The second batch of November updates. You can earn 25 credits by joining the CSWatch.gg group on Steam. Search now suggests players already on CSWatch with the name you typed. Profiles show how old a ban is and why a player is flagged. Your watchlist is easy to find, and a report now tells you where it stands until the verdict. In Overwatch, new reviewers now start on a real case, the verdict card stays in view, and your dashboard shows what your verdicts did. Here is what changed.
25 credits for joining our Steam group
CSWatch.gg now has a group on Steam. Join it and you get 25 credits, once per Steam account. Then pick CSWatch.gg as your clan tag in CS2, so everyone in your match sees it.
You find it in the Credits tab of the shop and on your Account page. Press "Join on Steam", join the group, then come back and press "Check". We ask Steam whether your account is in the group and add the credits straight away. Steam hides groups on private profiles: if yours is private, set it to public, press Check, then set it back. Steam does not show which clan tag someone wears, so the credits are for joining.
Search: players with that name
When a name you type is someone's custom Steam URL, the search asks "Is this the player?" before it opens that account. That card now also lists the players already on CSWatch with exactly that name, so the account behind the custom URL is not your only choice. Press "No" and your word stays in the box, with those players still listed. The old search page works the same way now, including in the Steam in-game browser.
Profiles that explain themselves
How old a ban is. An old VAC ban now shows its year right in the summary, for example "1 VAC ban (in 2016)", and Ban history says "10 years ago (2016)" instead of a long count of days. A VAC ban still sets the trust score to 0, however old it is, and the summary says so.
What a ban means. Profiles with a VAC ban or a game ban have a "What this ban means" row under Ban history, with short guides that fit the ban: the difference between a VAC ban and a game ban, how long a VAC ban lasts, whether a game ban can be removed, and the ban waves per day.
Why a player is flagged. When our checks flag an account, the profile now lists what they raised in a "What our checks raised" card, strongest first, under Ban history. A flag is a reason to look closer, not proof of cheating.
The case behind a conviction. On a convicted player, the verdict sentence ends with "See the case", which opens the Community tab at the report.
Your watchlist, easier to find
Watchlist is now in the More menu, which is also the menu on phones, and "My watchlist" is in your account menu. After you watch a player, the button says "Watching". Click it and it first asks "Stop watching?", because you would no longer get a ban alert for that player. Before, one click removed them without a word.
Reporting: the share code, right where you need it
A report with the match share code is a report reviewers can watch. As soon as you pick what you saw, the form now moves to the match field and shows the steps right there: open CS2, go to Watch and then Your Matches, pick the match and copy the share link or the code. The whole link works.
Pasted a share code or share link into the clip field by mistake? It moves to the match field by itself. And when the send button is not ready yet, the form tells you what is still missing, also when you are not signed in. The full walkthrough is in our share code guide.
After you send: where your report stands
Your case page now shows a timeline: Sent, In the review queue, First vote and Decided. It tells you your place in the queue and how long cases waited for a first vote over the last 30 days, instead of promising "a few minutes". If the X-ray video is not ready yet, it says where your case is in line for one, and that reviewers can already judge it from the saved demo and the share code.
Want to hear the outcome? Use "Tell me the verdict" on the case page to get it by email, on Discord or as a browser notification. When your report is decided, a card on screen takes you to your case, and the verdict notice opens the case instead of the player's profile. You find all your reports under My reports.
Overwatch: the verdict in view
On a case, the verdict card now comes first in the right column and stays in view while you scroll through the evidence. On phones, a "Vote on this case" bar stays at the bottom of the screen. Cases still waiting for their video no longer show a spinner: you get the share code and a download of the saved demo, so you can judge them right away.
After you vote, you see how many votes the case has and that the outcome comes to your notifications. Review Progress also tells you when your vote can close the case.
Overwatch: your first case is a real one
Joining Overwatch now takes you straight to a real case with its video ready, and your vote counts from the start. Before, new reviewers had to finish three practice cases first. A conviction still needs at least three votes, including a guilty vote from an experienced reviewer.
Your first case comes with a short guide on what to look for. Watch the suspect's kills: the X-ray shows where every player was. Look for aim that tracks players through walls, or snaps that stop on a head. Not sure after watching? Insufficient Evidence is a real answer. Practice is now an optional warm-up: if you want, you can try a case that has already been decided before you cast your first vote.
A reviewer card that tells you more
The daily reviewer card now says when nobody has looked at a case yet. It shows the map, how long the video is, and that a typical review takes about 6 minutes. The card no longer shows inside the Steam in-game overlay, so a case does not interrupt your game.
What your verdicts did
Your reviewer dashboard has a new block that follows every case you voted on: how many cases closed with your vote, how many players were convicted, and how many cases are still waiting for more votes, plus what the closed cases came to.
The Your verdicts table below it now lists all your verdicts (it used to stop at 50). It also shows the right result for cases that were found guilty and wait for the demo, cases closed by the CSWatch team and duplicate reports from the same match. Before, all of those showed as Pending.
More cases with a full match video
Overnight from 9 to 10 November, 33 open cases got a full match X-ray video, so reviewers can watch them right away. Videos made from now on are also recorded at a higher quality.
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.