FACEIT has always had quite the reputation in Counter Strike. I hope that this video will help make this platform more approachable to the community.
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Timestamps
0:00 What is FACEIT?
0:58 FACEIT's Regions and Servers
1:55 Can You Queue for Specific Maps in FACEIT?
2:19 The Debate Over Faceit’s Anti-cheat
5:10 How Do Picks/Bans Work on FACEIT?
6:10 FACEIT's Ranks and ELO Explained
10:01 FACEIT's Game Format vs Premier
10:45 The In-Game Vibe of FACEIT vs Premier
11:13 FACEIT's Subscription Tiers
11:51 Should NEW Players Play FACEIT?
14:12 Check out this epic monitor
15:30 THANK YOU!!
At this point, I think valve doesn’t want to fix the cheater problem because they’d lose over half of their player base
I've had people get banned before the game was over but that was a blatant cheater I guess🤷
😂😂😂
for csgo when it was a paid game at least it felt like Valve wanted a ban wave because people would rebuy the game for like 2-5 bucks. as a free to play game they want player numbers.
@@martinleland3969 probably just outdated drivers, or high DPI
They would get extra revenue from cheaters rebuying the game though?
A kernel level anti-cheat has access to ALL of your OS, and kernel level programs can directly manipulate your resources to how they see fit. In Faceit's case, the anticheat does nothing but check for hacks, but, if somehow someone gains access to the anticheat, they have access to your whole PC, which is where people have issues with this type of anti-cheat. Its nothing to worry about though, unless it becomes something to worry about, like what happened with ESEA
Actually, a lot of games have kernel level AC, but it launches before game (easy anticheat) or at slthe same time with game launching
"Its nothing to worry about though, unless it becomes something to worry about, like what happened with ESEA" LOLOLOL
If someone were to hack any game they can install malware. Anything you download can be a root kit. A kernel level anti cheat does not make you any more vulnerable than any other type of hack, if you download malware you are at its mercy. The problem with kernel level anti cheats are that they are not open source and thus are a massive privacy violation and a backdoor for the company to access your computer as they see fit. People download mods all the time and pose much more of a risk of getting a malware than through AAA games but AAA games are much more likely to have ties to China and western governments. Plus if you really want to avoid kernel level malware then don't install MS Windows.
Thank you so much for this. Straight and helpful as always!
Winnie! Thank you so much man, that’s really kind of you. I’m glad you liked the video:)!
Exactly what I was looking for. Thank you.
Thank you for making this video
Perfect tutorial. You explained very well everything and your advices was so motiviting. Thanks for the video
Thank you bro!:)
Thanks for in-depth explanation
Thanks for this vid. Appreciate you
Found your video because Overwatch just announced they're integrating with FaceIt. I don't play CSGO so I've never even heard of them. Thanks for the great explainer!
This saves me tons of time bro Thanks a lots. We face so many cheaters these days :(
Huge! I haven’t played any Faceit since CS2 release, but def will once I hit my goal of 25k in premiere. I really hope they allocate time making premier viable, idk why but I just hate the idea of having to third party MM in a game
I do too- it’s sad we have to resort to a third party but in the end it’s really valves fault
Well, if you hate the idea of having third party then you are not a competitive player. If you just want to improve, then you should play faceit because thats where the serious players are. 20K or above MM is just not hard and not competitive at all.
@@edwardluo1120 For someone that's been playing the game for years lol. Just started playing, I am 9k rn (tons of hours in valorant and other FPS games) so really I think I am just surviving on aim having played another tac shooter and countless other FPS games, but this game is definitely more challenging than others, in all aspects lol even the shooting compared to valorant is something to get used to.
