History of the Most Broken Metas in Counter-Strike

[@SafetyOrangeCat]

Jump shots with SSG in CS:GO is definitely an honorable mention

[@oOignignoktOo1]

I miss jump scouting, it was really fun an I was really bummed when Valve nerfed it. You can still do it but it's a lot harder.

[@tappajaav]

Did you know that you used to be able to shoot weapons accurately when falling down if you had zero/near zero horizontal momentum?

[@identifiesas65.wheresmyche95]

I got my first matchmaking ace during the augmented offensive patch. Only lasted a few days though but that aug was insane!

[@sargesghost]

got to LE with that strat LOL. me and one other dude who could get global by himself. it was like another golden era of gaming similar to modern warfare 2 and halo 3 lol.

[@tappajaav]

@@sargesghost No lol

[@Altlos489]

Skipped over the R8 and Krieg metas in CSGO. And it may just be my imagination, but I think that with CS2 they increases just how much you get aim punched when damaged which means that a gun like the XM that has a decent size spread and fire rate can run down an enemy at range while messing with their aim with each shot. That on top of MR12 messing with the economy and the XM almost paying for itself with 2 kills ,since it has a $900 kill reward, makes it very attractive if you're on weaker buys.

[@jiplinnartz5820]

Forgetting about 1shot headshot cz ?

[@TheKingOberon]

1 day R8 meta? Who cares?

[@wibs0n68]

@@TheKingOberon bruh its so broken the gun literally changed the whole game. And its buggy too

[@TheKingOberon]

@@wibs0n68 In my opinion you're wrong and the gun is just bad, unfortunately

[@wibs0n68]

@@TheKingOberon we are talking about day one R8 lol. If you think day one R8 is bad, then you never tried it (or just super bad in cs)

[@taufiqkhan7944]

I have fond memories of the UMP meta. If you can’t buy rifles it was just a pure UMP team. Good times.

[@sparkkoo0]

Oh my fucking god. You honestly brought back my childhood. I had forgotten all about this. I was preaching to people that the UMP was one of the most broken weapons, just before it got any attention. Nobody believed me. I remember how sad I was at its nerf.

[@mersi3999]

I remember dominating monster on overpass with ump, i won 12 matches in a row on overpass with ump alone

[@justinwhite4995]

​@@sparkkoo0I was the same way woth the sg! I used it, was told to atop and git gud looser and use AK, and everyone used sg! Also I miss the UMP it was so good and was one of my favorites!

[@aos32]

I often used UMP back in 2015-2016 before it became popular 💪

[@noLogic880]

That clip of me complaining on Nuke lives on forever 😂

[@tavish2789]

thats crazy bro such a classic

[@jacobherrera8735]

Which one are you 😂

[@bermuda333]

Also the XM had a brief meta back in CSGO as well. I think it's always been a fairly good choice for a weapon but people just ignore it because it's a shotgun until a pro or youtuber "discovers" it. I distinctly remember Anomoly & others making a video or two about it back in csgo.

[@elu9780]

In Counter-Strike Source, I use the shotgun almost exclusively in deathmatch. The pump shotgun one, though, not XM. XM fires faster and you move with it faster too, but M3 gives very satisfying one-hit kills very often. I honestly think that shotguns are unnecessarily overlooked, at least in casual.

[@systemhalodark]

@@elu9780 Pump shotty in CS:S dealt around 104 damage when all the pellets hit

[@elu9780]

@@systemhalodark it can easily do more than that, from experience.

[@alexandrosavraamides7872]

was buying it since it costed 3k $, you can imagine my happiness when it went down to 2k$ and i could force buy it almost everyround xP and if i didnt have enought for armor and xm, there was always the armor-57

[@dirtylinny3279]

it was really bad in csgo, it had niche uses like on vertigo or office but for the most part is was really really bad for it's price because of the hitbox and hitreg changes in cs2, the XM is now actually insanely OP also considering mr13 is the new standard, no wonder the XM is suddenly good, it got stealth buffed to all hell

[@sskuk1095]

You forgot the first month of CS2, where you could block the entrance to kitchen in office my knocking over the vending machine.

