Valve
is
banning
Counter-Strike
2
players
from
using
keyboard
features
to
automate
perfect
counter-strafes.
Razer
was
the
first
keyboard
maker
to
add
a
Simultaneous
Opposing
Cardinal
Directions
(SOCD)
feature
to
its
range
of
Huntsman
V3
Pro
keyboards
last
month,
followed
shortly
by
Wooting.
Using
Snap
Tap
as
Razer
calls
it
or
Wooting’s
Snappy
Tappy
will
now
get
you
kicked
from
Counter-Strike
2
games.
“Recently,
some
hardware
features
have
blurred
the
line
between
manual
input
and
automation,
so
we’ve
decided
to
draw
a
clear
line
on
what
is
or
isn’t
acceptable
in
Counter-Strike,”
says
Valve.
“We
are
no
longer
going
to
allow
automation
(via
scripting
or
hardware)
that
circumvent
these
core
skills
and,
moving
forward,
(and
initially—exclusively
on
Valve
Official
Servers)
players
suspected
of
automating
multiple
player
actions
from
a
single
game
input
may
be
kicked
from
their
match.”
You’ll
get
kicked
from
a
Counter-Strike
2
game
if
you
use
Razer
or
Wooting’s
new
SOCD
keyboard
features.Image:
Tom
Warren
/
The
Verge
I’ve
tested
using
SOCD
in
Counter-Strike
2
this
morning
and
can
confirm
you
get
removed
from
a
game
on
Valve’s
official
servers,
but
there’s
no
account
ban.
Valve
is
banning
the
use
of
these
keyboard
features,
but
it
doesn’t
appear
to
be
ready
to
ban
accounts
for
using
them
right
now.
Razer
and
Wooting’s
SOCD
features
both
let
players
automate
switching
strafe
directions
without
having
to
learn
the
skill.
Normally,
to
switch
strafe
directions
in
a
first-person
shooter,
you
have
to
fully
release
one
key
before
pressing
the
other.
If
both
are
pressed,
they
cancel
each
other,
and
you
stand
there
for
a
moment
until
you
release
one
of
the
keys.
SOCD
means
you
don’t
need
to
release
a
key
and
you
can rapidly
tap
the
A
or
D
key
to
counter-strafe
with
little
to
no
effort.
Some
professional
Counter-Strike
2
players
had
called
for
SOCD
to
be
banned,
much
like
how
null
binds
that
prevent
you
from
pressing
two
opposing
directions
have
been
banned
in
tournaments
for
years.
Wooting
reluctantly
added
a
beta
version
of
SOCD
to
its
range
of
keyboards
after
Razer
introduced
the
feature
on
its
own
hardware.
“We
are
glad
Valve
has
taken
a
stance
against
Snap
Tap,”
says
Wooting
in
a
post
on
X
today.
“Don’t
use
Snappy
Tappy
(SOCD)
or
Rappy
Snappy
in
CS2
any
more
as
it
will
result
in
a
kick.”
(Originally posted by Tom Warren)
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