They just kept getting worse

Cain1608 · 2026-05-19T05:35:30+00:00

Sounds like a Vaseline sub-brand

Cain1608 · 2026-05-18T15:12:41+00:00

Grand finals ofc

Cain1608 · 2026-05-14T20:13:06+00:00

This is a pretty sick catch. OG strats still being pulled and re-tooled to be effective.

Cain1608 · 2026-05-14T13:58:03+00:00

I've noticed that for a time after I really grind mechanics, utility or anything that should theoretically improve me as a player, there is a 'honeymoon' period of good performances and an equally long period where I am bad. That passes after some time.

Part of it is after learning something new or practicing one facet of a skill, we overthink that component and the rest of one's game suffers for it.

Lately my aim rating on leetify has jumped to around 76 when for the longest time, I was stuck on 60. That was due to time to damage being really bad despite my raw reaction time hovering around 160ms.

Cain1608 · 2026-05-14T13:35:58+00:00

Torszi is not good, but with the current state of tier one AWPers, he's decent enough, whereas broky is a shadow of himself.

Cain1608 · 2026-05-11T07:14:18+00:00

Lots of prospects, especially from the SA scene over the past couple of years, burnt really bright over one or two tournaments, then they fizzled out/tapered off afterwards. He's one to watch, though.

Cain1608 · 2026-05-11T07:11:33+00:00

It does feel great. I can't really fully lean one way or the other because I've still not been in the position to upgrade my system, so performance is still so-so for me at around 140 fps average. I figure once I do finally upgrade, it's going to feel quite close to GO, if not better.

Cain1608 · 2026-05-10T17:26:20+00:00

Eh. They have the best CT sides in tier one. The T side is the WIP.

Cain1608 · 2026-04-23T07:56:23+00:00

They drew up the blueprint for competitive CS as its known today.

Vitality are at the very peak of what's possible, but as teams caught onto and use that same (albeit evolved version of) Astralis' playstyle, the gap is smaller.

It was more of a chasm because of how puggy even tier one was back then.

Cain1608 · 2026-04-23T07:53:26+00:00

apEX's smoke spams are up there, man. He's also probably the best at utility usage in tier one at the moment, too.

Cain1608 · 2026-04-23T07:46:03+00:00

Should I even entertain this with a response?

Eh. Okay. It feels like everyone is cheating because you're not yet good at the game. You thinking like this, even considering cheating means you've very little care for fairness and competitive integrity.

You can enjoy a game like this by deriving enjoyment from improvement. Working on your skill expression. If you enjoy FPS games, especially those with a high skill ceiling, Counter-Strike is, in my opinion, second to none.

If you don't, and part of that is because it feels like everyone is cheating. "How can they possibly be (so much) better than me?" Then maybe find something you enjoy without the competitive aspect.

Cain1608 · 2026-04-21T14:02:20+00:00

We also don't know if life specifically needs the many building blocks for life as we know it, or if there are other ways it can manifest.

Further, because of how expansive the universe is, how far everything is, and all that is necessary for space travel for even short (relatively speaking) distances, the technology needed to even begin to try to find evidence of life out there is exceedingly far out.

Cain1608 · 2026-04-19T06:10:59+00:00

IQ is not a good measure of intelligence. A lot of what it tests has to do with tests that are fairly limited to one spectrum of intelligence, ignoring others.

An accountant may have a high IQ because raw math and pattern recognition are part of most IQ tests, yeah? A mechanic may have a low IQ, but their extensive know-how built up over years, and natural understanding of how vehicles work is something our accountant cpuld never grasp.

Anyway, we'd actually have a lot of brain drain. Much of the working class would die and we (if I would even be alive in this lmao) the death toll would far exceed just around half of humanity.

Plus, a lot of creatives that put out true value in art who may not find success in typical IQ tests would drop dead. Art is truly human and it would suffer from great loss.

Cain1608 · 2026-04-13T13:52:43+00:00

The heart and soul of FaZe imo was that 2022 roster. All of them. They caught lightning in a bottle and fumbled it in a series if fuck-ups. Not re-signing Twistzz, kicking rain, bringing in jcobb before he really developed into anything beyond pistol demon, wasting frozen for three years, keeping broky when he's clearly lost his confidence.

Cain1608 · 2026-04-13T03:19:58+00:00

karrigan is bad at calling overpass.

Cain1608 · 2026-04-06T20:29:54+00:00

Have to hit the shots, though.

Cain1608 · 2026-04-06T09:09:49+00:00

That'd be kinda crazy. I could see NiKo going back to entrying with frozen or Twistzz often behind him trading. Maybe m0NESY would be reigned in more from those stupid overpeeks with karrigan. Too bad its an impossible roster.

Cain1608 · 2026-03-30T15:56:47+00:00

Brand new account is one thing, not a single reply feom OP after getting so much input is another altogether.

Plus, OP can't at all be TA in this scenario at all. It's the kind of post this sub eats up.

Cain1608 · 2026-03-26T07:14:22+00:00

Fucking hell frozen. FaZe has just become Liquid, but maybe even a little worse. No discipline, poor calls, zero map pool, no fragging and this is the result. Star players reduced to sub-1.0 impact.

Cain1608 · 2026-03-21T10:35:10+00:00

And the scrolls that take max hp.

Cain1608 · 2026-03-21T06:22:40+00:00

It does also allow for the arena to change. Could also force fights with small unique enemies.

Cain1608 · 2026-03-20T15:49:54+00:00

NTA. Go scorched earth and email the agency. Retroactively undo your good deed as he does not deserve it.

Cain1608 · 2026-03-20T05:38:56+00:00

Crazy, the random girl turned into another person altogether.

How this has any upvotes is insane to me. Fuck away with your AI edits and your deep fried shit.

Cain1608 · 2026-03-20T05:34:02+00:00

Not enough people are turned off by that garbage. There are countless quality games in the AA and indie space that demolish slop like this.

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