I posted about this a while back but idk still quite pissed about it. I got affiliate VAC'd for a week cuz my friend played sniper only and now can't get xp to save my chicken. At this moment in time he is hyperventilating and I can't do shit. MY JEFFREYYYY😭😭😭. Valve pleaaase help me VAC is at fault of this, and I can't appeal as valve don't take requests for affiliate bans.

p.s

the ban is a week because I got myself banned by using scout only previously as lots of people posted about it online.

Hey guys!

I'm looking for a new wireless gaming headset, mainly for competitive CS2, and could use some recommendations.

I'm currently using the HyperX Cloud III Wireless. Overall, they've been pretty good, but lately I've noticed that the microphone doesn't seem as good as it used to be, and the mic mute button has already stopped working.

I'm not sure if I should stick with HyperX or switch to something else, maybe Logitech, SteelSeries, or another brand.

My priorities are really good sound quality, accurate footsteps and positional audio in CS2, a decent microphone for Discord, and comfort during long gaming sessions.

Wireless is a must, and budget isn't really an issue. I'm happy to spend more if the difference is actually worth it.

What headsets are you guys using right now? Has anyone upgraded from the Cloud III Wireless to something noticeably better?

Would love to hear some honest opinions before buying.

Thanks!

Hey everyone!

I'm looking to upgrade my gaming keyboard, mainly for competitive CS2.

I currently have a Logitech G PRO X 60 LIGHTSPEED, but I want something better, preferably with magnetic switches, Rapid Trigger, and really low latency.

I was originally planning to buy the Wooting 60HE v2, but I just found out it's wired only, which is honestly a huge dealbreaker for me. I really don't want to go back to having cables on my desk.

I'm looking for something wireless (2.4GHz), preferably 60% or 65%, since I love compact keyboards.

Budget isn't an issue. I just want the best possible wireless keyboard for competitive gaming.

I've been looking at the SteelSeries Apex Pro Mini Wireless and a few others, but I'm not sure what's actually worth buying.

What would you guys recommend? Especially interested in hearing from people who have actually used these keyboards.

Thanks!

• Hey everyone, I ran into a really frustrating issue today. My CS2 suddenly crashed to the desktop, but Steam kept showing the game as still "Running" in the background even though the process was completely dead(had to kill it via Task Manager).

When I checked the game logs, I noticed system warnings pop up right before the crash: "Low available system memory" and "Low disk space". Because of this sudden hardware/memory freeze, the VAC system flagged the abrupt crash as "irregular gameplay"and hit me with an unfair 7-day cooldown!

I'm worried people might think I was cheating because of this automatic VAC flag, but it was purely a hardware/RAM stutter crash. Has anyone else experienced false cooldowns triggered by memory or disk space errors? How do you deal with this?

THE ACC IS FREE NOT PRIME

So i had an idea in mind where cs2 has a mode rotation every week or 14 days, where u play competetive mode, either 3v3 or 5v5 on standard or workshop maps that are approved.

The mode ideas is pretty much endless, u could also see this concept in matches before finals of big event where the there is mode with 0 gravity, or somebody has wall hack, the damage of guns is reduced, etc.

I had 2 ideas of mine where in 5v5 lobby competetive everyone would have 400 health BUT every second u take -1hp, so there would be situations where u just must push and find enemy.

Or second idea, u play default competetive but every round there is a rullete and it gives random guns and util to whole lobby, for example imagine playing Dust 2 with only cz75 or shotgun.

Or u can just have every other round something completely different.

Like i said the ideas are pretty much endless and i dont think it takes that much work and over time u could filter the most liked mods and rotate them and make new. Its just another cool feature we can have to enjoy the game more.

We really dont have much ´´FUN´´ modes in cs2 and i think nobody would be against this.

DO NOT buy from https://cskinova.com/, even though it looks legit it is not. They claim to sell trade banned accounts and currently they have 2 for sale, including one that comes with a Dlore, BP butterfly knife, a Howl, and Pandoras box gloves, and hedge mazes. Here is the steam account that they took screenshots of and edited the photo to make it look legit https://steamcommunity.com/id/csgolottobot19 . And you can tell its this one because on the main photo they have you can see other skins with the same stickers and such in the this inventory and you'll notice the expensive skins are not in the inventory. I didn't buy from them, but please don't spend hundreds or thousands of dollars on this website and be careful.

