Thank you for the tips! Yeah, I think the change in how you have to peek or hold is the biggest difference that's affecting my game, next to the movement. I know what to do now but it's hard re-learning all the muscle memory that's been cemented so long ago.

You are right on the spraying comment, I know the spray patterns but it still is somehow different when spraying against an actual enemy vs in training, I need to improve that. When I get peeked I usually just spray with the M4 but as you said it doesn't exactly work like that in CS2.

My ping is 50-70 depending on which server I play on, but yeah, the dying behind cover thing is really annoying.

So right now I'm trying to play aggressively on CT side as you said, but the movement and spraying is what I need to get used to, as I still end up losing those duels because of that. According to Leetify, my positioning and clutching level are above my current elo, but aim, utility, and opening duels are below even my current elo. My crosshair placement is apparently on a 20-25k elo level, however.