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As i 2000-2300 elo player, what should i do to just get better, i dont really see how to impact more rounds

Hey there, if you had 8 hours a day to play, what would you practice/play to get better?

As per the title, I’m looking for some resources on micro level T-side strategies (ie site splits, where and when players should be taking space, player splits in different areas etc) and more micro level CT-side positioning and reactions to certain scenarios.

For some context, I’m currently around 16-17k with ~400 hours, only the last 100-150 played seriously recently. I’ve played other tac shooters at high ranks and do a lot of aim training, so this far I’ve been carried by my general macro knowledge and my aim. I find where I struggle most is with specific knowledge on strategy and positioning simply due to my lack of time played.

I play in a 4-5 stack with some friends (all the same rank), but overall our strategy play is weak and our adaptability (especially on T side) is pretty poor, so if what we normally do isn’t working we tend to fall apart pretty quick.

One of the guys does do some rough IGLing but it’s fairly surface level, so in those scenarios it typically just comes down to winning our 1’s and getting lucky rather than strategically outplaying. We’ve got Nuke and Inferno down pretty pat with like 60-70% win rate, but other maps tend to be more of a toss up.

As mentioned, I’ve got a good understanding of general concepts like map control, basic strats like defaults, splits etc from other games so I’m good for all that, it’s the specific micro of the strategies and positioning concepts I feel like I struggle with.

For the CT side positioning stuff, I often feel like my positioning just sucks once I get pushed off my initial position as I feel like I lose a lot of my fights when I should otherwise have the advantage. For example, playing B site in Inferno, once I’m pushed off top Banana and have to fall back towards site - I end up feeling kinda lost in site. Meanwhile when I am pushing that on T-side, I feel like the enemy CTs are much harder to clear than what I am on CT.

I think what I need is some post-commentary games of higher level players explaining what they’re doing and while they’re doing it for specific positions or strats. I do watch demo reviews of players around and above my rank which can be helpful, but there’s a lot of other fluff in there I don’t find super useful. For the pro level VOD reviews, I find they normally skip over those parts too since it’s a given they’re doing all the stuff properly, so it’s kinda hard to pinpoint what stuff is applicable to me in those if that makes sense.

Is there anyone who does high quality post game commentaries on their own gameplay, or some other resources I could take a look at to try and find what I’m looking for here?

Hello, everyone!

Our team is aiming to take things to the next level and and we’re looking for guidance on the best path forward. We’re currently participating in ESEA 51 and playing regular Faceit tournaments, including late-night ones on Faceit, but we’re wondering what else we can be playing to improve and get that "official match" expierence.

Besides ESEA and Faceit, are there other leagues or tournaments you would recommend for a team trying ?

Thanks in advance for your help!

On every map, even with low graphic settings, game set as a priority, it still runs at 2 FPS and is unplayable. I have reinstalled CS, and my PC is definitely capable of handling the game. I also have a stable internet connection. There are no such issues in other Steam games. I've tried various commands, but none have worked. I don’t know what else to do. Everything worked just fine b4 csgo2 came out.

Hello guys I’ve been playing cs for a little while now, trying to work on the basics. And I really wanna become a good awper, but I’m not sure which player I should vod review more zywoo or m0nesy. I’d say I try to play more off “instinct and mechanics” than game sense which I’m very much lacking in. I know both of them are great, and the woo is more of a hybrid player than a traditional awp player (I enjoy rifling as well). But I’m just not sure what way I should be approaching this learning curve. Any advice would be great, and much appreciated!

I know many of us our looking for a regular group to play with. And this game is more enjoyable when you have more people to play with.

We are just looking for people so we can 5 stack, rank up, teach/learn the game and just have fun playing CS2. We play comp and premier. (We eventually want to play faceit regularly and participate in the occasional tournament.)

We are a group that usually plays 7pm-11pm EST on Mon, Tue, Wed, and/or Thu. We do a poll every weekend on discord to see which upcoming days we are available. We usually play 2 to 4 nights per week.

We are 6 people and we are trying to grow our group/team. We have 3 people that play around 7k premier rating. And we have 3 people around 15k premier.
We are looking to add people who are around both ratings so we can easily 5 stack. (Ideally, we would like to split into 2 teams soon.)

We will be having a tryout session on **Wed Oct. 2nd at 7:30pm EST (4:30 PST).** We will split up into at least 2 different groups based on Premier rating. If we determine that you are not toxic, then we will welcome you to join one of our teams. (Tryouts are on my discord server.)

You must:

• speak English
• have a premier rating around 5k - 11k
• be at least 18 years old
• be able to dedicate 10+ hours per month (or about 3 hours a week)
• be willing to learn, be flexible, and be decent with rifles
• not be toxic

If you seem like a good fit for our team, then add me on steam: steamcommunity.com/id/AbrahamWolfram/ and discord: abraham3777
and if I don't add you back, just send me a message through reddit.