[@nutshell7297]

7:44 that transition is lit brooo

[@snifzz]

:)

[@tappajaav]

@@snifzz How did you make it?

[@snifzz]

@@tappajaav simple masking

[@tappajaav]

@@snifzz Anything can be simple when you're good at it

[@VYS33]

Actual Meta is quiet overpowered. ESP+Aimbot is just too stronq.

[@snifzz]

Gooood oneee

[@matitone]

Sad to see that the 2014 AUG week didn't get mentioned, that gun was completely busted during that week

[@TheEsotericProgrammer]

Bruv not just that week also literal years in like 2019 I think, when liquid was abaoit

[@JohnSmith-hp7ku]

mac10 pistol round was also possible by rushing long with glock, getting a kill and running back. I used to do that all the time back in the day

[@snifzz]

You mean on dust2?

[@JohnSmith-hp7ku]

@@snifzz Yes originally buy period was 45 seconds if memory serves right so it was a lot easier but then when they reduced it to 20 seconds it was harder but if you had a good long spawn it was still doable.

[@tappajaav]

@@JohnSmith-hp7ku I think it was 40 seconds before the reductions. You were also able to do it on CT(i.e. multiple kills) side due to the forgiving buytime

[@user-zl1qv6tf1o]

there was a brief moment in CS2 (and at one point on older CS games aswell) where if you put "fps_max 32" into console, you'd be able to perfectly hit every bunnyhop

[@RealClintCapela]

Yeah but it is hard as heck to get a valuable speed boost doing so

[@tappajaav]

That reminds me of COD4 fps caps for different movement mechanics. Unfortunately I forgot the exact specifics but these were few of the milestones among them: 125 fps 250 fps 333 fps gave you most jump height and also caused you to take much more fall damage

[@technick3913]

You missed how broken the csgo revolver and cz was when they came out! IT WAS INSANE

[@snifzz]

Ill make a part 2 if you subscribe right now

[@19ich96]

and Tec-9

[@TrulyGodsGoofiest]

XM1014 "meta" is such a placebo. It's a good gun and always will be (I loved it in Global Offensive and I love it now too.), but people are too stuck up to use it. Until they see some "pro" or "famous" person use it of course. Then they turn into full on mindless NPC's and follow every word that that person says. TL;DR CS players have a history of being so schizophrenic that they imagine changes into existence, that goes as far back as CS 1.6.

[@Walktheline1991]

Pubmastwrs made it popular originally IYKYK

[@rome0r]

practiced grenade lineups in Office on Counter-strike: Source to come up with perfect blocks for door openings. They were so good that hostages couldn't get over them, good times :D

[@snifzz]

Thats fking insane, any chance you could show me?

[@bermuda333]

to shed some more light on the BiG jump bug, it basically moved your viewmodel (i.e. where your in game "eyes" are) higher than the playermodel, which is what people see you as. It was indeed ridiculously overpowered and it's kind of crazy that it took so long for a pro team to use it to their advantage.

[@NightGuardianX]

That was a random video in my recommendations, but... It was satisfying to watch. Subscribed and was really surprised when I saw that you are not big channel. Keep it up, mate!

[@snifzz]

Thank you! definitely more to come :)

[@wm1573]

It’s insane how these kind of videos always seem to pop off in the algorithm. Congrats bro

[@rikingg5629]

you forgot the 1 week deagle jump shot meta where they for some reason increased the air accuracy so much that you could legit just peek while jumping and you could very consistently get headshots

[@TugaArchive]

the xm meta started with a game, I'm not sure but I think it was in one of the last csgo championships and then in several cs2 showmatches with s1mple he started using it and everyone started using it too

[@XanderNiles]

The algorithm is doing you favors my dude, really nice video and it's such a throwback to recall all these meta strategies in CS. Such a trip down memory lane.

