Counter Strike 2 Is Everything We Asked For And More 

I THOUGHT THE DAY WOULD NEVER COME BUT WE MADE IT BOYS

I am absolutely FLOORED by how innovative and exciting these changes sound while _still_ being completely in-line with the spirit of CS.

You are not an outsider in the CS community. You are one of the pillars that hold this community up to the level it is today ♥️

Warowl, how could you feel like an outsider? You taught me the game all these years ago, anyone who was looking for tutorials I would refer to you, you always report on updates, and have given your thoughts on the game, and everyone playing cs that I know, knows you whether they watch you or not. If anything, I think you're a pillar in this community, even if you don't have the largest of a network of cs creators.

Happy to get back into war owl again. The man who taught me positioning and gamesense during a time where there wasn't that many CSGO educational videos. I was 14 back then. I'm 22 now. And I'm so ready to learn more

5:58 - Smoke colouration looks more to do with if its in direct sunlight or shadow. Now that its volumetric, light interacts differently. See the top of the "orange smoke" is quite light as its close to the light source, and the backside of it is dark (ie: its shadowed). The smoke on the left near tunnels is completely shaded by the building.

I'm amazed how positive the reaction to this has been in the community. I expected moaning, wailing and the gnashing of teeth about every single thing they've changed. I hope it's as good as it looks.

Hearing that the community rallied behind you and that you then managed to get into the Beta is probably one of the most heartwarming things I've heard today =) Sorry about your car, tho!

WarOwl literally being the most OG counter strike youtuber on the platform. This man deserves the world for what he has given to the community.

Warowl has always been among the greats of cs, right up there with 3kliks. You're in the core of the cs community and hearing that you've viewed yourself as an outsider was really surprising.

For the sub-tick example, you can use WoW and Overwatch as examples. Awhile ago, Blizzard implemented server side features that essentially worked as you explained: you computer stores the actions you took and the server puts it in the correct order of events. This makes it a smooth transition between actions and results. Only weird thing that can happen sometimes is a replay will often be slightly different then you remember. The replay is based on the server events and it’s what actually counts.

War Owl, you are one of the pillars of this community. You got me back into CS:GO after all these years and make some of the best content related to it. You earned a spot in the Beta, and it is great to see you in it!

With the new dynamic smoke. "Suddenly the Negev became meta" will be an official thing Edit: Also since WarOwl didn't make much note of it, it is nice that we seemingly can finally see our legs in first person in CS2

i almost got sad when you started to talk about thinking of getting left out, but you know you're support pillar of the csgo community. You might not be as amazing player as a pro player but you make important and enjoyable content that im/we are always eager to see

I used to watch warowl for cs guides all the time when i was still young and now im in my 30s and all i could say is that you dude is a big influence on my cs days and the fps games i play after. Its like relieving my childhood everytime i watch you now. God time flies so fast

You have been one of the biggest contributions to this game! You definitely deserve to get the early access

WarOwl was the channel that got me into CS...taught me how to play, tips, etc...to see that the developers recognized him as a proper creator on this game is absolutely amazing...I cannot wait to see gameplay of the new counter strike and hope to be able to play again soon

If anybody asked me "How do I play CS?" I would probably say go watch TheWarOwl He's the go to guy for everything counterstrike I mean, I don't think a lot of people can disagree when I say you are the big brother who teaches and introduces CS to us You are a pillar of the community and I am so happy for you and I am so glad you get to experience this milestone Thank you WarOwl :)

So freakin' happy for you Warowl. There's nobody in this community that deserves early access more than you. I cannot wait to see the content that you make!

I'm happy for you warowl, you deserve access to the beta more than anyone after all this years of dedication. Congratulations!!! :D PD: looking forward for game modes in source 2

Csgo continues to be my go to game mainly because of the content you produce. You are the "everyman" for csgo and should be given (or should take) more credit for what you do. Thank you.

Every second of TheWarOwl content is like 2 seconds of content, exciting times 👍

Man, it’s been a while watching war owl. Even if I stopped playing CS over 6 years ago, It was a pleasure seeing you again ❤

The nade clearing smokes is really cool, they've kind of introduced a rock-paper-scissors dynamic. Smokes clear molotovs, nades clear smokes

Man it feels so nice to be a part of this community and see how hyped everyone is, I am glad I got to experience it. CS is something else isn't it, guys?

