Still seeing the same kinds of 'bought accounts' in CS2

[76561197963519852]

It is beyond me how a player with an account that is only 5 year coin and Legendary Badge (Loyalty badge?) can have no other operations or service medals and not be seen as "out of the ordinary".

Real players (Not cheaters) don't need 100x alts and bought accounts to continue to play the game on a regular basis. We have a need for only one account. We aren't constantly getting cool downs and other medium-length bans.

[Hamless Hog]

Originally posted by redacted:

It is beyond me how a player with an account that is only 5 year coin and Legendary Badge (Loyalty badge?) can have no other operations or service medals and not be seen as "out of the ordinary".

Real players (Not cheaters) don't need 100x alts and bought accounts to continue to play the game on a regular basis. We have a need for only one account. We aren't constantly getting cool downs and other medium-length bans.

How can you tell they are bought accounts? perhaps they just havent prestiged.

[baardie]

Sadly the only requirement for cs2 is an active rank and a playable region

It's obvious when it's a bought account lol

[Hamless Hog]

Originally posted by baardie:

Sadly the only requirement for cs2 is an active rank and a playable region

It's obvious when it's a bought account lol

How can you tell they are bought accounts? Having a rank doesnt require a bought account btw.

[76561197963519852]

Originally posted by Hogarth:

Originally posted by redacted:

It is beyond me how a player with an account that is only 5 year coin and Legendary Badge (Loyalty badge?) can have no other operations or service medals and not be seen as "out of the ordinary".

Real players (Not cheaters) don't need 100x alts and bought accounts to continue to play the game on a regular basis. We have a need for only one account. We aren't constantly getting cool downs and other medium-length bans.

How can you tell they are bought accounts? perhaps they just havent prestiged.

It's based on how common an occurence it is. From my POV, I've been seeing these exact same accounts since 2020. Always a similar MO of fragging out and no other service medals or operations. They're above average players. To me, that's not their main account then. A real player has at least a couple service medals before they truly start learning intangible gameplay attributes that are through repetition and consequences.

If I only saw an account like this every once in a while, I'd think it was more rare. But I see it a lot. This tells me these older accounts with those two metals somehow have more TF since they're pre-F2P era.

[Hamless Hog]

Originally posted by redacted:

Originally posted by Hogarth:

How can you tell they are bought accounts? perhaps they just havent prestiged.

It's based on how common an occurence it is. From my POV, I've been seeing these exact same accounts since 2020. Always a similar MO of fragging out and no other service medals or operations. They're above average players. To me, that's not their main account then. A real player has at least a couple service medals before they truly start learning intangible gameplay attributes that are through repetition and consequences.

If I only saw an account like this every once in a while, I'd think it was more rare. But I see it a lot. This tells me these older accounts with those two metals somehow have more TF since they're pre-F2P era.

You know you wont receive a service medal if you dont prestige right? and prestiging is optional. Youve been wrong more times than youve been right about these sort of things. Just because its not someones main account doesnt mean its a bought account.

I was asking how can you tell they are bought accounts.

[76561197963519852]

Originally posted by Hogarth:

Originally posted by redacted:

It's based on how common an occurence it is. From my POV, I've been seeing these exact same accounts since 2020. Always a similar MO of fragging out and no other service medals or operations. They're above average players. To me, that's not their main account then. A real player has at least a couple service medals before they truly start learning intangible gameplay attributes that are through repetition and consequences.

If I only saw an account like this every once in a while, I'd think it was more rare. But I see it a lot. This tells me these older accounts with those two metals somehow have more TF since they're pre-F2P era.

You know you wont receive a service medal if you dont prestige right? and prestiging is optional. Youve been wrong more times than youve been right about these sort of things. Just because its not someones main account doesnt mean its a bought account.

I was asking how can you tell they are bought accounts.

AFAIK prestiging is never reset. Which is why you see players who prestige January 1st. So, they'd have at least 1 by now.

[Hamless Hog]

Originally posted by redacted:

Originally posted by Hogarth:

You know you wont receive a service medal if you dont prestige right? and prestiging is optional. Youve been wrong more times than youve been right about these sort of things. Just because its not someones main account doesnt mean its a bought account.

I was asking how can you tell they are bought accounts.

AFAIK prestiging is never reset. Which is why you see players who prestige January 1st. So, they'd have at least 1 by now.

How do you think a service medal is achieved if not for prestiging and going back to level 0?

They wouldnt have any if they didnt prestige.

Why do you keep avoiding the question? How can you tell if someone bought their account?

[76561197963519852]

Originally posted by Hogarth:

Originally posted by redacted:

AFAIK prestiging is never reset. Which is why you see players who prestige January 1st. So, they'd have at least 1 by now.

How do you think a service medal is achieved if not for prestiging and going back to level 0?

They wouldnt have any if they didnt prestige.

Why do you keep avoiding the question? How can you tell if someone bought their account?

You're so dense.

Because a player who's XP is never reset would literally have to play enough to prestige at least once to even start to understand the expert *fundamentals*. Otherwise, you just haven't played enough.

[Hamless Hog]

Originally posted by redacted:

Originally posted by Hogarth:

How do you think a service medal is achieved if not for prestiging and going back to level 0?

They wouldnt have any if they didnt prestige.

Why do you keep avoiding the question? How can you tell if someone bought their account?

You're so dense.

Because a player who's XP is never reset would literally have to play enough to prestige at least once to even start to understand the expert *fundamentals*. Otherwise, you just haven't played enough.

No they dont.

So how can you tell if someone bought their account?

[Señor]

I play today with several players in a casual match and half of them have only 2 badges {5 and 10 years} no any other badge just 2 badges, so is it bought account or i am blind? I can only think they are already vac banned and bought a new Steam account with 2 badges and nothing else nothing more, in last time I played more and more time only new accounts and I could clearly see they cheated even with the new Prime account with only 2 badges

[Hamless Hog]

Originally posted by AnGeL:

I play today with several players in a casual match and half of them have only 2 badges {5 and 10 years} no any other badge just 2 badges, so is it bought account or i am blind? I can only think they are already vac banned and bought a new Steam account with 2 badges and nothing else nothing more, in last time I played more and more time only new accounts and I could clearly see they cheated even with the new Prime account with only 2 badges

Could be. Other badges are only really achieved through prestiging and events.

[SoloQ Ronnie Pickering]

Yup, plenty of bought accounts. If you want to play against real players, not smurfs/cheaters, your best bet is Faceit Verification.