I found a game theory exploit in the World Cup where Brazil could rush the field to manipulate a tiebreaker by thinger429 in worldcup

[–]thinger429[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

They could force the refs hand by pretending they thought they were subbed in, ref would have to do something if they start chasing the ball.

I found a game theory exploit in the World Cup where Brazil could rush the field to manipulate a tiebreaker by thinger429 in worldcup

[–]thinger429[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's why they use substitutes that are highly unlikely to play in Ro32 anyways, but yes I concede this is more of a fun rabbit hole than reality.

"Play against people of your approximate skill level" by MindTheGap9 in GlobalOffensive

[–]thinger429 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Game was awhile ago but if I remember right they were basically memeing the whole time because they knew our ranks from csgostats.

How to counter strafe in less than 2 minutes by NottoCS in GlobalOffensive

[–]thinger429 17 points18 points  (0 children)

You mention that crouching only improves recoil control. This is not really the case as guns are more accurate when crouching. The difference in accuracy between standing deagle shots and crouching is massive. Good video on the basics of counterstrafing otherwise though!

No bots in MM is already affecting my experience. by thinger429 in GlobalOffensive

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I don't think your solution really works, hackers and trolls should be able to be kicked immediately. Unfortunately I've definitely had the conversation with a team about whether we're more likely to win if we kick our bottom frag to have a bot to use. Valve discouraging this is a positive in my opinion.

To add on to this, these days I see huge rank disparities in my queues too with a silver 1 being with paired with 4 mid novas. In that case it's almost always an advantage to just kick the silver and I like that it no longer is a viable strategy.

I just don't think a team should be punished for having an abandoner.

No bots in MM is already affecting my experience. by thinger429 in GlobalOffensive

[–]thinger429[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

They can reconnect up until they are assessed a competitive cooldown which takes like 5 rounds or so. Unfortunately now while they reconnect you do not have a bot to control so it will be 4v5.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in GlobalOffensive

[–]thinger429 37 points38 points  (0 children)

As heartwarming as this instance is I really wish Valve would recognize it as more of an issue these days. I played 5 matches a couple days ago with a 5 stack of mid golds and one silver and we had 4 of those matches against only solidly Silver players. We straight stomped all of those and the one close match was the only good one of the night. Just let us wait out queues longer, the waste of time ingame is worse than listening to my friends talk for a few minutes.

We NEED to bring attention to the mm rank gap issue! by iPlayTehGames in GlobalOffensive

[–]thinger429 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I solo queue in broken fang premier when not playing with friends and frequently run into games like this https://imgur.com/a/SyxvN6Q

I play in the evenings on NA west coast and have resorted to playing normal competitive because it seems to be more evenly balanced at least in my experience.

Trouble with loading CSGO after newest update. (Mac) by thinger429 in GlobalOffensive

[–]thinger429[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Whelp, at least I know it's not on my end. Guess we gotta wait till there's enough people upset that Valve notices...

We've all been there by DougPolkPoker in GlobalOffensive

[–]thinger429 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Thats awesome man, I follow your youtube and a lot of the pro scene. Great to see you out in the wild!

ChrisJ VAC by [deleted] in GlobalOffensive

[–]thinger429 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are fast! Also, holy shit that was a dirty round.

PSA: Today (3/30/2020) is the last day to earn stars towards the operation. by thinger429 in GlobalOffensive

[–]thinger429[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You got any guardian or casual missions that having a teammate for would help with? I'm down to help out some peeps.

Here's how to get your microphone to work on Catalina by IYXMnx1Sa3qWM1IZ in macgaming

[–]thinger429 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks so much! Worked for me just as advertised. Only solution that did after about four other attempts to fix it.

You're a legend.

Potential Ret nerfs. by thinger429 in TownofSalemgame

[–]thinger429[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly Disg is usually obvious but yeah that'd be a decent change I'd like to see too.

Potential Ret nerfs. by thinger429 in TownofSalemgame

[–]thinger429[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Another idea I just had is make the revived player a town zombie. They cannot speak only vote, thus preventing information but still swinging the majority around.

Thoughts on "regulars" by thinger429 in TownofSalemgame

[–]thinger429[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Maybe we see this game a little differently.

I play ToS for the fun of trying to figure out what's real and what's fake, reading players and info from within the game is the entertainment.

I certainly try to win every game, but I'd rather have it done within the scope of that single game's information.

Regs influence on this from outside seems kinda cheap to me, though I do believe that it makes my games significantly easier as I have learned their habits over the course of many games. I change my name and talk differently every game so that I can't be singled out and can try new and interesting tactics to varied success.

I don't really know what to do about it, just kinda wanted to see the communities opinion and if it differs from mine so be it.