Valve has dropped a pretty big announcement on the
Counter-Strike community, confirming that CS:GO will finally be getting an
“Unranked” mode.
This new mode will emulate the competitive experience by
using skill-based matchmaking without taking into account or affecting Skill
Groups. Unranked will be available for Competitive, Wingman, and Danger Zone
game modes to start. Here are also some new changes to the non-Prime player
experience for the game, which includes non-Prime status accounts no longer
earning XP, Ranks, Skill Groups, item drops, or Prime status through play time.
Non-Prime accounts will also be unable to participate in Ranked matches,
activate Bonus Rank XP items, or claim Service Medals.
Ranked matches will always be with other Prime players,
while Unranked matches will pull from a mixed pool of non-Prime players and
Prime players that have decided to queue in Unranked. Initial responses to
these changes are mostly positive, because they are getting Unranked and it
will be harder for cheaters and bots to impact the game. Though there are also
the contingent that isn’t happy about having to pay for the $15 Prime Upgrade
to continue playing Ranked.
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