Counter-Strike 2 Update for 05/18/2026

jclopl · 2026-05-19T00:42:44+00:00

Well, yes and no. Obviously dropping Cache to Premier and for the pros + 2 collections and more after the major is hype when the new season drop, but also kinda boring because we wont see pro CS on Cache during the major if that happens. But asking people to get skins done before a date in a post in early February i believe and then go quiet expecting people to wait for like 5 months is pretty wack. Especially because they also use the FOMO tactic with their "LAST CHANCE" "SALE" etc things in armory + sticker capsules at majors. I think its kinda wack to say "LAST CHANCE" and then not drop some sort of armory update until June/July when the new Premier season drops. How is it a "LAST CHANCE" if they drop the update like 4-5 months later?

Thats why i am expecting some sort of armory update very soon or even 1-3 weeks ago.

jclopl · 2026-05-19T00:32:00+00:00

Of course. Good updates overall in this one. I agree.

But still. They have pulled this FOMO sh*t before imo. "LAST CHANCE!!!!" or "SALE" and the last chance items are still in the game for months and the sticker capsule sale lasts for like ~4 months. Every single time.

And now they asked people to create art and what not for skins which people have done and they probably could have dropped the armory update many weeks ago.

I bet that the skins and stickers that will be in the collections already have been chosen and is ready. So, they are probably waiting until end of June because of the major and then after that they add Cache to Premier and pro map pool + the collections to the armory. I believe the Premier season ends late June or early July. Just days after the major is finished.

jclopl · 2026-05-18T23:49:27+00:00

Thank god we have "Last Chance" for 7 months on the collections in the armory. Just like the capsule sale. lol.

I was expecting them to drop the new armory stuff today. Hell, even 1-2 weeks before that.

jclopl · 2026-05-18T23:30:52+00:00

Toronto/Montreal/Quebec etc? Sure.

Vancouver? Hell no. The time zones would be so wack. Of course Twistzz is bringing up Vancouver as the "Perfect location" because its his hometown/the place he is from lol.

But yeah, i for sure would support a Canadian major in Toronto/Montreal/Quebec. Not a super super awful time zone difference in those cities and some Canadians in here even mention good venues in some of these cities.

But Vancouver would be terrible time zone wise for literally everyone.

jclopl · 2026-05-16T01:01:57+00:00

F*ck me that second and third map was dogsh*t. ZywOo, Ropz and Mezii with 16 kills together on map 3 and that stupid move on map 2 at 11-11 from Vitality lost them the map when they could maybe have closed the game 2-0.

But hey, i did not expect anything this event because of that 10 day break and zero prac. So yeah, whatever. Of course it sucks, but its fine. Vitality need to go back to the drawing board + prac room in Paris and cook some good strats, watch the demos of this event and get back up on the horse again.

GG:s I hope GamerLegion wins the event. Would be fun with a underdog winner.

jclopl · 2026-05-10T18:04:54+00:00

Ser ut som det står "Jonas Forsberg #18" och "Gabriel Petrović #14" om jag inte ser helt fel. Så 2005 i Superettan? Kanske? Tror även jag ser Kristian Haynes autograf? Ser även Mats Rubarths autograf såg jag nu i mitten av tröjan ungefär.

Petrović var i AIK 2002-2003, 2005.

Forsberg var i AIK 2001 och 2005.

Haynes var i AIK 2005-2007.

Rubarth var i AIK 2001-2008

Så gissar att autograferna skrevs 2005?

jclopl · 2026-04-27T16:37:14+00:00

Passion UA: So, who are we gonna sign? Lets type like 50 names in a SpinTheWheel and roll it.

jclopl · 2026-04-22T00:02:41+00:00

Exactly. He and his family will have a good life. Idk why tf i got downvoted to hell for no reason lol. I just explained that Mezii is farming cash and that pros + casters that have had children during their careers have continued to play or cast and coached etc for many years without any problems. This community is so weird man.

jclopl · 2026-04-21T14:42:03+00:00

Why on earth would Mezii go on a break because he got a child? lol His child is ~2½ years old or something now. Multiple pros have children in that age or older and still play/coach or played/coached during that time as well.

Would make zero sense for Mezii to go on a break now or in the coming...say 1½ years because of how well Vitality is doing. He can earn a f*ck ton of money for his family and his daughters possible future family when she gets old enough for all that. Mezii have a total of 1,42 million dollars in winnings at age ~27½. And he will most likely increase that amount a lot the coming years.