I absolutely love the new smokes, they're perfect!! My single biggest issue with csgo is and will always be one way smokes. Obviously the cheaters as well and whatnot, but as someone who only plays competitive in a very casual manner without real knowledge of nades, positions etc, the new smokes are incredible

I've been watching your vids since I first picked up CS in 2016, thanks for always keeping this game light and fun and covering every aspect :)

I'm looking forward to the new maps and the features that are now available within the S2 engine. I'm happy the old maps are still there (during testing) but all new , well designed, maps will solidify CS2 as the GOAT. The old maps will reinforce differences between the two games where the game should be highlighted for what it is, not for whats different. It's a new game using a new engine.

You are 100% not a outsider in this community by any means! I remember getting into cs when I was 16/17 and now I'm 25 and one of the main things that got me into the game was one of your videos!

You are literally a cornerstone of csgo BRvid. Will never be an outcast.

For what you've said about networking it's almost on point the main difference is that whenever you're dealing with constant synchronization timings you also need to implement a movement prediction ( or client prediction ) which, as the name implies - predicts the movement of a player by the server. The biggest issue in CSGO was that this prediction (from my analysis) was broken and did not take into account "microadjustments" like pushing strafe key for less than one tick or whatever. I think it also didn't count in "sliding" and acceleration which was a huge deal. Prediction is the most important thing when dealing with networking for online games because you do not want to correct player position or action with each update. You need to have a near perfect representation of the game in your server. The fact is.. you still need one global synchronization frame from time to time so that the players wont abuse the system.

I really want the smokes to be coloured based on who bought them, like the visual of the molly and incendiary grenades, but the slight colour difference would be cool to have seperate based of ct bought of ts bought them.

I like the smokes, they needed to bring something new without changing too much and this is a significantly dynamic addition :-)

I am so happy for you WarOwl. You are staple of the CS community.

man i stepped away from cs for a pretty long time, coming back and seeing warowl speak on breaking news is so nostalgic. glad to see you doing well, super excited to see what comes in the future :)

I think it's very likely that the M4A1-S will have a low amount of smoke clear potential compared to the other weapons. I would assume that each gun has a separate value and possibly even a different shape that they carve out inside of the smoke.

Low-key I grew up with your videos war owl, seeing you this exited about anything makes me happy

I dont play CS anymore, but grew up with 1.6 and Source so it holds a special place in my heart. I'm glad and interested for this new game and hope the players, like you are getting what they want. But what I really wanted was just to comment on your hair and beard. Looks great man! Really 👍

This was a great summary and I may even get back into the game to check it out, it's been years. Just a few things about your video tho: - The smokes don't seem to be different colors based on who throws them. Judging by the screenshot you showed, it appears to be just dynamic lighting on the volumetric smoke, or in layman's terms: it gets colored depending on the light around it. - I don't think the reflections being crazy is that bad as long as they can be toned down in settings or turned off completely. Remember that a lot of people that play csgo don't care that much about being super competitive, and there's plenty of casual modes and mod maps that people play for fun. So the game looking pretty is just a plus for them - I can't believe you didn't get instant access to the trial, you are like THE CS guy imo. Glad they turned that around

SOOOOO excited for this! I can't even express how happy I am that they didn't change all the stuff that didn't need changing. It's just CSGO but better which is all we needed!

It appears the game will have legacy gun models as well as new ones for some skins. You can see in the GIF on their site, when guns switch skins they get slightly different, you can see that on all of them, one awp for example is shorter and has a different compensator or muzzle break. One m4a1 has a hook that is for attaching the strap under the barrel and the other does not

You and Phillip have always been the 2 youtubers I most relate to this game. Neither of you are purely restricted to it, but I can't think about ca without also remember yall.

I am excited both for the game update and for the WarOwl content that comes with it!

I built my first PC in 2013 and CSGO was one of the first games I played.. War Owl was always my go to for CSGO videos and tips! excited for new content going forward!

Man I remember how time-consuming Hammer was even on Garry's Mod. Glad to see they are redoing Hammer to make it more user-friendly. Will for sure make maps faster to put out and easier to modify.

Love the smoke! it will only be useful to shoot the edges of the smoke(bigger hole), if you shoot in the middle you wont see much and it closes much faster. From what i have seen if you shoot in the middle of the smoke( the camera is wrong, the hole opens up in the smoke according to where your shots come from. so basicly the hole in the smoke when you shoot in the middle of the smoke, the view angle into the hole is from your gun, and not the your camera(head). )

Sounds like you had a rough few days, but here's to many more amazing moments with this new horizon!

Congratulations on getting in the Beta. WarOwl, i am so proud to see you make a career from csgo over all these years! Its been a wild ride and im looking forward to see you have fun in cs2. Ive been with you since like 7k subs. I wish you all the luck going forward!

