The Story of Mirage: The Perfect Map That Nobody Wants to Play Anymore

[@G2esports]

Nothing like playing 58 rounds of Mirage

[@pablo292]

just to loose lol

[@indiegala281]

@@pablo292 lose*

[@cl4ud1us43]

Pls tell all the Players: The IEM Final was one of the best MATCH that was ever played.

[@leugim8435]

Ouch.

[@yes6472]

kick choko ez win

[@nazaazim4355]

csgo players: "we've played mirage too many times its boring now" also csgo players: "i dont wanna play ancient its way out of my comfort zone"

[@eemeli1196]

Lowkey ancient is best map atm

[@nilen]

@@eemeli1196 lag

[@Genocidalll]

@@eemeli1196 troll

[@itallomagalhaes6621]

@@eemeli1196 LAGGY AS HEll

[@notrobert8284]

@@nilen just get rtx 3080 and i9 12900k man is cheap no lie no lag

[@_walruss4033]

that zywoo clip that made the caster forget how to count is still amazing

[@silenc3x]

By the time he reached 6 he was like 'wait, thats not right'

[@_walruss4033]

@@silenc3x exactly lol. it was so good he just kept counting. gets a chuckle outta me every time i hear it. what a legendary clip

[@Zxfkiel]

The Most Perfect map for both T and CT of CSGO history I see many plays in this map and it was Amazingly Awesome

[@lukyrak]

Over 1500 hours on CS and I believe over half of it is on mirage and I still love it. I don't feel like I can get annoyed anytime soon. Who knows tho

[@Frostwolfs18]

Yeap me too , only 1k hours tho

[@lukyrak]

@@Frostwolfs18 Checked it afterwards and I'm on 1960 hours. But to be fair I'm always looking forward the new map they release cause its a nice change. But mirage is still the number 1 for me.

[@ryNNwth]

@@lukyrak I have about 4k in CS and mirage is still my fav map to this day

[@Tt-qf1qs]

You are the reason it sucks. You are not CS player you are Mirage player

[@SCRSIA]

same here 1100hours and feels like most of it’s been on mirage and dust2, still enjoy both

[@ahmadghifarialbana9997]

Mirage as a map is a balanced map for CT and T and thats the main reason why many team dont want to play this map because everyone know how to play it and like every team literally doing the same

[@danielstocker6351]

and yet, my teammates seem to constantly ignore that mid, jungle and connector control is not something you should lose within 20 seconds.

[@martinberg3970]

@@danielstocker6351 literally one of the reasons i quit playing cs😂

[@blushingralseiuwu2222]

But, isn't professional csgo players has mastered all competitive map?

[@ahmadghifarialbana9997]

@@blushingralseiuwu2222 its yes and no. Yes because they have played the game for very long and they know almost literally know everything about the map. No because the meta is always changing for every map, you can see it how different team play it differently to take that piece of map control especially on T side

[@Amigow0w]

@@ahmadghifarialbana9997 Mirage, Dust2 and Inferno all those maps are really balanced ! Inferno it's even more balanced when it comes to win rate and that it's not me saying, those are the stats which you can find on HLTV. I think CSGO needs new maps 😉

[@Vobis23]

Clicked on the video fully expecting to just talk about 2014 onward mirage.... was pleasantly surprised to see the actual history of the map brought up with it's roots in 1.6 via CPL. Finally, you guys did it right.

[@blakdragongaming5804]

the thing is that a lot of players dont have 200+ fps computers and mirage is probable one of 2/3 maps that you can have the most fps in a potatoe PC. CSGO fps are getting worse and worse everytime you turn the game on. Unless Valve can make all maps or more maps as fps friendly as Mirage, people would keep playing Mirage

[@ayushpathania5500]

True

[@f1st0ka]

so fking tru bro

[@achmadthariqulc81]

this.

