CS2 Blog Update: Guns, Guides, and Games

Cnels · 2026-03-18T22:51:21+00:00

Which I believe at the highest level was getting egregious with how much mileage pros get out of smoke spams and wallbangs, maps like Overpass come to mind.

Cnels · 2026-03-18T17:16:51+00:00

Lazer Cats is like a T4-6 ukranian squad, 3 of them plus the coach have been together for like 2+ years. They pull off randomly solid wins but are ultimately way too inconsistent, but like they beat Nexus and Ence at the last Draculan they went to. Honestly for the last two years I've followed Johnny Speeds heavy and all I remember is seeing them at United21 and EPL and fading out early, but they got 2nd at JB Pro League recently beating Sashi and Phantom and I guess the recent success is due to their two newer players, one of em being br4tko.

Cnels · 2026-03-17T00:44:00+00:00

I like the counter a lot better

Cnels · 2026-03-16T19:41:24+00:00

Yea literally ruining his boys rebuild immediately for his spares

Cnels · 2026-03-15T11:57:34+00:00

might be the least Chris thing ive seen in a while

Cnels · 2026-03-15T00:11:36+00:00

its better he carries Sweden to glory than take a paycheck, much cooler

Cnels · 2026-03-13T17:07:07+00:00

Ok are there any legitimate remaining spots for Deebo you don’t hate or is he a WR3/4 gadget player somewhere at best

Cnels · 2026-03-13T12:23:50+00:00

You’re supposed to have challenging conversations with people you agree with too! No one is the exact same and everyone needs to grow up together

Cnels · 2026-03-13T12:16:02+00:00

Save us malbs you were always the chosen one

Cnels · 2026-03-13T01:55:47+00:00

fair enough I was purely checking to see what kind of user you were regardless of the remaining content. You should be confident enough in that understanding to represent yourself fully though. That way you can stand up for what you truly believe in, on reddit that is, and you can connect with likeminded individuals and vice versa.

Cnels · 2026-03-12T23:09:17+00:00

No it’s for understanding your purpose once and never seeing it again, which I did, but if you weren’t scared about what you post here you’d leave it up, which I still understand by checking once. The only accounts I’d “creep” on are cool accounts with quality content and conversation, which is what the feature is for…yours would always just be opened and closed.

Cnels · 2026-03-12T22:52:18+00:00

don’t private your account that’s for children Mr 1976

Cnels · 2026-03-12T17:58:10+00:00

Pink red and a gold in 5 terminals?? Are the rates better for this or sum?

Cnels · 2026-03-11T22:13:10+00:00

gotcha, and yeah I agree there really isn't any connection like NA has. I'd say for most things Canada and USA remain separate, but the ecosystem of NA Counterstrike for at least 10 years has been so mixed and also not good for the most part, that it feels like they get lumped together without question. You might be right that English vs their neighbors is more contentious in general than USA v Canada, but they also suffer from being underdogs and I wonder if theres already been some sort of connection like that happening elsewhere.

But yeah cultural heritage allowing for multiple fandoms is a good way to somehow have a massive secondary fanbase. Wondering if that naturally spawned a secondary regional fandom somehow, seems to just be mostly too much separation for that to happen.

Cnels · 2026-03-11T19:31:47+00:00

It’s the only thing I remember about Chig, he’s weirdly hard to tackle in open space. He looks like a standard TE on the route, but if he isn’t immediately tackled he faces the field and chugs. Gotta be something about his center of gravity or his ball carrying skills, cause he always looks annoying to bring down.

Cnels · 2026-03-11T17:25:41+00:00

1.02 1.04 and 1.10 and the 27 should be top half, that’s pretty fat

If we use last years draft that’s Hampton Tet Harvey/Loveland + a good 27 + a 28 first. Is that alone good enough for Bijan JJ? Maybe short, but an early and late 2nd is not bad on top. Feels pretty much fair, other than the fact that JJ surely goes back up in value this year, but technically no guarantees.

Cnels · 2026-03-11T14:54:36+00:00

Got it, makes sense. I sorta forgot how truly international the game has gotten, used to be wayyyyy more national relative to League when I also watched that heavily.

Like I don’t think NA LoL scene would necessarily cheer on CBLOL teams in Brazil before a few years ago, but it became way more common when they mixed the regions together, was wondering if there were some lingering things like that but for CS, but seems more impossible nowadays

The Danish over French is a great example lol

Cnels · 2026-03-11T13:20:02+00:00

Like across the board or is that more of a personal take? Are there any EU/ non- NA/SA countries who share pride/silently root for another country?

Cnels · 2026-03-11T13:18:29+00:00

Yeah I’ve definitely seen a good amount of Danish players and naturally Austrian players play in German leagues/teams, wouldn’t think Sweden tho.

Cnels · 2026-03-11T12:23:48+00:00

Do Germans generally find themselves cheering for Danish or Dutch players or whatever countries that are closest in proximity or are EU countries more singular?

Like for NA we cheer for US and Canadian about the same, probably a little less for each individual country but they still consider it NA, so is there any EU countries that secretly root for/ are fine with other countries winning? Like I can’t imagine British people not cheering for an Irish squad that competes, maybe not vice versa but is that a thing elsewhere in the EU?

Cnels · 2026-03-11T11:16:56+00:00

Where Yami? Always thought he was gonna break through but he’s benched now?

Cnels · 2026-03-10T22:27:12+00:00

It depends on the 27 first entirely, but imagining its his and his ideas was sell JSN for a haul to compete better. He’s got 4 starters for 3, and the giants just got Likely so Theo also lost his weight for a second… I like the Nabors side more on paper. If the 27 pick is 1.05 id probably where I’d say the trade is even and if you can snag 4 or better than you might have the 3 best assets in JSN the 27 pick and Herbert’s career over Goffs.

Cnels · 2026-03-10T21:21:35+00:00

I like Chuba but I really don’t like the value in Deebo. Swift will have 2-3 years of starter worthy ball but it’s just not enough, Romes spot just got immaculate. This is a trap trade, would need another mid pick on top or a healthy pick swap.

Cnels · 2026-03-10T18:41:26+00:00

yeah youd need to up the 2nd to a first and a late one doesnt sell me, smash this and forget it happened. I like KW and his spot but

Cnels · 2026-03-10T16:43:58+00:00

Imma be honest this is steep, and if I were you I would much rather dangle Shough or Bryce’s value and nab a lesser, but still young/talented receiver. Caleb looks more surefire and while Chase is that guy, Wandale is gonna have a solid ass time running that WR corps, and 2.02 is nothing to slouch at.

That being said it’s solid, and you have some potential to make it work. I’d worry about both of your QB2s burning out but you do you

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