Loss Bonuses for Counter-Terrorists Round after reset Win Bomb detonate Total Loss Bomb plant Total First round $3250 $250 $3500 $1400 N/A $1400 Second round $3250 $250 $3500 $1900 N/A $1900 Third round $3250 $250 $3500 $2400 N/A $2400 Fourth round $3250 $250 $3500 $2900 N/A $2900 Fifth round $3250 $250 $3500 $3400 … Read more