The VAC2 has become a joke and the game is filled with ridiculous amount of hackers who aren't even shy enough not to hide it. The large in-game player count is mostly due to people indulging in skin gambling, and not the ones actually playing stuff. Matchmaking takes significantly longer time than games with 10% the in-game players.

With all due respect, the game is dead unless Valve comes up with something clever to revive it.

RIP CS:Go 2012-2017

Edit (21/11/2018) : Nominated for the 2018 “Labor of Love” award. While Valve hasn't fixed the VAC2 and the problem of hackers in steam matchmaking, they certainly seemed to be busy adding some new content and probably working on the source2 port, hence the nomination.

The VAC2 has become a joke and the game is filled with ridiculous amount of hackers who aren't even shy enough not to hide it. The large in-game player count is mostly due to people indulging in skin gambling, and not the ones actually playing stuff. Matchmaking takes significantly longer time than games with 10% the in-game players. With all due respect, the game is dead unless Valve comes up with something clever to revive it. RIP CS:Go 2012-2017 Edit (21/11/2018) : Nominated for the 2018 “Labor of Love” award. While Valve hasn't fixed the VAC2 and the problem of hackers in steam matchmaking, they certainly seemed to be busy adding some new content and probably working on the source2 port, hence the nomination.