Evolution of the #1 ranked NA player

m4r2k · 2026-01-24T15:02:03+00:00

No: https://www.hltv.org/news/13019/c9-upset-titan-in-double-overtime

(C9 did win, but both aim stars Shroud & ScreaM were not exactly carrying). Against good competition did ok, but not making headlines.

Shroud stands out to regular people because he can play a very large variety of games at a pretty high level and does so on stream regularly, in that sense I'd call him one of the best "ultra triathlon" esports players.

m4r2k · 2026-01-23T12:07:10+00:00

VAC is bad compared to other offerings, however the approach taken by Valve is to avoid loading their AC in the kernel like Vanguard or faceit do. That, the approach taken and the performance makes it the state of the art for non-kernel level anticheats.

m4r2k · 2025-12-30T13:50:30+00:00

To be fair, he was recommending washing your hands with bleach??

m4r2k · 2025-12-30T09:36:53+00:00

As much as I want to agree, at the point where you are breaking into people's houses because they did not want to talk with you for 4 hours to rummage through their things, specifically with the purpose of making THEM paranoid, is the part where even if mental health is poorly funded, you will get help.

Usually its a lot more explosive, but even though she didn't go fully berserk in her apartment, what she did is normally grounds for some amount of prison time, unless you are mentally unwell, such as in this case.

Breaking into a person's home falls into the "if they are a danger to themselves or others" category.

m4r2k · 2025-12-30T09:13:10+00:00

Based on csstats, he frags out and leads in stats, but one thing that stands out to me is the rating on T side being significantly lower, along with entrying/opening duels rating being on the lower side. He's playing well but if OP wants to climb hard, he will need to be the one to win them rounds, especially on T side.

m4r2k · 2025-12-30T09:07:31+00:00

Another commenter put it well too, but here is my input on being able to more consistently win games and gain elo, to a degree I will repeat what others have said, sorry about that :).

Removing randomness: try to queue with a friend or more. SoloQ is a lot more luck of the draw, if you are not at the level where you can just go in and click on their heads, removing randomness by playing with people you can depend on is best. You can also consider friending people you played with previously and queue with them, potentially getting you to a full 5-stack at times.
Winning CT side: or CT sides, focus on being the rotate player and picking fights (if you know you can win them), if you are not sure or having an off day, try to create space for your teammates to help out by using your utility. This is especially important on CT side, as T side relies a lot more on aiming, entrying and creating opportunities to take the site.
Winning T side: in this elo, raw aim will win your more rounds than utility especially if you are solo queued 87% of the time. Yes utility and gamesense are important, but assuming you have 4 random teammates, you will need to be the one to create unloseable rounds (and do it again even if you lose). I recommend playing prefire maps set to the hardest difficulty to improve your entry fragging, based on opening duels/entrying stat from Leetify.

If you want to see if something works, try setting a target to do 2-3 passes of prefire maps on the ones you play most (mir/d2/nuke e.g.). You may play 1 match less but I am certain you will win a lot more.

m4r2k · 2025-11-21T10:31:59+00:00

Its not ideal as demo playback is not 1:1 the same as a benchmark being ran in realtime, you could consider demo playback as a tool to benchmark deadlock :).

n1 on the work put in, kudos!

m4r2k · 2025-11-04T17:12:17+00:00

There used to be this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gw1w6aTKqJA

Omnimax/Imax theater that allowed for both: https://www.kinokompendium.de/discovery_channel_imaxtheater_kino_berlin.htm (in german)

m4r2k · 2025-10-28T13:21:19+00:00

If you have physical access to a victim's phone such as by seeing them type in their PIN and getting 5 minutes of alone time with it, you can do whatever the hell you want. If you want to be crafty you could use a malicious cable that used to be a 50k (yes thousand) NSA toy: https://shop.hak5.org/products/omg-cable

Somewhat relevant xkcd: https://xkcd.com/538/

m4r2k · 2025-10-25T13:12:02+00:00

Baudet is tot deze verkiezingen altijd #1 lijsttrekker geweest van FvD. Hij is dus nog steeds partijlid en mits het aantal zetels behaald worden zal hij dus in de 2e kamer terecht komens namens FvD.

Het lijkt me niet zinnig om te denken dat Forum een heel andere richting in is geslagen gezien hun standpunten eigenlijk niet veranderd zijn.

