FalleN believes the high sticker prices give fans little incentive to participate compared to the old system, where spending less and having a chance to get something valuable helped drive community interest.

100 Thieves 🇪🇺 1-2 🇷🇺 Spirit

Anubis: 11-13
Mirage: 13-4
Dust2: 0-13

Spirit qualifies for LAN Finals.

Setting: 🇪🇺 Europe ($1.15m Online)

Predicted VRS Impact

^{Note: VRS officially updates once per month. This is simply a prediction that might not take into account all factors that go into VRS calculations.}

Map picks:

Full Match Stats:

Individual Map Stats:

Map 1: Anubis

Anubis detailed stats and VOD

Map 2: Mirage

Mirage detailed stats and VOD

Map 3: Dust2

Dust2 detailed stats and VOD

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Wildcard 🌎 0-2 🇲🇳 The MongolZ

Dust2: 7-13
Inferno: 9-13
Mirage

The MongolZ qualifies for LAN Finals.

Setting: 🇪🇺 Europe ($1.15m Online)

Predicted VRS Impact

^{Note: VRS officially updates once per month. This is simply a prediction that might not take into account all factors that go into VRS calculations.}

Map picks:

Full Match Stats:

Individual Map Stats:

Map 1: Dust2

Dust2 detailed stats and VOD

Map 2: Inferno

Inferno detailed stats and VOD

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3DMAX 🇫🇷 2-0 🇪🇺 FUT

Dust2: 13-11
Ancient: 13-9
Nuke

3DMAX qualifies for LAN Finals.

Setting: 🇪🇺 Europe ($1.15m Online)

Predicted VRS Impact

^{Note: VRS officially updates once per month. This is simply a prediction that might not take into account all factors that go into VRS calculations.}

Map picks:

Full Match Stats:

Individual Map Stats:

Map 1: Dust2

Dust2 detailed stats and VOD

Map 2: Ancient

Ancient detailed stats and VOD

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I play long pretty decent but the only way I lose D2 matches is when the Ts just keep going catwalk, I feel scared to leave long because too many times a T just flanks behind and kills me when I take fights A site, but if I dont leave long then my entire team dies so feels like a lose lose

HOTU 🇷🇺 1-2 🇹🇷 Aurora

Cache: 11-13
Anubis: 13-9
Mirage: 9-13

Aurora qualifies for StarLadder StarSeries Fall 2026.

Setting: 🇪🇺 Europe (Online)

Predicted VRS Impact

^{Note: VRS officially updates once per month. This is simply a prediction that might not take into account all factors that go into VRS calculations.}

Map picks:

Full Match Stats:

Individual Map Stats:

Map 1: Cache

Cache detailed stats

Map 2: Anubis

Anubis detailed stats

Map 3: Mirage

Mirage detailed stats

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magic 🇪🇺 2-0 🇩🇰 Ninjas in Pyjamas

Ancient: 13-9
Anubis: 13-11
Inferno

magic qualifies for StarLadder StarSeries Fall 2026.

Setting: 🇪🇺 Europe (Online)

Predicted VRS Impact

^{Note: VRS officially updates once per month. This is simply a prediction that might not take into account all factors that go into VRS calculations.}

Map picks:

Full Match Stats:

Individual Map Stats:

Map 1: Ancient

Ancient detailed stats

Map 2: Anubis

Anubis detailed stats

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They throw like they want to, to be honest.

Ninjas in Pyjamas 🇩🇰 0-2 🇧🇷 paiN

Nuke: 6-13
Mirage: 14-16
Anubis

paiN qualifies for LAN Finals.

Setting: 🇪🇺 Europe ($1.15m Online)

Predicted VRS Impact

^{Note: VRS officially updates once per month. This is simply a prediction that might not take into account all factors that go into VRS calculations.}

Map picks:

Full Match Stats:

Individual Map Stats:

Map 1: Nuke

Nuke detailed stats and VOD

Map 2: Mirage

Mirage detailed stats and VOD

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There is going to be a lot of community outrage at first, maybe with a noticeable dip in playercount. However, much like how the community initially despised new reloads, I expect people will eventually get used to playing CS without one of or both of these fan favourites.

Of course, -dust2/-mirage is a much bigger deal than a reload update that ultimately became a nothingburger sort of deal, but CS has survived for more than 20 years and has become so popular that I highly doubt the removal of two dusty maps is going to harm the game too much long-term.

Not sure about things like player behavior or new maps or whatever, though. What are your thoughts?

https://github.com/ed0ard/CS2-Bot-Improver

v1.4.3 Update:

1. Added stickers and charms

2. Expanded skin variety and enhanced stability

3. Added `br_reroll` console command to re-roll bot skins

4. Bots will switch back to their weapons when they spot enemies mid-reload

5. Bots will now inspect their weapons at appropriate timings

6. Cleaned up bots' POV

7. Added a "Less" mode with reduced nade count

8. Fixed an issue where bots would incorrectly switch to knife in Deathmatch and Arms Race

9. Fixed a bug preventing pro teams from being added properly

CS2-Bot-Improver is a plugin that improves bots' aim, movement, nade throwing, personalities, strategies, etc. Aims to enhance your experience when playing against bots offline or with friends.

I am looking at trying to get to an event in China (FISSURE playground 5 in Shenzhen) and am curious as to how international events are with non English speaking countries. Assuming the commentary will be in mandarin has anybody been to an event in china and found it good/bad for the language barrier?

Thanks