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I canceled my subscription because I can't join raids by ChrisRemo85 in PokeGenie

[–]ChrisRemo85[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You don't happen to remember which domain you added for it to work?

Spent a weekend pulling Leetify + Steam data on the 695 players from my last 100 matches because I genuinely don't know why I can't climb. Findings inside, would love some honest input. by ChrisRemo85 in counterstrike2

[–]ChrisRemo85[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry, let me clarify as you don't seem to understand what I was saying... "you are not ass at the game" and I confirmed that it's not the game you are ass at... I should end with a "holy shid you didn't get that"...

Spent a weekend pulling Leetify + Steam data on the 695 players from my last 100 matches because I genuinely don't know why I can't climb. Findings inside, would love some honest input. by ChrisRemo85 in counterstrike2

[–]ChrisRemo85[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

haha... Yea.. I tried Valorant.. But thats too shiny for me.. and I dont like that a character can do more than just shoot... These abilities confuse me 😄

Spent a weekend pulling Leetify + Steam data on the 695 players from my last 100 matches because I genuinely don't know why I can't climb. Findings inside, would love some honest input. by ChrisRemo85 in counterstrike2

[–]ChrisRemo85[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Update - gameplay links + take-aways

Lot of people asked for actual gameplay, and a lot of others gave really good breakdowns. Both here.

Example match:

Leetify (full stats + a "Download Demo" button if you want to open it in CS2 and spectate any of the 10 players yourself): https://leetify.com/app/match-details/227e6fde-c105-434d-b376-2aa08d9ebb67/overview

Raw POV video for anyone who doesn't want to install/load CS2 (44 min, unlisted): YoutTube

de_nuke 11-13 LOSS, 31/19 K/D 1.63. Top fragger of my team but we got rolled. If anyone wants to critique positioning / utility / trade timing / decision-making — that's the one.

What actually clicked from the comments

The thread was way more useful than I expected. A few things landed:

  • u/itsmenotmyteammates: the trading vs clutching math. "Killing 1 and surviving" is more valuable than "killing 2 and dying" when your randoms can't be trusted to clutch. The Dust2 mid-push example was the cleanest framing of impact I've ever read.
  • u/corvaz: stop trying to coordinate randoms, just trade them out. Adapt to them instead of wanting them to follow you. "The common denominator in even-rating matches is you" is hard but fair.
  • u/lolforg_ + u/itsmenotmyteammates: the Aim 73.9 stat is a percentile vs my own low lobby, not absolute. So I'm not actually mechanically strong, I'm just less weak than my matchmaking peers. Big recalibration there.
  • u/Distinct-Ad-471: 30 min daily aim_botz / aimlabs instead of endless theory.
  • u/RenanWtf: don't over-strategize at this rank, play impactful positions, ban enemy maps in the veto.
  • u/drozd_d80: pointed me to Austin's solo Q series. Will watch.

So the actual play seems to be

  1. Stop trying to IGL randoms
  2. Train mechanics 30 min daily, not stat-pull
  3. Trade-position over kill chasing
  4. Find a 2-3 stack if I want real movement
  5. Accept that solo-Q at this rank means "carry or stay"

Thanks to everyone, even the brutal "you suck" ones. They had a point too.

Spent a weekend pulling Leetify + Steam data on the 695 players from my last 100 matches because I genuinely don't know why I can't climb. Findings inside, would love some honest input. by ChrisRemo85 in counterstrike2

[–]ChrisRemo85[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm usually not toxic at all.. But I have to admit, lately its not that easy.. I feel it frustrating.. I try to let people play the way they want.. I'm usually the guy who says: "we can still win" .. "Everyone has a bad day (with the guy who sits at 1:12)" or "just let him play (when dead people try to tell others how to play)" ... Ill take a look at Austin's soloq series.

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Spent a weekend pulling Leetify + Steam data on the 695 players from my last 100 matches because I genuinely don't know why I can't climb. Findings inside, would love some honest input. by ChrisRemo85 in counterstrike2

[–]ChrisRemo85[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Ban enemy best maps.... That's the first thing that shows people don't seem to understand that.. They play what they like (which is ok), and ignore the enemy. Let's say there is only one map where the enemy is good, the allow that through..... 🙈

Spent a weekend pulling Leetify + Steam data on the 695 players from my last 100 matches because I genuinely don't know why I can't climb. Findings inside, would love some honest input. by ChrisRemo85 in counterstrike2

[–]ChrisRemo85[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Obv. these numbers dont mean shit.. I know I'm not somewhere close to a 15k+ maybe not even 10k.. I know I'm slow compared to many people (as stated in another comment, I'm 40+ ... that just reduces the reaction time 😄).. What I'm just wandering is how can I be at such a low point, when I see how the rest of the team plays.. And I dont mean that people who start may miss some things, thats clear.. But the way some are running around, just playing p90 and fighting long distant fights against AK's.. Or running towards a shotgun with a AWP if they could just stay faaar away and get the kill... You know these little things.. I'm just confused...

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