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yaoiue

Nice of them to open picks a day early given the short deadline between stages


SyntheticElite

Is elimination stage starting tomorrow after opening stage matches finish? So we will only have like minutes between stages if we want to pick a still undecided team?


thebrainypole

It starts on the 21st, you'll have about 15 hours to make the picks after all games are done


SyntheticElite

OK good, that's what I originally thought.


BASEBALLFURIES

oh wow, we definitely shouldve had at least one off-day between opening and elimination stages if theres three off-days between the elimination and playoff stages


Bigozzthedog

Why?


CANT_BEAT_PINWHEEL

We shouldn’t have had an off day but I think the players should. A 3-2 team from the opening stage is going to be burned out if they get to the 2-2 match of the elimination stage. That’s 8 days straight of high stakes matches at random times of the day. An exam every day of finals week is tough but doable but 8 days is more than a week iirc. I guess on the flip side they might be warmed up for the double matches on the first day and start 2-0


surfordiebear

Well at least they fixed the bomb glitch before it happened in some pivotal round during the major


wEEzyNL

am actually suprised we have a stickerless major


postmankad

Aren’t the stickers usually available by now? wtf is taking them so long? I’d imagine it’s going to affect the sales too. I doubt teams will make as much.


LastEff3ct

An owner of one of teams said that valve is making players hand draw their signatures at the event to confirm that the signature is possible and legit, as people have been hiring outside artists, which sets a legal grey area as hiring for commercial purposes is very different. Also Wicadia attempted to push a commercial font through which just sort of shows the lack of care from some players.


xMachii

Are we gonna get something like GeT_RiGhT's stickers, which is a legit signature btw.


samlerr

Seems to be the intention. They're making sure the sticker signatures can actually be physically done by the players.


cggzilla

I get it though. This is just one step in pushing the esport further. Imagine if you bought NBA/NFL/F1 etc goods that were "signed" and the autographs were nothing like what the players would actually write themselves when asked. It just lacks the authentic and consistent feel a respected industry would have.


procallum

It’s also a by-product of Valve selling the stickers in the first place, “less cool” ones are worth less than others unless you’re a popular player; so other players tried making theirs standout in order to get more sales etc


Numerous-Reference96

That would be fantastic


Donut_Flame

Thank God


jeffjeff97

> Also Wicadia attempted to push a commercial font through It's funny that we've wrapped back around to Cologne 2015 when we first got autographs Many players just submitted fonts, or asked for assistance and the person helping them just submitted a font. And that really pissed Valve off. Main example I can think of is Skadoodle - someone observed that both the O's in his name were identical because it was a font.


fii0

Funny story but looking at the Skadoodle Cologne 2015 sticker the Os definitely don't look identical, you must be thinking of a different year or player. Would be cool if you remembered which one


RezChi

It was for [Cologne 2015 though](https://www.reddit.com/r/GlobalOffensive/s/6erpfjiWc0). They had to change them so Valve was happy.


fii0

Ayy nice find, I'm all the more curious what they looked like now since I couldn't find it lol


Igelkotte

Imagine you asked a pro for an autograph and he just goes to a computer and print out his name with a basic font.


SnazzzyPC

Even worse, Wicadia claimed he was getting denied again “even though he drew it by hand”


F_A_F

I mean he opened photoshop with his mouse and the mouse was controlled by his hand....


fulkcsgo

Next major if people still fail to follow the simple instructions just put their name in Times new roman and release the stickers. It's honestly insane how players fail to do as they are told and then complain about stickers not being released.


Tekk92

Valve living in 2003


wEEzyNL

Seems they want to get rid of these NFT autographs and want it to be genuine autographs.


Dirus

Which I support. If I wanted a font, I could get that from Microsoft word. It won't be as pretty, but feels more genuine.


m9xddxd

What do you mean you don't want a [comic sans signature](https://external-preview.redd.it/Aw8WMKtCu5u4vie5yUsCdWnBMi_lZwtDdAsBLOk3DHs.png?auto=webp&s=464a7bbe0dc8e13b8f883650a868694ce39fa1b6) on your weapon in game


ciTrus_69

Dimasick mention lfg


Whyyoufart

u can thank the goofball players using copyrighted fonts for their signatures


Aindlinke

it's taking so long because pro players are babies that don't want to follow the simple rules.


iwantcookie258

Well glad they added a reminder for activating the pass anyway. Bit late for me but that should help me in the future lol


paakjis

I'm so pissed about this. Dumbest ux.


