IOMMU and VBS are now required for all FACEIT players, to disrupt channels that DMA cheats depend on. Full report: https://fce.gg/s8integrity
Full report: https://fce.gg/s8integrity
Some EU matchmaking queues were defaulting to a shorter freeze time than the standard 20 seconds. This configuration issue has been corrected, and every queue now runs for the full 20 seconds.
Thank you to everyone who reported it.
🏆 EU: Danil "donk" Kryshkovets
🏆 OCE: Sean "Gratisfaction" Kaiwai
🏆 SEA: Maks "laxiee" Andryei
🏆 NA: Oz "flacko" O
🏆 SA: Guilherme "saadzin" Pacheco
This layer continuously learns from millions of matches and gets better with every one.
Learn more: https://fce.gg/HID-FAQ
The half-time voice chat vote has passed, with 79% of 106,647 votes in favor.
Voice between both teams returns to FACEIT as a one-week test at the start of Season 9, opening at the half and closing when the sides switch.
Matches on Vertigo will count toward your Elo and can be deselected without needing to subscribe or change your other map bans.
Learn more: https://support.faceit.com/hc/en-us/articles/28929221706652-Season-9-Map-Vote-FAQ
Matches on Vertigo will count toward your Elo and can be deselected without needing to subscribe or change your other map bans.
Learn more: https://support.faceit.com/hc/en-us/articles/28929221706652-Season-9-Map-Vote-FAQ
The highest Elo in FACEIT CS2 now belongs to donk at 5,434, surpassing MaiL09's record of 5,415.
Since starting Season 8 at 3,935 Elo, he's climbed 1,499 Elo across 152 matches, averaging a 1.49 FACEIT Rating.
Eight days remain for him to raise the record even further.
20 million Elo has been restored to 544,098 players, so it counts toward the start of Season 9 on August 05.
You can see every ban on our ban list at fce.gg/ban-list. The page updates in batches, so the number shown there will change over the next few days.
If your Elo was restored, you will get a notification within the next 24-48 hours.
Learn more: https://fce.gg/S9-Ban-Policy
Your highest Elo is now saved when you reach it, so you can keep playing without ever losing it.
Starting at 3,935 after the soft reset, donk has climbed to 5,304 across 141 matches, building a 510 Elo lead over second place with a 1.67 K/D.
Announcing the Season 9 community map vote, your choice of two fresh and three familiar bomb defusal maps.
The winning map joins the FACEIT map pool on August 05 as an optional pick with Elo enabled.
Vote now at https://fce.gg/Map-Vote
The reset now factors in your last 50 games, win rate, and FACEIT Rating.
The highest Elo players are reset more to manage inflation. Most levels get a light reset. Strong placements are a chance to land higher.