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1345 points philosopher1234 | 4 comments | 02 Feb 23 16:00 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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MuffinFlavored ◴[02 Feb 23 16:19 UTC] No.34628720[source]▶
Met what ended up being a great friend in real life somewhere in some random IRC room looking for a 5th member to join my friend's group

He had a special CRT monitor to get the best refresh rate to be as competitive as possible for the game

Feels like a lifetime ago

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Waterluvian ◴[02 Feb 23 16:26 UTC] No.34628819[source]▶
I was always amused by how many of my friends got crazy monitors but still just used headphones. Surround sound for 1.6 made the game incredibly unfair. Being able to hear specifically in what direction and volume footsteps were coming from was basically a wallhack. I would often use headphones because parents weren't the biggest fans of hours of that a night, and it was so crippling.

Funny enough, my semi-pro career (I made $60 total) ended when I abandoned my surround sound when moving out in undergrad.

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1. Hikikomori ◴[02 Feb 23 17:56 UTC] No.34630437[source]▶
How many pro CSGO players use surround?
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2. dvlsg ◴[02 Feb 23 18:06 UTC] No.34630586[source]▶
Pro players almost definitely all use headphones, because they're typically on stage for tournaments with their teammates right next to them and their opponents somewhere nearby.

But even when they're not on stage, they're often in the same room with their teammates. And even if that isn't the case for some reason and a player is in their own room, winning those tournaments is generally the highest honor, so pro players would likely want to practice as close to tournament conditions anyways.

Directional audio over headphones is surprisingly good nowadays, though. HRTF is pretty cool stuff.

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3. Hikikomori ◴[02 Feb 23 18:13 UTC] No.34630712[source]▶
And because surround is mostly useless, if not messing up sound. With stereo all you need is to move your mouse horizontally to locate the exact direction of any sound.
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4. dvlsg ◴[02 Feb 23 18:17 UTC] No.34630777{3}[source]▶
Yeah, for sure.

There are other considerations as well - if game sound is coming over loud speakers, you run the risk of it also being picked up by your microphone when you try to communicate with your teammates.