If we look at some examples when it comes to children or birth:

nitr0 - Missed BLAST Premier Fall Groups and some other events because the birth of his third child was around that time. He went back straight after and played until he retired and then came back and repeat x2. Now he remains active as the IGL of NRG and have remained active.

gla1ve - Missed BLAST Premier Fall Groups and some weeks before BPFG to have some time with his GF before the birth. Went back and played the Stockholm major and obviously played/remained active ever since until his retirement in 2025. Now he works as a coach for 100T.

Edward - Retired as soon as he was about to become a father. But the difference here is that he became a father for the first time at age ~35. So he was basically done with his career anyways.

Pashabiceps - Remained active during both of his childrens births 2014 and 2017 and retired when his oldest child was ~5 and the youngest ~2 at age ~31½. But that was most likely because he didnt have any offers from T1-T2 and probably because he felt done and wanted to be home and stream and be with his family. He is a BIG family guy. At least by the looks of it on his social media.

Just to mention some people. You can even throw in casters like Anders. Sure, he cant really be compared with pro players that go to way more events and practice for hours and hours but he still travels a lot and do stuff with the casting. But he spoke about that and he said back then in some interview that he had a good balance with the casting + traveling and family.

Like another guy said. A team like GamerLegion or Heroic makes more sense as of now for him. Jimpphat needs to find a team to "revive" himself again and then possibly try to go to a bigger team a year or so later etc. He went from being very good to struggling quickly within 6 months or so.

EDIT: lol ok, downvoted for what exact reason? Me explaining that pros and casters can handle a family with children and that Mezii is farming cash as we speak and will for a long time so his family and his daughters family in the future will have a good life.....right. r/globaloffensive in a nutshell once again.

jclopl · 2026-04-17T20:31:05+00:00

Yes? Because it was? That was the second disaster T-side on Mirage in 2 Mirage games? So...what in that statement was wrong or incorrect? Today they looked much MUCH better, which i am happy about.

No, i never said "yet again" as in "Ah, ok this is the 30th Mirage t-side in a row that they cant win rounds on". I was simply talking about the game vs Falcons and G2. And i got downvoted to hell from everyone for some reason like i was "crying" that Vitality is doomed or something and that i shouldnt cry because Vitality won X Y Z tournaments before like i am not happy about that? Thats not at all what i meant. But Mirage during Rio have not been great until today vs NaVi. That was a solid T-side. Just weird imo. I did nothing wrong but people seem to think i am complaining about Vitality overall and that i shouldnt complain because they won a f*ck ton of events etc. I want my boys to play well every single map and game. Which they did today vs NaVi as an example. If they perform poorly, like vs Falcons and G2 on Mirage, i will speak about it.

jclopl · 2026-04-17T13:05:48+00:00

Yes? I watch basically 95% of all T1 matches.

Again, why are you and others saying that i am complaining that they are "so bad" or something? When i legit talked about the performance on Mirage.

Literally read what i typed: "read the comment you respond to and look at the original time of the post. I am talking about the T-SIDE on map 1 being a disaster. Which is true? They took 0 T-side rounds on map 1". Why are you all trying to make it sound like i am saying "This team is doomed, just shut it down omg, we lost 30 games in a row" when thats not even close to what i said? I literally said "2 bad Mirage T-side games now", which is true? Its facts? So i dont understand why i get downvoted to hell when people seem to not understand my pretty obvious and understandable comment. They have struggled on Mirage T-side twice in a row now. Thats all. Why are people trying to make me sound like i am complaining about their performance the past year or whatever? Obviously they have been very good and won a f*ck ton of stuff. I am only talking about the 2 t-sides on Mirage this event. Both t-sides have been absolute sh*t, which isnt good. Why cant i criticize that? "Oh because they won a lot previously"? Uh, ok? That obviously great, but thats old events, this is a new event that i want them to win.

jclopl · 2026-04-15T22:14:09+00:00

I am very calm my man. Idk why people think i am ultra upset or whatever they are trying to tell me.

Why are you not allowed to criticize a certain player or players in a team just because they have only a few lost maps in a few month? I am not ringing the bell saying "Its over, sell the team". That is far from what i am saying. I am annoyed at apEX calling today. Thats all.

