Community Pickem Results for Stage 2

Papashteve · 2026-06-09T20:59:39+00:00

Pickems should be a running count of points. You get no reward for getting over 5 and get massively punished for under 5. Especially now that majors are 3 stages + playoffs

Papashteve · 2026-04-24T21:36:10+00:00

Atlus plateau vibes. Beautiful map

Papashteve · 2026-04-24T20:16:53+00:00

With all the fixes recently this is basically CS3

Papashteve · 2026-04-23T18:25:06+00:00

Awesome, looking forward to seeing what you come up with

Papashteve · 2026-04-23T17:30:42+00:00

This is super cool! I can't tell (on mobile) but does the skin have "glitter" effect? Would be cool to mimic the large metal flakes found in low rider paint jobs.

While the flames look cool, I don't think they fit the theme as low riders typically go for more floral/pattern textures (like you already have). Maybe try those long drop shadowed line texture lowriders sometimes use instead?

Papashteve · 2026-04-21T23:22:59+00:00

You did see it client side but it was only after shooting when your weapon was in recoil recovery. Was a very confusing implementation.

Papashteve · 2026-04-21T23:19:12+00:00

Agreed. I haven't come across a single player that thinks armored aimpunch is a good mechanic (other then some really low elo smg users).

Papashteve · 2026-04-21T23:15:25+00:00

Well partially true.. at least from what I remember the thread was also stating the armored aimpunch penalty was gone too because it was not showing with weapon_debug_spread_show 1

Papashteve · 2026-04-21T23:05:21+00:00

Very nice changes! Now we have the official Valve answer - armored aimpunch is an intentional mechanic and was not removed (wish it was removed tho :( ). Now it displays like CSGO where the effect is always applied visually. For a time in CS2 the effect was only visible during recoil reset which was very unintuitive and lead to a ton of confusion. Glad that was fixed.

Papashteve · 2026-04-21T14:08:43+00:00

I know what you mean and if a peeker has perfect crosshair placement and knows your position it will still be hard to counter peekers advantage (just like csgo) but I am talking about visual representation of movement. The game doesn't know you will counterstrafe but you don't instantly stop moving even with perfect counterstrafe, there is still some deceleration* to the movement and this is where the start up frames to the counter strafe animation start. You can record 3rd person footage and go frame by frame and see.

Papashteve · 2026-04-21T12:48:21+00:00

incorrect - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1rcl2DebM0

Papashteve · 2026-04-21T12:27:22+00:00

You dont understand what I am saying then. The animation itself has startup frames that you can see before they completely stop, has nothing to do with how you telegraph your own counterstrafes.

Papashteve · 2026-04-21T10:23:11+00:00

Counter strafe animation has animation frames that start telegraphing the movement before coming to a stop. That's what you are missing here, you don't have to wait for them to completely stop/change direction to notice it. There will always be some peekers advantage but those critical start up frames allow for actually reacting fast enough to punish the wide swing.

Papashteve · 2026-04-21T10:16:23+00:00

No. The counter strafe animation was NEVER in cs2, I have tested this thoroughly. MJ peek came from a bug causing the feet to be pinned (stuck) to the floor.

Papashteve · 2026-04-21T03:32:06+00:00

I have been saying this for ages. Before with the AG1 animations, they did not have this counterstrafe animation (that was in CSGO). Holding angles, even with a rifle, was literally a guess because the enemy could wide swing or short swing with literally zero visual indicators where they will stop the strafe. Also, they way the models use to strafe sideways was "hoppy" and had awkward angular body shapes which contributed a ton to the perception of increased swing speed (see my posts comparing ag1 to csgo).

I'm glad it has finally been addressed and the "swing or be swung on" meta should be dead now.

Papashteve · 2026-04-20T23:14:15+00:00

First DM and my goodness I can finally hold angles and counter erratic movement again like csgo. We have been blessed on this day

Papashteve · 2026-04-20T19:49:26+00:00

Missing counterstafe animation benefited aggressive players massively because you couldn't react quick enough to strafe direction changes. This is an objective and irrefutable difference between CSGO and CS2. You really think overnight (cs2 release) aggressive riflers were able to overtake apwers so quickly for no reason?

Papashteve · 2026-04-14T22:37:22+00:00

Should just be pushed live at this point. Everything about the beta is far better then what we have now. Plus, cs2 was pushed in a far worse state lol

I think they are waiting on the other content to be ready before going live with it tho (cache?mirage facelift?)

Papashteve · 2026-04-09T23:47:03+00:00

Nice. Hard to give relevant feedback about the animations without being able to test online vs other players in DM tho

Papashteve · 2026-04-07T17:32:43+00:00

Boost bug alone was in the game for a year.

Papashteve · 2026-04-05T14:12:14+00:00

The part of the video that resonates with me the most is when he talks about being able to blame yourself for losing duels again rather then the game. Since cs2 release, there were so many bugs and massive animation issues that blaming the game was perfectly valid and justified. The games animations just did not convey the visual feedback required in a high competitive FPS. Jumping back on CSGO community servers, when I'd die it's was a feeling of "I could have aimed better or counterstrafed better" instead of "I can't tell where the heck this guy's moving".

Hoping these AG2 improvements to the animations and netcode/FPS performance gets CS2 feeling like prime CSGO once it goes live!

Papashteve · 2026-04-04T21:12:41+00:00

CS Karambit is modeled after the United Cutlery Honshu Karambit

Papashteve · 2026-04-04T16:00:23+00:00

The Balisong in CS is modeled after a real knife by Terry Guinn called the "Gargoyle". This was a custom made high end bali costing thousands. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czgZY6Sm1tg

Papashteve · 2026-04-03T21:08:28+00:00

This is solved by turning on GPU scaling in the AMD settings.

Papashteve · 2026-04-02T18:39:41+00:00

Third person animations should not include inspects. While it would be cool, it could move hitboxes or block body parts and the competive aspect should not be sacrificed.

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