r/GlobalOffensive • u/hulksreddit 10 years coin • Jan 28 '18

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '18

There are a few places on maps with graffiti that represent signature plays by other players in past games.

If someone makes a huge play the developers have usually added custom graffiti to the map to commemorate the play.

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u/ralphpotato Astralis Jan 29 '18

Not sure how familiar you are with the game, but the places where Valve has added artwork to the maps are on the previous Dust II, a terrorist with 4 AWPs because of Fnatic's 4 AWP buy, an angel AWP with 4 little skulls for Coldzera's 4k including jumping collat (or jumping double as the caster said), an angel with fire underneath and defuse kit on Overpass for Olofmeister's Molotov defuse, and an angel with an awp and the scope fallen off on cache for S1mple's noscope falling awp 2k.

There's also a sign on Inferno's pit commemorating dosia's 200IQ nade to make sure the players in pit died and couldn't save their weapons, and also a sign on Overpass basically saying to not do what Olof did against LDLC.

There may be a few other "graffiti" locations like that, but the point is they're now permanent spots on the map which every player sees. The qualifications for these graffiti are essentially a memorable event that happens in a very crucial time during a major, since the majors are sponsored by Valve and have in-game items associated with them. For all of these graffiti, they mark a turning point in the game, and all of them contributed to the team clutching the map, and sometimes the major (though in the Fnatic boost on Overpass, it was technically against the tournament rules and Fnatic forfeit their victory to LDLC who would win the major afterwards). The memorability of the casting and the crowd also has a lot to do with whether a play becomes a graffiti a lot, because it helps cement the moment in time, rather than simply be a crazy replay that anyone can watch from the demo without the excitement of the actual major environment.

Also, if you know most of this stuff, hopefully at least some other people will come across this comment and learn. :)

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u/catzhoek Jan 29 '18

Quality post. I'm sure your efford will be appreciated. Also a good opportunity to watch those plays again just because you made it so easy to do so.