How the R8 Revolver Broke Counter-Strike

In December 2015, Valve's Winter Update gave CS:GO the R8 Revolver, an 850 dollar pistol that hit like an AWP CHAPTERS 0:00 Cold open 0:52 Day 0: the Winter Update 3:17 Day 1 4:14 Day 2 5:02 Days 3-6: the finals 5:37 Day 7: Recovery Time 6:52 Ten years later SOURCES Every fact on screen, with its outlet, author, date and link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Ro-Ppn_QwvCP9WiWx26HRxmx4q8R1iLJ CLIPS Used under fair use, for commentary and criticism. Only the seconds the story needs, each credited on screen. iNoToRiOuS, CS:GO First Competitive game with the new R8 Revolver!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1M4zDCIR-WU SwiggyPiggy, What the **** is this valve!?!?!?!? (CSGO R8 Revolver) OP!!!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O05BXTj2Q7g Pala, CS GO R8 Revolver Thoughts + Case Opening... (Funny Moments): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W11fe3byggk Freakazoid, Freakazoid Reaction to R8 Revolver and CSGO Patch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_89e8E7yS4 APL, Fatty Rants About R8 CSGO Patch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YS-zJjSOGV4 helmutssss, CS:GO Revolver and Other B******t: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ny-a3pLhBkI gabi belle, This Home Renovation Show is Diabolical: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSoJdVi-7Ok cakechieveables, R8 Revolver Animations | Winter Update | CS:GO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPeyK7wHZwk 3kliksphilip, CS:GO's Winter Update 2015: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-jKZKZOdwg Rigagit, CS:GO R8 Revolver, eco, ACE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6ztKBdxEvU Just Josh, CS:GO Mirage AWP Ace: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=337ClG_dKD0 Thooorin, Thorin's Thoughts - Update 9/12/2015 a.k.a Wild West Nightmare (CS:GO): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BHLq-NvlHg gameslice, Fallout 4 Presentation at Bethesda E3 Showcase: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTq3q8e8nhA cakechieveables, CS:GO | R8 Revolver Shooting During Freezetime [Glitch]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkCce2eaSrY aXXo TiVo, R8 REVOLVER - FIRE WHEN YOU WANT - TIP/GLITCH | CS:GO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWO2oMlpL0M ESL Archives, CS:GO - Conquest vs. Fnatic [Inferno] - ESL ESEA Pro League Season 2 Finals - Group A: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDPg8B5-GxA ESL Archives, CS:GO - Fnatic vs. NaVi [Cbble] - ESL ESEA Pro League Season 2 Finals - Grand Final: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5km5xCycwI ESL Archives, CS:GO - Fnatic vs. NaVi [Mirage] - ESL ESEA Pro League Season 2 Finals - Grand Final: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjHBpICE3t8 ESEA, NBK: "The revolver is far too OP... it will be nerfed": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMKJDnqT0hk csgo voice line channel, CS:GO SAS Sounds [+SUBS] [+DL]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifFjAFOHrCU Impostor, Joke Sound Effect (Ba dum tss!): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRs0OqV4uSc coy yotes, How to spray the AK-47 on CS:GO (DECEMBER 2015 UPDATE): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEyOXeSm56Y McSkillet, CS GO - New Update! Rifle Recoil Patterns Fixed + Pistol Changes Reverted!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPnwt3shHys TheWarOwl, CSGO Winter Update! New Gun Revolver, AK47 M4A4 Pistols NERF, New Round Time, Bomb Time INSANITY: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVQGFlMrbjw Reckk Katarina, CS:GO | New weapon CZ75-Auto ( UPDATE 2/12/2014 ): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7WJWJPx0-o FOOTAGE AND IMAGES For commentary and criticism: Valve's CS:GO blog posts (the Winter Update, the release notes for 12/8, 12/9 and 12/15/2015, Damage Control, Recovery Time) and the R8 art from them. CS:GO's Steam store page as archived in December 2015 (Wayback Machine), and a frame of Valve's CS:GO trailer from it as the background. SteamCharts. Articles: PC Gamer, HLTV, ESL, The Escapist; figures from Forbes, PCGamesN and KitGuru. CS:GO weapon icons and the Revolver Case image (Valve, via the Steam Community Market). Valve logo: Wikimedia Commons (public domain). Photo of Thorin: "Thorin 2017.jpg" by Esports Arena Media, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/): https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thorin_2017.jpg MUSIC 'The Climb' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au "Equatorial Complex" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ SOUND EFFECTS Freesound, CC0 (credited as a courtesy): "Computer Keyboard - single key - type 7 - space bar.wav" by yottasounds: https://freesound.org/people/yottasounds/sounds/380143/ "Sharpie marker drawing circle 01.wav" by elliott.klein: https://freesound.org/people/elliott.klein/sounds/321137/ #counterstrike #csgo #gaming