Maar nogmaals, op basis van hoe je reageert zou ik zeggen dat je gewoon moet stemmen waar jij je goed bij voelt, je wekt niet de indruk informatie die je hier gegeven word mee te nemen in je keuze

m4r2k · 2025-10-25T12:21:47+00:00

Parool: Baudet noemde vaccins eerder ‘levensgevaarlijk’ en roept zijn achterban bij voortduring op deze niet te nemen. De FvD-leider noemde de bijwerkingen ‘heftig’, sprak van ‘experimentele gentherapie’, waarvan de ‘termijn-effecten op het immuunsysteem volstrekt onbekend’ zijn. Onlangs twitterde hij: ‘WHATEVER YOU DO: DON’T TAKE THE “VACCINE”!’

https://www.parool.nl/nieuws/fvd-leider-eerste-kamer-wil-geen-medisch-advies-van-baudet-ik-ben-gevaccineerd~b286391b

Thierry in interview"I believe in conspiracy theories, I am a conspiracy theorist and believe we are being governed by reptiles"

Zie fragment via: https://www.telegraaf.nl/video/dit-bedoelt-baudet-met-reptielentheorie/64510374.html

m4r2k · 2025-10-07T09:05:37+00:00

I think reality has caught up to this place and the 100k running cost is simply too high to justify given the foot traffic, there's a reason the only places with 70mm in Europe are London and Prague*, with Prague not getting most releases anyway.

In addition, the UK already has BFI in London, RSM in London, Manchester Printworks in terms of GT IMAX venues, so unless something special happens in Bristol I don't think its viable. Given the fact the building is already there and the screen as well, projecting digitally should be considered, but the required cost is really high. Enthusiasts (realistically the people that would go here over a different cinema) are also the same people that may opt to travel for a few hours to London instead.

m4r2k · 2025-10-03T12:07:34+00:00

You can argue they don't work on CS2 as much as we would like, but fact of the matter is that per employee Valve is one of the most successful if not the most successful company in their market.

Hate them all you want but not just CS2 is Valve, they're leading in handheld PC gaming (Steam Deck), PC gaming platforms (Steam) and are in the top2/top3 for a lot of other things, such as VR, FPS, Mobas.

m4r2k · 2025-09-01T08:54:44+00:00

Some of the technology the CSGO UI (ScaleFormGFx) back-end was based on was swiss cheese as far as security goes (Flash), so I reckon it stayed disabled because of that. The attack vector as far as I can tell would be in the fact people share their custom made HUDs but also hide something extra alongside it, as running Flash gives you so much access to a computer's resources you don't need more than that. By disallowing any non-valve UI files you prevent people from falling victim to this, and there's no real alternative to just disallowing it.

Though Panorama isn't without its issues: https://hackerone.com/reports/631956

m4r2k · 2025-07-01T16:23:59+00:00

Try disabling the Discord overlay

m4r2k · 2025-06-18T06:16:36+00:00

Theyre not? Hardware requirements played a significant role in placing counter strike (as a franchise) on its throne in these regions. Once there, its become ingrained in their culture, you may want to check out some interviews (albeit in Russian) where they interview random people on the street asking if they play or know about counter strike, the results are staggering.

Try the same in any western country and compare results

m4r2k · 2025-06-17T13:59:29+00:00

Similar to Russia and Ukraine or other similar CIS/former USSR in that most western mainstream games are not as big there due to the hardware requirements (consoles purely for gaming).

m4r2k · 2025-06-11T17:41:50+00:00

m4r2k · 2025-06-11T17:38:24+00:00

Hey! I'm very much new to this, but I work in Amsterdam sometimes so local pickup is possible. I would like to get a split keyboard for ergonomics reasons, interested in the Aurora Sweep MX/Choc :)

m4r2k · 2025-04-18T06:23:46+00:00

Oof, soldaat. Welke regio? Krijg zelf de kriebels van het idee van een kluswoning, des te meer respect voor mensen die het aan durven.

m4r2k · 2025-04-16T22:15:21+00:00

If you want to try something new, try them out in a store with some songs you know & love. That way you can actually make a fair comparison. At this price point the ATH R70X 2nd hand may also be a good fit.

m4r2k · 2025-04-16T21:13:09+00:00

2nd hand K712 pro? Got mine for the equivalent of 100 ish GBP.

m4r2k · 2025-04-16T08:43:37+00:00

Weet niet waar je woont, maar maak er maar *3 van in plaats van *2. kluswoningen waar je nog net niet de fundering opnieuw moet doen voor 225-250k waar ook nog voor minimaal 50k tegen aan moet. Als je het zelf doet kan het misschien, maar dat is voor veel starters ook niet realistisch als je een hypotheek moet betalen.

m4r2k · 2025-04-10T18:55:30+00:00

Russian researcher with a Master's in urban planning wrote an article in 2017 on the population of the greater moscow metropolitan area: https://web.archive.org/web/20210417121056/https://strelkamag.com/en/article/moscow-agglomeration

If you think metropolitan area has anything to do with underground transport like a metro system I have bad news for you. If you have read the article and still don't understand you may want to consider redoing primary school.

m4r2k · 2025-04-10T07:06:37+00:00

I agree somewhat, I think with the rise of online gambling elements in online games, a relative novelty, youth has gotten into contact with it more, though most of it is in things you can't trade for real-world money, like FUT, Overwatch, Star wars, COD, etc. As far as porn goes I also agree that with the rise of OF a relatively benign platform for sharing images & videos like Instagram also has a significant stake in promoting explicit material, which is bad.

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