[@ryNNwth]

Tru, started w a intergrated card and played mirage on 80 fps and now it’s my fav map after 4k hours and even having 200+ fps on every map now

[@lufetm]

This. I really like Ancient layout, I played around 20 matches on it, learned some tricks and smoke lineups but in some places its literally unplayable for me bcs FPS can drop even below 60 and then its not enjoyable anymore

[@NatteNek]

In a year of plating this i played it 3 times as much as rest. God i overplayed it (partially to my friends who only want this map) and now i just hate it.

[@carnivalism1042]

i played it 4 times as much as the rest combined, but im basing it on what i saw using the Steam Achievement Manager 2 years ago.

[@saulosilva1236]

Get good

[@NatteNek]

@@saulosilva1236 Nah

[@HieronymousLex]

I do really wish people would vote for other maps sometimes. Like yeah it’s easy to get comfy on your favorite map but part of the fun of an fps is switching between a map pool. Not just playing on one fucking map and occasionally nuke

[@SnowMexicann]

@@HieronymousLex Just play comp lol

[@THEtrueidiots]

I still love mirage. I do want to play other maps, but can't bring myself to learn smokes for another map lol

[@shaansingh6048]

they just gotta make a CS Battle Royale

[@leeonardodienfield402]

it takes 20 minutes on a yprac map to learn smokes, and from there you can practice peeks, angles, etc

[@PedroCruz-uu4be]

its not even the smokes or peeks for me its more all the call outs and etc

[@leeonardodienfield402]

@@PedroCruz-uu4be install Simple Radar, it puts all the callouts right on the radar for all maps in game

[@PedroCruz-uu4be]

yeah i know about it, and just to be clear, i know most of the major call outs like pool, coffins, emo/dark on inferno. I meant more like the micro calls like Coldzera on Inferno A site or empty on Mirage's B site

[@Nick-ij5nt]

The timing of this video is very interesting since a few days ago I just started learning how to make CS maps for the sole purpose of fixing my issues with Mirage. My new version is actually compiling as I type this, it'll probably be on the workshop soon.

[@isaiahboyd2595]

whats it called. Or what do I need to search up to find it

[@Nick-ij5nt]

@@isaiahboyd2595 not ready yet, I fucked up the optimization, maybe a couple days

[@wiramaaaaaaan]

@@Nick-ij5nt tell us when it's ready I want to taste it

[@mexonCS]

looking forward to see it, i hope you put your steam workshop link here :D

[@kobban63]

Noted

[@lordeddy05]

This is the best map ever! This is why I play cs, this is why I play comp, this is why I'm silver 1

[@ae_aspects8296]

Im silver 2. Duo? 👀? Friend code?

[@love404.]

you should try Nuke

[@notdave5081]

@@love404. nuke in low elo is hell, for some reason it has the most throwing and trolling teammates

[@tacticalg754]

@@notdave5081 It's fun tho

[@love404.]

@@notdave5081 bro probably plays to have fun and not be competitive since he's silver 1

[@friddlefries1140]

It’s just been perfected by pros, just bring in cobble or other maps and let them have a break off Mirage, swap pools in a few tournaments then bring Mirage back Either there will be a renewed love for it or people won’t feel the need for it

[@reviewer_random]

love mirage and inferno, i know every inch of it, timing to rotate, handful of nades lineup, prefire and its timing, etc idk, i just enter a pro mode in those maps

[@djolkica5539]

I guess you are mg max

[@reviewer_random]

@@djolkica5539 i dont like matchmaking but face it lv 7 tho

[@djolkica5539]

@@reviewer_random sure you are with that comment

[@devaalous]

cs players just get toxic for no reason at all lmao.

[@reviewer_random]

@@djolkica5539 why are ppl so mad lmao, i just saying my experience, if u have different story then off you go

[@onamayo]

You missed the part where it became the most popular map after valve disabled dust 2 for rework

[@jozemano972]

Mirage is a beautiful map no one can Deny that

[@hughlevantjames905]

but everyone can Danny it

[@jozemano972]

@@hughlevantjames905 bruh i Miss spelled it thx for the reminder

[@XxInfinityxXTimer]

leagues better than dust 2

[@Spyrex420]

Funny how arab maps are awesome, mirage , dust , actualy dust 2 is made as my home city casablanca,morocco , the white Mercedes taxi at t spawn, and the dumpster are sooo fking accurate, first time i saw it i wuz mindblown

[@なにいってんの-s5e]

if u love sand yeah

[@jingle9657]

Mirage is basically an example of a perfect map , enough entry points to sites , no over the top advantages for either CT or T .