@@alancrome3684 don't listen to what they say, 20k+ is around 1% of the playerbase it's definitely not "not hard and not competitive". Even when considering that most of the best players are on faceit, being in the top 1% of millions of players is definitely a great achievement. Keep on grinding, focus on improving instead of increasing the number, watch your own replay from time to time (1-2 per week) and you'll reach your goal
20k is actually " top 4% " and it is indeed very easy (talking as an 8 lvl player) I'm 30 bombing every single game in premiere (unless I get matched with blatant cheaters which happens 2 out of 3 games in EU) and mass reported as well. I even got several false griefing cooldowns because some bad clowns report me for cheating for doing a 30 bomb on 20k + elo
Closing in on faceit lvl 10 with your help Wilson, good video man 🤙
Hell yeah leeko!!!!
thanks for tutorial so hype to get faceit level 1 instantly
Ive been using the BenQ monitor for a while and the one in your video is really my fav
faceit is pretty cool, especially that one time I got to be team leader and managed to get Finnish servers on Nuke. Me and my bud were the only Finns in the game, both had ~ 5 ping with everyone else sitting in the 20 - 45 range. Hit some nice AWP shots that game
Hahaha that sounds awesome
Thank you so goddamn much Wilson! You are always so straight forward with the subject you are talking about, and you make everything you say very, very clear. I honestly did not have any idea of what Faceit might could be before watching this video, even though I’ve been playing Counter-Strike for atleast 1k hours. But I guess the reason I didn’t know about faceit is the fact that I’m young and not really have had the time nor interest 😂- to go deep in. But thank you, now I know 🙏
Thank you so much Kassler!! I appreciate that
Great video as always! I'm thinking about taking the dive into faceit to improve as a player and for that anticheat!
You should absolutely go for it Paul!
thanks for the breakdown homie
No problem bro :)
What an explanation earned a sub ❤
Thank you!:)
Thanks for the video on this topic Wilson! I’ve always wondered whether I should try FACEIT or stick with premier!
No problem!:)
Thank you for this video! I’ve always wanted to play faceit but I’m a low rank in cs, around the high silver-low gn level. I’ve seen a lot of people say to not play if you aren’t high enough rank but I’ll probably give it a try soon!
It doesn't matter as faceit will place you in an elo automatically, if esea still would be around you would've started there but faceit is good aswell, look up counter strike classic offensive also.
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Thank you! Glad you liked it:)
i remeber first playing ESEA back in 2015, I was LEM in CSGO at the time. I was really unprepared for the skill difference in MM I placed C+ but those games still give me ptsd it felt like i was fighting for my life every second but i did improve faster than i ever did playing MM
Even though I'm playing fFaceit since like 2019, I still watched this video, idk why
Masterclass
Wilson, back with another banger
👌👌😊 Have to start playing Faceit
the monitor looks really good! I'm checking out some monitor😁 might consider the one you recommended
Hell yeah bro:)
Thanks for the video, but I don't even know what premier is LOl
Thank you for the good explanation. In premier i was at 9.8k elo and from there with teammates that troll scream and just dont want to really play, i got set back to 6k elo with games losing over 400elo per game. I love playing competetive but thats just crazy. Gonna try face it out and see where it brings me
I Love Wilson Cs2 Best KZhead Ever
W video! Wilson when are you going to upgrade the knife and gloves? Doppler/Pandoras??
😂😂😂 I’ll never betray my plaids like that
@@WilsonCS2 🕺🕺🕺
My main problem with faceit is that unless you have premium the games there are mirage simulators. And I personally hate mirage. The second problem for me is toxicity. I am a person who is highly affected by it. And faceit environment is much more toxic as you mentioned. From my personal experience my level of play hasn't become much higher when I started to focus on faceit games but my will to play and interest in the game fell down a lot. And then my level of play started snowballing down. All of that was during csgo times though, I haven't touched faceit since summer. Overall I don't think that faceit is a suitable playing environment for me personally.
Same probleme here. I hate the toxic environment in faceit. For me it isnt fun to play there at all..
what about finding teammates (on a discord) and queueing together with enemy chat muted ? If toxicity is the main issue this should fix it
@@zilliq Yes thats the way i do it👍🏼 But because of my shift-working it isnt easy to play with the same people all the time.
I'd love a vid about the ESEA stuff I missed out on that whole thing
I should definitely get back in to faceit. I have been grinding premier and am in top 3% rn and have improved a lot, but when I played faceit the game felt more like the pro matches I’ve watched. Calculated with truly good communication.
4:54 spoken like a true lad 😂
thx
you should do a video about the btc mining incident that would be a banger
Great video, Wilson! I just have a question though. Since the elo you'd gain or lose is already predetermined, does that mean that your individual performance does not count? Is this the case or did I just misunderstood what you explained?