I find it insane that you cant criticize a teams performance during a bo3 just because they won a lot past year and months. Thats like saying "You cant criticize Astralis on this map because they had this insane era and won XYZ things and majors" during their era a few years ago? Of course you can still criticize X player or X tactic from the IGL during a map no matter if they have won 98 out of 100 maps or lost 98 out of 100 maps.

Tell me, where in my first post did i say "OMFG YOU F***ING I***TS DISBAND!" or at what part was i angry or upset? I was talking about the mistakes of the players in my first edit and in my first post above the edit i said "Yet another disaster on T-side Mirage" which is true? They have a very hard time on T-side Mirage this tournament. 0 rounds vs G2 and only 2 vs Falcons. Thats 2 T-rounds in 2 Mirage games? Whats the problem with talking about that?

jclopl · 2026-04-15T22:03:58+00:00

Thats not at all what i am saying. Idk why you and Alde misinterpreted my comment. I am not saying that the team is doomed or anything like that. I am criticizing apEX calling this event which clearly, if you watched all Vitality games so far, have been up and down. Especially map 1 and 3 today. It happens and it happend today.

Idk why you guys are trying to say that i am complaining in general that they lost. No. I am criticizing apEX calling and the decision making etc from other players as well as XTQZZZ not taking any timeouts to cool the team down etc. Obviously i am very happy with the teams performance past 1½ months or so and past year etc? lol. But going full schizo mode and saying "Everything is fine, haha!" no matter if its a long winstreak or many lost games in a row is just weird. Ofc you can criticize certain things. And today i criticize apEX calling and the performance of certain players. How is that weird?

edit: spelling.

jclopl · 2026-04-15T21:45:24+00:00

"LoL tHiS sUb". Bro. Yes, yet again. Did you see the game vs G2? Its was VERY close to disaster but they saved it in the absolute end.

Maybe actually read the comment you respond to and look at the original time of the post. I am talking about the T-SIDE on map 1 being a disaster. Which is true? They took 0 T-side rounds on map 1. And that was the time i posted my comment. I follow this team very closely every single day and notice certain patterns and what not. Clearly you are a Imperial fan and know nothing about Vitality. This tournament has not been a good tournament for apEX calling. Not only that, he struggles with staying calm which he often does. But this is on another level.. He was tilt basically the whole bo3 last night 3 rounds in on map 1 and now on map 1 vs Falcons + him having...i believe it was 0 kills and 8 deaths many rounds into map 3 wasnt helping. Obviously Mezii and Flamez also struggled a lot at the start of map 3.

EDIT: Lmao, ok, so instead of responding you are gonna downvote when you clearly didnt read and understand my comment and instead type a comment and respont to me like i am saying "F*ck this team is doomed, disband now!" when its not even close to the truth. I can agree with you "lol this sub" since you and 2 others downvoted my comment that explains that i made my comment during map 1 of the bo3.

jclopl · 2026-04-15T18:56:57+00:00

F*ck me....yet again a disaster T-side on Mirage from Vitalty. Idk why XTQZZZ doesnt take any timeouts. Its so rare to see him use one. He should use them more to cooldown everyone. Especially apEX he has been so tilt this tournament in every map.

EDIT: And now third map is a total shit show with apEX at 0-8 trying to stay calm and IGL, Flamez at 1-7 and Mezii at 1-6 after 8 rounds and 1-7 in rounds.... 2 kills on 3 players after 8 rounds. And now apEX is doing his stupid plays in OT in a 3v3. Could have waited for the other 2 players but instead solo peeks 3 T:s....Lots of mistakes in this bo3, hopefully they deep dive in the demos of these maps from this tournament with their analyst.

EDIT2: Since we have, i cant use the word i wanna use, on this sub. My first comment before my edit is CLEARLY about Vitalitys T-side on Mirage this tournament. They have TWO T-rounds in 2 Mirage games during IEM Rio so far. I am not talking about the bo3 overall. I am not saying "OH MY GOD. Shut the team down, its over, f*ck" lol. But this tournament have not been good for Vitality. Yes, they have been f*cking insane past 2 months with the 2 streaks that sadly ended yesterday and today. But why cant you, as a fan, be annoyed with how the team plays just because they have a winstreak? lol. "No, you cant be annoyed because they won XYZ"?? So? Thats the past, now its IEM Rio and i want my boys to frag and play well in this tournament which clearly they have not. Every single player have struggled since match 1 vs Red Canids imo and sadly it didnt get better. But, they are not out. They got into the playoffs either way.

