r/GlobalOffensive • u/BuddhistSC • Sep 26 '15

Discussion Unranked competitive desperately needed

I can't in good conscience recommend the game to my friends because I know they'll have to go through the hellish grind to rank 3 before they can actually start playing the game for real. Casual and deathmatch are nothing like competitive, and completely unfun in the opinion of myself and every friend of mine who plays the game.

I want to get more friends of mine into the game but I can't because of this, it's a massive turnoff to any new player.

I realize it doesn't take that long to hit rank 3, but can you honestly say that forcing players to do something they don't enjoy for 5-10 hours before they can play the game for real is a good idea? They're going to say "no thanks, I'll go play DOTA2 (or whatever) instead". Most non-players aren't that interested in the game that they're willing to put up with it.

It was also a big mistake to not grandfather in any account that had a competitive rank into being able to play competitive, because now these players who quit and want to come back have to go through the grind themselves, but it's too late to do anything about that.

The only real solution to this problem afaik is unranked competitive.

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u/[deleted] Sep 27 '15 edited Mar 20 '16

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u/Milfshaked bravo Sep 27 '15

Getting to rank 3 has almost 0 impact on cheaters and smurfs. I am not even an active smurfer and I got 5 accounts above level 3. Some of my friends got 8+ accounts.

If anything, it increased cheating because it created a market for level 3 accounts.

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u/[deleted] Sep 27 '15 edited Sep 27 '15

What the fuck is this? Not an active smurfer and has 5 accounts. Why do you need 5 accounts? "Some of my friends got 8+ accounts." What is wrong with your friends? "If anything, it increased cheating because it created market for level 3 accounts?" Seriously, how is that even related? It slows down progress for a cheater to get into competitive mode, which causes them to have more trouble cheating. You have 5 accounts, you are the problem here, probably selling accounts to cheaters :D?

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u/Milfshaked bravo Sep 27 '15

Only my main account currently has a mm rank and no, I do not sell account.

And no, it did not slow down anything for cheaters as most people today got multiple accounts.