[@YunTaeGoO]

"perfect map" - same utilities at the start of every round just to get to mid or A-site ...noone ever goes B ...this is probably one of the worst maps in the whole game and you wonder nobody wants to play this piece of crap?

[@matthewhickling1350]

Love how this whole video is an awesome highlight reel, more play = more clips

[@afrobrur2065]

Was my favourite map when I started following csgo in 2013/14 and still is to this day

[@ahmadjabareen98]

CSGO fan base: Add more maps Valve!!! CSGO fan base too: but not zoo, ancient, biome, season, workout, anubis, not a big map, not a small map, not with an open plant site, diffidently not with a closed plat side, less smoke positions and more smoke positions, not a green map, not a blue map, not.... As a CSGO player, I'm so sick with this community that cries about everything valve does, I mean, if valve did not shove Ancient up our asses, no one would have picked it, not even ask for improvements, straight up reject it

[@lufetm]

A lot of people that cry over new maps are crying bcs of FPS difference between Mirage and new maps

[@AlanStryman]

yeah, can confirm i had mirage mid smoke somewhere in my search history

[@manbeast_cs]

Dust 2, Inferno, and Nuke all had a break at times. I think the pool for maps should be big enough where season can happen right now right now Train, Cobble and Cache are off season at the moment, While Cobble needs work but it hasn't been played for the last four majors I feel like that could come back. Mirage is the only map that has been played at every major. I really enjoyed maps like Anubis, Grind, Mocha, Chlorine, Breach, Biome, and Abbey while none of them are perfect but they can be worked on and could get better. but not Basalt fuck Basalt lol jk. Drop Mirage for the next two Majors and Let Anubis get some play and than after a year or so off people will be excited when it comes back. If you keep the rotation fresh no one get sick of one map and no one misses it for too long just my two cent I could be way off the mark on this.

[@lufetm]

hell, even Dust 2, the most famous CS map, was out of major pool for some time before they remade it so I see no problem in doing the same to Mirage in near future

[@sla7889]

I still love playing mirage Just too good of a map

[@YunTaeGoO]

"perfect map" - same utilities at the start of every round just to get to mid or A-site ...noone ever goes B ...this is probably one of the worst maps in the whole game and you wonder nobody wants to play this piece of crap?

[@sla7889]

@@YunTaeGoO Have you been playing too much low or mid ranked matchmaking? Because thats not how mirage usually is at all

[@YunTaeGoO]

@@sla7889 thats even in pro matches the same

[@sla7889]

@@YunTaeGoO Nah I dont think we are watching the same map There are at least 10 different ways to get mid and b fakes and entries indeed happen a lot (i say this as a b player)

[@DrT741]

Honestly if CSGO was only Mirage, I'd still play it. Incredible map.

[@Toaster___Bath]

LOL yeah same

[@virus4721]

u must be new to the game in few years u will see how wrong u are in cs go only maps who is worth it is inferno/overpass and thats all

[@DrT741]

@@virus4721 I have over 2k hours lmao

[@hellothere-ig6jg]

@@virus4721 bruh ive played for 2 years nothing wrong lmao

[@DaFifaKid]

@@hellothere-ig6jg ive been playing mirage since like 2002 lmao

[@t3h51d3w1nd3r]

I really like the new Iris map, it feels and plays well on both sides, nice places to boost, multiple areas where Ts and CTs can meet and shoot out, corners for peeking, straights for sniping, places to hide, multiple angles to approach a site, it seems well thought out and polished. And the "please fix valve" on one of the taps/faucet is the cherry on top. Good job, BubkeZ and Oliver plus Valve for introducing so many to it.

