Competitive CS2 but You Can Only Buy Once a Match

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We played a game of competitive CS2 where you could only buy each weapon ONCE a match. This absolutely destroyed the meta.
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[@TheWarOwl]

Thanks to NVIDIA for sponsoring, to learn more about NVIDIA Reflex click here: www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/news/counter-strike-2-released-featuring-nvidia-reflex/ Let me know any of the mod video ideas you want to see in CS2 that we did in CS:GO, I think it'd be fun to revisit them (if possible)

[@colddarkness1798]

Second we love you owl 🦉

[@Th0maZzzleep]

​@@colddarkness1798 Second comment rizz😎

[@fustino5]

The video with info nades, with pistols and no molies.

[@2rx_]

How i play private server with friend? Pls help

[@cristi7109]

I honestly cannot remember all the mod videos from CS:GO, but they were all in good fun, so take any of them, maybe all of them at some point? Aaanyway....love the videos, keep it up and maybe...just maybe....post a bit more often ;) Love you WarOwl, you are the best!

[@TheWarOwl]

oh! I completely forgot this was an official game mode in Operation Hydra, that must be why the code is in the game. See, reading the comments is a good idea.

[@colddarkness1798]

@TheWarOwl try whole match knives only and grenades

[@Ginto_O]

was it when flying scouts were introduced? what were the other game modes?

[@fustino5]

@@Ginto_O I with they would make a game mode with scouts but without the flying

[@argungaming1350]

@@fustino5 that would be so fun

[@botnormal3266]

Wheres yeff ? Did the CS matrix finally got to him ?

[@soul1342]

CS2 but everytime you buy a weapon it becomes more expensive would be an insane idea that would make you use more weapons

[@Vacated204]

I can't remember if it was source or 1.6, but there was a time where a more commonly bought gun would be more expensive, and less commonly bought ones would be way cheaper and it would update every week or so. It did not work and ruined matchmaking lol

[@soul1342]

@@Vacated204 It was source but that didnt work because weapons would get expensive if other people buy It, and It was for a week, but if you make that at the start of the match the ak is the usual 2700 and if you(only you) buy it to much then you need a lot of money could work

[@NCB15-k9k]

or just spam the Mac 10 until it costs the same as an ak

[@jhunix1312]

At this point, Tdan is like a legendary pokemon you rely on when you get bullied by enemy trainers

[@littleswansplaygrownd6817]

bro just carries whichever team he is in these videos.

[@durendenmp812]

And at other times he IS the enemy trainer bullying you

[@rude_wredne]

except he lost, nt NPC

[@badgergaucho99]

I feel like your complaint about more powerful weapons at the end could be addressed by making sure the reserve ammo of every weapon cannot be refilled

[@TheWarOwl]

that's a pretty good idea

[@feryth]

So Negev meta again? Curses!

[@sskuk1095]

Autosniper: Allow me to introduce myself!

[@sskuk1095]

@@TheWarOwl The random weapon was in my view the best idea to this day. Would love to see another episode of this. :)

[@JMPDev]

Aye, this has potential! Would love to see more of this ‘mode’ but tweaked so the rich don’t get richer

[@txtingtingxu]

Getting sponsored by NVIDIA is huge, congrats Sir WarOwl

[@claytonnation8146]

I’m pretty sure he was sponsored by them a few years ago

[@iAmKoKash]

Not really.

[@namelessguy199]

Yeah, especially when the alternatives are gambling sponsors

[@txtingtingxu]

@@iAmKoKash who are you sponsored by?

[@iAmKoKash]

@@txtingtingxu aaaw, someone felt butthurt and now tries to make me feel bad. So let me guess, 15 years old? I don't need sponsors.

[@bodek]

This was a new gamemode that was available during operation Hydra. probably why the command still exists. although it was in casual, not competetive

[@aue2377]

That game mode was actually competitive

[@applehack97]

it was a casual mode, but used the competitive format (MR16, friendly fire, kevlar and defuse have to be bought, change sides at halftime)

[@_mark_3814]

@@applehack975v5?

[@RyanKaufman]

I feel like what could work is adding a win modifier. If your team wins, a random gun in the pile is lost. Or maybe the reverse could work, if your team loses, one of you gets a random gun back.

[@KNDCHV]

One correction: The auto-shotty was always broken af. I used it religiously in CS:GO and it made people so mad, because the effective range of this shotgun is the largest from all shotguns. Now that the peeker's advantage being laughably OP alongside the dynamic smoke, make this weapon just scary.

