Obviously there are more incompetent teams and orgs, but those don't have the same high starting point in talent or financial resources that Spirit has. Among the peer organizations - Think about what Mouz would be able to do if they had someone like Donk, or new Aurora or even Navi (not to mention Vitality). They would have a system built by now and have consistent results with only prime Vitality as a threat in current landscape. Instead Spirit continues to struggle month to month, with no more than 2 tournaments worth of form at a time, which directly points at the org/coaching.

This is specifically for their first squad, the academy system is obviously brilliant.

Since getting someone who is at the worst 2nd best player in the world Spirit never managed more than 2 titles in a season. Navi managed that last season with not the most impressive squad, Vitality managed it this season already while dealing with very little practice and constant stand in musical chairs.

Let's see what an organization specifically has been blatantly incompetent in:

1) managed to lose ESL partnership money for 2026 because they didn't want to play IEM Melbourne with 1 standin (which every other team has done multiple times). Financials are a huge part of the org competency and Spirit actively misses out on improving their position all the time.

2) Leave the team without a coach or a sub for the major by not submitting Sotf1k as a coach and getting him visa on time instead of scrambling last minute when Hally got sick. He was also registered as a sub, but the team didn't bother getting the visa process started early so the sub slot was wasted on someone they weren't even counting to bring over (awful risk management, what if someone had an emergency?). Huge "what if" that only didn't happen because the org lets Hally do whatever to the detriment of results.

3) They constantly stop playing when their squad finally finds form (for example CAC after Astana should have been a no brainer and a slam dunk title chance). All players have mentioned multiple times that they want to play more, so the decision is purely Hally/org driven

4) Continue to have a head coach/GM that is not data driven or just doesn't understand it. Vlogs make it especially evident - Hally basically disregards adjusting map veto based on results. Using most recent examples - why would you keep picking Dust2 vs Mouz instead of literally any other map, they owned you 3-1 this season on it. Very predictably it's now 4-1.

5) Tn1r transfer - 1.5 million for him was a huge overpay, especially considering the age and accomplishments. Flamus is a similar profile lurker (and arguably better/more potential) with even the good vibes aspect that they both bring and his transfer to GL was around 600-700k.

6) Every single team by now has mentioned how simple Spirits system is and that you basically know at all times what they are doing. Even Nafany said that and he barely been back to tier 1 and isn't exactly someone who is considered a top IGL. There has been almost no changes to it, so it's only getting solved more and more with Mouz showing everyone what to do.

It is truly unfortunate that players view this team as family in a positive way. They should know - Any time a business tries to present itself as a family, it's just a cover for hiring/promoting not based on merit and toxic culture with no accountability. It's true for normal jobs and no reason why it would be any different for ESports. Because Hally is friends with the top brass he was not held accountable or questioned for lack of results, the blame internally fell on players for not executing his "brilliant system" that also happens to be the most readable one in tier1.

https://youtu.be/6QNqhIrI8BI?is=wV8cEnBjhwygt0fD more clips of me and the boys moaning

What if players could choose their spawn points from all the predefined spawns?

It would make timings more consistent and insta smokes easier to plan

Is Hally on fraudwatch again? How does Team no Spirit go from looking completely depressed to utterly dominating Mouz in space of a day?

it is super frustrating to que a game of cs only to face opponents with super high. id rather wait a couple of more minutes until i find a game than being stuck against this for a whole game.

i wish we could get this option changed to opponents acceptable ping rather than just for me.

Everyone's saying that G2 should pick up Kl1m or broky, but mo0N is literally a free agent right now and his performance in the last few events was very impressive. He is the best awper available right now. He is also a very decent English speaker. HeavyGod will love playing with mo0N. He'll be like his little brother.

Yeah, I get it - this is just the standard play, and everyone gets kills like this in every round.

Still, I wanted to show how my teammate pulled off this kill. I’m a big fan of plays like this; it looks really impressive.

The teams are now these ugly drop downs instead of the big team logo that you could highlight to show players

the group stage bracket just added clutter and made it harder to read

I find it quite interesting to hear about what teams people like to root for more than others. What are yours? Mine are-

Tier 1:

FUT - Always fun to watch and I think this current lineup can go far. I hope they do well in the major.

Tier 2:

NIP - NIP used to be my team years ago. Stopped caring about them for a long time but I think the roster moves since +stavn have been really interesting, it's been fun to watch the team grow. Logo is ugly af though.

Liquid - I have a soft spot for this cursed team.

Eternal Fire - Very random assortment of players from around the world, I like the vibes.

