The hunger for competition is a desire instilled in most people. Now, and at the forefront of the technological revolution, we have gaming. Competitive online gaming is the modern-day tech-geek’s version of competitive sports. And as in any competition, you will have a group of sore losers who will do anything to humiliate their opponents. This immoral thirst for disgrace has led to the revival of a phenomenon known as “swatting”.
Counter-Strike 2 dev Ido Magal confirms that 960,000 accounts were VAC banned from the FPS in its ongoing clampdown on CS2 farming bots.
i mean thats a problem of their own design to begin with, but because it makes them so much money they won't change it. It's something that they at least ban a bunch but it's the absolute minimum that they're doing.
Must be a lot of inactive accounts, there's no discernible difference in the active player count on the Steam charts.
Created in collaboration with Counter-Strike legend Nikola ‘NiKo’ Kovač, the Razer NiKo Collection is an exclusive collection that blends pro-level performance with personal flair.
Announced today at the end of the Intel Extreme Masters 2025 Grand Final, Cologne is officially set to host the next Counter-Strike Major.
This sounds thrilling, but I imagine really being "in-game" like this is a bit scary.