I love it. I would also improve animations to be a bit more fluid and updating on higher fps. Also I would really love possibility to fully customize your UI. I just don't vibe with this old UI. Something like in games like WoW where you can fully customize would be awesome, btw I don't mean addon support. I just mean that I can turn on or off any piece of UI, make it smaller or bigger, change color and opacity, and change positions of scoreboard, radar and such.

I really hope that CS2 will finally bring the good shooting mechanics that it needs. Haven't seen good shooting mechanics since CS 1.6.

I was ready with my pitchfork when I heard you did not get into the beta.. obviously a huge oversight by them seeing as they immediately gave you access lol. Cheers to a new game and more amazing content!

Mann! I remember watching your videos back in 2014-15, I spend 5k+ hours on CS:GO, it'll be fun to re-live those back in 23, It's been such a ride

I'd say the new smoke mechanics do make defusing behind a smoke harder, but... I think they will make retakes easier in the first place, allowing you to clear the smokes you may be stuck behind without having to wait. And honestly, what may be more worrying is that it will be harder to plant the bomb. Imagine planting in default on A site Mirage. The CT smoke won't really protect you if there are some CTs behind it. They may either clear it with a nade or just start spamming your approximate position, making a hole in the smoke so they will actually see you and kill you more easily. I'm a fan of the mechanic, so perhaps the bombsites have to change (even if just the plantable area becoming bigger, let's hope that won't create a bunch more issues), or our plant spots (perhaps we will need to alternate the plant spots to lower the chance of being killed while planting). That may actually be a nice way of outplaying the CTs, just plant in a non standard position and when they try to spam the standard one, get the info on them (and possibly even a free kill).

Finally, game developers that actually listen and deliver

I love the smoke change. It removes or at least hinders a lot of the cheesy strategies surrounding smokes. Lets be honest here, smokes before were OP, and lead to some very uninteresting gameplay. No one talks about it because we are all used to smokes being the way they are.

THIS, THIS is what makes me wanna come back and play CS! Also big bonus, so much possible Warowl content !

Ive been watching you since i was 14 im 21 now and havent played in 2 years but your excitement over this has reignited my interest and love for the game cant wait for content and the game to drop for everyone! Love from Louisiana!

Don't you even dare feel like you are an outsider to the CS community man. I have lost count of how many hours I've spent going through all of your tutorial videos: how to execute a site, aim, and even have a game sense. You taught me how to play the game from the ground up from when I started playing this game 7 years ago, there is not a single friend in my group that I have not recommended your videos to when they wanted to learn more about the game, and hearing that they knew this smoke from the WarOwl warms my heart. Please still keep your passion for the CS community, because we all love you man.

many people cite you as a good resource to learn counter strike. you're knowledgeable, entertaining, and good at the game yourself. you're definitely not an outsider

The minor detail I love the most is that after shooting the awp, there's now a trail that shows bullet trajectory. When I first saw that, I was immediately reminded of that sniper mission from the original cod modern warfare, the one where you blow off the target's arm

When i first started in 2015 you where the person i learned from how to play through your videos and I'm very thankful for that. I hope there will be some tutorial stuff coming from you in regards of the new game.

They should consider changing the impacts bullet have on smokes depending on the rifle/round. For example, mp7 being a small round leaves a very small opening where as rifles leave a larger one and give away your position more clearly.

YOOOOO the moment i heard about CS2 i had to look up your channel to hear what you had to say lmao. you really deserve this and i cant wait to see what elsenu can cover about the beta! was never good at csgo but i had fun, heres to wishing i can come back to it, with a revitalized playerbase of both newcomers and old veterans

Honestly I didn't even think to compare the smoke changes with wallbangs but you're absolutely right. 1.6 style wallbangs, some might argue are a skill element. But they also introduce a lot of cheesy RNG into the game by randomly spamming spots and hoping that an enemy is on the other side....exactly like csgo smokes. I'm sure they'll have to tweak the exact behaviour of smokes but in my eyes it makes a lot of sense. Smoke spamming has become pretty boring imo (cough Vertigo cough)

I love this new smoke, the way it temporarily clears its amazing. So much can be done with it. Cant wait :D

I don't play CS, but I've watched almost all your videos because they're so fun and well-made. It broke my heart to hear that you didn't get into the beta, but I'm glad that's fixed and I'm excited for the WarOwl CS2 content 💗

You're good WarOwl, a good and nice youtuber and seems like a genuine human being

I think a safer option for smokes would be if the bullets only pushed holes halfway through the smoke. So you'd have to shoot twice in the same spot to see through.

