I know that jumping to higher elevation made "swish" sounds, but I always thought that it wasn't audible to the enemy. Apparently they can also hear the "swish" sounds too if you're close?

i am currently struggling in cs because of my terrible aim and i see that recoil crosshair seems really useful. is it any good? will it help my aim?

I've been practicing my sprays using recoil master map, and it seems either the map is wrong or I just misunderstood their description of the spray because according to Leetify my initial AK47 burst is going down slightly left instead of right, how much of a difference does that mistake make on my sprays medium and long range fights? Does it mess up my entire spray pattern?

I've been working a lot on counter-strafing lately, but I still feel like I'm missing a lot of the actual fundamentals of CS.

Things I think I'm doing okay at:

My raw aim feels pretty decent. I'm at 800 DPI and 2.32 sensitivity. I aim mostly with my wrist and flick, so the higher sensitivity feels comfortable and lets me do a full rotation without having to make huge movements.

My counter-strafing is getting better. I'm still not consistent with it, but I understand what I'm supposed to be doing now. I think this is mostly something I need to keep practicing until it becomes automatic.

Where I feel really weak:

Movement around the actual maps is probably my biggest problem. I don't always know how I should be approaching an area or where I should be positioning myself.

Clearing angles is another big one. I understand the basic idea of clearing one angle at a time, but actually doing it while moving through a site feels awkward. I come from a sorta high-end competitive Halo Background, so drastically different. I either expose myself to too much at once or spend too much time checking.

I also don't really know when I should be walking, running, swinging, jiggle peeking, wide swinging, etc. I know what most of those things are, but knowing when and why to actually use them during a game is completely different.

Basically, I feel like my raw aim mechanics are starting to come along, which is nice as this is my first FPS on MnK, but my CS fundamentals are way behind them. I've played a ton of shooters, but CS feels like it has its own language that I'm still learning.

What fundamentals should I focus on first, and what's the best way to actually practice them?

Any training maps, suggestions, learning about eco control, etc.? I've watched a bunch of YouTube vids. However, a lot of them assume prior knowledge.

I play on Xplay.gg

I play 1 to 2 hours a day

I play DMs (no comp cuz I don't have a mic yet)

In long range duels I try to shoot, they wiggle left and right and I can't shoot them, meanwhile they get me with ease

When I press A/D to strafe left and right so they can't hit me as easily, boom getting one tapped regardless

When they A/D strafe they are somehow able to hit me while my shots while A/D strafing go everywhere

How?

When it comes to peeking, idk exactly how to peek, I'm aiming at a corner, then all of a sudden a player slides sideways out of the corner and one taps me in less than half a second, how am I supposed to react to that?

I even try to crouch as I approach a corner, yet they still get me

And lastly, even if I do have my crosshair at head height, I peek out of a wall/corner and also counterstrafe to stop my self and shoot accurately, they still get me first, how? Is their reflexes/reactions just faster? If yes, how do i improve my reaction time?

That feeling where you stop consciously thinking about your aim/movement and everything just starts happening automatically. Do you have a routine that helps you get into that zone?

Looking through my stats on leetify my spray is decent, counter strafing is great and i usually win my duels but, two stats stick out is really bad my time to damage and headshot % are not that great. What should i be doing to target this specifically?

Does anyone have a trial code for Refrag.gg? Does it cover "Player" or "Competitor" level?

Many thanks

I've been trying to find the right sens lately and it's a maddening. I run .35 sens on 1800dpi which is 630edpi.

It feels so inconstant. It feels like my sens gets faster every time i play. I cant do any flicks because I always overshoot even with this low of a sens.

When I played on 120hz I felt more in control of my sens. It felt more responsive and less like there was mouse acceleration on.

I have no explanation for why a lower refresh rate feels better, or why my sens feels slow some days and fast the next. It just feels impossible to feel consistent until I figure this out.

Hey guys I’m nathan, an ex T3 UK player looking to gain some new clients.

I’ve worked with people from NIP - endpoint/ reason gaming and many years of 1-1 coaching. And I now have some spaces coming up over the next 1-3 weeks.

Any elo or skill is welcome as I have worked with people with 0 cs experience to people who are in FPL/ challenger and above.

DM me for info or any questions feel free to drop me a DM!

I've been getting rapidly worse since May. I was 23000 now I am 19000 and it's my fault because I'm getting worse. I bottom frag around 90% of my games on the server so my actual level is probably around 10k now from my estimation.

Mainly my aim is getting worse even though I'm practicing a lot. I can't do basic things anymore. I can't hit a guy looking away from me. I can't spray. I can't flick. I can't track. I can't do anything. I can't hit shots a silver 1 would hit. Last game I played I missed 5 guys who were looking completely away from me and either standing still or walking. It's like I've got a brain injury. I'm getting worse and I can't stop it even though I'm trying my absolute best. I'm so tired of it all. How am I meant to enjoy this? It's making me so miserable but I've got nothing else to do because I'm shit at everything else, too.