Doesnt matter how bad you play
Yup! It’s entirely dependent on whether your team wins or losses. I actually prefer it that way- everyone has the same motivation to win
Hey Wilson, awesome video. I may have missed this, but when you mentioned the Captain mechanic, does the Captain ultimately have the final decision on the play for a round? Is it just the considered way of playing FaceIt?
The captain is really only important for the map/server/starting side bans and picks. I’m terms of in-game calling, it’s totally free game and there isn’t any attention paid to who is captai.
Captain*
I mean it's without the blatant cheaters, but the amount of smurfing is just atrocious. Got one guy with just 25h on his account and bro didn't even hide his hours on the profile. He actually topfragged the match, but still better than blatant cheating as soon as you win multiple rounds in a row.
faceit aka the depression factory lmao
better than the premier race factory tbh
@@ethanmaxwell4424premier elo system, after they figure out what to do with all the cheaters, needs to be updated to rely less on win and loss streaks. Its so dumb carrying a team just to lose 500 elo
IMO the main benefit of Premium is better and more responsive support. FaceIt support started to review and react to my thrower/smurf reports more consistently after I subscribed. Also, you won’t face a lot of cheaters but low elo players will certainly experience a ton of smurfs. It’s gotten better of the years, but smurfs are a much bigger deal on FaceIt vs Premier.
the smurf problem is insane in 1000~ range.... its disgusting to the point i better play with cheaters.... until i get feed up with cheaters and go play with smurfs 90% of the time..... pick your poison
Another banger
This is it, I'm playing on faceit only. I played back in 2020 and never touch it again, mm was fine because I was playing on English servers. Now that I moved to Asia is a pain how bad players are, and not being able to communicate is a whole different situation situation 😭
I'm having a good time on premier, but I gotta say the streak algorithm went pretty crazy recently, I'm at a point where my gains / losses are solely streak based, I'm at -100/+100, if I lose one I'm at -350/+100 if I win one I'm at -100/+350. It's just a bit wild and doesn't make much sense to me. I should still go up in the long run if my winrate is > 50% but if I'm having a bad day and lose 1000 points in a few games it leaves me a bit uneasy
I remember getting that email from esea, and being shocked. I refused to use them again for a long time until I started playing go very seriously again. I went to CEVO at the time lolol which was a joke tbh. But we took first in CEVO one season, in the lowest division, whatever it was called.
im thinking of start playing faceit only because im tired of cheaters on premier, but your final words scared me. It sounds like im going to play agains reald hardcore players where it will be extremely difficult to win :)
Awesome! I need to get into this. I like being number 1. Level 1 is the best right? :D
Most definitely!
Also, ELO is a brilliant system. Originally made for chess but has since been used in all kinds of sports/games and can be easily tweaked to meet the needs of the specific context.
People constantly bash on the elo system because “it was originally designed for chess.” I totally agree with you and think that when tweaked, it’s an excellent system for CS.
The thing I dislike about faceit is the nonstop overtime. I work, I have just 2-3 games to play max every day. I want to make the most of my playtime.
Lmao I was just considering starting FaceIt. I used to tell myself that once I reach Global I will do Faceit, but I only managed to get to LEM before cs2. Now the premier elo is not that satisfying to climb, and the games are not fun half the time. Thank you for the video!
No problem!:) I hope you have a good experience. The first chunk of matches are always the weirdest and most difficult on faceit
Never in my life been lower than faceit level 9 or esea A rank and I've lost so many faceit pugs the last week I dropped to lvl 8. Big sad :( solo queue life can get rough
Did I miss the part about queuing with teammates ? how are 5 stacks handled ? are 4 stacks allowed ? I read that premium 5 stack queue was disabled is this still a thing ?
