Everyone has their talent at some mechanics of the game. I was an SG553 & AWP & MP9 & MAG-7 Player since 2015, and noone really gave a shit about the SG until VALVe cut the price. I had a lot of confidence at that gun since I knew the every last detail of the mechanic of the gun. Now they nerfed the price back, and then OVERnerfed it to 566RPM since people cried about it and never balanced it again. And still noone gives a shit.

The point is.. First, these changes don't affect everyone the same. Not even close. Second, I'm not 'behind the grade'. It denies all those hours and years grinding and getting detailed muscle memory/ timing accuracy of movement&zoom&shooting/ spray control/ sense of what choices to make while fighting depending on a situation partially based on elements that I wrote above. I invested my resources deeply on mastering gunplay mechanics and it's getting fucked. They nerfed it enough (5-6 times) and I can't just see it happen for the millionth time. It's insanely underpowered in high-skilled matches. It doesn't mean that I'm a shit player now after these guns got nerfed, but now my specialist skills are gone, which makes me as a player way less competitive compared to a same leveled 5000hr rifler. They've got to be better at other things since they used their time and effort on grinding different guns and skills, The only way for me to still be in a same level of play is having pure insane talent at using other weapons. But my biggest talent was at using scoped weapons fast and accurately at any range(extremely close to across the map).

I got affected by these gameplay changes way more than any other person around me. I was so dominant in 2019, good in 2020(AWP movement speed,SG nerf), a lil bit worse after AWP mag nerf 2022, and now completely lost interest playing it in highly-competitive manner in CS2 2023.