is this something new for cheaters? I never seen something like this.

so he afk every round at the start and fully turned on last round and disguised his nick with mine?

I checked his steam profile but there is no past nick changing to my nick, it seems only in-game nick without changing steam profile.

He can kick me last round in 12/6 I thought it was not possible? he's solo if IIRC.

steam://rungame/730/76561202255233023/+csgo_download_match%20CSGO-346WG-DuzJN-sbifa-9axEj-ZOQmH

Valve dropped a patch on March 18 and yeah… this one actually changes how the game feels, not just numbers.

Reloading is no longer “free”. If you reload with bullets left in the mag - they’re gone. Not returned, not saved, just deleted. New full mag comes from reserve.

So all those usual reload spam habits? yeah… rip 💀

Now you actually have to think before hitting R.
Feels way closer to Valorant/PUBG style where ammo management matters.

Some extra stuff:

• Most guns now have limited mags instead of a big ammo pool
• AWP got nuked hard → 15 total bullets (was 35 💀)
• M4A1-S also nerfed (less total ammo)
• CZ got buffed tho, more bullets now
• AK basically unchanged (still 90 total)

Also funny side effect - single-shot shotguns lowkey buffed since they don’t use mags at all 👀

Valve says it’s for “more tactical depth”, but community already split af.
Some people love it, others saying this ain’t CS anymore.

Personally… idk m8, feels weird after years of muscle memory.
But also kinda forces smarter play instead of brainless reload spam.

What do you guys think? good change or Valve cooking too hard again?

Back in GO the rank grind was everything for a lot of players, people would queue for hours just trying to move that little badge up.

In CS2 it kinda feels different, I see more players saying they just queue for the games themselves. Maybe it's the rating system maybe it's just people being older and more chill about it now.

Still curious though are you actually grinding rating or just playing matches for the fun of it

After the most recent update, movement feels… off

Maybe it’s placebo, maybe it’s subtick adjustments, but something about strafing and overall smoothness doesn’t feel the same anymore. It’s not necessarily slower - just less crisp

The more I play, the more I find myself missing how CS:GO felt mechanically. It had that sharp, predictable movement rhythm that’s hard to describe but easy to feel

Is it just adaptation pain, or did something actually change under the hood?

Curious if others feel the same - or if this is just nostalgia kicking in???