"Patrol" in CS2 can be obtained on an account with a VAC ban

A content maker under the nickname Poggu said that cheaters can also get access to the new “Patrol” in CS2. He also praised the updated version of the system for tracking dishonest players, noting that it is much better than in CS:GO. Poggu's post was shared on X.

A few notes after watching 900 clips on VACNet - I have gained access (from another user) to my VAC-banned account and I can give verdicts and invite others. Your account status doesn't matter. — The player is simply terrible: it’s too small, and there’s an insane amount of empty space in it. The videos last about 5 minutes, but each "task" is a 12-second fragment of this large video. The player's control panel displays the full duration of 5 minutes, but you can only watch these 12 seconds; When you press outside the "roller", you return to the beginning. Fast forwarding or rewinding is not possible. — I had to create a custom script that fixes the player, adds arrow navigation like on YouTube, frame search using comma and period, acceleration up to 2x when holding, switching to full screen mode and displaying the verdict table on the right. This has greatly improved my productivity. — The clip system is insanely efficient: not having to open the full demo makes viewing insanely faster. It would be 100 times better than the old Patrol if the system actually allowed players to make verdicts. — You will see the same fragments and go crazy: after 900 clips, I recognize almost every fragment and “rarely” find new clips. - If you don't see the same clip, you will most likely see the same clip but with a different clip, for example, you can suddenly see what happened before the clip you just watched. — Hackers using rage cheats are actually quite rare; you will very often find yourself in a lobby with players with a rating of about 5 thousand points. In a few days, everyone will likely receive invites - it's an invite system that's effectively deadlocked, and cheat developers no doubt already have access to it.

"Patrol" was added to the game in 2024. Then the developers said that they had opened access to “trusted users.” On the night of August 11, the developers began mass testing of the function.