The cs go rank shift-3kliksphilip

Granted I only have about 100 hours invested in this game, and only about less than half in competitive, and I'm only Silver 6, the times I have faced what you describe is ridiculous.

From Silver 1 to Silver 4, if I didn't kill about 4 people by myself, we'd lose. Now, it's gotten down to about 3 people.

No one smokes. Ever.

They only barely seem to be aware of choke points. They have the reaction time of a turtle, and they aim as if they are using a mouse pad. Not to mention that they seem to not possess any peripheral vision whatsoever; anything that's more than a few centimeters away from their crosshair can roam around unnoticed.

Listening to footsteps? There is sound!? Checking the minimap? Nope (this is actually my biggest gripe). One time, I was in a 2v1, ct mid dust 2, killed them both but was left with 20hp, a teammate jumped down from short to ct spawn turned to ct mid and shot me dead. Also, if you'd check the fucking minimap, you'd know that a dude just killed your teammate at catwalk and you are next at short aimlessly camping towards long.

I also had a similar situation as you in dust 2 happen, where a dude went long, checked for 5 seconds, and left, and the moment he turned left from long to ct ramp, someone sneaked out and I got shot in the head.

No one knows how recoil works, and how to give as little information to the enemy as possible. Walked all the way to where-ever? Someone comes running in behind me; great, now they know we are here! Their "tactics" are totally predictable. Are we at a choke point in a losing battle and we are running out of time? Better commit and die quicker!

Quite frankly, I don't expect it to get much better 'till around the top 3-4 ranks.

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