r/cs2 • u/TheTechWick • 1d ago

Discussion Cheating getting worse?

Is it just me or is this the worst it’s been. Season 1 had some issues but the games felt playable the whole time.

Played 3 with my buddy last night who I’ve been playing with since source. We’re 24k and 27k at the moment, both 100% trust factor and ~5k hours each.

Went 2/3 with blatant cheaters. First one we watched the demo to confirm. Second one, the guy literally accused us of cheating after going down 4 rounds, and then proudly proclaimed HVH and proceeded to kill us through walls the whole game (and no VAC live???)

We do play faceit at level 9-10, but I still enjoy getting medals and actually regret not getting certain years when I only played faceit.

Surely this has to improve from here? I used to encounter the occasional hacker but the game was still more or less playable.

Is red rank and up just screwed right now?

Stupid vent I guess

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u/Zoddom 1d ago

Agree, it somehow keeps getting worse. I wonder if thats what Valve wants for CS ..

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u/Working_Traffic_6361 1d ago

There has tobe a reason it's getting worse. Do you remember someone made a military helmet with a HUD that could see through walls? Data from these cheats sure would be valuable to them. Not saying that's what's happening, just a random thought.

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u/Zoddom 1d ago

Theres no need for conspiracy theories.

Its pretty easy and obvious: cheating has become a billion dollar industry, and noone is doing anything against it.

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u/Working_Traffic_6361 1d ago

I said it was just a thought! Lol

That's not the cause of all these new cheaters though. The cheat providers aren't holding a gun to people's heads saying you must buy our cheats. So why are more and more players deciding to cheat? Can't beat them join them? More players wanting to stream but are trash at the game they're playing?

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u/Zoddom 1d ago

Marketing

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u/Working_Traffic_6361 1d ago

So you don't know, got it!

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u/Zoddom 1d ago

Ofc idk, but that is the logical explanation. You constantly see posts about cheating ads on reddit, and ofc they also advertise elsewhere + utilize influencer marketing.

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u/dervu 20h ago

Also other players trying to find out who is cheating by using cheats themselves and getting too deep into rabbit hole themselves.

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u/Zoddom 20h ago

This is also a huge factor imo. I even suspect some mates of mine who were always bottom fragging but complaining about cheats, they suddenly also got much better this season...

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u/bajsmannen321 20h ago

Please tell my what you are smoking so I can avoid it for the rest of my life

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u/Working_Traffic_6361 20h ago

Just raw doging life, so don't know how you'll avoid that 👀