CS:GO - The Last of It's Franchise

Counter Strike Global Offensive or as we all know it as CS:GO is currently in its 6th year running. As the 4th instalment of the Counter Strike series following Counter Strike: Source, Counter Strike Condition Zero and Counter Strike 1.6; CS:GO has been through a lot of ups and downs. Each player has a selection between different pistols, sub-machine guns, rifles, shotguns, tasers, heavy firearms such as machine guns, sniper rifles and a selection of grenades, molotovs, decoys, smoke grenades and flash-bangs. 


CS:GO has several modes to allow players different experiences which include: 
Casual Mode: A 10 CT (Counter-Terrorist) vs 10 T (Terrorists) on any map selected through a voting system. 
Arms Race: Each player starts off with the same weapon and with each kill, your current firearm upgrades to the next tier. However if you die you will be demoted to the tier below. 
Demolition: With 2 bomb sites, each team plays by "Arms Race" rules however if the bomb is defused or explodes the round will go to the winning team respective of the result.
Hostage Rescue: As the name suggests, the CT team will need to either rescue a hostage whom are being protected by the T team. 
Competitive: A 5 CT vs 5 T competitive mode plays a maximum of 30 rounds where a winning team will be decided if they reach a total of 16 rounds. However if both teams have 15 rounds a piece the match will be a draw. Friendly Damage will be enabled in this mode.

With CS:GO on the decline, the player base is dropping. It seems that developers, Valve have seemingly decided to give up on the CS series with only a couple small patches here and there scattered during 2018. Professional CS:GO players have also been posting on social media about their frustration with the developers commitment to the franchise but we are yet to see any significance announcements. 

- Kevin


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