[@EpicEpok]

This game mode made me finally purchase a famas

[@casbremer7793]

i would like to see a competitive match where the guns dont despawn when droped on the floor. i dont know if it would be possible, but i think it would be funny!

[@cyrus9043]

throw in infinite graffiti and blood splats cuz why not

[@joshiemah]

that is a amazing idea

[@mcslothalot]

The game Due Process does something similar. Both teams have their own armory with a limited amount of weapons. The players have to share the given weapons and need to consider when to pick which one because there are fewer of the good ones and more of the bad ones. And once a gun is brought into a round, it is lost when the player dies and nobody picks it up.

[@Fesiug]

I wish Due Process had a bit more activity in it's development..

[@RosaRosalina64]

Can't believe WarOwl finally tried Demolition game mode But seriously, I miss Demolition. The maps were fun and having to adjust to use a different gun each round was interesting.

[@eggythewaggy4456]

THE LIKE BUTTEN LIGHT UP AT 1:17

[@cyphersam9436]

I actually used to do this in deathmatch or in casual matches since I believe it helps train your adaptability. It makes you focus on each weapon's strengths and you start making strategies around them as opposed to just relying on your AK/M4 to do the heavy lifting. It gets you out of your comfort zone; you try things that you otherwise wouldn't and you start to learn more because of it.

[@hamstergabe]

Honestly I wish that's how deathmatch was by default, picking the best weapons every time just defeats the point of the gamemode imo.

[@Ripheart789]

The auto shotty has always been insane, I'm fairly certain this is another SG situation.

[@grantkruger3689]

WarOwl keeps on making interesting CounterStrike videos, always worth the watch.

[@Micha-Hil]

really interesting how this metagame progressed, nice one warowl!

[@graemepennell]

Dude, still love the fact that you continue to play many different methods of a single line game. It's great 👍

[@blakegilmore9360]

Shoutout to a useful sponsorship, had never heard of reflex going to give it a go in CS later tonight

[@LaubeQ]

Great start to 2024 with a new Owl video and sponsor! Nice! GZ Man! I will still hear you as the Stanley Parable narrator but modded to have American accent. Ever since I thought of that, I just can't get over it. But don't worry, it's fantastic.

[@Clapseur]

I think one of the ways that would make the game fun would be to disable picking up waepons from the ground, once its down, it's down, drops could also be disabled so that the best player in the game does not always get a drop from players that haven't bought his op gun before, i think the only way you can play the same gun multiple rounds would only be available trough saving at the end of a round either by time or suvivng the explosions. That would, in my opinion, make the game mode less stale and way more entertaining this way

[@dewydewback]

Either as a variation of this or a completely unique gamemode, I'd like to see Competitive CS2 but you die at the end of every round, I.E you can't save and have to buy new guns, utility, and armor every round.

[@spearspearspear]

How would economy work? Sounds like a whole game of eco

[@tappajaav]

@@spearspearspear Whichever team has better deag players wins

[@spearspearspear]

@tappajaav Yes true. Maybe just increase kill rewards for pistols and SMGs maybe? It's doable and could be fun.

[@callmequaz9052]

​@@spearspearspear Not necessarily. Early few rounds would probably an smg/shotgun fest to build up an economy advantage, then using rifles when you have disposable income and being careful to not die and give away guns for the round.

[@hsanrb]

I played an FPS that had something similar, you started with basic body armor and a pistol... then everything else had to be rebought each round. AWP would basically require an ACE the previous round, or winning 2 consecutive rounds. As long as you were doing at least .5 KD losing consecutive rounds paid more than winning... but each half was 8 rounds so if you wanted to wait to full buy you pretty much gave up 1/4 of the half to your opponents and if you lost you would need to give up another round to full buy. Game didn't let you drop weapons either so you had no dedicated awper or a dedicated entry fragger, because they would go broke.

[@jokdeny293]

Having his own sticker in the game is nice

[@rezejxd2234]

Console command in said video is leftover of "weapons expert" game mode as part of Operation Hydra and its base on competitive game with pips instead classic rank system

[@bartvieveen]

"we lost the game, so it wasn't canon" lmao this is the way I think about my games

[@uhhhhhhherb]

1:19 when he says smash the like button the like button gets highlighted lmao

[@parshowjyotiphukan8445]

Happy to see the Nvidia sponsorship. Thank you for keeping CS fresh.