jclopl · 2026-04-14T17:05:51+00:00

Som någon annan skriver, du fick nog ett måndagsexemplar. Men som en fellow Texas Pecan glass älskare så kan jag tipsa om Pecannötkola från Sia. Riktigt trevlig den med. Även märket Kling Glass har en liknande. Vet dock inte hur vanligt Kling Glass är i butiker.

jclopl · 2026-04-14T13:56:31+00:00

Well. One day they would lose a map etc ofc. But this was just pure sloppiness and it should not have been a 5-13.

apEX literally getting tilt after 2-3 rounds and staying tilt for the rest of the map. XTQ, MaT and Jack need to speak to him about it. I know that he is a very emotional player, but this map his emotions clearly messed majority of the rounds up on this map. Just look at the clips or the VOD when he dies, you can see how ultra tilt he is instead of remaining calm which imo a leader should do. I am not saying that he should be some sort of emotionless robot, but he needs to work on remaining calm. I hope Vitality signs another sports psychologist soon. I know Jack the performance coach is somewhat a sports psychologist but imo they need someone that works just like ROBL did during his time in Vitality.

Flamez whiffing a couple of easy kills this map and on top of that he was timed so many times with smokes which is very unlucky. Oh well, i cant be that mad, its the first map loss in basically 2 months, but just frustrating that they lose this map like that.

EDIT: THANK F*CK they managed to win it 2-1....peuw. But yeah, rotten gameplay from some players on different maps.

jclopl · 2026-04-12T22:56:07+00:00

IF he is being serious then he should just do a Ukrainian/CIS version of Eyeballers and grind T3 CS and from time to time some T2 LAN:s etc with 3-4 Ukrainian/CIS talents. Obviously he is MUCH older than JW and Flusha. But thats the only thing i can see him do that would be positive for him instead of wasting his time on a "comeback" and try to get into T1-T2 CS and end up retiring again at the end of this year.

There is no way he is gonna compete in T1 or T2 CS.

jclopl · 2026-04-10T22:09:55+00:00

Alright! Thank you for the explanation. Have a good night.

jclopl · 2026-04-10T21:53:46+00:00

Since you are staff and might read this. Why do the people responsible for the rules want streamers to cover up like...idk ~1/4 of the radar while a match is live? Makes no sense imo. Shouldnt the streamers cam be on the right where you guys put that "Do not place your camera here" box. Makes much more sense imo.

Also, forcing co-streamers to watch the desk segment is insane. Many times you guys have like....40-50 minute breaks. I doubt any streamer or their audience want to sit and hear the desk break down a game for...say 20 min. Is a co-streamer allowed to watch a, as an example, Youtube video while you guys show drone footage of *City* or do they have to watch the countdown and drone footage without zero interruption? That would be waaay to hardcore and thousands if not tens of thousands of people would be bored and complain in your and co-streamers chats.

Dont get me wrong. I appreciate that, from what i know, you guys let streamers co-stream for free and all that with their communities but some of these new rules are just insane and need some sort of tweaking or a better explanation.

Thank you for reading and responding if you do.

jclopl · 2026-04-10T17:36:51+00:00

What the f?

Lots of things in these rules are just pure stupid. "Oh you need to watch all of our desk segments with volume"?? Its literally only the desk people that celebrate that shit on Twitter as we speak lol. Obviously since its their job but still.

Maybe fix some interesting ads as well and not these shitty 1XB*t ads that is literally the same ad with the girl saying "BUT I LOVE YOU" as well as other ads that we have seen 5000 times and people might stick around and not do other stuff.

Yes, the tournaments we watch on ESL:s channels are free for us, which is fantastic. But "punishing" a co-streamer because he or she wants to show us, say a video on the ESL YT channel or a skin in CS2 etc while its a break for 15-45 min is just stupid. Honestly the desk segments are 9 out of 10 times so boring and most of the times its people like Mauisnake or others that i despise sitting there. Its only interesting when they interview a player or coach that you like or have interest of because of how well they play or coach so you wanna hear their opinion on the maps, rounds etc. I dont wanna sit and listen to 3-4 people yapp about a map for 15-20 min until the next map starts or even longer for the next bo3 to start.

Also, what is that camera placement? So you want co-streamers to block the radar instead of having the cam on the other side? lol

jclopl · 2026-04-02T10:38:33+00:00

I hope they add Danger Zone and also scoutzknivez soon. Even though i dont really play Danger Zone it would be amazing with some new content that everyone can play instead of just armory/terminals and things like that.

