Posted by not-matthias 6 days ago
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Valve can't replicate even part of it, while CS2 game modes are flooded with cheaters. Most people who chase competitiveness (which CS used to be all about – now it's also skins) just install FACEIT directly and ignore 90% of built-in game content.
Maybe Valve just doesn't want to make the game more difficult to install and sacrifice several % of their user base.
I think the status quo where anyone on any platform can access the vanilla game -- where cheaters may not even be a huge problem depending on one's skill rating -- and the most competitively-minded players have the choice to play on FACEIT, works pretty fine.
I do wonder what the 90% of built-in game content you're referring to actually is.
Do not try and copy Valve. They have no financial incentive to actually care.
It also doesn't help most streamers have soft aim lock so that's everyone thinks is normal.
I swear fps games have been in the steroid baseball era for years and it'll be interesting if it ever comes out.
There's also a financial incentive to not reveal 25% of the player base is cheating both in the immediate loss of player base and the inability to simultaneously prove it's happening in all the competitors.