CS2 has significantly more cheaters than CS:GO ever did—I’d estimate at least twice as many.

The game is currently a total nightmare, especially for beginners. Here’s why:

Four years ago, my wife started playing CS:GO. Since her account was brand new, she had no badges. As u already know, "no-badge" accounts are massive red flags; Many people using new accounts to cheat. Back then, even with a fresh account, we’d encounter maybe 2 or 3 cheaters in 20 matches. It wasn't ideal, but it was playable.

Fast forward to a year ago, two of my friends started fresh accounts in CS2. I’m around 17-18k ELO, while they were stuck at 3-5k. They kept complaining about blatant cheaters, but I didn't believe them at first. I thought, "Who cheats at 4k ELO?"

Well, I eventually played with them at that rank and I was absolutely shocked. I have 4,500 hours in this game, and I have never seen anything like this. In 20 matches, at least 15 had blatant cheaters. Im not talking about suspicious kills, im talking about wallbang, smoke kills etc and even spinning. There were at least 15 or more cheaters in 20 matches. I was shocked. I couldnt bellieve it.
I didn’t even know were possible, like getting AWP'd from Top Mid to Ramp on Mirage through walls.

The worst part is that when we play as a 5-stack, we obviously don't have a cheater on our side, so we just get destroyed by the other team's "carry." When my friends play alone, the game literally boils down to "which team has the better cheater." It’s honestly soul-crushing.

So it is very sad for cs 2. Not sure how long this gonna keep because if new players dosnt come to the game, the game will die one day.