[@snifzz]

Appreciate it!

[@Arfain22_]

Theres also another disadvantage of 4:3 res is that it make the player model strafe much faster

[@Jamaniak]

Bro. Stacking up those filing cabinets in cs_office was so damn fun.

[@Ginto_O]

really nice video! thanks a lot. Ive experienced and used most of those metas but you forgot the time sg was broken in CSGO. spring 2020

[@snifzz]

Appreciate that, but I didnt forget. I tried to avoid weapon metas, because every youtuber has already covered them.

[@Sigmundfries]

I'm so nostalgic for 24/7 office in CS:S. The amount of grenades flying down the hallways and scattering furniture made for such a fun and chaotic experience.

[@DoubloonDave]

This video is so polished I had no idea you were a new KZbinr. Keep up the good work, you'll go far

[@snifzz]

Means a lot, thank you!

[@warbeatler618]

*Me who has never played CSGO in their life.* "Hmm... interesting."

[@saywaat1]

Great video man, brought back some great memories with cs 1.6 and css

[@snifzz]

Love to hear it

[@Reaching8]

Dude, the caller for Titan isn't TenZ. It's Ex6TenZ. Completely different player, nationality, position, language, and era of the game. The year that Titan went under is the same year that TenZ became like a B-tier pro/active as a player. No AUG/Krieg meta in GO? CZ? No early CS:GO economy abuse(2nd pistol, French forcebuy etc)? We're still kind of in the boost meta. Runboosting is kinda nerfed with the AWP being sort of bad compared to earlier versions, and the level geometry not supporting it as much, no flyboost/launch etc, but we're seeing these 2-3man boosts on almost every map to spot oppoenents, and the prevalence/preparedness of it makes it one of the longest lasting metas.

[@snifzz]

Wrong

[@Reaching8]

@@snifzz Nm, picking up a sweet TenZ GL jersey :^)

[@Unkle_Genny]

7:42 Random well-made transition

[@snifzz]

Yup

[@kondjedes4866]

Autoshotty was insane in CS1.6 too. Noone used it as it was referred to as the noobcannon.

[@vzus]

Smgs and shotguns became way better since they changed how models move, and now none can hit you while you're a-d ing. So accuracy while moving is way more useful

[@dirtylinny3279]

yes this too

[@trustyskills5009]

One thing really unnoticed because of how long ago it was but in 1.3 t side could move hostages. I miss that

[@snifzz]

Thats crazy lmao

[@trustyskills5009]

Italy was one of the best maps for it because of all the spots you could hide them from ct side

[@meove1213]

In csgo, scope rifle also a meta where the recoil, spread, firerate are insanely OP. It just like play cod. everyone keep buying it. But around 2018 maybe, Valve nerf the stats

[@rusc899]

Really good video. Keep it up

[@snifzz]

Appreciate it!

[@Doofman60]

Good stuff man, Don't forget about the CZ/tec9 meta (LDLCZ, Olof with tec9 etc)

[@snifzz]

I didn’t forget :)

[@mexonCS]

the jump bug isnt a bug that existed for 3 years i believe, i think valve recently updated the game at that time to make a cooldown for crouch spamming, unintentionally making it powerful if combined with jump aswell to make that bug happens. they fixed it in the middle of the major (i forgot what major) and it was discovered in the major aswell. the pros then made a gentleman agreement to not use it and they did

[@snifzz]

Ah alright, The major youre refrencing is the 2017 pgl major mentioned in my video

[@tappajaav]

As a matter of fact I know it existed multiple years(at the very least)before the infamous major happened, because I learnt about silent crouchjumping few years prior from a video(that I don't think I will ever be able to find again) that discussed some very unorthodox CS:GO tips and used this knowledge occassionally

[@chocolates182]

nice video! it's a bit niche, but i would love to see you cover some of the metas from dangerzone in csgo.

