Counter-Strike Global Offensive (CSGO)

Ev0 said:
So after being out of PC gaming for nearly 10 years picked up some bits and built a new pc.

Back in the day I pretty much only played CS (started playing it in '99), had a quick go on CS:S earlier but doesn't seem to be much in the way of decent servers that aren't Russian or weird mods.

Get our fibre internet in 2 days then shall be purchasing CS:GO and hopefully have a lot of fun again :)
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Give us a shout if you fancy some friendly 5v5 action :) We tend to play whenever there's enough people online but generally aim for 2-3 games a week.

There's a nice mix of ranks from Gold Nova 4 up to about MG2/DMG so it's usually quite a casual game, and everyone uses TeamSpeak for comms.
 
I have no idea about all this ranks and skins stuff so need to get up to speed once I've got it.
Do any of these unlock things affect the performance of the weapons or is it all just for show?
 
Ev0 said:
I have no idea about all this ranks and skins stuff so need to get up to speed once I've got it.
Do any of these unlock things affect the performance of the weapons or is it all just for show?
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All for show :) The weapons behave exactly the same whether they've got a £1000 skin on or a £1 skin on.
 
Mynight said:
Stickers make you better though. Proven fact.

If you're ever short one send me a message I miss csgo.
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Only if they're the shiny stickers, normal ones are for noobs :p

Will do bud, what's your Steam ID? I'll add you and invite next time.
 
Annoyingly my steam ID is an old defunct email address as back then they had to be an email address, and can't change it :(

Would setup a new one but still have stuff linked to the old one.
 
You can setup a custom URL for yourself. Its on your steam profile

Click edit profile and then 4th line down. Set that and people can find you. I set my id to SabreTT

+ http://steamcommunity.com/groups/OverclockersUK
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/ocukcsgo
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/csgo-ocuk
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XP ranks give some extra access to games, you always get some XP so its almost like an age or time played category.
The other rank you get after 10 wins is a skill match thing, Gold nova 3 is the rank with the most people in it
 
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So what I missed with this game??

haven't played in quite a awhile but the last few nights I have joined random servers, hate the new gun sounds! bring back the old ones lol.

anyone on tonight?
 
squarepusher said:
csgosavages is the site. I am not into gambling skins but it seems active. I have googled the scam and can see it happens often with a few minor differences. my skins are rubbish anyway and he happened to ask the guy who questions the smallest of gambles (2p slot machines? we all know you lose in the end:p)
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If it seems too good to be true it probably is, some common scams to avoid are;

1. "I own a gambling site / I'm an admin on a gambling site!"
2. 2 guys add you, one guys wants a specific DOTA2 item which he'll give you his knife for (worth a lot more than yours), the other guy has said item and will send you a trade offer. This can be elaborate whilst they try to butter you up over a few days
3. DOTA2 items in general, just avoid trading as people an craft items themselves and put them on the market, making them appear as being worth much much more than they are
4. Adds from random profiles, as soon as you accept a link will be sent to you with "I really wanna trade your item, <click this link> to see my items!"
5. Random adds you, saying they need a 5th to play on their team and give you a teamspeak IP, DO NOT CONNECT TO THIS TS SERVER!!
6. People wanting to buy via PayPal, even if they go first they'll just chargeback!
7. People having a very sought for item in their inventory, ask you to send them an offer via the trade link they have on their profile text, which leads to a different account, with a different variant of the item worth much less, i.e. worse float/condition/pattern/finish (doppler sapphire vs p4, ruby vs P2 etc)

There are so many, and it's amazing that people fall for them. I asked one guy who tried it on me last week from the states, he claimed to have scammed 200~ people. I always give them an ear full ^^

Sometimes leading them on can be funny though.
 
In other news, the chinese will be given access to CS:GO (no longer requiring a VPN) tomorrow, I wonder how it will impact the market! At the moment trading is very slow with people nervous about whether or not the market will rise or dramatically crash with the addition of the chinese.

Time will tell!
 
Does anyone still play matches through csgo or does everyone use other means now?

played a match each night over the last 3 days and managed to win them all but this is with randoms so wonder how much longer this winning streak is going to last!
 
jrwagh333 said:
Hmm upgrade from my 4.5ghz FX CPU to possibly a 3.8Ghz Ryzen just for the sake of CSGO... worth it?
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for CSGO i dont think its worth it, i dont think the game has even been designed to work on anything more than 4c\4t to be honest as to get the game to use all 8 threads you have to put on - threads 8 in the launch options for csgo
 
That cpu has 16 threads. I have a 8 core cpu and csgo wont come close to using it all as its a pretty old engine now, it will go off the speed increase on one or two cores mostly. I'd love for some more testing to be done as this is a game thats relys on the cpu.
The changes to model hitboxes upped cpu use and nuke map has models which lower minimum fps I think again its using the cpu more. The stuff where gun barrels dont go through doors and walls was I think reliant on cpu not gpu, apparently the gpu only does so much good. I reckon you'd get better fps, fraps will record your minimum fps while playing as a test.
I dont think it'd be a dramatic difference, probably it'd be as fine with the 6 core version they just released.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1n6ruDsC731Nind8UrZTY_bGzPAscnxb_tGd1VTmmTwA
I have a nova 3, elite silver to MG can all play in the same lobby. Ranks are not especially accurate at the moment.
Add yourself to that list, add me.

Add what Tommy said to the OP as that happens all the time
 
silversurfer said:
That cpu has 16 threads. I have a 8 core cpu and csgo wont come close to using it all as its a pretty old engine now, it will go off the speed increase on one or two cores mostly. I'd love for some more testing to be done as this is a game thats relys on the cpu.
The changes to model hitboxes upped cpu use and nuke map has models which lower minimum fps I think again its using the cpu more. The stuff where gun barrels dont go through doors and walls was I think reliant on cpu not gpu, apparently the gpu only does so much good. I reckon you'd get better fps, fraps will record your minimum fps while playing as a test.
I dont think it'd be a dramatic difference, probably it'd be as fine with the 6 core version they just released.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1n6ruDsC731Nind8UrZTY_bGzPAscnxb_tGd1VTmmTwA
I have a nova 3, elite silver to MG can all play in the same lobby. Ranks are not especially accurate at the moment.
Add yourself to that list, add me.

Add what Tommy said to the OP as that happens all the time
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Hi Sabre, it's Swaggy.
Yes I think I might go intel for the higher IPC as I really only do play this game.
 
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