I would suggest, however, that if they aren’t going to play seriously just take them to Casual mode. The most probable cause for degradation comes from increases in Rating Deviation. For this they make exceptions. It’s a little annoying, but power through and the restriction will be lifted once you’ve got your rank.

We give you an oversight of all the current CS:GO matchmaking ranks Of course no pro player would be stuck in the Silver ranks either, but we’re to go out on a limb here and say ‘players in rank X need to work on Y and Z.

The game pits two teams against each other: the Terrorists and the Counter-Terrorists. Both sides are tasked with eliminating the other while also completing separate objectives. The Terrorists, depending on the game mode, must either plant the bomb or defend the hostages, while the Counter-Terrorists must either prevent the bomb from being planted, defuse the bomb, or rescue the hostages.

There are nine game modes, all of which have distinct characteristics specific to that mode. The game also has matchmaking support that allows players to play on dedicated Valve servers, as well as allowing members of the community to host their own servers with custom maps and game modes. A battle-royale game-mode , “Danger Zone”, was introduced in Global Offensive received positive reviews from critics on release, who praised for its gameplay and faithfulness to predecessors, though it was criticized for some of its early features and was noted for differences between the console and PC versions.