Early November is about two things: opening the right player when you search, and getting Overwatch cases to a verdict. Player search now checks with you before it opens someone else's profile, reads Steam invite and trade links, and suggests FACEIT players. Overwatch counts only the cases you can watch, brings reviewers a case once a day, and makes videos for open cases first. Here is what changed.
Search: "Is this the player?"
Many names are also someone's custom Steam profile URL. Type one into the search and it used to open that account straight away, even when it belonged to a different person than the one you meant. On a site where you check players for cheating, that is the wrong person to judge.
Now, when a word you type only matches a custom URL and that account's Steam name is different, the search shows you the account first: its name and picture, plus the year it joined Steam and its Steam level when we know them. Pick "Yes, open" if it is the right player, or paste their profile link instead. This works in every player search box on the site. When the Steam name matches what you typed, the profile opens straight away, as before.
Invite and trade links work in search
Got a Steam invite link (s.team/p/...) or someone's trade link? Paste it into any search box and you go straight to that player's profile. Invite links on steamcommunity.com/user/ work too.
FACEIT nicknames get a suggestion
Steam can't search by in-game name, so a typed name often finds nothing. If a FACEIT player has exactly the nickname you typed, the search now suggests that player, with the last digits of their Steam ID so you can tell. It never opens a profile by itself: you choose.
A clearer search box
The search box now says "Paste a Steam profile link or ID", because a profile link always finds the right player. Start typing a name and it tells you that in-game names only find players already on CSWatch. Steam links, custom URLs, SteamID64s and CS2 friend codes all still work, on the cheater checker and everywhere else.
Overwatch: counts you can trust
Reviewer reminders now count only the cases you can watch right away, with a video ready. When none is left for you, the reminder says so and tells you how many cases wait for a video. You can still review one of those from the demo or the share code. "Start reviewing" also gives you cases with a video first, as long as you have any left.
The number on the Start reviewing button ("in your queue") now leaves out cases you skipped in the last 24 hours, so it matches the cases the button can actually give you.
A case waits for you
Approved reviewers now get a short card, at most once a day, when a case with a video waits for their vote. It shows the map, how long the video is and how many votes the case has so far, or that your vote can decide it. "Review it" opens the case, "Not today" puts the card away. Still doing the practice cases? Then the card shows how many are left. It appears on any page except Overwatch and your dashboard, where Start reviewing is already in front of you.
Videos for open cases first
Reviewers vote on cases with a video, so the order in which videos are made matters. Open cases from the last four months now get their video first. Older cases that need a new video and cases that already have a verdict wait until after them, and a new report joins the video queue as soon as its demo is saved. That way, open cases can reach a verdict sooner.
Want to help decide cases? Check whether you can join on the Overwatch page.
Want something built next? Suggest it or vote on the roadmap.