I think the different smoke colors is just that smokes now react to lighting, the orange-y one is more exposed to the colored while the other one fits the blueish lighting between the doors EDIT: although it would be really cool to have coloured smokes so hopefully im wrong

It's great to see that a company actually understands their IP and Customers for once.

What would really be awesome is if you could play older versions of CS, including the beta versions, just for funsies. Would help these kids learn where the game came from and help them appreciate all of this new stuff.

Thank you WarOwl for all the time and dedication to this community! Onto another 12 years with CS2!

I think the lighting makes it even easier to focus because it's making the enemies pop more, kinda like tf2. Also has the Deagle been buffed? It look's a lot more accurate than it should be. Coloured smokes just seems like there's one in the shade?

I'm worried about the smoke changes, but everything else looks really good. Smokes allow some very cool stealthy plays and are needed to keep AWPs from ruining the game, but I do agree that they usually slow the game and incentivize many boring strategies. No skins, are not going to become worthless. They will skyrocket because CS is going to become more popular than ever.

it looks very good, The smoke thing is a really interesting development. I hope all the regular people's computers can keep up with this :)

Its so wholesome to see WarOwl this happy

WarOwl’s love for this game is unparalleled, period.

WarOwl, you may have felt like an outsider, but hell the influence you have had on the community and the growth of the playerbase that came with that, due to your videos was and still is, insane. You made counter strike more accessible for millions of players, like myself, and that should never be understated. Keep this path going with cs2!

Been a fan of you for so long.. now source 2 is out and the hype is on again... Looking forward for your future content👍👍👍

I'm really interested to see how shooting through smokes plays out also no more one ways is huge.

One thing I have to admit. Yes it took them so long to get it done, but they nailed it and I am looking forward to playing Counter Strike again.

Congrats man. The moment you said you didn’t have access my immediate thought was “whoever is giving out individualized keys is an idiot”

i love the little tangent on the end, hopefully you get all of that stuff sorted, been watching the counter strike content for many many years and im so relieved you got the invite to beta!

Respect for the devs & team, who swapped to a whole new engine and even included new features, while making the game feel smoother when you play. This is what every developer dreams of. Well done!

One concern I have with the smokes is the FPS impact, volumetric smoke to my experience kills my RX570, and the card can run most games today on max or high settings with stable fps. I just hope it's optimized well

the "sorry hugangagaga" had me rolling immensely excited for this update, this might actually get me actively back into cs again

I'm absolutely beheaded by the sheer grasp of amazement! Well done steak everyone 👏

This is exciting! I may have sucked in 1.3 because I was a child, I may have sucked in source cause I still had no idea what i was doing, I may even have sucked in global offensive because despite you showing me what I should be doing, I lacked the talent to pull it off. Now,.. finally,.. this time,... I can suck, in what looks like the most wonderful FPS I have ever seen and I am going to have an absolutely great time doing it :) Let's roll baby!

Network gameplay programmer here. All Source games already use subtick hit detection for guns. (This isn't actually very difficult to do accurately.) The improvement here is that they also will now do subtick calculations for movement and grenade physics which means there is no longer any input variance for starting movements or throwing grenades. The flipside is that you might actually have to be more precise to throw perfect nades depending on how they implement this system. They might have also improved feedback for firing guns based on subtick timing, but that's random speculation on my part.

It is so very much deserved that you got in. You are 'introduction to CS' for so many. Do not undererstimate the impact you had on the CS community you dederve every bit of recognition!😊❤

The only thing I am a little sceptic about, is the ability to make holes in the smoke by shooting. However, I love everything else that I have seen.

I have distanced myself from gaming and youtube videos completely but this is just something I had to watch. Hope you will all enjoy the game and that it will be what you had hoped for all this years!

The different color for the smokes was the sunlight. Its clearly visible in the lower mid of the screen, where the shadow falls and the 2 smokes interact.

i dont even play csgoand havent played for over 3 years. still watch every single one of your videos and youre probably the only reason why I am excited for cs2 and hoping it is a success

That volumetric smoke is one of the coolest features I’ve seen in a game

WE LOVE YOU WAROWL!! Been watching since I was in ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, I am now in my third year of college. Thank you for introducing this incredible game series to me and for always being such an awesome figure in the community in general.

5:55, I think in this instance the smokes are different because of the lighting. The one on the left is darker because it's in the dark, while the one on the right is lighter because the sun is shining on it

God damn, this is everything we've been asking for. Hope it plays as good as it looks.

Thanks for clearing out the confusion around the sub tick updates. Tickles seems awfull when there’s high latency

So far CS2 looks like it's going to be exactly what I expected.