[@cjnogodula]

I think CS would benefit from a map refresh; just take out all the maps we're used to playing and take them out of the active duty, allow new maps to take their place It's going to be rough, but it would refresh the game, make new players want to play, and old players want to come back

[@xmm-aibrahimonealrafif7923]

i wish cobblestone is back on active duty

[@Strain117]

@@xmm-aibrahimonealrafif7923 but valve ruined the map

[@notdave5081]

Yeah all the old players already returning for maps such as climb

[@Rockeysmile]

They need to bring cache and cobble back into the map pool

[@yashasvik2958]

I really hope they do, i absolutely love cache even though ive only played it with ai and in casual

[@chrisb99]

They should bring back the old Cobble

[@Rockeysmile]

@@chrisb99 the old cobble was so fun to play

[@HerbaceousM8]

@@voorachter2733 yeah cache update... then thrown in the bin after the mid changes, so strange

[@delate1167]

Cache is already in Competetive?

[@rainy6563]

From the beginning of the video, i was sure that the "Jumping Double" would be surely included.. and lo ! There it was

[@megamiisamaa]

I know each and every corner of Mirage more than my own home

[@maks0212]

At the minute 10:12, micael almeida, portuguese streamer, its a miracle when he dont rage, and also its a improvement when he only breaks 2 tables, 3 keyboards and 1 monitor per week

[@iScreenDRc]

Demorei demasiado tempo a encontrar este comentario

[@PLUS-Valorant]

World best editing in first 1 minute.... I want to hire!

[@Bighomer5]

I've felt this way since all my placement matches ended up being on mirage. Removed it from the q afterwards lol.

[@reasonrevived]

Cache was a great map and people complained about that too, maybe we just need a whole new set of active maps and then rotate between them?

[@okay4352]

2:53 lmao the “what are we watching”

[@farhanshaikh9735]

Legendary Casting, 8:25 the only moment when HUNDEN was not LOOKING!!!!

[@mrendroid609]

I love Mirage. Every round I ask my buddy "Mirage is T sided right?" and then the half comes and I ask "Its CT sided right?" perfection.

[@manohar3626]

The only map where I can literally throw any smoke or flashes and I love to hold B apps. Mirage brings my inner CSGO PROness

[@uresfffff222]

Idk why I play so good on mirage and inferno but suck at d2

[@dxwkx9119]

'Nobody wants to play anymmore' Defusal Group Delta players: Hold my vote

[@antond131]

Add cobblestone again. Miss it with all my heart.

[@jiristefka3177]

Another video I'd watch only for the into. The one/s who made this and the story of CSGO intros is genius

[@drz2k4]

I remember playing in CAL league the first season they dropped cpl_strike and everyone hated it, now it’s blossomed into a flagship map of this game.

[@honk7969]

I think the problem is that Mirage is just "perfect" and we just need more "perfect" maps in the map pool.

[@davidtheking341]

D2 Inferno Mirage all godtier

[@ububububububububub1667]

we already have office

[@ihatethatyoutubedisplaysyo8106]

@@ububububububububub1667 based

[@fakuhu178]

truu

[@ThatsMySkill]

mirage is still my favorite map. its still fun for me after probably 1.5k play hours just on that map. i definitely get why people came to dislike it recently tho. its so optimized that its plays out the same every time. if i had to rank csgo maps from best to worst it would be: 1. mirage 2. vertigo 3. cache 4. overpass 5. anubis 6. dust 2 7. nuke 8. train 9. inferno (i lose every game on it) 10. ancient (i havent played it enough to judge)

[@XM06]

I still love mirage

[@1234jokerboy]

12:27 Finally waited all these moments for this....

[@jasperpearce3710]

I was certain that you were going to start the narration by mentioning dust 2, and wasn’t disappointed

[@s0m3_1]

TheScoreEsports: We have to find a way to add cold's jumping awp. So let's make a video about Mirage.

[@Toaster___Bath]

was the olof boost in here ?

