Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that the franchise pioneered when it was launched 12 years ago.

CS:GO features new maps, characters, and weapons and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust, etc.). In addition, CS:GO introduces new gameplay modes, matchmaking, leader boards, and more.

Price
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is currently on the market for $14.99 on Steam, Xbox Marketplace, and Playstation Marketplace.

Genre:
Strategy / Shooter / Action

Platforms:
PlayStation 3, OS X, GNU/Linux, Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360

Developers/Publishers:
Valve Corporation and Hidden Path Entertainment

Release Date:
August 21, 2012

System Requirements:
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Classic: Competitive
This is the classic gameplay that made Counter-Strike famous. Queue up and join a 5v5 best-of-30 match using standard competitive Counter-Strike rules on one of the classic maps. You can join a match on your own, or form a team and enter a match as a unit.Unlike casual mode, competitive mode always pits two teams of 5 against each other in a 30 round match. It is not possible to switch sides during the game except at the halftime. After the first 15 rounds, the game reaches halftime and the two teams will switch sides. The first team to score 16 points wins the game. If both
teams score a total of 15 points by the end of the 30th round, the match will end in a tie. Games can also end prematurely if one team surrenders to the other. A
vote to surrender must be unanimously agreed upon, and the vote is locked until a team member abandons the match.The economy of the competitive mode is different from that of the casual mode. All kill awards are doubled compared to the casual mode, the money cap is $16000, and all players start the pistol round with $800 instead of $1000. Other differences include the ability to purchase two flashbangs instead of just one. Friendly Fire and team collision is always on and cannot be turned off. Also, armor and kits are not received automatically, and must be purchased at the start of the round.Spectating is much more limited compared to the casual mode. Players are only allowed to spectate other players on their own team and third-person view is not possible. On the flip side, full team chat (both voice and text) are enabled regardless of the player being alive or dead.Players new to the competitive matchmaking mode will not have a skill group. To keep the game balanced for novice and experienced players, joining a competitive mode without a rank will place the player with others with no skill group or a low level skill group. Additionally, players without a skill group are limited to two competitive match per day until they are placed in a skill group by winning at least 10 matches to get a rank.If a player does not participate in competitive matchmaking for an extended period of time, the player's skill group will be hidden, and will require the player to win additional competitive matches to be re-placed in a skill group. The amount of matches needed is much less then new players, and usually will only require one or two additional matches to be re-placed.



Classic: Casual
Ready to play some Counter-Strike, but dont want to commit to a full match? Find a casual match and play at your own pace. In Casual mode, players automatically receive body armor and defusal kits and gain bonus rewards for kills.Much like previous games, casual mode allows a default maximum of 16 players per team on either bomb defusal or hostage rescue maps. Unlike previous games though, the game is limited to a maximum of 15 rounds. Although casual mode has no half time, players are free to switch sides during the game, provided there is room on the opposing team. The first team to score 8 points wins the game, with no possibility of a tie. Casual games can end prematurely if a change map vote succeeds, which will also cancel out any active mission points gained during the match.The economy of casual mode is different from competitive mode. All kill awards are halved compared to competitive mode, the money cap is only $10000, and $1000 is available at the start the pistol round. Each round, players receive refreshed Kevlar + Helmet and a defusal kit for Counter-Terrorists in bomb defusal mode. Other differences include a limit of three grenades with only one flashbang. Friendly fire and team collision are disabled by default, and require a server command to enable.Spectators are allowed to spectate players on both teams and third-person chase cam is allowed to be used. However, to prevent ghosting, dead players are only able to voice and text chat with other dead players.



