Have you just gotten a dedicated Valheim Server, but already played the game locally, and now you want to upload your existing map instead of start over? We got you!
If you don’t yet have a dedicated Valheim Server but was simply wondering if this was possible, the answer is yes! We offer quality Valheim servers that gives your world a permanent home for you and your friends to connect to whenever. Rent a Valheim server from DatHost here.
Continue readingRecently got a Dedicated Valheim Server from DatHost or hosting your own? Here’s how to connect to your Valheim server quick and easy!
There are currently three ways on how you can connect to your server. The best way is probably by adding the server as favorite in Steam – so you can easily find it in the future as well. In this guide we will show you step by step guides for all alternatives.
Continue readingDo you want to become better at CS:GO? Start by identifying what you need to work on! Here, we’ll talk about how to identify your weaknesses in CS:GO and why you should do it.
A lot of us have a practice routine in place, and it’s often focused on aim. You know, the usual drill of loading up aim_botz, playing deathmatch or other variations. Deliberate practice is great, when you isolate and focus on specific skills you’ll improve in that area, much, much faster.
However, if you don’t properly analyse what areas of your game is lacking, no amount of deliberate practice will take you to the next level. Aim is a very important skill, but it might not actually be what is holding you back from ranking up or increasing your ELO. There are many other aspects of the game – and if your positioning, game sense or movement is off, having great aim might not help at all.
To give you an idea of how much deeper CS:GO goes than aim, here’s a non-exhaustive list of skills you can work on in CS:GO:
The list could go on…
This really is the big question. If you knew what aspect of your game was lagging the most in relation to players of similar rank or even the pro gamers, you would know which skill to focus your deliberate practice on. We do have a few tips to help you out!
The most important thing is to start with your mentality. If you truly want to improve, you’ll need to shift your mentality away from looking to win every single game to wanting to learn as much as possible in every game. For example, if you get killed, it’s easy to get frustrated at unconstructive factors (timing, why is my team mate not helping, why am I SO STUPID, etc.).
Instead, have the mentality that every time you die you take a deep breath and ask yourself the question: “why did I die?”. This will force you to analyse your play and every time you’ll figure out new mistakes you might be doing, for example:
Moreover, if you have the mentality that you want to learn, not win at all cost, you’ll get in the habit of focusing on improving specific skills in a game. Noticed that you’re not trade fragging properly? Spend the game focused just on your positioning, and being set up to trade. Noticed you’re struggling to hold a certain bombsite? Watch some YouTube videos on how pros hold that specific bombsite, then spend a few games playing only that map and bombsite, actively focusing on incorporating what you learned into your play.
Yeah, yeah. We all know we should be watching our demo files, but it’s time consuming and a lot of people find it boring. The fact remains however, that watching your own replays is currently the best way to figure out your weaknesses. It lets you look at the game without the stress, and with an overview of the entire game which gives you an entirely new perspective.
So what should you be looking for when you watch your own demos? We’ll try to give some suggestions to help you out:
Am I working together with my team?
Are you in a position to trade frag? Are you setting your teammates up with utility (or waiting for them to do the same for you)? Are you holding bombsites together with your teammate, or do you tend to get split up without assisting each other?
How is my positioning in relation to my teammates?
Are you alone on the other side of the map, and not getting information / taking action at the right time? Are you alone with the bomb? Are you holding the same angles as them?
How am I using my utility?
Are you using your utility too fast on the CT-side? Sometimes, players will throw smokes and molotovs out like they are too hot to handle (actually for molotovs, that makes sense), but really you want to hold on to these until you actually need to use them.
How about your flashbangs and HE grenades? Are they usually hitting enemies? And how good are the hits, do you just partially blind / damage them or fully? Are you avoiding hitting your teammates?
How is my crosshair placement?
Crosshair placement isn’t only about holding your crosshair in head level, but also about making sure that you’re checking common angles and being aware of the most likely positions you can get shot from.
How am I playing clutch situations?