Can I just say, playing Faceit OCE absolutely sucks for me. For my first game, there was a troll on my team in a discord call with his friend on the enemy team giving info to each other all game (essentially giving each other wall hacks) and they purposely dragged the game out to be 80 rounds long. I played faceit two more times after that which I was matched against a 5stack of faceit level 10’s, completely out of my own depth. It was not fun. Idk seems like there’s not enough players on OCE
Couple comments regarding the anti cheat and what you said. 1. The concern with the ring 0 (or kernel level) AC, is not that the company could spy on you (at least not for most). The issue (and real danger) is, that someone could exploit that AC to get access to your computer. I mean look at the exploit with the kick vote system that came out yesterday. That didn't even need kernel level access to your system and could download a payload on to your computer. And that is developed by a multi billion dollar company. Now imagine what someone could do if they found a faceit AC exploit. 2. Yes cheating on a ring 0 AC is harder, but still very doable. People have been led to believe that this form of AC is somehow the magic fix against cheaters. Well I can tell you, it's not. Valorant has a huge closet cheater problem and so does faceit. You're just not noticing it, because you've been conditioned to believe that there aren't that many cheaters, thus your conclusion is, "he must be pretty good". Also people who cheat on faceit, are just not as blatant as they are in premier. You don't see literal silvers wallhacking, making it easy to know they're just bad and cheating. Faceit cheaters are already level 10 on their own and just use cheats only to get that slight edge. Low FOV aimbots, radar hacks that sort of thing.
Great video would like to see one on that bitcoin scam
One big problem with faceit is 5q going vs non 5q, especially since people abuse the elo factor when you have 1 or 2 high elo players with a bunch of low elo vs 5 people on sorta average. And the issue is that the difference between a level 3 and a level 7, is way smaller between a level 7 and a 2600 ELO player. Also their AC it's kernel level yes but is a very aggressive one for being kernel, as an example EAC is also kernel but is not as intrusive (proof of that, apex is filled with cheaters in the top ranks)
You've got the SUPERMATCH feature that deals with that problem, however there are bigger ones for me as I stated in my comment.
What was that workshop map at the end????? Asking for a friend 😊
faceit, the home of all the good stuff
I'm definitely interested in the ESEA Bitcoin mining thing! Please make a video!
Thing about VAC i heard is that Valve don't want to or can't implement an intrusive anticheat because it may cause upset in the large pool of players since not everyone wants to play with an intrusive anticheat for a game they play just to have fun. I heard they are experimenting with an AI anticheat which was also the reason why many people were getting false vac ban for acting like a cheater. People who wants a good competitive they can go and play faceit easily. Also skill ceiling is pretty high in faceit so they can easily have good sweaty games or who knows if you're good enough you can go pro too
yeah I'm confident AI anti-cheat is going to blow kernel based solutions out of the water
@@zilliq yeah let's hope for the best
You should be banned for acting like a cheat
Faceit go throw some money at your boy here making great content about you guys!!
😂😂 on god !!
Would love a video on the BTC esea situation.
Could you make a video about increasing FPS in CS2?
I'm not really the best to ask to be honest, I'm having some major issues with it as well:(
the thing about cheaters on faceit is completly different to premier. People are way more serios on faceit so their cheating behavior is profesionally too if they do so. I dont say there are a ton of cheaters on faceit, but how do you wana know. You just dont. if the cheater is acutally somewhat good at the game and just knows when he can cheat even if its just a suddle information or esp. Thats sooo hard to even notice or see on a demo. Thats just a point i wanted to make. The enviorment is completly different. Valve anticheat is near to not existent right now so noone cares how obvious they cheat exactly the opposite from faceit.
in oce u can choose between playing melbourne and sydney servers
Good to know!
would be cool to hear the story about the bitcoin mining
when i smurf in faceit i gotta control my aiming and do some low elo movement to keep my acc
About the expected ELO to gain - it's not as simple as 50% of the opponent's team chance to win. If a 2100 ELO queues with 1400 ELO and the enemy team's change to win is 50%, the 2100 ELO player will gain a lot less than the 1400 ELO player. For example 2100 ELO player will gain 14 points where as the 1400 ELO player will gain 26. And this makes sense to me. What's interesting is that if these two players were to lose, the lower ELO player will be deducted higher points than the high ELO player. These are just observations from my games, I do not claim to know everything about faceit's system.
My first match I hit "PLAY" and it wasn't doing anything in CS2. It wasn't connecting me to the game. So I got a half hour ban right away. Now I have no idea how I'm supposed to connect to the server once the match is found.
