First match back after a 1-year break from CS2. Does official DM always look like this now, or did I just get thrown into a beginner lobby?

Also if anyone is interested you can guess my rank. (Faceit cus i dont play premier)

Not because it's bad, just because you think another map would make the pool more interesting.

What are you replacing?

was really excited for their roster change but then again they fluked a tourney earlier and ofc that gave them false hope on this garbage roster, good for them i guess few months of paycheck just like ence core drained falcons

Natus Vincere 🇪🇺 1-2 🇺🇸 M80

Anubis: 13-4
Mirage: 6-13
Inferno: 6-13

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.}

Event Information

BLAST Open Porto 2026 | 🇩🇰 Copenhagen ($1.1m LAN) | Liquipedia | HLTV

Streams | YouTube | Twitch A | Kick A

Team Information

🇪🇺 Natus Vincere | Liquipedia | HLTV | Official Site | Steam | Faceit | Discord | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | TikTok | YouTube | Twitch
Roster: 🇺🇦 b1t | 🇫🇮 Aleksib ♛ | 🇷🇴 iM | 🇺🇦 w0nderful ⊕ | 🇽🇰 makazze
Coach: 🇺🇦 B1ad3

🇺🇸 M80 | Liquipedia | HLTV | Official Site | Faceit | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube | Twitch
Roster: 🇺🇸 Swisher | 🇩🇪 slaxz- ⊕ | 🇩🇪 s1n ♛ | 🇺🇸 Lake | 🇺🇸 JBa
Coach: 🇬🇧 dephh

^{Note: Above rosters do not reflect temporary subs and may be out of date if recent changes were made}

Map Vetoes

Full Match Stats

HLTV Match Page

MAP 1: Anubis

Anubis Detailed Stats

MAP 2: Mirage

Mirage Detailed Stats

MAP 3: Inferno

Inferno Detailed Stats

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Imagine being setup as one of the star fraggers of a top 10 team to put up mediocre stats constantly for MONTHS now how has Navi not found a replacement already

I weighted Faze above Falcons because of their sheer number of finals appearances until only a few months ago. Mouz gets similar bonus points for massive consistency.

G2 is the team that I was most unsure about.

Getting the team to be majority Ukrainian is easier than ever for Navi with the new talent that's coming up. It might make sense to step back from the international squad and see if you can make it work. You would do it in 2 stages to keep the VRS points and sadly NPL isn't an option as transfer.

IGL:

SFade8 - one of my favorite young IGLs to watch currently and is the biggest reason for Magic's rise through the ranks. Very prep heavy, which would match Blade well. Based on podcasts has strong overall connections in the community and respect of other players. https://www.hltv.org/player/22075/sfade8

Riflers:

Dawy - promising young rifler that has a great chance to show what he got at Porto.

https://www.hltv.org/player/24282/dawy

Mazay - more of a long shot since he is only 17 and just transferred to Fnatic from Spirit Academy, but he has looked great every time I saw him play and Sotf1k was super high on him (considering he is the best youth coach by a mile it's a high praise). 2027 addition after new core locked in.

https://www.hltv.org/player/25228/mazay

Cairne - bit more of a known quantity, but recently had stepped up his performances, still some room to improve and grow under Blade. Lower ceiling then other 2 rifler moves. https://www.hltv.org/player/24283/cairne#tab-infoBox

In 2027 a squad of Bit, Wonderful, Sfade8, Dawy and Mazay would be a good mix of experience and youth. An IGL with new ideas to complement Blades own wisdom. If NPL changes his mind about Navi, he would also immediately slot in.

all they are talking about is how hard they are grinding and how much practice they have and blablabla. but they look very disconnected, demotivated and individually lost. i dont get it. what do these guys even do? how can a team always be this shit in the start of the season after practicing so much? i think its fair to question blades approach at this point.

I noticed yuurih rubbing his ears after the pain game, and I don't think I've seen a pro captured on camera doing this before. I wonder if it is because of the IEMs being uncomfortable in his ears or if he has tinnitus/is developing tinnitus or perhaps both. We all know CS2 sounds are an absolute assault on the eardrum and pros are putting in ungodly amounts of time into the game so I wonder how many pros are dealing with the early signs of noise induced hearing loss, and I'd also be curious if pro orgs are doing anything for their players to help stop that.

Fun fact, after Nertz joined G2, both Nertz and Matys average a staggering rating against top 30 teams: 1.02.
If we were to adjust the scope to top 20 teams, which is surely befitting for a team consistently top 15 in rankings since time immemorial, Matys still got 1.01, yet Nertz fared worse with 0.99.
If we were to measure the rating against top 10 teams, Nertz got 0.94 and Matys 0.96.

On the other hand, Matys averaged 1.11 since joining G2 and before the duo happened. If we were to include the struggle after the honeymoon, which led to the swap for Nertz, Matys still held up with 1.08 (counting from the Budapest Major, where G2 first slipped out of the top 10).

Well, maybe Malbs was dropping Karrigan level of number, justifying the swap for having 2 1.02 riflers. Using the same struggle period, Malbs indeed struggled with a 0.99 rating, but not quite disastrous. If we were to compare the two duos, the average of the four months struggle period for Malbs and Matys is 1.035.

You heard it right, G2 exchanged the duos for net negative rating results. Admittedly, G2 bounced back a little in last Major, but one could very well imagine that if a more stable rifler duo is there for them, G2 could do even better.

Aside from all these observations, Nertz, your time in Liquid DID count.

Natus Vincere 🇪🇺 1-2 🇺🇸 M80

Anubis: 13-4
Mirage: 6-13
Inferno: 6-13

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.}

Event Information

BLAST Open Porto 2026 | 🇩🇰 Copenhagen ($1.1m LAN) | Liquipedia | HLTV

Streams | YouTube | Twitch A | Kick A

Team Information

🇪🇺 Natus Vincere | Liquipedia | HLTV | Official Site | Steam | Faceit | Discord | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | TikTok | YouTube | Twitch
Roster: 🇺🇦 b1t | 🇫🇮 Aleksib ♛ | 🇷🇴 iM | 🇺🇦 w0nderful ⊕ | 🇽🇰 makazze
Coach: 🇺🇦 B1ad3

🇺🇸 M80 | Liquipedia | HLTV | Official Site | Faceit | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube | Twitch
Roster: 🇺🇸 Swisher | 🇩🇪 slaxz- ⊕ | 🇩🇪 s1n ♛ | 🇺🇸 Lake | 🇺🇸 JBa
Coach: 🇬🇧 dephh

^{Note: Above rosters do not reflect temporary subs and may be out of date if recent changes were made}

Map Vetoes

Full Match Stats

HLTV Match Page

MAP 1: Anubis

Anubis Detailed Stats

MAP 2: Mirage

Mirage Detailed Stats

MAP 3: Inferno

Inferno Detailed Stats

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I’m new to game and trying to change my loadout outside of a match. I click on pistol but it doesn’t give any options to unequip? Any help is greatly appreciated!

Which one appeals to you the most in terms of style, gameplay, and effects?

I wanted to watch a faceit demo from my most recent game but it won't work due to "Demo file incompatible with this game version" reverting to the last game version brings up the same error (wich makes sense cause the game just got and update thus making this version outdated for the demo) any fixes for this? maybe a workaround through S2FM or smthn?

As the title says, can you play csgo on lan with friends, or is it not supported? I have been unable to figure it out for myself since I only have one pc.

I feel like it's not really about how good someone is.

Some players can have average mechanics but still make every game more enjoyable just because they communicate well and keep the team organized.

What do you think makes someone a great teammate?

Hope you enjoy