In clutch situations, you want to use the resources you have (usually time and information) to your advantage, and let the enemy make mistakes. Maximise the damage you do or even inch out a win by not rushing in to unfavorable engagements.
Other questions to ask could be:
Am I performing poorly in certain positions of the map?
Am I overextending / taking unnecessary peeks?
Am I predictable in my play?
Am I properly counter-strafing, to increase my accuracy?
How is my movement?
Shameless self-plug:
We know watching demo files can be difficult and time consuming, and this is why we built Leetify, which analyses your games and identifies your weaknesses using AI. We’re looking for active beta users to build the best product possible, so check it out!
Sometimes, you might simply be limited by your experience in what sort of mistakes you can identify when watching your own demo files. This is why it can be helpful to have a more experienced player to look at your demos. Either swallow your pride and ask a friend to do it (maybe you could even help each other out?), ask on subreddits like r/LearnCSGO or pay for a coaching session. Usually, it’s worth it many times over.
We’d love to pool the community knowledge to expand this from a blog post into a go-to-guide for all players. If you feel like you have something to contribute on this topic, please take this short survey (2 questions) on how you identify your weaknesses today, and we’ll build out this blog post with your input.
Playing scrims, deathmatch and league games are great for improving. However, sometimes you might be better off going in solo or with only your team on a server to practice spray patterns, grenades and executes. This blog post will cover all of the commands you might need to do so, as well as provide you with a ready-to-go practice config that you can run on your server or CS:GO client.
Continue readingAn autoexec.cfg file is used in CS:GO to ensure some commands / settings are always set. The autoexec.cfg file is automatically executed on startup like the config.cfg file, and can contain pretty much any client-side command in Counter Strike: Global Offensive.
In this guide we’ll run through how you create one and give you some tips on what to include.
Counter Strike: Global Offensive has grown tremendously both as a game and an e-sport over the last few years. We’re huge fans of CS:GO here at DatHost and therefore we’ve scoured the web for the most interesting statistics for CS:GO, and compiled them into a large infographic. Hopefully you find it as interesting to read as it was for us to make! As a sidenote; if you’re a designer and would be interested in doing some cool things like this in the future, get in touch with anders [at] dathost.net.
Without further ado; here’s the infographic (click on the infographic to view full version):
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If you haven’t heard about Valve’s plugin policies, or don’t know exactly what they are about, this post should help inform you of what Valve’s plugin policies are and what they mean for you as a server hoster.
Valve recently made a change to how their CS:GO servers operate. To start your CS:GO server, you’ll now need a Gameserver Login Token (GSLT) to be registered with your server. At the time of writing, this change is expected to go live sometime next week, according to Valve.
This may seem cumbersome at first, but is fairly easy to do. We’ll walk you through how to, step-by-step below.
One of the advantages of using GSLTs is that people who add your server to favorites will still be able to find and connect to your server, even if you change hosting provider and/or the IP / port of your server. This was something that previously was impossible.
At the bottom of this post, there’ll be an FAQ with some of the most common questions regarding GSLTs and answers to them. Continue reading
Valve recently announced they would blacklist any servers running plugins that are offering to their players false inventories and/or profiles as a free or paid service. Essentially this refers to the so-called !knife and !ws plugins and the popular weapon paints plugins.
In order to comply with Valve’s wishes, we ask all of our users to remove any plugins of this type, as running these plugins will cause your server to be blacklisted. We’ll also be actively purging these plugins from servers running with us.
Running a plugin of this type will cause us to immediately delete your server with no refunds offered, as you run the risk of blacklisting your server and any other servers running on the same machine.
Since April, DatHost has been expanding our presence into the U.S. market, and has since been looking for partners in the area, so that we can ensure the same great quality of our services as we have been delivering to our EU customers, and we’re now happy to announce our first partner in North America: Vault. Vault is a new organization with a professional attitude, dedicated to breeding new talent and share a lot of values with us, making them a natural partner. Vault’s CS:GO squad have participated in CEVO-Main and the qualifiers for RGN NA, and have been showing a lot of potential.
