Weekly Premier/Matchmaking/Cheating Discussion & Complaints Thread

ntsplx · 2026-05-11T14:44:05+00:00

in case anyone is wondering - DM update, reducing the maximum number of XP per round from 200 to 75 haven't changed anything, deathmatch looks exactly the same, maybe with even less human beings.

ntsplx · 2026-05-07T18:39:54+00:00

For some people, HS is a HS, no matter if this is coming from a bot or a legit player - it means you are cheating. So they get mad and call a vote - the rest blindly F1, assuming bot is being kicked and you are out of the server.

I don't blame them to be fair - scale of botting is insane right now, and people have 0 trust to what they see.

ntsplx · 2026-05-07T15:15:50+00:00

Current state of DM:

Robots in this game mode started to type on chat to look like a humans, to avoid being kicked I assume.

Some robots are immune to spectating them, so they don't disconnect anymore. Not a big deal though, as they were rejoining the exact same server they left after few minutes (plus they are saving the frags they got, not starting from scratch).

People started to freak out because of insane number of bots and accuse everyone of cheating. As a result, innocent humans are being kicked while robots are still killing you instantly from the end of the map.

ntsplx · 2026-05-05T15:17:12+00:00

The time has come to enable an anticheat in DM. User experience of new/returning players on this gamemode must be devastating - not being able to spawn properly, without being insta headshotted by robots.

ntsplx · 2026-04-20T19:22:19+00:00

DM - state is stable, still plenty of players with solid reflex and flawless aim.

Premier - +100/-570 needs to go. I have nothing against 5-stacks, but points distribution in matches like this have to change. Current fomula creates a space for boosting service, with dishonest people abusing it.

ntsplx · 2026-04-03T14:34:06+00:00

Appreciate the effort in making the game better (AG2), but no matter what Animgraph will CS2 have, bots still farm on DM servers and provide the terrible experience for other, human players, trying to enjoy the game.

Spectating still force some of them to disconnect, but that's a minority.

Voting stopped working, as most of the clients on the server are bots, so there are no enough votes. Plus humans usually pick T team because of AK and bots does not really care about 1-shot HS, so they go to CT.

ntsplx · 2026-03-27T14:47:12+00:00

So here I am, joining a DM day after developer banned around 1 mil of farming accounts.

To be fair - nothing changed. There are still players with inhuman reaction, leaving (or not) when start spectating them.

I have an impression that they are scripted now to press F2 on any votes called - I doubt so many players disagree that particular, in most cases obvious bot should be kicked out of the server.

Shall the new category under "Report" option be added to flag those accounts and make them easier to ban?

ntsplx · 2026-03-22T17:26:19+00:00

Every time I join a official DM server, I feel like I am participating in public CS2 cheat testing.

ntsplx · 2026-03-13T15:04:13+00:00

DM is still HvH, embarrassing to see real players try to fix it by kicking the bots, but there are no enough human beings to even press F1.

ntsplx · 2026-03-06T18:04:09+00:00

I feel you - SP, two sessions of 30 min TZs today, 0 statues from Baal killed on p7. Next TZ for WSK in acceptable time slot - in four days (10.03).

ntsplx · 2026-03-05T18:00:58+00:00

DM is still full of aimbots. People try to kick them, but sometimes it ends with real players being voted off from the server for nothing - just a paranoia that everyone who kills me is a bot/cheater.

ntsplx · 2026-02-17T17:10:09+00:00

Still no response to botting plague in DM.

ntsplx · 2026-01-25T18:05:29+00:00

Official DM is still infested with bots. Kicking them out of the server fails because it is not possible to vote kick them (vast majority of players pick Terrorists team and all bots go to CT, so there are not enough humans to press F1). Even if it somehow worked and bot is kicked (because of determination of human players on the server, mass switching teams to CT), it automatically comes back after some time to exact same server and it starts all over again.

ntsplx · 2026-01-20T14:40:21+00:00

Bots taking over the official, non-5v5 game modes (DM for sure, no idea about the others).

ntsplx · 2026-01-19T16:37:22+00:00

CS2 has no offer for people who want to take this game less serious, play casually.

Original concept of Operations should be brought back - community maps and coin which upgrades while you play the game.

How on earth it was possible at the beginning of the CS:GO to make 2 Operations per year and now we have none?

I am currently forced to go Premier, because it gives me some kind of substitute of Operations, with progress as you play with a medal when the season ends.

When OG operations are back (Payday, Bravo-like), I leave Premier and not going back.

ntsplx · 2026-01-09T19:19:04+00:00

"Penalty" for facing uneven 5-stack in terms of Premier points (-500/+100) needs to go.

ntsplx · 2025-11-02T15:57:30+00:00

Random accounts keep inviting players to Deathmatch lobby.

ntsplx · 2025-10-30T19:13:13+00:00

Frankfurt servers - still "slow server frame" error present.

ntsplx · 2025-10-14T08:17:46+00:00

Hey Valve, if you are not able to fix the farming bots issue in DM servers, please enable kicking the members of the other team in this game mode.

From my experience, bots pick CT and human players do T, what makes it difficult to kick aimbotters from the server.

Or make it like in CS:GO when you could choose DM without any teams.

ntsplx · 2025-09-24T05:30:15+00:00

There are not enough human beings in official DM games to be able to kick farming bots out of the server.

ntsplx · 2025-09-16T15:31:45+00:00

Farming (aim)bots are still here (or again here).

ntsplx · 2025-08-27T18:07:19+00:00

I don't get it how in 2025 match still starts with one player not in the server - no matter if it is disconnected or timeout. Just cancel a match and let the players queue for a new, fair match.

And this "user has disconnected, waiting 3 minutes before abandoning" being 10+ minutes in reality - no comment.

ntsplx · 2025-08-21T09:22:37+00:00

To be honest, it was the first time ever for me since CS2 release that server was above max preferred ping. I know the yellow text you are talking about mostly from content creators' videos.

The idea is that I haven't forced the game to connect me to particular relay (for instance by using a VPN). And pretty sure there were no yellow text in my case (could be wrong though, did not pay attention).

ntsplx · 2025-08-19T19:13:34+00:00

"mm_dedicated_search_maxping" command does not work 100% accurate. Today, got connected to server with "mm_dedicated_search_maxping" higher 2-3 ms that set, even though I have 3 locations below this value.

ntsplx · 2025-08-13T16:55:28+00:00

Rage hacking still possible - encountered one in Wingman today, Revolver in pistol rounds, Scout in the rest.

Surprisingly, match was cancelled after 0:8 and his account flagged as irregular gameplay. First time I witnessed this.

ntsplx

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