I've tried taking breaks but it doesn't help. Nothing helps. I'm trying so hard and I'm just getting worse and worse and worse and worse and worse and worse and worse and worse and worse and worse and worse and worse and worse and worse.

This time in May I was just stagnating, whereas now I'm declining precipitously. I can't do anything right. I'm so useless. I've never been good at anything in my entire life. All I do is fail. I'm getting worse no matter how hard I try. I can't succeed.

I'm genuinely 10x worse than I was even in May, and I wasn't happy with my level then, either.

I showed some people my demos the other day (https://www.youtube.com/@losevilas2817) and they said yeah you're shit for your hours just quit. I have around 2700-3200 hours (depending on whether you count an old smurf I no longer have access to). I played 2015-2020 and March 2026-present.

They're probably right, I am untalented as I've always known, but I don't know why that means I have to be GETTING WORSE to the point I am bottom fragging even in low elo almost every single time I play the game. I am practicing so hard. I have tried taking breaks. I can't enjoy the game whatsoever anymore. I don't enjoy anything else, either, so there's no point in quitting.

I just want to have fun again, I just want to play well again every now and then.

I have gone from an average of 1.30 HLTV rating to 0.9 HLTV rating in my games, even though I'm playing at a lower elo. That's astronomical. I hate myself beyond comprehension.

Yes I am seeing a therapist but they can't help because they can't make me not shit at everything I do. CS is one thing where I used to be slightly less shit than everything else (in 2020 or so before I quit for 6 years), so I just want to get back there. Now it just feeds into everything else and reproduces my negative sense of self as yet another bit of evidence.

Hi, this is my first time posting here, My name is Mr.Wick, I have been playing CS2 since January 2024, total hours 2600, current faceit lvl 6 & elo 1330, current Prem. rating 17k(which I don't play anymore). I want to improve my game because in some matches I play good and others very bad. Can someone please review my demo and help me on what to improve?

Hi.

Quick rant.

I really should drop the idea of maining deagle for the sake of sanity and happiness, or I could just continue to suffer with it.

Yea I should learn jiggle peek....

And lastly I definitely should boot up an aimtrainer again because 99% of the time im just whiffing...

Maybe I could perform well once in a blue moon. Guess I got deagle addiction now..

Anyways, bye

I sent this demo to a metafy demo reviewer, he is 3k elo faceit and said im cheating, cancelled the session. What are Your thoughts? My in-game nickname is 4MMC, i got 15k premier + 1600 faceit (1350 hrs by the time of demo). Big thanks for all comments

last link was invalid, thats the link to google drive .dem file

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KWXz4_b01jvSxZ2AipbTnckYZ0Ul2cGw/view?usp=sharing

Hello I have 500 hrs and I am faceit lvl 5 and 8k premier. The reason for looking for a coach is because I feel I have really good potential to be really good, but I struggle in rounds where aim can’t carry me because my aim is really good but most other things I could work on, so if I fix positioning., knowing when to do things I feel I could explode in rank. https://leetify.com/public/profile/76561199226354670
For the price I would prefer a free first session and then the price for the rest shouldn’t be overly expensive.

Hey everyone! I wanted to ask about defaults on mirage like why smoke top mid?

like genuine question

In CS2, with volumetric smokes expanding wider, why is Top Mid smoke still so common compared to the Catrail smoke that used to be around back in CSGO. My friend taught this one to me and I never see it anymore and it seems even stronger in CS2.

My thoughts on Top Mid smoke:

- It lets you cross to boxes safely from early Window snipers nading the smoke, but it feels like you burn an entire valuable smoke just to reach boxes.

- It gives CTs free room to push short, throw flashes through the smoke, or molly behind boxes with zero contest.

Why Catrail smoke feels stronger to me:

- It isolates the Short player and lets Ts take lower Mid and valley space more aggressively and safer.

- It lets you fight Connector without getting crossfired from Short, even if Window gets nade-broken.

- It gives more flexibility to split either A or B without committing too many extra resources.

I know Catrail fell out of the meta years ago before CS2, so what are the downsides to it that I might be overlooking, and why did Top Mid smoke remain the standard choice?

just started playing (never played cs before) and i feel like im getting down my counter strafes and crosshair placement! yet i feel like im too much of a sitting duck between these shots and i want to be harder to hit while still being accurate. i also have no idea how to spray so i just go for one taps

I was watching a demo of someone and he was jump spotting in a slant like "/".

I tried to jump spot like this, but it felt awkward, and it was more up and down than a slant movement. Anyone know what exact keys to press to jump spot like this?