You have to admire CS:GO players' dedication to turning anything and everything into an instrument of death.
, letting them use sniper rifles in combat without dilly-dallying around looking down sights first, and racking up noscopes that will surely look very impressive in the killcam footage.
To be clear, people have been finding ways to add crosshairs to Counter-Strike's sniper rifles for ages—the Reddit replies mention everything from monitors with built-in crosshair functionality to drawing on your screen with dry-erase marker, which I don't recommend—and just having one doesn't guarantee you'll hit your enemies, since CS:GO's snipers are pretty inaccurate unscoped.
But having a crosshair at all makes figuring out where your virtual gun is pointed a lot easier, even if it doesn't instantly convert it into an unstoppable hitscan deathray. Plus, I just find it very amusing that online FPS players are so hungry for an advantage they've immediately turned a notepad function that came out yesterday into a way to get an edge on their opponents. Good show, everyone, you are all terrifying.
I have to imagine Valve won't let this one stand for long. Even if there are plenty of ways to add in a sniper crosshair that the company can't detect, it's a pretty absurd look when your own client's functionality can be used to gain an unintended advantage in a game you made. So enjoy your notepad crosshairs while you can, guys, but don't throw out those dry-erase markers just yet.Sign up to get the best content of the week, and great gaming deals, as picked by the editors.
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