Arms Race
Arms race is a gun-progression mode featuring instant re-spawning and a ton of close-quarter combat. Players gain new weapons immediately after registering a kill as they work their way through each weapon in the game. Get a kill with the final weapon, a golden knife, and win the match.The goal of Arms Race is to score a kill with the Gold Knife. Buy menus are unavailable and money will not be rewarded, weapons cannot be thrown away and will disappear as soon as their user dies. Instead, players spawn with the weapon on their current level and the knife, and will receive a different weapon ("level-up") when they score kills, the gold knife is the final weapon a player can receive. When a player receives the gold knife and made a kill with it, the player's team will win the game.Players are able to respawn upon death and do not lose their current/previous weapon upon respawn. Upon respawn, the player will receive a short respawn protection time to prevent spawn camping. Players can lose a weapon level if they are killed with a knife by a player who is not yet on the gold knife round, when they kill a teammate, or by killing themselves (usually, by falling).There is no time limit for this scenario. Rounds may last one minute or even 10 minutes, depending on the amount of players and the map size. It is possible to dominate enemies in this game mode and earn a "killing spree" when a player successfully eliminates 4 or more enemies. The message "[player name] is on a killing spree!!!!!!" is seen to all players when the player earns a killing spree. The weapon assortment is now randomized, although the Gold Knife retains its place as the last kill to win. However, the category of weapons are kept constant which is:

3 SMGs
4 Rifles
2 Shotguns
2 Sniper Riles
1 Machine Gun
4 Pistols
Furthermore, akin to some gun game mods, it is required to earn 2 kills per weapon (excluding the Gold Knife) to level up.A new mechanic in the Arms Race mode is the "Team leader". A team leader is a player who has progressed the most in Arms Race for his team. He will emit a red (for Ts) or a yellow (for CTs) glow and his perspective will have a red tint. A red (for Ts) or a blue (for CTs) silhouette is drawn around their models when they fire their weapons, making them visible to all players.Team leaders were introduced to allow the enemy to focus their attention on them to quickly progress to another weapon. As such, being a leader is quite honorable for your team but it does not provide any advantage when existing as one. If a player kills an enemy team leader, he will instantly level up, unless the killer himself is a leader as well.



Demolition
In demolition mode, players take turns attacking and defending a single bombsite in a series of maps designed for fast-paced gameplay. Players are automatically granted a starting weapon, and advance through a sequence of firearms when they register a kill. If youre up to the challenge, you can try to register a kill each round and reach the ultimate weapons, powerful sniper rifles!Buy menus are unavailable and money will not be rewarded, weapons cannot be thrown away and will disappear as soon as their user dies. Instead, all players start a round with the weapon on their current level, the knife, a defusal kit (as a CT), and a Terrorist player is randomly given the C4. Any players who made a (non-teamkill) kill that round will receive a new weapon in the next round, going down the arrangement of weapons and losing their weapon used in the last round.If a player eliminates more than one enemy player in the same round, highly valued equipment, like the HE grenade, will be rewarded. If a player did not use the rewarded equipments, it will be kept through the rounds until the player is killed. Players cannot pick up dropped weapons and grenades.After 10 rounds, the sides will switch and players start again. The entire game lasts 20 rounds. The first team to win 11 rounds is the winner.The goal of this scenario is simple and quite similar to bomb defusal (de). The only characteristics that are prominent are that the Arsenal: Demolition maps are only small to medium sized and that players do not have the free choice to purchase or select desired weapons. Instead, weapons and equipment (such as grenades) is automatically given.This game mode is favored more by players who enjoy overcoming challenges, such as wielding less desirable weapons. Generally, the weapon assortment for Arsenal: Demolition features firearms that are progressively less suited for engaging groups of enemies at close proximity. This is evidenced by the fact that many of the weapons in this scenario have a low firing rate and/or inflict less damage compared to a handful of other firearms. To some players of the Counter-Strike community, they consider this game scenario the evolved version of bomb defusal, only it's (somewhat) harder and takes more skill.



