With the addition of Trust Factor and everything that is going on it's hard to stay invested in this game.

I understand the need for trust factor and I feel it could be well implemented to a fair and balanced play-space.

The addition of F2P I think was a healthy but negative change. It allows me to play with more friends and have the lowest barrier to entry possible, with CSGO running on most anyone's machine; I am having old friends I would never expect to play CS playing the game now.

That said, it also removes any barrier to entry for cheaters \ bad trust factor people. Allowing them to just make a new account and have 0 trust factor and build it up again.

Also on the trust factor note, I have a highly skilled friend that has spent most of his gameplay time in ESEA or FaceIT or other 3rd party matchmaking systems that don't have trust factor. Whenever he comes to play with me in MM I am alerted to his trust factor.

I don't honestly know how to feel - I want to love this game but with the quality of games and my friends being pulled away because of things outside their control it becomes exceedingly more difficult.

This is my favourite game ever, I have sucked well over 3000+ hours into it BHopping, Recoil, Smokes, every part of this game I absorbed but now it just feels like trapped time in a game I love but is not wanting me there more and more.

Highly recommend at least playing it, the everything that it does offer is excellent and deep. The things it lacks are sharp and harsh.