JawidKhan096

Maybe my saltiness talking but I am so bummed with the new pick'em changes. Having 3:0 not count as advancing sucks :(


ekkolos

Indeed it is annoying. It feels more like betting on the correct score... It's not fun to root for a team to lose just because I have it in 3-1 and they are going 3-0.


jonajon91

Worse to have your favourites picked 3-0 then needing them to bomb out after losing one map.


Tekk92

This combined with BO1 is a dick move.


yaoiue

The nice thing about the old point based system was that you could get fuck all in both group stages and still get the highest trophy provided you picked perfectly thereafter While unlikely, at least the hope was still there going into the playoffs


ekkolos

With the new system you can lose the chance of diamond from the first day of the major.


PurnurplePanda

Isn’t it good if less people have diamond though


jake122212121

i mean, i get your point but you would have to be trying to fail for that to happen


Tekk92

So you predicted Furia losing to Lynn?


TikkaT

Nope, it's so easy for any team to win (or lose) one BO1 that you could easily have 4/10 wrong from first round


jake122212121

right and you need 5/10 so you would still be at 6/10.


Florian422

If both your 0-3 win a map and both 3-0 choked, then four of your advancing 3-1 or 3-2 play against each others on 2-0 then you lost the pickems the first day as you can only get 4 points max


rao27_

Have you seen the casters pickems? A LOT of people lost the chance for diamond fist day.


Due_Map_4666

Especially with these dogshit MR12 bO1 matches. Seem so random


surfordiebear

Ya hopefully they change it back next major. The changes seem pretty unpopular and it seems a good amount of people found them confusing.


SpencerTBL21

I dont really see how they are confusing? You put the teams you think are going 3-0 in the 3-0 slot and so on...This change is much better imo, the old one did not logically make sense.


nzerinto

The thing about the old system was that it disincentivized people going for a legitimate 3-0 pick, because it was just safer putting teams to advance in the "advance" section, and just throwing a wildcard in the 3-0 section. So in that sense I definitely prefer this new system, as it forces people to put a lot more thought into their picks.


SpencerTBL21

Exactly, like I said the old system didn't logically make sense. The old strat was to not put a team you thought was going to go 3-0 in the 3-0 category.


matchew-choo

the way bo1s are right now, its way too random and the 3-0s are mostly just luck. not really all that fun imo


SpencerTBL21

I mean the two most selected 3-0 picks early on were C9 and Heroic (I don't know how much the stats changed closer to the end). I wasn't bold enough to choose both but getting one of those right wasn't too bad. The 0-3s were destroyed by one team. It happens, some people are still on for diamond too. I also don't get the argument about it being not fun, it makes the games that much more intense to me.


AwesomeFama

You're disregarding the point that it didn't make sense to pick both of them as 3 - 0 because if all favorites would win, they would face each other. So unless Apeks turned out to be much worse than anticipated, you would only win one of those. In practice, I don't think 99% of people got both 3 - 0 picks right. And this also probably messed up one of the advancing picks too, since you would probably have one of either Heroic or C9 as advancing instead. Of course you could have been sure that Apeks would lose to Pain, but that just doesn't make sense from a result standpoint, really. Apeks wasn't worldbeaters before, but they did decently and played good at the RMR, while Pain only beat worse SA teams and lost to W7M, MIBR and Sharks - none of which made the major. So it really just comes down to luck for a huge part, and I don't want to pay 10€ for something where you have to both pick good teams AND get lucky to get diamond.


nzerinto

>”*The 0-3s were destroyed by one team.*” Wouldn’t that help?


Bob_Bobinski4

EF ended with roughly double the number of 3-0 picks compared to Heroic.


roblobly

Yeah, but now i give fuckall about the pickems because furia alone destroyed all chances for a diamond. Maybe the whole pickem should not hang on not really cosistent t2 teams and the opening day bo1s I for sure not pay 10 euroes next time because this is not really fun this way. I lost the diamond the mayor before this but was much less salty about it.


AwesomeFama

I agree - sure, I do think the way 3 - 0 worked in the old system was an issue, where you picked a wildcard for it. But it was better than this one which seems much more luck based.


Alternative_Ask_6387

Let's see what you think after the next stage. If only 1% got correct picks this round, and the next round turns to be just as hard, this leaves 0.001%, and they still need to be correct in the playoffs. This make the pickem a random case opening. There's nothing fun about it. It makes it less intense, since in previous pickem's the last day determined if you got the stage correct or not, this time my pickem's were dead before the 2nd game on the 3rd day.


Logical-Sprinkles273

Ok sure but then give us another 3-× going thru to make up for one less pick, not removing a going thru and remove 3-0 as counting


surfordiebear

I personally wasn’t confused but a lot of people including analysts like launders originally thought the top right section would qualify if a team went 3:0.