[@WolferAlpha]

The problem isn't Bizon, it's that you're not the Jeff to play with this weapon and be successful. XD

[@Rhythm_22]

Mr. Warowl We Speak Chinese as a video soundtrack just personally just sounds weird. Sincerely A rocket league nerd

[@hecksters423]

Finally, the return of the classic WarOwl video format

[@the_kovic]

What a cool sponsorship! Instead of promoting a physical product, Nvidia is using sponsorship to raise awareness about a cool feature their cards have and inform gamers about its benefits. Definitely a fan.

[@xenryn]

Just swinging by to commend you for you exceptional Doom Eternal OST remixes, which I've been binge listening over the past 3 and a half years (can't believe it's been that long).

[@rhandycs]

simple way to fix the one team dominating because they keep their m4's is to not reset ammo upon a new round or something basically doubling up on the conserving your weapon part

[@ZGOBRU]

i have commented this like 20 times but warowl your music selection is literally 10/10

[@zaki-wc8rp]

Yo, Its been long time since i have watched your videos, i just want to thank you for your content back when 2022 i used to watch your videos alot it helped my anxiety, im now a better person, Thanks man you are awesome!

[@potatosordfighter666]

Saying "I still don't have a closer" on every video de facto makes it a closer. So you do have a closer, and it is a paradox

[@MadPoets]

Loved the video nice job getting an NVIDIA sponsorship!

[@blackburngaming8345]

Just saying, if that guy that got headshot at 3:34 raged, I can see why, you weren't even aiming at his head when it registered the shot, so in all reality that shouldn't've been a headshot

[@Usend_Licrua]

This was a pretty interesting video, the whole concept made me think of Due Process, no actual economy but works on a complete set of guns, mags, and rest of equipment to use sparingly as to not run out of decent guns or utility, honestly a pretty fun game, sadly it's consistently dead player wise, but hey it still gets some updates, maybe it gets back up, eventually

[@Pringlulz]

I was not expecting to hear the i76 soundtrack off the bat with a CS2 video. WarOwl has taste. 👌

[@sskuk1095]

So it's basically the save meta of the last few years with extra steps!

[@stc-cs]

I'll take "Things I Didn't Know I Wanted To Watch" for 500, Alex.

[@user-n9990]

We need competitive left-handed/non-dominant hand cs2

[@Rakinosine]

was waiting for a mutation video like this by warowl for so long

[@its_rs_ttv]

This is literally due process. A shame that game was never appreciated enough

[@Mecha_Hitler]

I'm not sure as though it's completely dead yet.

[@its_rs_ttv]

@@Mecha_Hitler peak player count was 11 today

[@Mecha_Hitler]

​@@its_rs_ttv I have plans in the works.

[@SpiritumTimoris]

Babe wake up, WarOwl posted a CS2 competitive episode!!

[@boogleooger9666]

Now you just need this and a way to make it so that you don’t drop your weapon when you die.

[@AverageIris]

Nice to see a new gimmick video! Well done warowl.

[@viditsinghrai4254]

After 15 rounds there is this dude "squirtle squard" with 0 kills. That's a talent of it own.

[@alfred9805]

I'm so glad you're finally getting sponsors, way to go man!!

[@nicbentulan]

3rd: 0:42 oh no 5 slots only no space for AWP. I guess I'll have to drop my teammates autosnipers instead

[@CaelReader]

Just want to shout out warowls consistently excellent choice of video game OSTs used in these videos

[@shouygui4955]

Haven't watched a WarOwl video in like half a decade (probably more), this man has not aged a day!

[@thenotoriouskoj]

“Because I lost the match, it wasn’t canon” lmao

[@SavouryLobster]

As a senior SE, specific variable names made me so happy. I can't explain how much dopamine released in my brain when I heard those words

[@Prince.Claveria]

Next video idea: Dynamic Weapon Prices This mode was actually in CS:S but Valve removed it because it was unnecessary. But I can it will be create game mode, especially it will shake up the eco of the game. Inagine, buy a AWP that costs 1,000 and a DEagle that costs 7,500,😂

[@jakab174]

if there is a kill with a weapon, the price go up 100$ would be intresting

[@afterhoursvibes]

That would be hilarious!

