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If you want to try YEKINDAR's mouse settings, the starting point is 800 DPI and 1.2 sensitivity, or 960 eDPI, as listed on SPECS.GG. You don't need to replace your mouse to match those numbers. What matters is how the sensitivity feels with the space you have to move it.

The crosshair below comes from Total CS's entry for a match on 4 September 2026. Importing it is straightforward. Copying every video setting alongside it takes a little more thought, especially if your PC and monitor are different.

Sources checked on 6 September 2026. These are public listings, not a config supplied by YEKINDAR or a setup tested by CSGamble.

Finn "karrigan" Andersen became the oldest Major champion in Counter-Strike history for the second time on June 21, 2026, lifting the IEM Cologne trophy with Team Falcons at 36 years and 68 days old, just 61 days after he signed with the team. He is a Danish-German in-game leader who has been a professional player since 2006, and the only person to ever hold, lose, and reclaim that exact age record. Here is how he got there, what makes his career different from the rest of this site's player profiles, and the settings he plays on right now.

CS2 can show 300 FPS and still feel like it's dropping frames. That gap is frame time, not frame rate: how consistently each frame gets delivered, not how many land per second. Most stutter advice targets the wrong number. Here's how to tell network stutter from performance stutter in about three minutes, then which fix actually matches what you find.

Agent skins are CS2's character models, cosmetic reskins of your in-game player instead of your weapons. They sit in four rarity tiers, Distinguished, Exceptional, Superior, and Master, and unlike every weapon skin or glove, they never drop from a case. Prices run from under $5 for a common Distinguished pick to well over $100 for a Master-tier agent from a discontinued Operation.

The AWP separates good players from great ones, and the right skin makes every one-tap feel earned. Here's what actually holds value in 2026, from a $0.07 community finish to skins that trade for five figures.

Nikola "NiKo" Kovač spent nine years as the best CS:GO and CS2 player never to win a Major. In June 2026, at IEM Cologne, that changed for good.

The AK-47 is the most iconic T-side rifle in CS2, and its skin lineup ranges from $1 Mil-Spec finishes to five-figure market pieces. Right now the best value picks are AK-47 | Elite Build and AK-47 | Slate under $20, while AK-47 | Case Hardened and AK-47 | Fire Serpent sit at the top of the market for collectors. Prices below are live marketplace lows as of writing, so treat them as a starting point, not a guarantee. This page contains affiliate links to CS2 case-opening and trading sites, and CSGamble may earn a commission if you sign up through them. 18+ only.

CS2 has eight glove models split across the 2016 Glove Update, 2017's Operation Hydra, and 2020's Operation Broken Fang. Gloves sit in the same gold Extraordinary rarity tier as knives, drop at roughly the same 0.26% special-item rate, and never come with StatTrak, nametags, stickers, or a souvenir version. Here's what each model costs, why float matters more here than on weapons, and where to start if you're buying your first pair.

You don't have to buy every case in CS2. Between the weekly care package, the Armory Pass, and straight-up market purchases, there are several real ways to build up a case stash, and they don't all cost money.