Valve is cracking down on players using special keyboard features in Counter-Strike 2.
The main feature getting banned is called SOCD.
Razer calls their version “Snap Tap,” while Wooting named theirs “Snappy Tappy.”
If you use these keyboard tricks now, you’ll get kicked out of Counter-Strike 2 matches on Valve’s official servers. Don’t worry though – you won’t get banned from the game completely. Valve just wants to make sure everyone is playing fair.
Why did Valve do this? They think these keyboard features are too close to cheating. In Counter-Strike 2, players usually have to practice a lot to move quickly and smoothly.
With SOCD, you can do it without much effort.
Some pro players didn’t like these keyboard tricks either. They thought it wasn’t fair for new players to have an easy way to do hard moves.
Wooting wasn’t too happy about adding SOCD to their keyboards. They only did it because Razer made it first. Now that Valve banned it, Wooting seems glad. They told players not to use the feature in Counter-Strike 2 anymore.
It’s important to know that this ban only affects Valve’s official servers right now. If you play on other servers, you might still be able to use these keyboard tricks.
But it’s probably best to avoid them if you want to play by the rules.
For now, Valve is just kicking players out of games if they use SOCD. They’re not banning accounts yet. So if you accidentally use it, you’ll just have to join a new game.
This change shows that Valve cares about keeping Counter-Strike 2 fair for everyone. They want players to win because of skill, not because of special keyboard features.
Image Credit: Razer