[@TNO_TDN]

I really hate how underrated you are as a KZbinr, you make such informative and entertaining content yet you only have 1.4 million subs, I am very much into video editing and your videos have so much love and care put into them yet you barely get the attention that you deserve... It's really sad and I genuinely hope you get the attention you deserve one day, keep it up

[@Infarlock]

Very fresh way to play cs2, perhaps limiting the guns to 2 and adding this as an official game mode can be really fun

[@every116]

Either that or allowing the guns to be bought again after the half. That's how they did it in Operation Hydra and the way its done here means there is a tangible difference between starting CT or T side.

[@cskiller86]

"And because I lost, the match wasn't canon". Seems legit.

[@serbestfutbol]

Gabe has outdone himself with the new HNFV50 event. Kudos!

[@FlipFlossin-fb5bh]

Ok, epic new idea, Counter Strike but in team fortress two. Maps: any arena map, mainly because on those maps, you can’t respawn until the next round. There are no kill rewards and you’ll have to track to money your self. Unless you can mod tf2, then money works on and houner system. Once you choose your class, you are not allowed to change it for the whole game. This also applies to melees. Both teams start with 1000$, earn 700 for wins and 500 for losses. Weapons are organized into categories put them on whatever weapons you want. 4 is the weakest weapons: cost 200 3s are bad but ok: cost 500 2s are primarys 90% of the time: cost 900 1s are REALLY, REALLY good: cost 1200 Change these rules as you want, but this seems really epic please do it:( Oh yeah, you play this in tf2.

[@Crestfallen3]

this is like the game due process, it was in development since around 2013. and in that game you have a limited amount of weapons you can bring in to try and destroy a precedurally generated map every round, it also has the grabbing weapons mechanic like CS does.

[@TheJiziason]

Very fun concept & IIRC this is how the game Due Process works, you have a limited set of weapons and equipment for your team to make last for X number of rounds!

[@Bobby2Stoned]

so glad your still going after all this time.

[@bruce-me]

thank you WarOwl with no closer

[@kohobass]

Love how that long console command is in the game, but left-handed mode isn't easily available

[@chexo3]

Idea: CS2 but you lose all your money if you die. I think this would encourage slower gameplay, and might lead to similar situations with people using non meta weapons. The only way to build up money is to survive rounds.

[@Kennyaj123]

Glad to see your motivation issues are cured forever.

[@nicbentulan]

What's your opinion of an 'armageddon' csgo / cs2 like in chess (or 9LX or Xiangqi)? --- Part1of2 The teams play only 1 side but there's a point bonus for the T's. - CF baseball where the batting side has a point bonus - CF chess but white starts with lower time - CF chess but black wins if the game is drawn but white starts more time 1 In competitive: (This doesn't have to be mandatory. It can be an alternative game mode.) Both teams have an auction where they bid the amount of points that they would give as a headstart to the other team. Whoever bids the most wins the auction and gets CT (or T if they want). The other side gets T and has the point bonus. If they bid the same amount, then they flip a coin. Eg Team A bids 3 points, and Team B bids 2 points. Team A wins the auction and picks CT. Team B plays T but has a 2 point start. As usual 1st team to 8 points, assuming it's best-of-15, wins. And if it's best-of-an even number, then draws are as usual. (Or you can give draw odds to the team that lost the auction. But if you're going to do this, then why not an odd number?) 2 In casual: There's no auction. It's a predetermined amount. Say T's get a 3 point headstart. I think this should compensate for CT's given free defuse kit every round and for lack of communication on T sides with common c4 drops (or actually there would be more communication on T sides because people wouldn't just stack CT sides). Plus it could now make the autosniper non-kickable because it no longer supposedly gives even more of an advantage to the CTs. (Debate only the conclusion not the assumption because I'll probably agree with your opinion of the assumption.) If you think CTs still have an advantage despite a 3 point deficit, then how about 4 points? 5? Any positive number is certainly better than the current state of casual where the CTs almost always dominate. 3 I think surely you'd agree this has to be the case in casual even if you disagree with mandating this in competitive or having this option in competitive. Casual is just too CT sided. Even in csgo retake mode there was a predetermined armageddon in that it was 4 CTs Vs 3 Ts. See? Why didn't they make it the same number of the players for each team just as in casual? Or at the very least if not point deficit, then casual should have a lower CT team limit. --- Part2of2 Or alternatively for comp: Still play both sides but you bid for whichever side you want to start with? idk. depends if you think there's a bigger advantage starting w/ a particular side.

