New CS:GO Update.
What happened?:
Release Notes for 01/24/2019:
Videos & Stuff:
I first noticed this update whenever 3kliksphilip made a video on it. He makes really good videos on CS:GO and you should check his video on this update.
Also here's the official post about the CS:GO update:
https://blog.counter-strike.net/index.php/2019/01/22737/
For anyone who can't bother clicking on the link, here's a screenshot
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Does anyone know how to make a screenshot bigger? If you do please PM me on the forums xD
My Opinion:
I honestly don't mind the changes made to the maps, since I don't really play matchmaking any more but the fact of cheaters being able to get Prime Status for free just be not being blatent annoys me. Once I made an alt and tried out the CSGO Free To Play Experience, and in every single game I played, there was cheaters. In arms race there was cheaters, in competitive there was cheaters. It's just a massacre.
Should we make the server Prime Only?
Now that your able to get Prime Status by reaching level 21 I think Prime Status Only should be added to our CS:GO community servers, ban evaders and cheaters will have a harder time to play on the server because they actually have to put in like 10 hours into CS:GO to get Prime Status. Whenever I was on an alt trying out competitive I also wanted to go onto some JB servers and see how people would react if a level 2 account came on and new most of the secrets on the map. I couldn't join barely any servers because they had Prime Only and I then noticed that this could be a good idea to add. I first was against this because you completely denied new players because they had to add in there phone number and get steam guard to have Prime, but now that I think of it. It's not that bad.
Thoughts on this situation?
I really want to know what everyone thinks about this, about the new update and that Prime is now just completely free.
P.S. Meant to make the name "New CS:GO update, opinions on it?"
What happened?:
- So recently with the new CS:GO update in 2019, valve have made it possible to get Prime Status without adding your phone number or having steam guard. To get Prime Status you only have to get to level 21. In match making this can increase the amount of cheaters in Prime games. Now if you want to play CS:GO without any sort of cheaters you need to have a high trust factor. If you're like me and you don't play Match Making and you have a bad history of people reporting you for being toxic then Match Making is not for you!
Release Notes for 01/24/2019:
- [MAPS]
– Added a new version of Vertigo to Wingman official matchmaking.
– Added Zoo and Abbey to Casual and Deathmatch official matchmaking.
– Removed Austria and Subzero from official matchmaking.
- Biome:
-Improved performance.
-Removed connector between A short and A long.
-Removed mid lower entry.
-Added ladder to mid upper entry.
-Moved T spawn towards A to give CTs better mid timings.
-Fixed several bomb stuck spots and clipping issues.
- [MISC]
– Accounts are now automatically upgraded to Prime by reaching Lieutenant Rank 21.
– Fixed a regression for some Perfect World accounts with completed Identity Verification and restored their Prime Account Status.
– Fixed scoreboard team names truncation in some languages.
– Fixed random map behavior in offline with bots game modes.
- [SOUND]
– Adjusted velocity value for when jump ‘step’ sound plays for more consistent behavior.
– Fixed a bug where player fall damage sound wasn’t playing most of the time.
– Fixed a bug where “the bomb has been defused” and “counter-terrorists win” VO lines could overlap each other.
Videos & Stuff:
I first noticed this update whenever 3kliksphilip made a video on it. He makes really good videos on CS:GO and you should check his video on this update.
Also here's the official post about the CS:GO update:
https://blog.counter-strike.net/index.php/2019/01/22737/
For anyone who can't bother clicking on the link, here's a screenshot

View attachment 20654
Does anyone know how to make a screenshot bigger? If you do please PM me on the forums xD
My Opinion:
I honestly don't mind the changes made to the maps, since I don't really play matchmaking any more but the fact of cheaters being able to get Prime Status for free just be not being blatent annoys me. Once I made an alt and tried out the CSGO Free To Play Experience, and in every single game I played, there was cheaters. In arms race there was cheaters, in competitive there was cheaters. It's just a massacre.
Should we make the server Prime Only?
Now that your able to get Prime Status by reaching level 21 I think Prime Status Only should be added to our CS:GO community servers, ban evaders and cheaters will have a harder time to play on the server because they actually have to put in like 10 hours into CS:GO to get Prime Status. Whenever I was on an alt trying out competitive I also wanted to go onto some JB servers and see how people would react if a level 2 account came on and new most of the secrets on the map. I couldn't join barely any servers because they had Prime Only and I then noticed that this could be a good idea to add. I first was against this because you completely denied new players because they had to add in there phone number and get steam guard to have Prime, but now that I think of it. It's not that bad.
Thoughts on this situation?
I really want to know what everyone thinks about this, about the new update and that Prime is now just completely free.
P.S. Meant to make the name "New CS:GO update, opinions on it?"
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