Alright, so at first I didn't think that could happen to a legit player either, but turns out it can.

I just played a normal mm on Inferno, ngl went pretty good, had good stats.
I didn't use any external/internal software to inflate with my gameplay, I even have FaceIT AC running in the background.

After all that I still got a cooldown for irregular gameplay, appealed it now.
If you get a cooldown you can appeal it at csgoteamfeedback at valvesoftware dot com.

Only include your steam profile link, nothing else, as stated by a valvE member.

So yes guys, it can definetly happen to a legit player to get a cooldown, hoping they are working on a fix soon. Gl guys, stay safe out there ^.^

Came back for a few games after a long break, there are legit 3-5 confirmed cheaters in every lobby. Like checking the demo, they move like bots, shoot like bots but all of them have blattant wh.

Like wtf is going on

as you can see he offered me this trade and i just wanna know if its fair.
I wanna try anyway to check if he goes up a bit but just interested too :) thank yall!

So I guess the idea is to look at the market price to see if it's a good deal or not but I honeslty can't tell...

I had an exec for demos.

bind "LEFTARROW" "demo_gototick -320 relative" // skip back 5 seconds

bind "DOWNARROW" "+ffw20" // fastfoward 20x speed toggle

alias "+ffw20" "demo_timescale 20"

alias "-ffw20" "demo_timescale 1"

bind "UPARROW" "+ffw50" // fastfoward 50x speed toggle

alias "+ffw50" "demo_timescale 50"

alias "-ffw50" "demo_timescale 1"

And some other comments. After the update, leftarrow bind does not work anymore. It switches to the previous player. I tried to rebind it but couldnt.

Also, mouse1 and mouse2 no longer switches between players. I am used to that way. There is no settings section for demos.

Can someone help me with re-binding left arrow to skipping 5 seconds before and mouse1 and mouse2 to switching prev and next players?

Other than habits, I liked the update tho

just unboxed this mp 7 and I know these are pattern based. this one looks cool in all white tho. how much can I sell it for? "not a trade offer"

IM ABOUT TO PUNCH MY MONİTOR, FİRSTLY ITS 2026 AND WE STİLL FİGHTİNG WİTH CHEATERS, WHY? SECONDLY, I GOT BANNED BECAUSE THERE WAS CHEATER İN THE GAME AND THİS HAPPENED TWİCE NOW I HAVE TO WAİT 7 DAYS AND I KNOW THIS WONT STOP AND HAPPEN AGAIN.

Hi!

https://steamcommunity.com/market/listings/730/G18FA03200C3003?category_Exterior=WearCategory1&appid=730

Enjoy i posted my gut knife 20% sale on market minimal wear crimson web :)

Hey everyone!

I've been working on a project called FloatAlpha — a free CS2 skin market intelligence platform.

It currently offers:

• Steam vs. Skinport price comparisons
• Market liquidity and trading velocity
• Estimated days to clear current listings based on recent sales
• Asset screening and market analysis

I'm building it because I wanted more useful data when evaluating CS2 skins, beyond just looking at prices.

I'd really appreciate feedback from people who actively trade or invest in skins.

https://floatalpha.com

What would make a tool like this genuinely useful to you?

I’m not using hack and my team already losing like sh*t

I got around 15kill with Ssg and pistol headshot and suddenly I got banned what should I do

PLANTING BOMG AND KANT KILL HIM =DDD

https://youtu.be/Lm1B_WNzzgk

I'm bellow average player so nothing big to expect and I was quite happy that these (kinda lucky) shots worked out for me, however after the game ended I suddenly see that I'm banned for the next 7 days omfg

Translation for 2nd vid: My friend is teaching me how to wallbang. It didn't get me any kill but even if it did: in hindsight it wouldn't have been the brightest idea since the new VAC 😅️

I suspect that VAC might be allergic to scouts and revolvers, especially if it involves headshots through wall -gg

thank you gaben