Matchmaking
Power trajectory
Up = buffed, down = nerfedPatch history
- ▲✨Newstats visibility—→Added
Added more detailed matchmaking stats for players searching during off-peak hours.
buff
- ≈🎯Behaviorcolor assignment timingPost-Accept→Immediate
Teammate colors are now assigned immediately after all players accept, ensuring correct colors during Pick/Ban and Warmup.
QoL
- ≈🎯BehaviorSkill Groupsreveal condition—→2 wins per map
Per-map skill groups in Competitive Matchmaking are now revealed after earning two wins on that map.
System Change
- ≈🐛Bug fixAce Round MVP calculation
Fixed a bug where Ace Round MVP was calculated incorrectly when teams had different player counts.
Fixed calculation
- ≈🐛Bug fixshorthanded bonus logic
Fixed shorthanded bonus logic that occasionally incorrectly accounted for players who had been kicked.
Fixed kicked player logic
- ≈✨NewAccept Match popup—→Added
The Accept Match popup now displays server information when latency is high, providing better transparency before joining.
- ▲🐛Bug fixPing CalculationIncorrect→Correct
Fixed incorrect ping calculations in Sydney, ensuring players connect to the nearest data centers rather than distant ones.
- ≈🛠QoLMax Acceptable Matchmaking Ping—→Added
Added a list of nearest official datacenters under the ping settings for better user control.
- ≈🐛Bug fixPerfect World region selectionNot saving→Saving
Fixed a bug where the Perfect World region selection popup would not save the last selection state.
- ≈✨NewPremierparty restrictions—→Added
Prevents high-rated Premier players from queuing with unranked accounts to maintain competitive integrity.
Players with a very high established CS Rating are not allowed to party with accounts that do not have an established CS Rating
- ▼✨NewAnti-Cheatassociate penalty—→Added
Associates of cheaters now lose Profile Rank and CS Rating, discouraging playing with known cheaters.
When one or more party members get convicted of cheating, all their associates will be penalized
- ≈🐛Bug fixparty entry
Fixed an issue where parties of two or more players were unable to enter matchmaking queues.
- ▲✨NewPremier map selection—→Added
Premier matchmaking can now be queued alongside other competitive maps, increasing queue flexibility.
Premier matchmaking can now be selected together with other competitive maps.
- ▲✨Newmap presets—→Added
Players can now save and load favorite map selections via presets for faster queue setup.
Added competitive matchmaking presets and ability to save/load favorite map selections.
- ≈✨NewFair Play Guidelines—→Added
Added a direct link to Fair Play Guidelines on official servers to improve player conduct awareness.
Added a link to CS:GO Fair Play Guidelines when playing on official game servers.