"Competitive" easier than "Casual"?

[Imperial Steele]

Short version: In regards to the thread title, has anyone else had a similair experience?

Tl;dr version: So, I consider myself a (well) below-average player. Lousy aim, reaction time, and often would die without knowing where my opponent was or how they got me. As such, I never went into "competitive" mode before, because I was afraid of getting severly outclassed and not having any fun at all. Because let's face it, when your KDR is 1:10 in a mode called "casual", you wouldn't expect the mode geared towards hard core players to be any easier.

Imagine my shock when I finally manned up and tried a few competitive matches. MY KDR is now POSITIVE (if not even), and that's when my team -loses-! I've had a few games where my KDR is 2:1, which i know is peanuts to the rest of you, but it's pretty good for me! But, now I'm confused. How's this happening?

Is it because not everyone can always afford armor or the best weapons? Do the "Competitive" servers have a higher refresh rate allowing me to see things a split second sooner? Or is it because Competitive places you with players at "your level" whereas there's no such controls in Casual, where a noob might be facing off against pro-level players?

What about the rest of you? Is Competitive actually easier, or am I just a terrible player being matched up with even more terrible players? =P

[Lights]

Casual lets anyone of any skill rank play, while competitive mode places you with players of your skill rank.

Essentially you're playing with similarly skilled players when playing in competitve mode.

[AlP]

Originally posted by -LOLYOU- jk I'm ~LiGhTs~:

Casual lets anyone of any skill rank play, while competitive mode places you with players of your skill rank.

Essentially you're playing with similarly skilled players when playing in competitve mode.

Which gets ironic when your teammates rage on you for being "bad", since they are just as "bad" being in the same skill group.

[Festive Wind]

KDR doesn't matter as long as you're still winning. ;)

Anyway, after 10 "true" games (in which nobody leaves in the middle of the match) you're given a rank, and the MM (is supposed to) matches you up with players around your skill level, or at least balances it out so that there's an equal number of people of similar rank on each team. So that may be why.

[Johari]

I got somewhere along the lines of 20:1 on my first few matches in comp. In the better of my recent ones, I had a reasonably positive KD with plenty of assists across many of my matches(IIRC).

I don't really think competitive is necessarily "easier". The cash gain isn't gimped like in casual because there are less opportunities to make money and more ways to spend it(defuse kits, armor, grenades are much more useful, etc).

What makes competitive difficult in relation to casual is that teams are more likely to use strategy and that there's alot more risk to executing certain maneuvers, since you only have 5 players(and therefore, 5 chances) to win the round.

[sharpless]

It depends on your skill level, if you're a silver master or below, most casual players will make things more difficult for you. Not all but most.

[ODMcCrack]

Comp. is much more balanced and its 5v5. In casual you have twice the people shooting at you.

[Tom F. Oolery]

Unless you are playing dust2 casual since all CT will be long a.

Never any ct at B.

[Golden Markiplier]

In casual i just wait for half the people to die then go in. Sorry for necro...