Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is a multiplayer first person shooter sequel to the popular Counter-Strike: Source.
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What are the differences between Counter Strike: Global Offensive and Counter Strike: Source?
As Counter Strike: Source is also a graphics improved version of original CS.
But what are new features in Global Offensive and how they differs from Counter Strike: Source?
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Is it possible to quickscope in CS:GO?
In CS 1.6, it was possible to fire accurate shots with the AWP without actually using the scope to sight; this was called quickscoping. It was done by right clicking (opening the scope) and then ...
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What is the secret to surfing?
What's the trick to surfing? I've seen many surfing maps, yet I can barely complete any of them because I don't know how to surf.
Also, is surfing different in each of the source games you can play ...
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How do you mute another player?
In the current Beta I cannot seem to find a way to mute annoying people that are using the in game voice communication.
In the previous versions of counter-strike (source) you could bring up a player ...
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What does “team collision” in CS:GO mean?
While joining different types of matches in Counter Strike: Global Offensive, I noticed in some of them Team collision is turned on and in some off. I didn't noticed any differences.
What does "Team ...
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What's the difference between an incendiary grenade and a molotov?
In CS:GO, two new grenades were introduced: the incendiary and the molotov.
One thing however is, I'm confused at what the difference between these two is. Incendiary, when exploding, leaves a ...
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How does the scoring work?
I cannot work out how the scoring works in game... Information is hard to come by, does anyone know what activities award points, and how much?
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How much damage constitutes an assist?
I injured someone and he killed me, then after a long interval he was killed and I was awarded an assist to my surprise.
So, since it's obviously not based on time duration, how much do you need to ...
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What does a decoy grenade actually do?
I can see those decoy grenades in the buy screens, but all I see it doing (when anybody uses it) is that it just does a little bit of flashes.
What is it for? Why should I spent 200$ on something ...
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How does one climb up/down ladders the quickest?
I play a lot of Zombie Escape, and there is always a lot of ladder climbing.
What I have noticed however, is that some players climb the ladders faster than others, while others climb it slower.
Is ...
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What does it mean to dominate an enemy?
There are 2 achievements for dominating an enemy (and a bunch more involving killing enemies who are dominating):
Repeat Offender: Dominate an enemy
Decimator: Dominate ten enemies
Some how, I ...
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How can I check if a server is up in CS:GO?
I am trying to create a dedicated server. I can join but I want to know if it is available online for my friends. Is there any tool for this?
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How do I create an empty game in CS:GO?
I'm new to Counter Strike, and I'm having a hard time memorizing the map layouts of the different maps.
How can I create an empty game without any bots where I can just walk around and look at the ...
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How to increase length of whiskers of “standard, static” crosshair?
I prefer the "standard, static" crosshair but would like it to have longer whiskers. How can I achieve this?
I think I was not able to change it with the crosshair commands I found, such as ...
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How does the CSGO penalty system work?
So just now i was playing a csgo competitive game, there was an obvious troll on the team, duo q'ing with his friend. He would randomly kill him self (kill in console), or sit ina corner of the map ...
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CS Go having problem playing with friends
When starting a private game with friends I always get a white arrow cursor which prevents me from using my mouse (I have to kill cs go to get rid of it), my friends were getting this as well once ...
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Changing “team” name that appears in stats in CS:GO
When I bring up the in-game stats window in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, a "team" column is included. It's empty for most users, but for some it includes a team/clan tag like players in others ...
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How can I see my player movements in Counter Strike?
I am new in Counter Strike. I have one laptop where I am practising my movement skills playing alone. I would like to see my player so I can understand the movement mechanics for when I am going to be ...
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Does the Golden Knife have different stats than the regular knife?
When you are at the last level of the Arms Race mode, are you on an advantage or disadvantage with other players with a normal knife?
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Does friendly fire off apply to incendiaries?
Personally, I love playing with FF. But on most public servers where I live it is off.
I was wondering if that applies to molotovs and such?
With FF off, can I throw a molotov into a choke point and ...
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What are the differences between CS 1.6 and CS:GO?
What are the differences between CS 1.6 and CS:GO? A simple bullet point comparison similar to What are the differences between CS 1.6 and CS:S? would be nice.
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Do incendiary grenades/molotovs stack damage?
If a teammate and myself throw an incendiary grenade or molotov at the same spot, does the damage stack for people standing in the area of effect?
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How can I change my in-game playername?
Is it tied purely to my Steam profile name, or can I set my in-game name independently?
In CS Source you used to be able to change the name drectly form the console with a 'name' command.
Ideally ...
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Is it possible to change gamemode or gametype while the server is running?
I am in the process of configuring a Counterstrike: Global Offensive server and I was wondering if the game mode and game type can be changed on the fly, preferably from within the game by calling a ...
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Steam won't stop muting my music and/or skype conversations on lobby join
Every time I join a lobby in CS: GO, my steam mutes everything but the game on my computer.
How to stop it from doing that?
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Offline with Bots?
Is there any way for me to directly modify how many players are on each team for CS:GO? I don't have a very good computer, and the default 5v5 makes running CS:GO a real pain. I'd really like to only ...
