CS Weapons

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game companion tool

SHOW HN2021

245points
112comments
#160of 2,533 in 2021
Top 7%of 2021 by points

How HN took it

MixedNo clear lean

8 positive, 16 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 10 critical, out of 37 comments about the project. Thread score -0.07.

Idea: 1 for, 5 againstDesign: 2 for, 3 againstPerformance: 1 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Clean, fast and useful comparison tool

    From 3 comments
    • Really well done! Playing around with it a little, the only thing I noticed was it was difficult to see which color meant "better" when comparing values. Maybe add a little…
      professorsnep on HN
    • This is simply awesome, thank you.
      neatze on HN
    • Sleek and loads fast. What I want more than anything is a dynamic diagram showing the bullet spread depending on how fast I shoot. Maybe even let me click for shots.
      Waterluvian on HN

Objections

  • Only a few weapons are used in competition

    From 2 comments
    • As an ex-pro CS player (circa 2003-2007), this is pretty neat. Unfortunately, even though CS might have a fairly deep weapon pool, only a very small subset of weapons are…
      dvt on HN
    • +1 .. came here to say exactly this. While this site is great for finding out what others weapons exist, I don't think any weapons outside of m4, ak, awp are actually used.
      krat0sprakhar on HN
  • Does not model spread or recoil yet

    From 2 comments
    • Important factor not shown is avg shot spread, minimum burst till max spread, and how kneeling affects spread, spread after 2 shots, 3 shots, spread while moving. Those are…
      m3kw9 on HN
    • Agreed. It's a neat site, though! There has been some variation in weapon use in recent years, but I don't know if this site would have really helped in revealing those details.…
      mafuyu on HN
  • Highlighting for best values is unclear

    From 2 comments
    • I think the weapon comparison needs some style adjustment. I compared 3 weapons and my eyes are having so much trouble following the lines that I thought some of the rows were…
      ziml77 on HN
    • Really well done! Playing around with it a little, the only thing I noticed was it was difficult to see which color meant "better" when comparing values. Maybe add a little…
      professorsnep on HN

Requests

  • Add recoil and spread modelling

    From 2 comments
    • Important factor not shown is avg shot spread, minimum burst till max spread, and how kneeling affects spread, spread after 2 shots, 3 shots, spread while moving. Those are…
      m3kw9 on HN
    • Sleek and loads fast. What I want more than anything is a dynamic diagram showing the bullet spread depending on how fast I shoot. Maybe even let me click for shots.
      Waterluvian on HN
  • Add map positioning and strategy analysis

    From 1 comment
    • As an ex-pro CS player (circa 2003-2007), this is pretty neat. Unfortunately, even though CS might have a fairly deep weapon pool, only a very small subset of weapons are…
      dvt on HN
  • Support other games such as PUBG or Division 2

    From 2 comments

Questions

  • Which CS version is covered, 1.6 or GO

    From 1 comment

Alternatives named

  • HLTV stats

    From 1 comment
    • While this is certainly the case overall, at least in today's meta the variety isn't that bad. For example, if you scroll down on https://www.hltv.org/stats?event=5728 you can…
      vercadium on HN
  • sym.gg

    From 1 comment
    • Lot of websites have been doing that for a long time, I don't really like your UI compare to the popular for example: https://sym.gg/?game=bfv&page=charts
      Thaxll on HN

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