Deathmatch
Prior to Global Offensive, several deathmatch mods were available, giving players the option to have a free-for-all deathmatch or team deathmatch elimination or point-based team deathmatch. Global Offensive's deathmatch mode, introduced on November 12, 2012, is a team deathmatch without any primary objectives, such as planting/defusing the bomb or rescuing hostages. Instead, players are required to eliminate enemies on the opposing team. After 10 minutes have elapsed, the round is over and the player with the most points will be displayed as the winner alongside 2nd and 3rd place. Players have an infinite amount of respawns with full armor, and come back within a few seconds of their death. After a player spawns, a distinctive spawning noise can be heard, and the player will be invulnerable for up to 6 seconds allowing the player to access a modified buy menu. Ammo reserves are infinite, and any weapon can be "purchased" regardless of cost except equipment such as grenades and the Defuse Kit. The loadout can be locked or random, depending on which the player chooses to use. Once the player begins moving or fires a weapon, invulnerability will wear off within a second, and the buy menu will no longer be accessible. Killing enemies or scoring assists will gain points instead of money or new weapons. It is also possible to dominate enemies in this game mode.During the match, random weapons are selected to give players a bonus of 5 points or more for 30 seconds and points are awarded for assistance. Players are given an opportunity to respawn with the bonus weapon by pressing "G" at anytime when the bonus is active. If a player still within the initial spawn invulnerability when the bonus key is pressed, the weapon will be granted to the player without respawning. Prior to the Operation Vanguard update, only certain Non-team exclusive weapons were eligible as a bonus weapon. However, after Operation Vanguard was released, any weapon can be eligible for this bonus, including team exclusive weapons. Team exclusive weapons selected for the bonus will give a player the appropriate weapon and their counterparts.

Aztec
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Aztec is a bomb defusal map featured in the Counter-Strike series. It is set in a Central American archaeological site.
Dust
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Dust is a bomb defusal map, and the predecessor to Dust2. It appears in every game of the Counter-Strike series.
Dust 2
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The Counter-Terrorists have two objectives: to prevent the Terrorists from planting the C-4 at either of the two chemical weapon stashes (Bombsites A or B), or to

defuse the bomb after the Terrorists plant. The map appears to be based in the Middle East, similar to its predecessor Dust. Dust2 is arguably the most popular and

played Counter-Strike map and perhaps the iconic map of the franchise.
Cache
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Cache is a custom Bomb Defusal map featured in Operation Bravo and in Operation Phoenix, available in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. With the introduction of

Operation Breakout, Cache became an official map.
Cobblestone
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Cobblestone is a bomb defusal map featured in the Counter-Strike series. It was added to Counter-Strike: Global Offensive in the Winter Offensive update alongside

the map Overpass.
Inferno
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Inferno is a bomb defusal map featured in the Counter-Strike series.
Mirage
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Mirage is a Bomb Defusal map for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. The map was added to the game on 6th of June, 2013.
Nuke
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Nuke is a bomb defusal map featured in Counter-Strike, Counter-Strike: Source, and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.
Overpass
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Overpass is a Bomb Defusal map for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, released in the Winter Offensive update along with the map Cobblestone.
Train
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Train is a bomb defusal map featured in Counter-Strike, Counter-Strike: Source, and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Vertigo
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Vertigo is a bomb defusal map featured in Counter-Strike and later added to Counter-Strike: Global Offensive with the October 1st, 2012 update.
Assault
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Assault is a hostage rescue map featured in Counter-Strike, Counter-Strike: Source, and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.
Italy
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Italy is a Hostage rescue map featured in the Counter-Strike series. Since its debut, it has appeared in every game and is widely considered a fan-favorite amongst

the community.
Militia
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Militia is a hostage rescue map that appears in Counter-Strike, Counter-Strike (Xbox), Counter-Strike: Condition Zero, Counter-Strike: Source, and Counter-Strike:

Global Offensive.
Office
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Office is an official hostage rescue map. It has since appeared in every Counter-Strike game, besides Counter-Strike: Condition Zero Deleted Scenes.
Baggage
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Baggage is an arms race (arsenal) map featured in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.
Lake
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Lake is demolition and arms race (arsenal) map featured in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.
Monastery
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Monastery is an official Arsenal map in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.
Safehouse
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Safehouse is a demolition and arms race (arsenal) map featured in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.
Shoots
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Shoots also known as Vietnam, is an arms race (arsenal) map featured in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.
Bank
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Bank is an Arsenal map featured in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.
Shortdust
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Shortdust is a demolition map, introduced alongside Operation Vanguard.
Shorttrain
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Shorttrain is an Arsenal map featured in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.
St. Marc
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St. Marc is a demolition and arms race (arsenal) map featured in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.
Sugarcane
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Sugarcane is a demolition (arsenal) map featured in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.
Season
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Season is a community created map featured heavily in professional competitive play since its creation for Counter-Strike: Source. It has since been included as part

of Operation Vanguard in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.
Zoo
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A bomb defusal map set inside a San Franciscan zoo.
Terrorists are on a mission to bring mayhem to the Bay Area Zoo.
Agency
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The highly polished confines of this modern corporate skyscraper are host to a frantic hostage rescue.
Resort
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A bomb defusal map set in a French resort.
Vacation is over! Terrorists have decided to ruin a relaxing stay at the Elyse, a luxurious resort in the French Riviera.
Log
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The locals are sick of the western world that cuts down the forests they live in. It's time to stand up.
Rails
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Detroit is not what it used to be... gangs have established all over the city and are using old facilities to hide contraband goods and drugs without police intervention.

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Ranking explained

WINS
You ALWAYS gain points from winning rounds. However, the amount gained may be almost nothing, or it may be a great number. Winning against a team that is, on average, higher ranked than you will get you more points depending on the magnitude of the difference. Winning rounds against a lower ranked team, in converse, will give you fewer points. The amount of "rank points" you gain for a match depends based the number of rounds you win. It is therefore possible to win 7 or so games in a row and not gain rank, or win just 1 or 2 games and gain rank.

LOSSES
Losing rounds will ALWAYS lose you points, regardless of your team's average rank or the enemy team's average rank. However, the amount lost depends on the difference of your team's average rank and the enemy's average rank. Losing to a very high-ranked team will not lose you much points at all, while losing to a low-ranked team will lose you many points.

TIES
It is possible to gain or lose rank in the event of a tie. Getting a tie does not mean that no points are transferred between the two teams. The team with a higher average rank will lose points in the event of a tie, and the lower ranking team will gain points. The amount of points lost or gained depends on how different the average ranks are between the two teams. Two teams with the same ranks are expected to be tied.

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Upgrading your profile rank

You upgrade your Profile Rank by earning XP. For every 5000 XP you earn you will rank up a level. You will earn XP by playing on official servers or by submitting accurate Overwatch verdicts.

You will earn XP depending on your or your team's performance:

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In a Competitive match, your earned XP is determined by your rounds won. In all other game modes, your earned XP is determined by your score.

XP Bonus Boost
Additionally, at the start of each week you will receive an XP bonus boost. This bonus boost quadruples the XP you earn until you have earned about 4500 XP. It then will double the XP you earn until you reached a total of about 7500 XP.

Reduced Multiplier
Once you reached a about 13300 XP within a week your multiplier will be reduced for the rest of the week. Your XP gain will be divided by ~5.72 (multiplied by 0.175). This means that you will get multipliers like 5.25 XP per round won on competitive instead of the former 30 XP or only your "score x 0.035 XP" (sic!) instead of your "score x 0.2 XP" in deathmatch.

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Once you reach rank 40 (Global General) you have the option to reset your rank and start again from rank 1. By doing so youll receive the 2015 Service Medal.