Yo community, im a beginner IGL trying to lead a team and learning more. So while defaulting im struggling with calling the next step after the opening play, ex : starting with default , mirage take mid/catwalk without any duels or trades so maybe we take ladder room and struggling, splitting b (the wrong decision) , struggling in mid while the smokes are fading. I need to fix this by any advice or source to learn the "next step" after opening plays.

whatsup, i recently started playing CS again, i was last active on GO but i started to notice that my aim in certain situations just doesnt work? Whenever iam in a situation where iam in a 1v1 and missed the first deag shot and have to follow the head of the enemy my aim just tenses up like i do the adjustment in my head but on the screen my crosshair doesnt move as much as i thought it should be and i noticed how iam stiffing up my lower arm.. and i can tell myself just relax dont stiffen up it doesnt work.. Iam faceit lvl 9 rn so not a terrible player. did anyone also experience that and has some tips how he overcame it? playing dm for hours seems to make it just worse...

Edit:Mouse accerleration is off and Raw Input is on.

Im tired of soloq, always have to mute everybody after round 2-3 max because of crying, tired of griefers etc. I bet there is plenty of you out there feeling the same and just want to play seriously but without toxicity.

Looking for people who wanna win,wanna play seriously but in the same time they can stay calm when mistakes are made and have a laugh on funny situations even we lost the round. They looking for solution in the game and not for who to blame. If we lose we lose because enemy is better not because of giving up or trolling. They dont care about stats and start crying they are last in the scoreboard when we winning or blame others for not performing. Can listen basic strategies and if call all B they don't run A.

I'm lvl 9 at the moment (been 10 in Csgo), 2k hours in CSGO/CS2 and 6000+ in 1.6. My stats are 1.18 KD in 1300 games.(21-22 AVG CSGO, 17-18 CS2). I play 4days per week due to work and mostly evenings 7PM -3AM (London time). Im 33 so I'm too old for crying kids after pistol round lost or caring that I lost 25 elo. But just because I doesn't care doesn't mean I don't want to win,it just means it doesn't ruin my day. I play on 5G hotspot so even tho I have good ping sometimes I have loss and ping spikes for few seconds so it can happen that I lose some easy duels due to that. If it triggers you to see somebody losing easy duels don't bother to message me.

Looking for people with the same mindset ,please message me privately. At least level 6+ please,Im happy to help silvers on lvl 1 how to improve but I don't wanna do it in faceit. Those people can message me too but we will play just MM till they improve. And before people comment "you are bot why you wanna teach" ,I'm not saying I'm pro,but there is always somebody better who can you learn from. Servers I play on are only Netherlands,Germany,France,UK.

I teach people how to snowboard for a living IRL and think I would be a pretty good coach for CS as well. I want some practice coaching people, so if you see this and want some help, please leave me a VOD! I would prefer FaceIt VODS, as I can hear your comms/plans with your teammates, but anything will do for now. Thanks :)

My screen refresh rate is 144hz and I get about 120fps in cs2 with low settings, does that affect my ability to perform good in any way?

Baically the title. I'm Silver Elite on all maps and my CT is noticably worse on all of them than my T side. What should I focus on to bring this side of my game up?

I'm already doing basic aim/spray/counterstrafe practice against bots and in DMs for both sides, but when I'm playing real games I'd like to focus on my CT side.

Any advice is appreciated!

I have held lvl 6 for a long time playing on face it solo Q. The only thing I really changed recently was making it so I could see the entire map. I shot up to lvl 8 with some win streaks. I don’t feel like I’m playing that well, but I am holding my own in the games and usually do about average. I can’t tell if I actually got better. Can’t tell if I’m just getting lucky or maybe lvl 8 isn’t as good as I thought. I felt like it would take me a while longer to get here.

First of all, PP bizon has way too many bullets in one magazine, 64 bullets in one magazine is enough to obliterate any push that the terrorists try to make, especially when there are two people with PP bizons on a chokepoint. And unlike the negev, the pp bizon allows you to move way too fast than you should be able to. When I try to shoot somebody using the PP bizon, they just run out of the way of my bullets and one tap me with a running headshot. It is like a slightly worse version of the P90, and the P90 is already op enough (I could rant on for days about the P90). These sweats using the PP bizon are the reason i can't get out of 1'573 premiere score, why did valve add this gun into the game? It is ruining the game. I have been grinding on and off for 2 years and the pp bizon still stumps me to this day. I think that I'm going to quit sooner or later because these SMGs are no skill and allow people to turn off their brain without even considering how to play the game properly.

Looking for a coach since I am hardstuck level 5

Wanting to try it out before I buy it. Would be much appreciated.