[@snifzz]

Def gonna do something with dangerzone one day, good idea ty :)

[@tappajaav]

Are you making another video? No mention of CZ75 era, tec9 era, UMP, R8 revolver, AUG/KRIEG?

[@snifzz]

Planning on it, found quite a few new insane metas, but I do need more for a full lenght video

[@TheJeffMan01]

I dont know if I would count it as a “meta” but one-way smokes as a whole on GO was outrageous

[@snifzz]

That's definitely a meta, unlike a few things I mentioned that techincally werent a meta at all

[@XxboxodxX-nk4mz]

yet another underrated cs channel

[@snifzz]

[@sansblst8811]

Bro i thought you had like 100k subs Your content just🔥 New sub

[@jean-christophedupont5081]

In CS:GO, there was a glitch that allowed you to remove the delay by crouching and stopping crouching multiple times in a row. Simply by having an AUG and scoping, the delay was reset, allowing you to abuse the crouch.

[@arthurkaramazov8932]

Nice video! btw cool transitions 😎

[@TheNman_Val]

Remember buying the XM in a Wingman game, reminded me a lot of the old Judge meta in Valorant so I decided to try it out when my team was buying but I couldn't afford a rifle, it was bonkers, preforms really well on maps like Vertigo so I was very happy with myself for finding out on my own

[@Sabrowsky]

Back when I played in 1.6 I remember me and my brother spent about 5 minutes strategizing how to use riot shield. We literally just used them as mobile cover and dominated our buddies in the lan games we ran. This was a bit before CSGO, so I was disappointed they took my favourite item away

[@snifzz]

Love to hear that you unlocked some amazing memories :)

[@olb3587]

Missed the new MP9 meta, arguably better than the XM1014

[@trashman6416]

I remember dominating Ivy on Train back in 2016-18 with XM, this weapon finally has the attention it deserved

[@maiy8786]

Wasnt there also a SMG meta after they changed the accuracy while moving?

[@andersthegr8]

Introduction to the revolver was crazy

[@Logjambam]

Keep making videos, you got a good thing here.

[@snifzz]

Will do :)

[@m4kki159]

Great video, I would say that the silent jump was my favourite meta.

[@aaronbryant6951]

Holy shit when he started blocking the doorways with objects in cs source he unlocked memories I didn’t know I had

[@literallyhuman5990]

I don't know why people forget the 2014 Five-Seven being better than both AK and M4. Literally one shot headshot, cost way less than rifles, practically no recoil, quite the number or ammo for a pistol too. It's my go to in eco and it's so good, people think im cheating lmao

[@LMAOOOHAHAHAH]

Bro that wasnt TenZ but Ex6tenz, they re 2 different players

[@ellipuff]

i was watching this video thinking you had maybe 100k subscribers but damn you are underrated

[@snifzz]

Much love bro

[@luteni4kA]

criminally underrated channel

[@snifzz]

Im doing just fine I think :)

[@ComfortsSpecter]

Incredible History Mostly Great Vibe Vast majority of This Is not Missed Some Cool Casual Game Concepts but mostly Absurd Some Good Work Man

[@richmusick4881]

CS2 has made Dust2 entirely a scout meta now at high rank. Scout is better than awp, everything honestly

[@MegaStarfactor]

No Wild West? My friend you edit video so well but can;t forget such obvious parts of history! :D

[@Elvin.M.]

Forgot the deagle and scout meta in css, thise were op. And revolver when it came out, was op as f.

[@nicky4092]

You should also add the krieg and aug meta where it just invalidate the ak and m4 at that point. It's also the point where new names in pro scene shines.

