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On X (Twitter), the official Counter-Strike account posted "What are you doing next Wednesday?" (September 27th), teasing that something is coming and it's not really hard to guess what that will be.
Likely either an open Beta of Counter-Strike 2 for anyone to jump in, or a proper release if they think it's ready enough. Hopefully Valve will also properly put up the Linux version too!
Valve said originally that CS2 would release in the Summer, but they've only done a Limited Test gradually inviting more players in so far. At release CS2 will be a free upgrade and replacement for Global Offensive, which is over 10 years old at this point so no doubt many are keen to see all the improvements.
Recently Valve also announced CS Rating — a precise display of your skill in Counter-Strike 2:
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heidi.wenger 21 Sep 2023
Could someone put up a screen shot of that https://twitter.com/CounterStrike/status/1704541038633959492 tweet? It seems without an account you can't even read messages no more in that god awful "X", and Nitter seems to be blocked. How nice? In this day and age. Nice freedom Musk 
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Sure, added. Will try to keep that in mind for future articles as I can imagine that being annoying.
Last edited by Liam Dawe on 21 Sep 2023 at 3:51 pm UTC
Last edited by Liam Dawe on 21 Sep 2023 at 3:51 pm UTC
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So far no trace of Linux binaries. I think it will be a while before you can play on Linux and MacOS on VAC-protected systems. And let's face it, that's the most fun. :)
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It seems without an account you can't even read messages no more in that god awful "X"
It doesn't show the replies any more, but seeing the "base" message still works for me?
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Could someone put up a screen shot of that https://twitter.com/CounterStrike/status/1704541038633959492 tweet? It seems without an account you can't even read messages no more in that god awful "X", and Nitter seems to be blocked. How nice? In this day and age. Nice freedom Musk
I deleted my Twitter under previous ownership and didn't plan to return. Not being able to search for specific tweets or view comments was getting tiresome so I created a "burner" account just to view stuff. Still not using it regularly but it is a little less painful when I do need to use it.
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Is there actually a problem with VAC and Proton? I thought Valve pretty much fixed all issues by 2021 with that. I know EAC and other abominable (invasive, driver level) things need specific attention, but the way the VAC system works shouldn't be a problem. It's just using normal application level functionality to check for cheats.
Wrong?
Wrong?
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It seems without an account you can't even read messages no more in that god awful "X"
It doesn't show the replies any more, but seeing the "base" message still works for me?
There might be quota so it doesn't even show
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Time to dust off the old salt shaker!
On an other note, any GoLers doing the occasional weekend MM?
On an other note, any GoLers doing the occasional weekend MM?
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I don't see anything next-gen worthy on the video, but that might be just me 
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One thing I wonder about--if it's "X" now, what is this "twitter.com" website that has all the stuff on it?It seems without an account you can't even read messages no more in that god awful "X"
It doesn't show the replies any more, but seeing the "base" message still works for me?
There might be quota so it doesn't even showtweets"x's" anymore when used up?
Well,
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I guess if they switched it to "x.com" that would cause the apocalypse (or at least the Enemy Unknown). 
I also noticed that when I went to have a look at the, um, "X" linked in this article, prominent to the right of the message was "New to Twitter? Sign up blah blah blah . . ." So it looks like I can't sign up to "X", only to Twitter . . .
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benstor214 21 Sep 2023
It's probably because of A/B testing. The favorite test method of evil corporations to find out how far they can go in screwing their customers.It seems without an account you can't even read messages no more in that god awful "X"It doesn't show the replies any more, but seeing the "base" message still works for me?
edit: style
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I guess if they switched it to "x.com" that would cause the apocalypse (or at least the Enemy Unknown).
They do own x.com sadly. But the core sharing mechanic still uses Twitter. I was laughing to see that Google doesn't acknowledge the name change either - they still show "trending from twitter" on their searches.
Honestly, I don't think anyone should ever actually name the service anymore. Just "this person announced on social media", and then screenshot the announcement. Job done. No having to say "this person on X (Twitter)" or decide which name to use.
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Mountain Man 21 Sep 2023
Another Valve announcement that isn't for Half-Life 3. 
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ElectricPrism 21 Sep 2023
That would be great, I just play casual bot deathmatch games these days and custom games in the server browser in cs:go like `surf_`.
As such even though I have hundreds of house I didn't qualify for the beta invite.
(lets face it, during the early years too of csgo and dota the last thing I wanted to deal with was the game crashing and then the matchmaking system harassing me because I "left a match" and penalizing me for internet issues, power outages, or crashes due to general buginess.)
I hope they greatly expand their invite, it should be interesting.
I also hope that there are a decent amount of DeathMatch Surfing maps in the Custom Server Browser, I particularly miss the RPG of CS:S and CS 1.6 -- csgo surf is meh -_-
Edit: On a side note, I hope this also leads to the release of the Source 2 Engine so we can see mods update to the new engine from 2013.
Last edited by ElectricPrism on 21 Sep 2023 at 11:44 pm UTC
As such even though I have hundreds of house I didn't qualify for the beta invite.
(lets face it, during the early years too of csgo and dota the last thing I wanted to deal with was the game crashing and then the matchmaking system harassing me because I "left a match" and penalizing me for internet issues, power outages, or crashes due to general buginess.)
I hope they greatly expand their invite, it should be interesting.
I also hope that there are a decent amount of DeathMatch Surfing maps in the Custom Server Browser, I particularly miss the RPG of CS:S and CS 1.6 -- csgo surf is meh -_-
Edit: On a side note, I hope this also leads to the release of the Source 2 Engine so we can see mods update to the new engine from 2013.
Last edited by ElectricPrism on 21 Sep 2023 at 11:44 pm UTC
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I was actually just making a bad XCOM joke.I guess if they switched it to "x.com" that would cause the apocalypse (or at least the Enemy Unknown).
They do own x.com sadly.
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Imagine when they come across x.org.I was actually just making a bad XCOM joke.I guess if they switched it to "x.com" that would cause the apocalypse (or at least the Enemy Unknown).
They do own x.com sadly.
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I thought CS2 was going to be release mid oktober? Oh wait, that's the other CS2 XD
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benstor214 24 Sep 2023
I thought CS2 was going to be release mid oktober? Oh wait, that's the other CS2 XDWhat CS2 were you thinking of?
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kellerkindt 24 Sep 2023
I thought CS2 was going to be release mid oktober? Oh wait, that's the other CS2 XDWhat CS2 were you thinking of?
Probably Cities:Skylines 2?
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