Summary
SomeCounter-Strike 2players have been banned for moving their mouse too fast. This bizarre issue emerged online mere days afterCounter-Strike 2became Valve’s lowest-rated game, underlining how the shooter is still a ways off from being held in as high regard as its immediate predecessor.
Originally released in late September,Counter-Strike 2debuted with some truly impressive player numbers, having attracted around 1.3 million fans within hours of hitting Steam. However, the move to a new engine version also introduced some issues thatCounter-Strike: Global Offensivehas long solved. This wouldn’t have been that big of a problem if the game was a traditional sequel, but Valve positioned it as an outright replacement forCS:GO, prompting pushback from the fandom.
The game’s latest issue that surfaced online concerns its VAC Live anti-cheat system, which is apparently happy to issue bans to anyone who moves their mouse too quickly. Several fans have already taken to YouTube to bemoan this state of affairs, demonstrating how setting their mouse’s DPI above 10,000 and moving the camera erratically will consistently result in a VAC ban. The problem first came to light during casual play warm-up periods, when seeing players engage in such harmless shenanigans is far from unusual.
Some veteran players have theorized how this bizarre bug might stem from the fact thatCounter-Strike 2interprets erratic mouse movements as a form of spin botting, a known cheating technique that relies on macro commands. That notwithstanding, most of the fans who have so far taken to social media to outline this issue have described it as an unacceptable oversight. Although Valve has a long track record of reverting VAC bans in its games, many affected players are unsurprisingly far from thrilled that they found themselves banned in the first place.
This bizarre issue isn’t the first VAC-related problem that the fandom encountered since the game’s release; earlier this month, it came to light that usingAMD’s Anti-Lag+ feature also consistently triggers bans inCounter-Strike 2. That particular VAC bug still hasn’t been addressed, although Valve confirmed it’s aware of the problem and working on a fix. The company has yet to acknowledge the mouse movement bans as false flags, but given the abundance of online evidence testifying to this issue, that seems like a matter of time.
Apart from unfair VAC bans, some players have also recentlycriticized the removal ofCS:GOachievements fromCounter-Strike 2. Those who prefer the previousCounter-Strikeinstallment can still technically play it by launching it as a legacy version ofCounter-Strike 2. However, Valve already confirmed it will be ending support for that feature on Jun 11, 2025.
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