[@rarinth]

@@Toaster___Bath the olofboost happened in overpass

[@Toaster___Bath]

@@rarinth they include it in every video regardless tho . its the meme bro

[@rarinth]

@@Toaster___Bath it's about mirage, if they are talking abt overpass, ofc they will put it there

[@sviitor]

This map is amazing, unfortunately it's overplayed in pugs, so it became repetitive to me and a lot of people

[@jamesnguyen7069]

bring back train

[@sviitor]

@@jamesnguyen7069 Agreed

[@aaron_ente8489]

de_cobblestone was so good

[@chris-lh6ol]

You guys need to do a story of overpass and story of dupreeh

[@Monolitus7]

The title should be *the only map competitive plays"

[@legend98er]

Mirage is an og Map there’s no reasoncto hate it tho, for my personal view it’s the best map to play cuz it’s kinda a neutral map.Both sided so much love and i personaly salute the creator of it

[@ParkFPS]

That intro was so hype 🔥

[@nyChannel09]

8 Times in a row mirage in Prime, and I dont mind it. Mirage is perfect.

[@bartterp88]

No need to remove maps. Just put maps into a rotation system every year. Like just before the winter break is a great moment to announce what maps are going to get replaced for the time being so teams have enough time to practice.

[@OurFreeReflections]

i'm over it... it was the first map i learned properly, but i have PTSD from a competitive match - our team opened the competition by losing 16-3 against the eventual winner... ive barely played Mirage since haha

[@jamesnguyen7069]

lol

[@CopeDnD]

mirage is the best 5v5 fps map ever created

[@ethanbowman3103]

A MAP ON MIRAGE AND YOU DONT SHOW COLDZERA’S JUMPING AWP??

[@alonsop9861]

you didnt watch the video. it is at 12:28 if you want to complain about something not being in the video you must watch the video in the first place LOL

[@ExtraDip613]

12:27

[@hlamhtetaung3777]

That intro was a masterpiece

[@slavicboi7559]

This map never gets boring and old

[@YunTaeGoO]

"perfect map" - same utilities at the start of every round just to get to mid or A-site ...noone ever goes B ...this is probably one of the worst maps in the whole game and you wonder nobody wants to play this piece of crap?

[@fakuhu178]

huh? Everybody is playing mirage its the best map @@YunTaeGoO

[@nyChannel09]

4:30 sandwich guy cant hear sounds, can he He didnt even react after Hiko started shooting

[@DanielSilva-mm2zo]

My first reaction to the title was "Dimitri gonna belistening to this disapprovingly".

[@twist3dgUt4219]

I hated mirage when i started playing csgo (I had very limited cs 1.6 experience so didnt know the maps all too well, except ofcourse d2), just felt everyone else in the lobby was better. Now we play mirage 80% of the time, with a sprinkle of inferno here and there.

[@dylanboardman9681]

"It's the place where pros and plebs (the score showing a clip of the gaming warlord XQC) hone their skills." That made me laugh, good troll.

[@keybraker]

I really like de_mirage tbh. It is fast, small has quick rotations, a multilevel mid connected with both sides and spawns, has clear sky-boxes, you can throw nades from b-upper to a-site. You can approach a takeover a retake by many ways, and even fully rotate from a-mid to a-ramp as terrorist to fake ct. I guess the only tuff part is mid for ct which i doubt considering you can play one 2A-1M-2B with the one on B playing short to support mid and B corresponding to where the enemy attacks. 09/10

[@sla7889]

12:27 I noticed it was taking too long

[@joshuagrafmiller2071]

cadian 1v4 not being in the intro is a crime

[@TheItalianoAssassino]

CSGO without Mirage, Dust 2, Inferno would just feel cursed

[@justzedd8430]

Probably the only map that doesn't get ban

[@bennyaufreisen2855]

OH THE JUMPING DOUBLE FROM COLDDDD had to be in the first clips :( xD

[@denn1ssss]

I love Mirage

[@viniciuscmaia]

Even it has been on the map pool for very long time and being played a lot in professional scenario, I feel like mirage still has more variations and options to do somes executions than vertigo. A map that I would like to see in CS 2 map pool would be tuscan. For the young fellas, it can sounds crazy, but de_cpl_mil/tuscan (they are, basically the same map with different textures) were most played and loved by the community in CS 1.6 than de_cpl_strike/mirage.