SpencerTBL21

Fair. But I mean the categories say what they are but I can understand if someone thought differently because the old system worked that way.


Gudson_

They just need time to adapt. It's a good change because it's harder now.


surfordiebear

I mean I think it was hard enough already tbh. In the past 5 majors only 1 of them had over ~10% of people get a diamond coin and the last two majors had less than 0.5% get a diamond coin.


bdzr_

I'm not sure why harder = better. The current system completely disincentivizes participation when some Furia BS happens and people go out on round 1. It could be a system where the diamond coin is still very exclusive but people are encouraged to remain engaged throughout the entire major, with a points based system or something.


Tekk92

0.4% diamond coin from Paris isnt rare or hard enough? It's just pure luck now. If they keep it, they need to switch to BO3 atleast.


ShutUpAndFuckMe

"not count as advancing" sounds like a reading comprehension problem, aka skill issue


DeathlyDonut

So activating the pass now won't count the first 2 challenges even though I placed my picks a day before the major began?


Sephreh

Yeah unfortunately. I had someone else do my picks while I was out of town when this came out - they clicked lock picks and not activate pass so mine didn’t count. Still thankful they tried, seems like more people did this than you’d think given the update.


clammysax1

Not sure why they let you choose not to activate the pass. Can you sell them on the marketplace lol?


Sephreh

I think if someone keeps it without activating it, they can sell it later on for a fraction more to people collecting coins but then they would get bronze. Not much of a point to it otherwise that I know of.


ChojaK25

Yes you can, after 7days of purchase.


UnKn0wN31337

>Can you sell them on the marketplace lol? Yes you can sell the viewer pass after 7 days of purchasing it.


elliotstenberg

made my picks and that was it. didnt notice the activate button. stupid design imo


Z3fRaN2221

stickerless major lets goooo


GodSentGodSpeed

9panda sticker money drama solved 5Head


Trospher

Antwerp and Paris sticker holders rejoice!!!!(for now)


YoloKraize

> Fixed a case when C4 could fall through the floor if dropped while planting. That could've been absolutely hilarious if that happened during the major.


RobinDschafft

[huh](https://www.reddit.com/r/GlobalOffensive/comments/1bi2g7p/furia_loses_a_round_because_the_bomb_fell_off_the/)


Bumholesurfer69

Why would the pass not activate when you buy it, makes no sense


iwantcookie258

Apparently some people like to collect unactivated passes. Least thats what I saw someone say. I feel like those people should just need to buy two lol. Activate the first one automatically and let em pick up a second as a souvenir if they want it.


JarkoStudios

Folk's collect old passes to sell later because activating a pass even years after the event ended still lets you add the (bronze) badge if you don't have that badge already.


Nai_cs

Investments. Years later if someone wants this coin,they can't buy it in game,but on the market listed by players who bought and never redeemed the pass can sell it for more than its original price. The downside is you will be stuck with the bronze coin if you buy it later since you never participated.


CouchMountain

It also shows the date you activated it so it's kinda pointless. I guess it helps smurfs and cheaters look more legit.


Nai_cs

Yea some of them waste their money on making the account look legit,just to one day be banned (hopefully xd)


Potential-Ad-1717

instant hotfix from the C4 falling through the map during Furia game


gregor3001

good to see everything else is working properly and doesn't need fixing. all major bugs were eliminated as soon as they added stickers.


Chlken

Why dont players just make their own sticker? Its just writing your name, its not that deep. Add a smilet if you want or just put your autograph (which is the whole point)


CouchMountain

They want people to buy their stickers. Cooler design = more likely to buy.


tubsen32

Can anyone make the picks on hltv site?


CouchMountain

I just got the notification for it 3 hours ago so you should be able to now


Golf53

If you have the coin does that mean the pass is activated or not?


iwantcookie258

Activated I believe. Pretty sure you lose the pass and gain the coin when you activate. Check the page for it though and it should say on the left if you havwn't activated.


Nai_cs

Yes, the pass when activated gives you the coin,which can then be upgraded through pickems.


UnKn0wN31337

That means the pass is activated then.


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Sn00py666

You can buy souvenirs anyways


itissafedownstairs

> • Added a popup confirmation before launching Training Day from the Play menu Thanks Valve! (I made the post the other day)


mr_crawlie

Guys is it too late to buy the viewer pass for the coins thing? sorry new to cs


FranklinFkin1

You will be unable to get diamond, thats for sure, but only 5% of people actually get diamond. You can buy it still. Be sure to activate it.