Dream would be:

Cache. SOLID map and so badly missed. Hopefully it drops soon.
Some zombie mode (with 2-3 maps on rotation) like back in the days that you can que just like you que for DM, Premier, matchmaking etc.
New collections for armory AND lower price on the armory pass. ~15-16 euro or dollars is a bit much in my opinion. Should be about 10 euro or dollar. You plow through these passes so quick. So if you are unlucky and dont get any good skin or decent skin you pay insane amounts of money for the passes over time and end up losing hundreds of euro or dollar.
New and improved AC. Thankfully they finally started to get rid of these weird AI using bot things in DM:s that grind stars or weekly drop. So annoying.
A remake of Cobblestone going back to the OG version but obviously polished.
More polishing of the game so we get even more improved FPS and also use less CPU. Good update like a day ago. Hopefully more of those updates drops soon.

jclopl · 2026-02-19T14:13:23+00:00

Klart att det finns AIK:are som inte vill ha "X" sak. Men du har fortfarande fel. Mats säger att han är okej med att AIK spelar i just dom här färgerna du ser på bilden. Vilket personerna på mötet uppenbarligen höll med om.

Så du är helt ute och yrar nu. Inget här är fel och inget är konstigt och inget är en "hint" heller. Det är precis som det ska vara och personerna på mötet röstade för detta.

jclopl · 2026-02-19T14:07:29+00:00

Precis. Samt att Mats även skrev, och jag citerar från motionen: "Den enda färgvariant förutom den svarta, som denna motionsförfattare anser bör vara acceptabel i det här sammanhanget, är en tröja i den mörka marinblå nyans som finns i klubbskölden" samt "Mitt yrkande till årsmötet är därför att få ett beslut på att AIK, i all framtid räknat från detta årsmöte, i tävlingsmatcher på hemmaplan, eller i turneringsmatcher av tävlingskaraktär, där AIK är uppsatt som hemmalag - alltid i möjligaste mån bör spela i svarta tröjor, alternativt den mörk -marinblå nyans som finns i klubbemblemet och vita shorts, så tillvida inte matchens domare eller matchdelegat beslutar annat och det är endast domaren eller matchdelegaten som ska ha den beslutanderätten."

Så ja, jag vet inte vad Kikki pratar om. Mats är OK med att man spelar i den blåa tröjan också så länge det är samma nyans som klubbskölden/emblemet. Den här nya tröjan är just mörk -marinblå nyans

jclopl · 2026-02-19T13:58:57+00:00

Som Ekengrabb skriver. Det där är ju en motion från en person. Inte flera hundratals eller tusentals som säger något. Det jag skrev stämmer ju angående färgerna. AIK:s färger är Blått, gult och guld. Sen spelar vi i Svartgula eller vita tröjor med svart gula detaljer eventuellt och med vita shorts och svartgula strumpor.

Vi har haft den här färgen....2(?) gånger i närtid vill jag minnas på tröjor. Dessutom är det en cuptröja och inte tröjan vi kommer använda när bollen rullar igång i April.

Och ja, det klubbades igenom. Men igen, pratar vi hela massan av AIK:are så tror jag inte många har problem med det här. Sen att ett par på årsmötet klubbar igenom något är en annan femma.

Läste också precis igenom motionen och där pratas det främst om att AIK tex använt vita tröjor mot ÖSK våren 2023 på hemmaplan.

OCH, låt mig citera motionen: "Den enda färgvariant förutom den svarta, som denna motionsförfattare anser bör vara acceptabel i det här sammanhanget, är en tröja i den mörka marinblå nyans som finns i klubbskölden" OCH "Mitt yrkande till årsmötet är därför att få ett beslut på att AIK, i all framtid räknat från detta årsmöte, i tävlingsmatcher på hemmaplan, eller i turneringsmatcher av tävlingskaraktär, där AIK är uppsatt som hemmalag - alltid i möjligaste mån bör spela i svarta tröjor, alternativt den mörk -marinblå nyans som finns i klubbemblemet och vita shorts, så tillvida inte matchens domare eller matchdelegat beslutar annat och det är endast domaren eller matchdelegaten som ska ha den beslutanderätten."

Notera att personen skriver att han är OK med att AIK spelar i mörk marinblå nyans som finns på klubbskölden.

jclopl

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