[@TheZamphire]

I get this feeling for Kings Row in overwatch the best map in OW by miles wish i could run it 24/7

[@astruming]

the jumping awp saga of score esports continues

[@alexnooijens3964]

i feel like over the years so many things have been found like nade line-ups, strats, fakes, playstyles, one way smokes, movement jumps. it's just a bit boring right now

[@CaesarSalad19]

Out of the Map Pool: Mirage and Dust 2 Black In: Train and Cache Just for a little bit to change up the pro map pool. I feel like those 2 maps are either insta bans for teams or bans on the second go around so they aren't the decider (in bo3). People can still play them in their matchmaking games and stuff, just take it out of the pro scene for like 6 months or something for something else.

[@lufetm]

Cache is literally Dust 2 formula but a little bit different... Thats why Cache (just like Dust 2) gets boring for pro play pretty soon

[@cheeks4005]

When I used to play csgo , mirage and dust 2 where my only comp maps enabled

[@noshot8038]

Fav map on CS GO to this day

[@marcie5620]

i think valve should take mirage out and get a new one to the active pool, the plays on the map are getting kinda expected, and MAYBE valve should change the active map pool more... plus mirage has nothing that make it stand out implying it to be there, like vertigo, ancient or nuke

[@Anonymous-qb5qf]

thank you for making a history of me and my brother’s favorite map since cs 1.6 i remember when it wasn’t even called mirage, nostalgia.

[@Willlll29]

The title is so accurate

[@stee5y995]

the title is so true lol

[@marcedoreste]

I still want a Mirage rework, at least visually, like what they did with Dust 2, Inferno, Vertigo and Nuke. It will make it feel more "fresh".

[@jamesnguyen7069]

wat about train

[@marcedoreste]

@@jamesnguyen7069 yep that too, but at least train doesn't have the same color palette all around the map unlike mirage 🤣

[@nartouthere]

Look Mom I made it!!!

[@parikshitrao4208]

Me sees the title - . . . BECAUSE THAT'S LITERALLY THE ONLY THING WE PLAY!!

[@carsonbrice3137]

These intros are so damn good

[@jammerzdarkside]

thescore: oh wait i think ppl are forgetting about the jumping awp from coldzera. lets make a video about mirage and put it there

[@RestBlossom]

How to fix the CS:GO Map Pool? 20 rotating Maps. 4 Seasons every year. 5 unique Maps every season. 1) Forces the meta to change every season and keeps the game interesting. 2) New maps/executions/gameplay to learn instead of the same old repeated stuff over and over again. 3) Allows the previous community made maps to be officially integrated into the map pool as well. Anubis/Chlorine/Mutiny/Biome/Ruby/Engage/Swamp/Abbey are some of the maps they should consider bringing back.

[@tryhard9339]

MrShadeZz nice recoil 5:22

[@dp9862]

Danny burke does score esports now? Instantly got a flashback to mostamazingtop10 when I heard his voice

[@michalbochenski4329]

cobblestone comeback?

[@dabsinjapnese98]

I like how when he said plebs he showed xqc lol

[@joonefps]

this is the only map i ever play and i absolutely hate myself but it's so fun

[@f0x3l42]

just started this video, willing to beat Coldzera's jumpshot is in here

[@anthonywilsongolf]

It's weird cuz everything that i hate about the map is a reason I also love it

[@sufiankhan5552]

People: "I hate mirage" Also queues mirage the very next game

[@muhammadsyabanifalif8124]

Should've put s1mple failed clutch againts xseven on the opening videos.

[@dreadful4684]

Old CT skins look nice. Definitely sad they added player skins cause I 100% miss the consistent feel

[@PaRaNoiDisLOW]

"looking like the lovechild of dust2 and inferno..." yeah, thats true xD

[@sahajranipa]

mirage is old as much as we have been seeing coldzera's legendary awp kills in mirage.