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Weapon Cases

Weapon Cases were introduced in the Arms Deal update. Players have a chance to receive weapon cases as a drop after each completed game on a VAC secured server. In order to open a weapon case, the player requires a matching key which can be bought in-game or from someone else via the Steam Market. Each weapon case contains a collection of weapon skins ranging from Mil-Spec (rare) skins to exceedingly rare knife skins. Unique to weapon cases, there is also a chance to receive a StatTrak version of the weapon skin when opening the case.
The types of weapon cases include:

Black - Valve created weapon skins requiring a CS:GO Case Key
eSports - Valve created weapon skins requiring an eSports Key with a portion of the proceeds going to support the CS:GO eSport gaming scene
Yellow - community created weapon skins requiring unique keys with a portion of the proceeds going to support the skins' authors

Sticker Capsules

Stickers have been added to the game as of 2/6/2014.

1.Stickers are exactly what they sound like. Stickers that you can put on your weapon skins.

2.Stickers can be received from sticker capsule drops.

3.Capsules can be opened with a sticker capsule key. This costs about 1 dollar.

4.The stickers have differing rarities. There are normal stickers, holographic stickers, and then foil stickers. Normal are the least rare, holo are the second rarest, and foil are the rarest.

5.You can apply these to any gun, and you can apply multiple stickers to any single gun.

Side Notes:
1.Stickers can be scraped off. If they are scraped off, THEY ARE DESTROYED. You do not get them back.

2.Every sticker has 4 positions on a gun. This leads me to believe 4 is the max you can have on a gun.

3.You can put stickers on the base models of guns if you don't have a skin for them.

4.Stickers cannot be put on Knives.

5.When you trade a gun with a sticker, the sticker goes with it. Just like name tags.

6.Both sticker capsules AND stickers after you open the capsules can be sold on the community market.

The types of sticker capsules include:

Yellow - Valve created stickers received as a random drop requiring a yellow capsule key
Red - community created stickers received as a random drop requiring a red capsule key with a portion of the proceeds going to the authors of the

stickers
Blue - event based stickers sold directly from the in-game store during major tournaments or events with the proceeds being shared amongst the

organizations included

Types of stickers rarity include:

1. High Grade (Lowest)
2. Remarkable (Hologram) (second highest)
3. Exotic (Foil) (Highest)

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Packages

Souvenir items are skins that can be given to players for 'attending' a certain event and receiving a souvenir packing. Attending means that you need to watch a stream/GOTV broadcast of an officially announced event that is offering souvenirs. An example is the DreamHack Winter 2013 tournament. These items randomly drop for players who are watching the tournament. The items are inside cases that do not require keys to open. Once you open a case, you will receive a souvenir item. These items are the same as default items, except they have a sticker from the event on them.The souvenir cases can only be obtained from watching an official event. You can buy them off of the market if someone puts them up for sale or you can get one if you trade somebody items.

1.These souvenir packages do not require keys to open.

2.The souvenir items are exactly like normal weapon skins, but instead they have a sticker on them that relates to the event they were found in.

3.The are actually 2 types of sticker qualities. (There are now 3 qualities of sitckers due to the update on 2/6/14. Normal, holo, and foil. Normal and foil are the

only qualities of the Dreamhack Winter 2013 souvenir stickers.) There are normal stickers and then there are foil stickers. This is similar to how steam trading

cards have normal cards and then foil cards.

4.You can search the market for these items by typing the word souvenir in the steam market search box. You can also type in souvenir foil, and check the

descriptions box to search for souvenir items with foil stickers on them.

The types of packages include:

Souvenir Packages - dropped packages containing Souvenir quality weapon skins with one or more stickers already applied
Gift Packages - purchased packages sold in-game for a limited time during the winter holiday to gift skins to other players

Example of a Souvenir Package:

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Item Rarity

There are weapon skins in the game that are less common than others. The rarity hierarchy goes as follows:

(From most common to least common.)
1) - White - Consumer grade
2) - Light blue - Industrial grade
3) - Darker blue - Mil-spec
4) - Purple - Restricted
5) - Pinkish purple - Classified
6) - Red - Covert
7) - Exceedingly Rare

EX:

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Item Exterior
What is item exterior? Well it is basically the quality of the paint job on the weapon itself. The hierarchy for item exterior is as follows:

(From worst exterior to best exterior.)