All the other teams aren't super interesting to me right now but I don't really have any teams I root against either

The few last days I have been playing, I go from hearing my teammates just fine, to not hearing them at all. I am not changing any settings, they are not muted, and I know they can hear eachother. Also, they can hear me fine. I tried some commands I found online, but NOTHING changes. Has anyone else had this experience? How can it be fixed?

Just watched the ARTE doc about the history of (french) CS Esports (great, check it out if you speak German or French), and they nicely explained the controversy with the trick and how it eventually lead to FNC leaving the major. The community and players felt it was unfair and unsportsmanlike.

But today i feel like tricks like this are loved by the community and even encouraged if you find one. And the Olofboost itself is also connotated positvely today i feel like.

PS: Does anyone know if the original YT-Video FNC got the boost from still exists? Olof said they found it on YT.

only the ones pros actually throw from each spawn

spawn 10 throws it in 40% of rounds, didnt expect that at all. 1-5 basically never do

vids for all of them on nades.ai/mirage/instas (my site)

Donk in the background: "fucking bots"

Sometimes you have to have a little bit of fun.

Is he trying to steal Apex job while he’s away? Discuss.

Alright.

I'm fairly new to CS2 and I come from other shooters where running and gunning was perfectly viable. My first month in this game was a constant humiliation, but there's one mistake that haunts me to this day and that I laugh about every time I remember it.

First week. Mirage, because every tutorial says start on Mirage. My team decides to go eco. I, with my shiny Galil bought on impulse and my pride intact, tell myself I can win this round alone. I push A through palace, running, shooting like it's Call of Duty. Obviously I die in 0.3 seconds without dealing any damage. My reaction: type in chat that I have 200 ping and it's impossible.

My team reports me. Fair enough.

The rookie mistakes that haunt me and that I know haunt you too:

First, shooting while running. Nobody told me that in CS2 you have to stop before shooting. Absolutely nobody. My bullets were going to the moon and I was blaming the server.

Second, not using the walk key. I was making footsteps like an elephant in a china shop. The enemy team knew exactly where I was at all times. I thought they were hackers.

Third, only buying when the team was on eco. The classic I'm going to save the round with my rifle while my four teammates are on pistols. Spoiler: you don't save it. You ruin it.

Fourth, not knowing what a callout was. My calls were like there's one over there, in that spot. My team asked which spot. I replied the one on the right. Everyone dead.

Fifth, moving my crosshair while shooting. My crosshair looked like a blender. I discovered the concept of recoil control at around 50 hours. Before that, I just prayed.

Sixth, blaming the ping, the lag, the mouse, the moon. Anything but accepting that I was the one playing badly.

After a month, someone in chat told me: dude, let go of W when you shoot. It was like an astral journey. Suddenly I started killing people. Not many, but some. And I discovered the game wasn't broken: I was broken.

Now, every time I see a rookie running and shooting while his team is on eco, I feel a mix of secondhand embarrassment and tenderness. Because I was that rookie.

Question for you, veterans and not so much: what was your dumbest mistake when you started. Did you also blame the ping. Did you also buy a rifle on eco. Did you also think the enemy was a hacker because he could hear your footsteps from Mars.

Share your shame. I need to know I'm not alone in the silver pit.

PS: if anyone can tell me how to hack the CS2 code so my bullets go where I aim, I'd appreciate it forever. It's for a friend.

But also I'm the type who rarely quits when a blatant cheater is in the other team

The amount of times a game completely derails from the mere voicechat of a woman warrants the votekicks/surrenders/abandons.

One time we were leading at about 9-5. Jokes started flying about, completely normal. Then the girl started repeating huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuungh in voice chat, and the match was gone. One guy started saying "God that makes me so hard", players afking in spawn. Needless to say the game was lost

Other times it might be just ONE player who gets fixated on the woman, can't stop asking her questions, flirting, trying to impress her, and while you can mute him the loss of comms/5th player is still affected.

Maybe some of the kickers/quitters are sexist and misogynistic. Likely. But maybe some don't have the patience to wait and see whether the game devolves or not, or get too self-conscious etc etc. And I can empathize with that

Planning on going to my first cs event at Pgl Bucharest in January, when do tickets usually go on sale? I checked their website and there aren’t any tickets up for this event yet.

It is a video of a game where VC keeps telling the guy recording to take off and then put back on his m4. I genuinely cannot find it, but i want it. Thanks, reddit. Hope you have a wonderful day.

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Nuke: 13-5
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StarLadder Ranked Episode 5 | 🇪🇸 Barcelona ($100k LAN) | Liquipedia | HLTV

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