What went wrong?

>restricted access, maximum shill bux
>core gameplay isn't different enough from cs, changes/additions they did make aren't fun
>garbage generic heroes, "you don't kill with abilities™"
>vanguard controversy
>artificially inflated viewcount + hype + mediocre gameplay = whoopee cushion
all the old cs players knew it was another cs merrygoround and got bored, every other "pro" is banking on rito pumping disgusting amounts of cash into an esports scene

How many maps did CSGO start with that werent ported from other cs games?

from a level designer perspective, valorant's maps are amateur, and I'm surprised they didn't ditch them and experiment with new ones

Incomplete, dumbed down game + spyware

four really shitty maps too
more than 4. off the top of my head you had lake, bank, the st louis one, mirage
plus you had all the classic maps that never get old like nuke, dust 2, train etc.

The CSGO killer everyone. I wonder why all the shills fucked off within a week of the beta coming out.

Trash music, trash marketing,same trash game as every other out there.

it's too hard for LoL players, it's too gay for cs players

This is the "CS killer" like MMOs in the 00s were the "Wow killer".
They lucked out by having the first mover advantage with Lol but right now they're literally trying to topple a 20 years old franchise with some shitty gimmick.

Do I need to format my PC to completely remove Vanguard?

yes

>makes a competing game that is shallower, slower, more intrusive and worse aesthetics with the only purpose of datamining western audiences for the Chinese Communist Party
That`s it really, it ain`t a game, it`s a spyware

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i love how they put sexy characters when they see that their games are flopping

i wanna go back

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Counter-Strike is GOTC, nothing will dethrone it.

hasnt eem been 100 years yet

>4 maps
>skins all suck and you can't make money with them
there you go

nothing
csgo contains the cheaters
valorant contains the chads

cant help but think of the ATHF chicken-eye disease episode

cutting up meat all day then playing all in that room would probably give you something.

Almost, and you can bet your ass when 100 years pass CS will still be played, even 1.6

they managed it with dota and league

The advertising budget ran dry. No more paying shills to make threads over and over.

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league wasnt a DIRECT dota rip off. it went and did its own thing and did that own thing very well.
it took Tennis and made Badminton.

Maybe. Golden rule is that if system is compromised, it can never be trusted again.

Good thing is that you can simply copy data to over drive and reinstall system. Win10 is actually suitable for reinstalling since each major update can be downloaded from MS official sources and installing small updates after reinstallation takes little time. With ssd, even better, you can do fresh install and first configuration within 15 minutes and customization will take hour or something, even less if you made scripts beforehand.

CS is a niche game. not niche in the sense that it's this ultra obscure hidden gem, it just has a very specific audience because of how it plays. Riot is trying to edge in onto a niche audience by making an "accessible" version of CS, which makes no sense. it's the same deal with all of these western devs who have been copying Dark Souls and making it "accessible" - it's no longer the same kind of game, and you've alienated the niche audience you were relying on in the first place.

>tfw never did a slav lan and chicken party

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>Ukraine
And people say white people don't have culture