2018 Review:
WHY IS CSGO FREE TO PLAY?! HAS VALVE GONE MAD??!!??!!


2016 Review:
Pros
- Great maps
- Team focused
- Fun custom servers
- Skill based
- Become a pro and make a living playing for a team and playing tournaments/majors (Esports)

Cons
- Smurfs (Master Guardians playing in Silver, Distinguished Master Guardians playing in Gold Nova, Legendary Eagles playing in Master Guardians, Global Elites playing in Legendary Eagle, etc.)
- Scammers
- Toxic Children
- Mic spammers
- Russians will bottom frag and yell at their team to play better
- Very Addicting
- Everyone is egotistic
- Hackers
- You'll top frag and carry your team but wont rank up because the ranking system is based on how often you win, not how well you perform
- VERY difficult to rank up, VERY easy to derank.
- Poor balancing
- Doesn't have 128 tick servers
- Poor hit registration
- Toxic community
- People will rage quit after losing 2-3 rounds
- No one wants to work as a team, everyone wants to be a pro
- Everyone thinks getting frags is more important than winning rounds
- Players often mistake friendly criticism for toxic trash talking and will become toxic themselves

The Cons ruin the game. Smurfs and hackers make MM (matchmaking) unbalanced, and make it harder for you to improve and rank up. Many Silvers who should be Gold Nova, many Gold Novas who should be Master Guardians. People will accuse someone as being a hacker or a smurf because they play well and carry their team, but often times the good players cant rank up because better players are smurfing and keeping them held down in the lower ranks.

For me, personally, smurfing is the biggest issue I encounter. Either the other team is being carried by a team of smurfs (2-3) or I will have smurfs on my team throw the game because they are trying to derank.
Also, since the ranking system is based on how often you win, and not how well you personally perform, you have to pay the price for losing and derank with the smurfs.
Also if you are playing with people lower ranked than you, (ex: you're GN3, friend is Silver 4) you will derank within 1-2 losses if you lose.

It is also almost required for you to have friends to play with, because in MM there are many players who queue on a regular basis, meaning they are better coordinated.
(Coordinated team vs 5 stranger team)
And everyone who seems to be searching for a team are Silver 3 - GN1 or GN4 - LE.
Sucks trying to find a team around the ranks of GN2-G4 when the only people offering to become a team with you are the players who are worse skilled.

You can win 8 games, and no rank up.
You can lose 4 games, and you will derank.

Other people seem to have more issues with playing with toxic russians, toxic children, hackers, and hit registration.

There are WAY too many issues with this game that Valve refuses to address. The updates they make are cool, but don't fix the game.
They add a lot, but don't fix the game.

Rating: 4/10

2018 Review: WHY IS CSGO FREE TO PLAY?! HAS VALVE GONE MAD??!!??!! 2016 Review: [b]Pros[/b] - Great maps - Team focused - Fun custom servers - Skill based - Become a pro and make a living playing for a team and playing tournaments/majors (Esports) [b]Cons[/b] - Smurfs (Master Guardians playing in Silver, Distinguished Master Guardians playing in Gold Nova, Legendary Eagles playing in Master Guardians, Global Elites playing in Legendary Eagle, etc.) - Scammers - Toxic Children - Mic spammers - Russians will bottom frag and yell at their team to play better - Very Addicting - Everyone is egotistic - Hackers - You'll top frag and carry your team but wont rank up because the ranking system is based on how often you win, not how well you perform - VERY difficult to rank up, VERY easy to derank. - Poor balancing - Doesn't have 128 tick servers - Poor hit registration - Toxic community - People will rage quit after losing 2-3 rounds - No one wants to work as a team, everyone wants to be a pro - Everyone thinks getting frags is more important than winning rounds - Players often mistake friendly criticism for toxic trash talking and will become toxic themselves The Cons ruin the game. Smurfs and hackers make MM (matchmaking) unbalanced, and make it harder for you to improve and rank up. Many Silvers who should be Gold Nova, many Gold Novas who should be Master Guardians. People will accuse someone as being a hacker or a smurf because they play well and carry their team, but often times the good players cant rank up because better players are smurfing and keeping them held down in the lower ranks. For me, personally, smurfing is the biggest issue I encounter. Either the other team is being carried by a team of smurfs (2-3) or I will have smurfs on my team throw the game because they are trying to derank. Also, since the ranking system is based on how often you win, and not how well you personally perform, you have to pay the price for losing and derank with the smurfs. Also if you are playing with people lower ranked than you, (ex: you're GN3, friend is Silver 4) you will derank within 1-2 losses if you lose. It is also almost required for you to have friends to play with, because in MM there are many players who queue on a regular basis, meaning they are better coordinated. (Coordinated team vs 5 stranger team) And everyone who seems to be searching for a team are Silver 3 - GN1 or GN4 - LE. Sucks trying to find a team around the ranks of GN2-G4 when the only people offering to become a team with you are the players who are worse skilled. You can win 8 games, and no rank up. You can lose 4 games, and you will derank. Other people seem to have more issues with playing with toxic russians, toxic children, hackers, and hit registration. There are WAY too many issues with this game that Valve refuses to address. The updates they make are cool, but don't fix the game. They add a lot, but don't fix the game. [b]Rating: 4/10[/b]