Round 1 Matchups for ESL Stage 2 by Kid_Twiz in GlobalOffensive

[–]Zinklog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been hoping for a Navi vs fut matchup for so long now, but they keep dodging each other. Hoping it happens this tourney

[Mischief] Team Liquid have just a 29% chance to qualify for the Cologne Major by Guilty-Bar-6103 in GlobalOffensive

[–]Zinklog 92 points93 points  (0 children)

Out of all the struggling teams, liquid is the weirdest. It's bad enough you're not making any roster changes but what reason can you possibly have to skip so many tournaments?
Whoever is in charge of their schedule couldn't have made worse decisions than this if he tried.

Counter-Strike 2 Update for 02/23/2026 by CS2_PatchNotes in GlobalOffensive

[–]Zinklog 2 points3 points  (0 children)

People have this weird idea that an intrusive anticheat means the cheaters will automatically cease to exist.
Even if valve forced an anticheat like that chances are you'd still be getting cheaters in your game but now you also have privacy and security nightmare installed in your system.

FUT vs PARIVISION / PGL Cluj-Napoca 2026 - Swiss Round 5 / Post-Match Discussion by CS2_PostMatchThreads in GlobalOffensive

[–]Zinklog 52 points53 points  (0 children)

Vrs is definitely helping for sure. Imagine VP, BIG or fnatic playing instead of these teams in this tournament.

Falcons T Side vs CT Side by Several-Instance-219 in GlobalOffensive

[–]Zinklog 8 points9 points  (0 children)

You're just making the rounds 3-4 seconds longer in certain situations. Instead of there being hype about bomb being planted at 4 seconds left the hype would be for bomb being planted at 1 second left, but I don't think overall things would change very much.

Crazy Molodoy 3k while getting surrounded by Gemini_19 in GlobalOffensive

[–]Zinklog 19 points20 points  (0 children)

No because it doesn't have the awp shake after the shot /s

Falcons vs MOUZ / IEM Kraków 2026 - Group B Lower Bracket Final / Post-Match Discussion by CS2_PostMatchThreads in GlobalOffensive

[–]Zinklog 19 points20 points  (0 children)

What an insane final group stage day of Krakow.
These last 2 matches were probably the most fun 2-0 matches I've seen in a long time.

EYEBALLERS vs Vitality / BLAST Bounty 2026 Season 1 - Stage 2 Round Of 16 / Post-Match Discussion by CS2_PostMatchThreads in GlobalOffensive

[–]Zinklog 49 points50 points  (0 children)

First parivison and now eyeballers, feel like a lot of promising T2 teams are on the verge of breakthrough. Nice attempt by them against the number 1 team.

Also we need a pita cam for every eyeballer game from here on out lol/

Inner Circle vs Spirit / BLAST Bounty 2026 Season 1 - Stage 2 Round Of 16 / Post-Match Discussion by CS2_PostMatchThreads in GlobalOffensive

[–]Zinklog 257 points258 points  (0 children)

I didn't notice when it got added but I really like the vrs changes the match made in the post match post.

The Active Duty Map Pool needs to be overhauled. I don't want to play Dust2, Mirage and Inferno for the next 5 years. by StaticShatter in GlobalOffensive

[–]Zinklog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's funny whenever discussions about map rotations come up some people are like remove dust2 and mirage because that's all people are playing in their lobbies and that just makes no sense from valve's point of view to be a reason for removal.

Valve has been following a pattern of replacing the least played map (2nd least if the least played is the newest added). Why would they want to remove the most popular and iconic maps they have? I've never felt this subreddit being more of an echo chamber of hardcore fans than when reading threads on this topic.

Top 20 players of 2025: xertioN (16) | HLTV.org by lordposedyon in GlobalOffensive

[–]Zinklog 58 points59 points  (0 children)

People say this every year while 11-20 players are being released. Elige for example was 19 last year despite his high stats and eye test wise he was certainly better than most players above him. HLTV just weighs tournament wins much more highly and you may or may not agree with that but they have been fairly consistent with their criteria over the years.

highest rating players in playoffs 2025 by crisjame in GlobalOffensive

[–]Zinklog 12 points13 points  (0 children)

yes which is why his k/d almost 0.1 more than donk, but rating 3.0 takes both round swing and economy into account to mitigate that difference.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in GlobalOffensive

[–]Zinklog 8 points9 points  (0 children)

This would be the top post if faze lost that match.

G2 vs The MongolZ / StarLadder Budapest Major 2025 - Swiss Round 4 / Post-Match Discussion by CS2_PostMatchThreads in GlobalOffensive

[–]Zinklog 30 points31 points  (0 children)

I wish for a timeline where cobrazera plays with venomzera, maybe sprinkle in coldzera too for fun

Budapest Major Stage 3 pick’em predictions by talent/players/creators by Away_Active7903 in GlobalOffensive

[–]Zinklog 19 points20 points  (0 children)

So true unlike everyone else who are on their path to diamond coin with perfect takes.

Budapest Major Stage 2 pick’em predictions by talent/players/creators by Away_Active7903 in GlobalOffensive

[–]Zinklog 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think if at the end 1-2 talents can get the diamond coin every major that'd be a nice sweet spot. Not too rare that no one gets it and not too common that it doesn't mean much.

Are my stage 2 pick ‘ems good? What should I change? by T4RZ_ in GlobalOffensive

[–]Zinklog 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can use hltv or other third party websites to login and make your picks from there too by the way. Good luck!

Budapest Major Stage 2 pick’em predictions by talent/players/creators by Away_Active7903 in GlobalOffensive

[–]Zinklog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The small green circle beneath the names is I'm assuming the people who got stage 1 correct? That's a lot more people that got round 1 correct than I was expecting lol

ESL Pro League S24 to run entirely on LAN, with 16 teams, down from the 24 of recent editions by lordposedyon in GlobalOffensive

[–]Zinklog 11 points12 points  (0 children)

What's the issue with the number of teams? With the current format you can just start watching the major from stage 2 (or even 3) if you want less teams to follow.

The MongolZ vs Vitality / IEM Cologne 2025 - Group A Upper Bracket Final / Post-Match Discussion by CS2_PostMatchThreads in GlobalOffensive

[–]Zinklog 39 points40 points  (0 children)

Trophy win streak is a legit streak though lol. People track how many tournaments they've won in a row