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Higher ping in cs go can cause problem in registry of shots?
I have not played CS:GO in steam for a couple of months. Now I have started playing again, I've noticed that despite playing on a server with a high ping (>300), I am still not lagging.
Is this high ...
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How do I change the time it takes to change maps after the game ends on my counter strike global offensive server?
For my counterstrike global offensive server how do i change the amount of time it takes to change map once a game ends on my server? currently it is set to 1 min 30 when 10 seconds would suffice.
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Counter-Strike GO: ALT+F4 doesn't work
ALT + F4 is supposed to work in Counter-Strike GO, as per http://gaming.stackexchange.com/a/82590; however, nothing happens when I press ALT + F4 in the Counter-Strike GO window.
Is there some ...
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What do you get for 5 kills in a round in Demolition?
1 kill = Proceed to next weapon
2 kills = Proceed + Frag grenade
3 kills = Proceed + Flashbang
4 kills = Proceed + PyroGrenade
5 kills = Proceed + ???
I just want to know what is the bonus for ...
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Which are the air accelerate and walk-through-walls commands?
In this video and maybe other videos grenades and positions are explained with negative air acceleration (afaik) and walking through walls. Which are the commands to use for this? sv_airacceleration ...
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How to quick duck in CS:GO
When you duck in GS:GO there is penalty or an after effect that makes you slower at second duck. But in this video the delay does not appear to be affecting them. How can they do it?
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How to ease bots (AI) management and configuration?
I play CS:GO with my roommate against bots and we like to make custom games, say 2 CT's (us) vs 5 T's. Doing this in CS:GO requires some console commands. My question is, can we batch these commands ...
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Download CS:GO server without redownloading entire game
I'm trying to setup a home CS:GO server, but I want to do it without redownloading the entire game. I'm using Steamcmd to download the server and I've had a look at the files which it is downloading, ...
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Is it possible to change the map group while the server is running?
I am in the process of configuring a Counterstrike: Global Offensive server and I was wondering if it is possible to change the active map group while the server is running, without having to restart ...
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I can't join servers on Counter Strike Global Offensive
I double click a server to join and most of the time a box comes up saying join game, refresh, cancel and the server information so I click refresh then join game but nothing happens and sometimes ...
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How can I define keybinds for the buy-screen?
I'd like to define keys for frequently used items on the buy-screen, like kevlar, helm, M4A1, AK47, Deagle, etc.
On CS:S and CS1.6 I could define those only by manually editing some configuration ...
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Is it possible to force knifes only for the first round?
Is it possible to configure a CS:GO servers so that the first round is forced knifes only (no pistols)?
If so, how?
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What is the $/K on the stats screen?
I'm wondering what the $/K stat on the score screen is.
What does it mean? How is it calculated?
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How to join a match by IP address in CS:GO?
I'm having trouble figuring out how I can connect directly to a server via IP. How can I join a server in CS:GO by using it's IP address?
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Unable to purchase Kevlar in CS:GO
I recently got the beta for CS: Global Offensive, but one thing I've noticed missing from the gameplay is the Kevlar purchase option under the Gear tab.
I've tried joining regular quick match ...
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Is there any way to save preset load outs in CS:GO?
One of the features of CS1.6 and CS:S was the Loadout ability, the ability that allowed the player to quickly purchase a custom load out based on user preference.
However, on the purchase screen ...
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How can I make a really static crosshair in CS:GO?
When I watch some CS:GO videos, I see they have fully static crosshair. For example, in this video, NiP vs eXtensive from ESL Major Series Winter 2012. I'm not talking about a recoil control thing. I ...
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How do you change the difficulty of the bots?
With the standard configuration, Counterstrike: Global Offensive will populate the teams up to a maximum per team with bots to keep the teams balanced.
These bots are a quite easy, how can I make ...
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How can I increase the length of the warmup round?
I am setting up a Counterstrike: Global Offensive server and I was wondering if I could increase the length of the warm up around? Currently it is about 30 seconds but I'd like to customise this yet ...
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How can I avoid CS:GO servers loaded with bots?
I find that a lot of times, when using Community Quick Play, I end up being pushed into a server with many bots, and no real players.
Playing a game using "Find a Game" works fine, but Community ...
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How do you progress to a new rank on the CS:GO Elo system?
Ever since I started playing with CS:GO I've been in the bronze rank in Classic Competetive. No matter how many rounds I win, how many times I am the MVP, I won't get a new rank.
How does the ...
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Stuck on team selection screen
While playing CS:GO, I found that for some reason I would get stuck on the pick your team screen.
I could even hear the game going on and it's not like everything froze (I could still move my mouse ...
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How do I play and publish my custom map?
Three questions which would raise long answers:
If I create my own map, how do I play it? Do I need a dedicated server?
How can I register my map on the Steam Workshop?
Are all maps accepted on the ...
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Keeping video settings in CS:GO
Everytime I decreased my visual setting it maximizes the whole settings at every restarts. I dont know if I used a console command unintentionally. How can I solve this?
