No Excuses: The Technical Stuff

I’m not an expert on topics like netcode, hitreg, or even how the internet works–I’m assuming it involves massive underground tubes or tubes. Or both. The reality is, there’s an ongoing debate in the Buy All CSGO Skins community about how much–if at all–online gameplay is influenced by ping, the game’s lag compensation mechanics, and other nitty-gritty technical issues. I’m quite out of my depth in this particular area, so I’m inclined to agree with the maker of this decidedly well-reasoned and researched YouTube video. According to him, the bottom line is: yes, ping and the way that the game handles lag can cause ‘peeker’s advantage, ’ especially when a player is actually prefiring a spot and there is a substantial ping differential, but people exaggerate the extent to which these actually influence typical gameplay scenarios in online matches.
CSGO M4A4 Skins While the final verdict on peeker’s advantage, defender’s advantage, clock correction, and other big words may still be out, LAN play removes these variables entirely. If we venture into more subjective territory, it’s easy to find examples of professionals describing the difference–Tarik “tarik” Celik of Counter Logic Gaming, for example , says that the M4a1-s will be “literally a laser beam…on LAN. ” Or, as analyst and ex-professional player Joona “natu” Leppänen noted with vague Nordic stoicism in an interview before ESL One Katowice 2015: “There is a significant difference between online and offline play. ”