1) - Battle-Scarred
2) - Well-Worn
3) - Field-Tested
4) - Minimal Wear
5) - Factory New

EX: Here is the difference between Battle-Scarred and Factory New

Battle-Scarred

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Factory New

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All Weapon Cases and Skins

CS:GO Weapon Case

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CS:GO Weapon Case 2

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CS:GO Weapon Case 3

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Chroma Case

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Chroma 2 Case

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eSports 2013 Case

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eSports 2013 Winter Case

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eSports 2014 Summer Case

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Huntsman Weapon Case

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Operation Bravo Case

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Operation Breakout Weapon Case

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Operation Phoenix Weapon Case

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Operation Vanguard Weapon Case

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Winter Offensive Weapon Case

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Falchion Case

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Shadow Case

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All Collections and Skins

The Alpha Collection

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The Assault Collection

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The Aztec Collection

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The Baggage Collection

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The Bank Collection

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The Cache Collection

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The Chop Shop Collection

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The Cobblestone Collection

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The Dust Collection

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The Dust 2 Collection

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The Gods and Monsters Collection

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The Inferno Collection

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The Italy Collection

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The Lake Collection

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The Militia Collection

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The Mirage Collection

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The Nuke Collection

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The Office Collection

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The Overpass Collection

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The Rising Sun Collection

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The Safehouse Collection

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The Train Collection

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The Vertigo Collection

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Knife Skins

Bayonet Skins

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Butterfly Knife Skins

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Falchion Knife Skins

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Flip Knife Skins

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Gut Knife Skins

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Huntsman Knife

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Karambit Skins

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M9 Bayonet Skins

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Overwatch Commands



Practicing Commands

What is the Overwatch?
The Overwatch lets the CS:GO community regulate itself by allowing qualified and experienced members of the community (investigators) to review reports of disruptive behavior, determine whether those reports are valid, and apply temporary bans if appropriate.

How does the Overwatch work?
Prospective Overwatch Investigators are presented with an active Overwatch button in the main menu, which indicates that there is a pending case for them to evaluate. The investigators can then choose to participate by watching a replay (eight rounds worth or roughly 10 minutes) and selecting a verdict.
If the investigators collectively agree that an offense has occurred, a ban will be issued. The ban duration will depend on the severity of the offense and the suspects history of convictions, if any.

How do investigators get selected?
Investigators are selected based on their CS:GO activity (competitive wins, account age, hours played, Skill Group, low report count, etc.) and, if applicable, prior Overwatch participation level and score (a function of their accuracy as an investigator). Community members who maintain both a high level of activity and high Overwatch scores will receive more cases to elect to participate in.

Knives




Stattrak Technology:



Weapon Prices in Competitive:

Kill awards



Rounds



Penalties


Other

Maps

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Weapons and Other

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In the workshop you can download and play new maps and browse weapon finishes and stickers created by the community. Rating them allows them to have a better chance at getting their work into the game. Not only would they be recognized for having their work in the game, but they would be able to split the profits that they make with their creation. If you have an awesome idea for skins, maps, or stickers you can get started at creating them and uploading them at the workshop!

Examples of some community made skins:

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ESEA is a 3rd party company that hosts servers for CSGO and many other games that have many more options then the regular valve MM servers. These include 128 tick servers, their own anti-cheat system which is supposedly better then valves, Competitive round/bomb timers, and much more. For $7/month you can play PUG games and scrims alone or with teams. ESEA does have its own ranking system to go with the multiplayer. If you are new to CSGO and or not experienced and not considered a high enough rank I would advise you to stick with Valves regular MM. Playing on ESEA is difficult for non experienced players as every match created is not basing it off of peoples skills. So every person you play with on ESEA has their own skills and are usually high ranked and experienced.

Here is a look at the ESEA client:

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