[@whatsagoodusername6891]

personally, i like the new buy menus on CS2.

[@The_DGO]

Great concept. With some tweaking, I think this could be a legit game mode

[@cerjmedia]

Don't know if this is feasible or even possible but I think it would be interesting to see a similar take to this, You can no longer buy a weapon once you get a kill with it. You can buy the PP 19 Bizon or AWP as much as you want but once you get a kill with it that weapon is inaccessible to you. This means that having your whole team full buy to take on the enemy team with their full buy is only risky if you kill all of them, in which case, it's probably worth it.

[@birddaughter]

when you die, you turn into a slow-moving zombie that can only use melee, not even bomb plants or defusal

[@privatepengu]

Tight editing on this one, it really shows!

[@cricketscoffee7478]

Shoutout to Nvidia for smashing that like button! Also whatever music you used for that bit was a banger.

[@MarkStillPlays]

i miss this gamemode

[@mustafaates9997]

A round of applause for Valve, the mastermind behind the extraordinary HNFV50 event!

[@twynb]

i think this could work if players can't keep weapons between rounds - after each round, all weapons are lost. this way, the winning team doesn't get to keep all the rifles and snowball while the losing team can't get anything that can keep up.

[@airwolf1337]

Love the Interstate 76 Soundtrack at the start of the video :D !!!

[@nomex9134]

Hey Mr WarOwl, can you please tell me what song you used at minute 6:05. i cant find it anywhere, you my last hope

[@mooncalf_4534]

I thought the premise was going to be that each player could only enter the buy menu and purchase gear once per half and I was ready for an extremely strategic and deep prediction-based meta that would probably be kind of boring to watch

[@Koopakid917543]

This should be an official game mode. This is a really cool idea

[@Boe6]

Hearing the rocket league music at the end was weird, This is the CS channel, why are u activating the part of my brain for RL? Its confusing lmao Nice vid as always, love it

[@bangurowned]

Warmed up with you today! Keep killin it.

[@Issala_]

"the reason people use meta weapons is because they are better" Kids named SG553 and AUG:

[@Snow-sc4gz]

A variant of this could be only being able to buy guns once the whole game but weapons don’t despawn at the end of rounds so you can pick them up next round if you remember where they are. The things you can still buy being utility and armor and the bomb being able to respawn with the T’s. Or not, depending on how much chaos you want.

[@kr46428]

This is why Arms Race (gun game) was a great casual mode. You had to get good at all the weapons to win, not just the M4A* and AK. Never underestimate the lead painting power of an XM1014. Just don't eat the paint chips.

[@DogHoldsController]

I fell like you should do.a round where you can’t use the meta weapons

[@LH7_Legendan]

Imagine Valve Adds a "Gamemodes" Tab somewhere next to casual or deathmatch tab where there is multiple gamemodes ex. Arms race, Demolition, Deatmatch, War Games, (this video), Flying Scoutsman- etc It makes CS2 more fun tbh

[@blob643]

Here's an idea, everytime a player gets a kill, everyone's weapon loadout swaps with one another (This means pistols and primaries), and no not just with your team mates, even the enemy team

[@a3vus]

The command is actually experienced in casual warmup too, you can only buy weapons 3 times.

[@AjenLarod]

Interstate '76 ost!! I love your videos.

[@stephenmaher4690]

These videos SLAP, dude

[@Mateoski97]

I feel like this should be an official game mode.

[@denodagor]

The title made me think it was each player is only allowed to buy during one round. Like if you buy anything at all this round you cannot during the others, so you'd have to weigh purchasing early with little money or later when you have enough to buy weapons for your whole team.

[@Giraffupus]

If you want a variety of guns in the game you should do this again but with the additional rule that living players can't carry guns over to the next round. It ensures a variety because each team has a maximum of 5 uses per gun. Optionally you can ditch the economy by having everyone start with 16k but it's not necessary because players can still eco with pistols/cheap smgs to save for a round when they can buy a gun. It's basically my house rule for when I relax offline with bots. Buy a gun, toss it the next round and buy a gun I haven't bought yet to keep it interesting.

[@Binzob]

I was hoping this would genuinely be each player can only use the buy menu one singular time per match.

[@RetroMadnessOC]

This made people started to think some weapon are the best weapon in the mode

[@pgsgaming8666]

Finally he uploads a video made my day bro 🎉😂❤

[@Jflickk]

0:28 The beauty of CS in 5 seconds.