For a game that is as old as Time itself, Counter-Strike is still ridiculously popular. It wasn’t always that way it is now though… I mean yes, 1.6 had its own legit community, as did Source, but Global Offensive has a player base that doesn’t know how to stop growing! Why just last month, over 8 million unique players logged on to experience true FPS hell, where the headshots are as unlikely as Darryn’s Tinder profile ever receiving a single swipe to the right. OOOH BURN!
Anyways, the point I’m trying to make is that the game has often had questionable hitboxes, forcing many a Counter-Terrorist or Terrorist to rage quit as a result. That will hopefully be a thing of the past, as Valve have now updated animations and such with the latest CS:GO patch (via Polygon):
This week we’re releasing a new player animation system for CS:GO. The new system modernizes the player’s skeleton and hitboxes to better express at-a-glance exactly what your enemies and teammates are doing. We’ve upgraded all the existing body animations, and added some new ones like visible weapon deploys, bomb defusing, and ladder-climbing.
I have no idea how that picture on the right compares to the old hitbox system, but I’m going to go ahead and say HOORAY! Having played all Counter-Strike games to some degree over the years, it makes me happy that this has finally received some proper attention.
Too many times have I shot at an enemy ruthlessly, only to have them miraculously not die and kill me as a result. My excuse? Garbled hitboxes of course! Now I’ll need to think up a new explanation for me being terrible at the game… DAMMIT VALVE!
Hitboxes and animations are not the only changes that have taken place in the latest update. You can read the rest of the patch notes right here.
Last Updated: September 17, 2015
Admiral Chief Returns
September 17, 2015 at 11:05
DAT GABEFACE!
Pariah
September 17, 2015 at 11:40
Haven’t had a chance to say yet, but welcome back. 😀
Grand Admiral Chief
September 17, 2015 at 12:10
;D
BYK
September 17, 2015 at 13:48
GIVE US HL3 ALREADY!
Alien Emperor Trevor
September 17, 2015 at 11:06
WHAT? Yeah, well… your CABBAGE HEAD will never be on the cover of Farmer’s Weekly! SICK BURN!
You’re my boy, D!
RinceThis
September 17, 2015 at 11:08
WOW man. You go too far…
hairyknees
September 17, 2015 at 11:15
O_O
Alien Emperor Trevor
September 17, 2015 at 11:21
HAH!
RinceThis
September 17, 2015 at 11:07
HAHAHAHAHA! CABBAGE HEADER WIN!
hairyknees
September 17, 2015 at 11:15
😀
RinceThis
September 17, 2015 at 11:17
Seriously. Geoff is going to make your life even worse now when you win this week’s header!
Pariah
September 17, 2015 at 11:19
Just ask him about the right swipes. 😉
RinceThis
September 17, 2015 at 11:26
Shame. Isn’t he used to that though…
HairyEwok
September 17, 2015 at 11:16
If they can up the tick rate on servers, that would be great.
SargonTheRebornBatpanda
September 17, 2015 at 12:14
I hate ticks. They’re bloodthirsty little bastards. I’m sure the servers wouldn’t be happy getting those.
Pariah
September 17, 2015 at 11:18
I bet this patch is going to be a hit…
The Sten
September 17, 2015 at 11:55
oh u
SargonTheRebornBatpanda
September 17, 2015 at 11:19
WAIT! The red part takes the least amount of shots to kill the player, right?
So one could argue that it is the most significant part of the body in CS:GO? Something that players should realistically be targeting?
Well to illustrate that they used the colour red..
Red is one of the three primary colours…
Red is also a three letter word..
It also symbolises danger and/or passion..
Guys…
I think you know where I’m going with this…
Pariah
September 17, 2015 at 11:20
You’re on your period? O_o
SargonTheRebornBatpanda
September 17, 2015 at 11:21
NO MAN!
I’m trying to say that Gabe Newell recently had a swim in his money and thought his “pool” needed a top up!
Pariah
September 17, 2015 at 11:21
He just updated dota2 AND CS:GO. His pool is fine.
SargonTheRebornBatpanda
September 17, 2015 at 11:22
Psssht. Reborn is BROKE. And CS: GO has a fancy new hit box animation system. Hardly anything you have to pay for. All that work for free has left Gabe’s swimming lessons feeling a little less… buoyant.
Pariah
September 17, 2015 at 11:25
Dota2 Majors coming up. You know, just to refill the cool $45M injection they got from TI5. Just off compendium/item purchases.
Alien Emperor Trevor
September 17, 2015 at 11:20
I know! You just finished ME3!
SargonTheRebornBatpanda
September 17, 2015 at 11:21
You know that disappointed me. Again.
And I thought that nothing could ever be as bleak as that moment.
Alien Emperor Trevor
September 17, 2015 at 11:22
…
RinceThis
September 17, 2015 at 11:42
Why are you being so horrible to everyone?!
Alien Emperor Trevor
September 17, 2015 at 11:49
Being?
RinceThis
September 17, 2015 at 12:31
True :/
Brady miaau
September 17, 2015 at 11:22
I have decided that I am replaying Mass effect 1 on Xbox One. Wife let slip my birthday gift, seems she bought me two model ships from a certain Bioware company. No idea which ones, but yeah, that would be pretty cooll
SargonTheRebornBatpanda
September 17, 2015 at 11:27
I didn’t see “model” the first time. And for a split second I was raging. “WTF I WANT A WIFE WHO LETS ME BE COMMANDER SHEPARD!”
Alien Emperor Trevor
September 17, 2015 at 11:28
What about a wife who IS Commander Shepard? O_O
SargonTheRebornBatpanda
September 17, 2015 at 11:28
Mind.
Blown.
*Edit: I just updated my perfect woman mental checklist. It now only contains a single requirement.
Brady miaau
September 17, 2015 at 11:32
Do you think I look like a blue skinned, androgynous, but very female alien?
Pariah
September 17, 2015 at 11:37
Yes.
Grand Admiral Chief
September 17, 2015 at 11:38
Rhetorical question?
Pariah
September 17, 2015 at 11:39
I answered anyway, just in case.
Alien Emperor Trevor
September 17, 2015 at 11:38
Well not according to your avatar picture, but I’m reasonably sure that isn’t accurate too. :/
Brady miaau
September 17, 2015 at 11:21
You made 3 points about the colour red?
SargonTheRebornBatpanda
September 17, 2015 at 11:28
OMG I DIDNT EVEN NOTICE!
SUBLIMINAL EVIDENCE THAT THE EVIDENCE IS IN FACT EVIDENCE!
IT JUST HAPPENED AGAIN! AS IF THE NUMBER 3 IS UNIVERSALLY CALLING OUT TO ME AND I’M NOT JUST CONVENIENTLY SEEING IT EVERYWHERE BECAUSE I’M DESPERATE TO PLAY HL3!
(P.S. Caps for effect)
(TL;DR HL3 CONFIRMED)
Pariah
September 17, 2015 at 11:38
*(TL;DR SARGON HAS LOST HIS MIND CONFIRMED)
RinceThis
September 17, 2015 at 11:43
Mod needs to step in for bad shouting bad person!
Alien Emperor Trevor
September 17, 2015 at 11:48
I agree! Where is a responsible mod when you need one?
RinceThis
September 17, 2015 at 12:32
No idea!
Grand Admiral Chief
September 17, 2015 at 12:42
Responsible? HAHAHAHAHAAAA
HvR
September 17, 2015 at 13:52
That is so 2013
Cyberats
September 29, 2015 at 02:54
No, Just No ! Let it die FFS !
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