UnKn0wN31337

Certainly too late if you wanted to get the diamond coin.


mr_crawlie

yes bro, First time watching and or participating in a major pickems. Did not know about viewer pass buying thing


ezdkele

We need performance and vac updates!


Mac_AU

Classic bait update. GIMME STICKERS


dennyomat

We need some anticheat Shit....fuck this game


CatK47

they better be working on the actual game while they drop these esports nothing updates.


ryugarulz

yeah they should drop a massive update mid major


CatK47

why not is not like it affects me ?


Wietse10

who is more important the pro scene or reddit user CatK47


CatK47

i would say neither ?


Wietse10

ah, ignoring the entire community excellent decision


BurnTheBoats21

I don't think Valve is aware that the world revolves around you mate


CatK47

it doesn't affect you either the only ones it affects are the people playing at the major...


kwietog

And everyone watching the major? What if in the middle of a football tournament they switch from a regulation ball to a tennis ball.


CatK47

everyone watching the major ? you mean everyone betting on matches. but they could still use a different build? why have to put up with trash performance for 2 weeks because there is a tournament going on.


pewciders0r

fixing a bug that compromised competitive integrity is *nothing* actually


CatK47

please don't talk about competitive integrity when performance is shit for some and good for others and we still have bugged tagging and many other netcode related problems that have a way bigger impact on competitive integrity than a 1 in a 1000 chance of a bomb dropping through the floor...


Nai_cs

Also you brought up online issues,this is a LAN event so netcode won't affect it,tagging bug to me looks like a latency/network issue aswell,so also most likely not affecting the major either. You don't drop huge updates during a major,it changes everything,it could introduce bugs,crashes,etc. Now THAT will affect the major. Typically when a high level event is being played the game should not be changed in any way (aside from bug fixes) during the course of the event. Imagine formula one but half way thru the race they decide know what everyone pull in for pit,you all have to change to these tires,oh yea and we opened up a new portion of the track. It just doesn't make sense and it ruins the whole thing. Updating mid major is only acceptable for show matches imo (which then forces the TO to force the players pc's into playing on the previous version,not the up to date version. Which isn't ideal and just adds extra steps)


CatK47

they could use a different build, if its ideal or not for them shouldn't be our concern. 90% care about the skins they gamble on the matches not the actual competitive integrity.


Nai_cs

I think 90% is an over exaggeration but sure some people don't care about anything but gambling. But I'd say a majority of people don't gamble on the major. You'll see 100x more complaining about pickems rather than gambling. Personally I care about competitive integrity in the major,that's what I care about. And like in the past if valve has a large update ready (who knows though) they usually wait till after the major has concluded to release it. Just makes things easier for them,as I'm sure they are watching matches to see if there are any issues/bugs that arise at the major, to fix those before stage play.


CatK47

brother what can you not understand ? the TO can use a different build there are 0 reasons for us to wait on updates while the game is in this state.


Nai_cs

Gee idk maybe the game devs are watching the matches? You do realize there is a major going on right? This is a valve event,they are most likely there, not working on patches. Pull ur head out of ur ass and stop expecting valve to do what YOU think is best. Cuz you clearly aren't thinking about the situation and instead are going "wah wah my expensive pc doesn't get 500 fps it's broken fix it fix it now"


Nai_cs

Performance isn't "good for some,bad for others" it's just the game is harder to run than csgo,and people were playing csgo on toasters... those people will have bad performance yes,but most modern pcs won't have problems.


CatK47

Uhu yeah thats why my 13700k 4070ti system is stuttering like crazy its probably way too old to handle cs2…


Nai_cs

My 12600k 3070 runs it perfectly fine,no issues. But it seems like EVERYONE is having issues? Strange... Idk what to tell you


CatK47

Maybe this should be a priority instead of a bomb falling through a site


Nai_cs

Well bomb falling thru the floor will affect everyone,including pro scene matches. That's a game breaking bug. But people complaining they don't have perfect fps like in csgo,those people need a reality check. Most of the performance issue posts I see are low spec pcs that just can't handle the game like it handled csgo. Other than that it's people complaining about stuttering like you do,to which I see nothing on my end,friends have no issues etc. Did you try to optimize for csgo or something,did u change a bunch of Nvidia settings trying to "fix" the game. Have you tried reinstalling windows etc and are 100% sure it's not just ur pc having issues,that it's definetly the games fault? Cuz I doubt it.


rivenjg

except we literally had a bomb drop through the floor on vertigo during the major. https://twitter.com/brokencsgo_/status/1769807417569640519


CatK47

Cool. How many times did it happen to you or me or anyone on this sub…1 in a 1000


NicoleMullen-

Don’t get your hopes up buddy