[@cs2gecko]

Smoke punches brought attention to the XM, but it was also a great weapon with high damage potential🤌 The spread feels tighter tho

[@joshiunterwegs]

Good old Vertigo. I loved playing that map

[@QBvideos]

Great video! Also in CS:GO there was oneway smokes meta, which caused valve to change the smokes in CS2. Some oneways where absurd where you literally couldn't see the guy using it.

[@BiShOuPa]

Another 1.6 meta : the HE damage could go through walls

[@Onni-t2e]

The "mitä vittua" on first clip of boost got me so badly(Finland mentioned) :)

[@besprutad]

You forgot about all the console commands. Like, there was one in 1.6 which made it possible to see blood through walls, making shooting through walls easier.

[@fijesz8919]

the transition at 7:42 is not talked about enough

[@lunatic_3521]

You could have mentioned the revolver meta. I know it was only for like 2 days or something but it was honestly some of the most crazy time i had when they added the revolver and it was just op for no reason

[@rauldelgadillo8447]

My theory is the XM meta is because you can no longer save for rounds so you are much much more inclined to force buy. Subtick is definately an upgrade and makes shotguns feel more responsive.

[@snifzz]

I agree, but somehow I managed to dominated with the mag7 in csgo, but in cs2 It feels useless for me atleast

[@Altlos489]

​@@snifzz I think it's the fire rate and range of the XM that helps a lot more. If you're aim is on point the Nova is still better at mid range and the Mag 7 is better at close range, but if you miss your first shot with either of those it may be over for you. The XM has similar range capabilities as the Nova but with the added benefit of semi auto fire meaning if you do miss a shot you don't have a slight delay like the pump shottys.

[@rat4150]

the xm became meta at the end of csgos life, 2022 and 2023 is where many pros started using it because it was actually useful, but it didnt blow up up until cs2 replaced csgo and the news about xm being actually a good weapon spread like wild fire, hence why everyone started to wonder if valve actually messed with the xms stats.

[@kopik7551]

You forgot the smoke/molotov oneway combo. When you throw molotov under you and your teammate throws smoke to your half body model. That creates oneway to spot enemy. (CSGO)

[@snifzz]

Yep thank you, definitely will be making some sort of part 2 or smthing like that

[@sargesghost]

jump shots with the ssg was the meta for a long time. what i mean by long time is like 2 months but for such a strange meta to run that long was something.

[@FindusHastlasagne]

What about the revolver sniper one shot meta in cs go

[@theghostltu4153]

I remember very distinctly back in 1.6, when I had no idea how to play online, or speak and read english properly yet, on the map that became Aztec today, playing against bots. I remember that I planted, and that I didn't know I was the only T left. There were 3 CT's that rolled up on me, with shields deployed. Now, I did not know the shields would be, you know, an effective defense. Wasted my entire mag, and a fourth CT (maybe a fifth too) rolled up from behind the shield wall and nailed me like a dog. I was angry about it at the time, but man if it isn't funny to remember now.

[@phancy4072]

Buddy forgot the R8 meta

[@zel2663]

no revolver pocket awp? no cz meta? no michael jackson peek?

[@ouwedouwe]

the player you called tenz at 4:30 isnt tenz but ex6tenz, a belgian ex-pro, nice video though

[@snifzz]

Yeah I realized this after lmao, my bad

[@whitewatercsgo]

Best IGL in source and early csgo 👀

[@dirtylinny3279]

a note about phoon: phoon was a really good bhopper and some say zblock was inspired by phoon. zblock was a plugin to stop bhopping, so in spite of them nerfing bhopping, phoon downloaded a bhop script and released the infamous video "phoon is too much for zblock". phoon was good at bhopping but he definitely didnt wipe out whole teams like his video, that video was using scripts/cheats because he was mad at zblock servers.

[@triplespace007]

Definitely not scripts but the server's settings definitely fluctuate throughout the video making some strafes easier.