The reason why I don’t play Faceit is because they don’t have any servers in the South, whereas Premier has Atlanta servers
3rd party anti cheat seems like a risky thing to put on your computer tho?
please make that video about esea bitcoin situation
I'd love a video about 2013 bitcoin mining through anticheat
Just to make it clear, FPL is not a "rank" or "level" beyond challenger level. It is just own hub of matchmaking, that only invited players can join. There are lot of fpl players who are not challengers, there for lower level than some of the players that are not in FPL.
Great clarification, thank you!
But great video! Keep it up!@@WilsonCS2
Thanks man:)
Make a video about esea bitcoin!
Been in a slump now and sucking so bad in CS2, any idea on improving?
Take a break from competitive games for a few days and just go back and hone in on the basics! Workshop maps, retakes, dm - focus on enjoying the game again
While the kernel anticheat will help prevent the blatant and cheap cheaters, it's not going to do anything to people with external hardware that's reading and processing memory or using image recognition software. You're just going to be facing subtle cheaters, rather than blatant. And there's security/privacy concerns. There's a video that was uploaded from around 2 months ago about subverting kernel anticheats and their lack of efficacy.
as much as I'd love to play faceit, the only kernel level external control I want on my pc is the government's pre-existing backdoors (lmao).
i wanna go with the monitor but idk if i can trust a sponsor ad 😅
Totally understand that man. If it helps, I spent my own money on a zowie monitor before any mention of getting sponsored by them. Their monitors are legit- they’re the most widely use monitors by pros. I’ve used them for over a year now and don’t plane on switching:)
kernel level anything is bad even if they are trustworthy because its an attack vector thru them to get to their entire user base.
i just started playing in november and im currently 9k premier (i know theres a huge elo bubble rn). i know most nadesets but mess the run and jump throw nades up so much. could i hang in faceit? i come across way too many cheaters running things on vac and it sucks. even came across a legitimate hacker yesterday in casual.
I’m sure you could brother. It may be difficult at the beginning, but it is absolutely worth it in my opinion
Def make an ESEA vid that’s hilarious 😂
whats the workshop map u use where the bots peek u
I gotta see this video of the crypto mining XD
Haven't really had a problem with premier recently. Haven't faced a cheater in the last few weeks and I'm at 21k. And even my Randoms are usually pretty friendly and can communicate
Seems like premier has definitely surpassed csgo matchmaking in quality
If you haven't faced a cheater in weeks while playing 8 hours a day then you are cheating yourself pal.
Been grinding faceit i was faceit 5 then had a bunch of idiots now im faceit 2 shit is rage inducing so many toxic players
Inshallah i will never have to go back to FaceIt
Just did my first faceit match since 2021, 1 was afk then 1 left. After 5 rounds we where 3v5. Pretty much the same shit as premier.
Once you hit level 10 you’ll be going against 3 stacks of top 100 players that farm. It’s difficult to gain elo when you que alone
A reason why Valve doesnt use a Kernel anti cheat is because of the support for Linux. They could use EAC but they for some reason won't change their ways
I think that wouldn't really help. Cheats would be only expensiver little bit. Look at apex.
Even on faceit there´s always that one player that has no mic and expects anyone to read the shit he writes in chat. Also there are games where everyone has a mic and no one talks. Don´t expect that much difference especially in lower faceit levels... and yeah there´s also that one " whatareyoudoing" guy :-D
What is the map at 14:27
Disclaimer: 1) Faceit is owned by Saudi Arabian government-backed Savvy Gaming Group, so you're giving kernel level access to your PC to them. 2) Their anticheat isn't 100% so you can still encounter cheaters, but more wealthy that are paying for subscription based cheats and more savvy that are not rage cheating but doing it more subtle.
Do i need 20hour cs on steam to play faceit?
Are subscriber q’s still a thing?
It’s turned into ‘super match’. Check the link in the description for more info on it
I have 1000h in cs and im only silver is it ok to play faceit?
this video saved my cat from premiere lobbies
Thank god
4:56 Well if you don't need them anymore, may I take care of them? 😳
MY FACEIT TEAMMATES GET CARRIES TO THEIR RANK