if you lose 2 rounds then its gg

It is, 3 or 4 rounds as CT is enough to win the game usually

worst hostage map in the game

man what did you play on

I am not even Global and play long as T for the most time, but I can give you only 1 tip. Ultimate strategy is just to rely heavily on smokes and molys as T and if you do so it forces CT to rush through all your defences in the last 30 seconds, I rarely encounter it in MM, it's not fun at all and all 5 players have to be really sweaty to make this work

Former office global here. At lower ranks, office is more balanced, but as you go up in skill, it gets more and more t-sided. T side setup is very simple. 2 Ts in spawn (do not sit in long or side hall). 2Ts in paper. 1T in connector (alternatively you can have a floater switching between paper and conference room to watch connector and long). There's only two choke points to cover. Imagine being able to cover both bomb sites at the same time; connector guy can shift his focus in under a second. Do not rush as a T unless you are playing for fun, and don't push out farther than you have to. Communication is key here is paper gets smoked off or tspawn gets breach, they need to communicate that. If the CTs get a hostage, sitting at fountain is the prime spot to cover because it's impossible to get juked (you can cover long hall and main hall at the same time). If you retreat to the rescue area, it's easy to get juked. I almost never would save as a T because sawed off is actually really good on this map, and you have such an advantage that sawed-offs and pistols still have an advantage over a full CT buy. ------------- CT side is more complicated, and it's extremely hard to play with a group of randoms. I went from solo-q hard stuck at DMG for months, and after I started playing with a regular group, I literally got global in a few weeks. Hostage locations are extremely important. If the hostages are in long hall and paper, suddenly the map becomes much more balanced. Long hall hostage in particular makes things way easier because long/side are harder to hold, and CTs can just smoke off T spawn. Coordinating buys is important, and shotguns/pistols can be viable for paper whereas long hall guys are going to need rifles. One basic strategy is that all at the same time, one group needs to put pressure on long hall/side hall/tspawn, and the other side puts pressure on paper/elbow. This means if you get an opening kill, you might be able to flank some Ts. Learning pop flash lineups is extremely helpful, and this is where playing with at least 1 person you know will help to take advantage. Pop flashes are basically a requirement at global. There are some smoke lineups as well, so you can smoke off something in order to push forward without peeking. Also since we are talking tight corridors, you can actually learn some great wallbangs. If someone gets a hostage in T spawn, the paper person needs to retreat and cover that choke point. It's basically a free kill. If someone gets a paper/projector hostage, the tspawn person needs to sit connector.

T: Use 5 smokes from 1:30 for the two chokepoints, afterwards use the 5 mollys, then HE, then wait for the last 20s push. CT: Wait out util, then push with own util.

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I use only Valve utility

1. It's fun for me, for me hostages add another layer of gameplay 2. I am used to it 3. The most active parts of the map are flat, significantly easier to prefire and shoot generally, I am absolute 0 at aiming 4. Map has a variety of hostages' positions, so every time you start a game on a slightly another version of a map

Ranges from DMG to LEM, LEM currently

would be interesting to implement VIP in to pro scene, 4 guys defending one guy with only pistol and 200 armor

i miss assassin

yooooo yes! ive been telling my friends that for so long i rally think valve should try to revive hostage

Well, it applies to any map in CS, just play more and with time you will become more comfortable in Office

You can still do it.

chad spotted

The only nightmaresI have are mostly about my social interactions

You must be one of those guys that when you are losing reports the whole other team

I have quite high trust factor, so I encounter obvious cheaters maybe in 1 of 100 games