[@denox420]

in office if i get the right spawn. ill grab a scout/auto/awp. hit the main window peak on ct side. if no one peaks i refund for swag or smg ezpz

[@snifzz]

That’s actually really smart, probably the most simple but best comment ive gotten on this video

[@denox420]

ngl its something i started doing yesterday.. like 6 years into being an office main xD@@snifzz

[@TheSorsastaja187]

I remember in some servers in 1.6 or 1.5 they didnt punish you for killing hostages except losing money and every hostage map Ts just killed all hostages in beginning of every round lol

[@snifzz]

Dasss craazy

[@IUHOI]

CZ meta isn't even mentioned in top comments. That shit was totally broken

[@joshiemah]

Super well made. I got 7k hrs in Csgo but still learned a few new things

[@snifzz]

Glad to hear and thank you so much

[@suntzu6122]

You forgot the hacker meta of march 2024

[@snifzz]

Ah yes, how could I

[@keyarthule5886]

WHAT! You only have about 200 subs and this video only has 8k views? This deserves way more attention, someone like me that isnt interested in CS found this video super entertaining :)

[@snifzz]

Thank you for the kind words, means more than you might think!

[@m.fadhiilhaekal7693]

Nice video edit man

[@victorjohnson5646]

back in the day, you could rocket jump. all online records of it have been destroyed but if you dig hard enough, you can find proof

[@snifzz]

Definitely

[@Mrthicccat]

Those first days when the R8 revolved was first released, glorious. Also the tech9 meta from like 2015?

[@EetswaBongs]

You deserve way more subs bro

[@snifzz]

I appreciate that!

[@arislanbekkosnazarov9644]

XM became this good because of the increased size of head hitbox. It has always had surprisingly good accuracy, but the spread pattern of projectiles limited the amount of hits to the head, but now you should hit with more projectiles to the head which makes an xm shot more lethal than before

[@DorkyDadGaming]

I really miss the good ole days of Counter Strike. I haven't played much of CS GO, but it seems fine as well.

[@tehjamerz]

Bhopping got a huge nerf pre-1.6 You could bhop on assault from ct roof to t roof to bridge You could go from dust ct spawn to the t side of bridge before they could leave spawn

[@snifzz]

Wish i got to experience those days man

[@1q3er5]

i cant remember if it was 1.0 or 1.3 where bunny hopping was pretty much unrestricted - those days were great.

[@CrackyCreates]

a small note on CS2 bhopping: fps_max 32

[@solardog5132]

The XM1014 aways has been the meta for close, mid, and long ranges

[@iamtimsson]

1:55 v nice simple transition

[@Malam_NightYoru]

If you're struggling against the XM1014 i recommend SMGs. They tear appart the shottys and their higher mobility makes you a harder target to hit, while also keeping a very good accuracy while moving.

[@snifzz]

Smart.

[@MrMaXRisK]

1.6 was insane in that time tbh

[@StonedTommy]

For the lazy ones like me. 9:55 Bhop Command. alias "+myjump" "+jump" alias "-myjump" "-jump" bind "mwheeldown" "+myjump;-myjump" bind "mwheelup" "+myjump;-myjump" alias _checkw "-back; -forward; alias checkw"; alias +w "+forward; alias checkw _checkw"; alias -w "checkw"; Bind w +w

[@StonedTommy]

Im not able to make an edit so it's here 🙃 You have to paste it one by one / "Bind w +w" is essentially useless just debinds you're movement forward.

[@raxor_]

@@StonedTommy they made a typo, "-foward" and "+foward" should be forward (missing an r)

[@StonedTommy]

@@raxor_ fixed

[@byXby]

You seem to forgot a short period of time in the CS:GO's lifespan, when we had "double jump" bug. They fixed it pretty quickly tho, but it was fun while it lasted

[@snifzz]

You mean in cs2, right? Yeah i forgot about it sadly

[@byXby]

Nope, it was in CS:GO, I remember it pretty well, as it allowed you to jump from window to the ladder on Mirage without even needing to use the window frame at all@@snifzz