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The Schmidt Scout is a sniper rifle featured in every game of the Counter-Strike series prior to Global Offensive, where it is replaced by the SSG 08.

Overview

The Steyr Scout is a modern scoped bolt-action rifle manufactured by Steyr Mannlicher and chambered primarily for 7.62 NATO (.308 Winchester), although other caliber options are offered commercially. It is intended to fill the role of a versatile, lightweight all-around rifle. Apart from the barrel and action, it is made primarily of polymers and is designed to be accurate to at least 300–400 meters. The Steyr Scout is also available in 5.56 NATO (.223 Remington), .243 Winchester, .376 Steyr and 7mm-08 Remington.

In the Counter-Strike series, the Steyr Scout is named Schmidt Scout, and often simply referred as Scout by the majority of players as so called by the weapon’s entity name. The name change is likely due to copyright reasons as Steyr is a brand name. In Condition Zero and Deleted Scenes, the Scout model is based on the Steyr Scout Elite. In Source, the first-person model appears to be that of the first-generation Steyr Scout, distinguishable by how the scope is mounted towards the front of the rifle. The Schmidt Scout is chambered with 7.62x51mm NATO.

The Scout is a cheap sniper rifle option available to both teams. This weapon is not available in Assassination mode. In fact, this is the only weapon that cannot be purchased by either team in Assassination.

The primarily advantage of this weapon is increased mobility when wielding, which increases the user’s speed from 250 to 260 units per seconds (that is, faster than the pistols, the SMGs and even the knife), making it an excellent weapon when fast mobility is needed for escaping from enemies or exploding bombsites. Another advantage of this weapon is that it’s fairly cheap to purchase. A team who won a pistol round can quickly afford this weapon if that player wishes to use sniper rifle on early rounds until they can afford a superior sniper rifle such as the Magnum Sniper Rifle. It also has high accuracy, even when unscoped which minimally affects the accuracy (although not reliable tactics to do so). The user may carry 100 rounds in total (that is 10 rounds already in the weapon and 90 rounds in reserve), and due to slow rate of fire, it’s very unlikely for the player to run out of the ammo. Finally, this weapon is quiet, which makes it an excellent choice for stealth minded players who wish to attack enemies at longer ranges without being detected.

The main disadvantage of this weapon is damage per shot. This weapon does not deal enough damage to kill a full-health enemy in one shot; rather, two shots are required (except for a headshot, which requires the player to be skilfull in order to hit one with any degree of reliability). Additionally, it is a bolt-action rifle, meaning that the player is required to chamber another round after firing, leaving the player vulnerable in that duration, although the reload time is quicker than an AWP. That makes hitting a moving target difficult to do especially when the enemy is aware of Scout’s presence and the player wishes to hit the target’s head. When unzoomed, the crosshair does not appear. The disadvantage of relatively low damage makes this weapon a risky choice for head-on attacks, as the player is advised to use hit-and-run tactics while maintaining stealth to be effective and, if possible, continue to score headshots.

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Despite its high accuracy, it’s not comparable to AWP’s accuracy. In games prior to Counter-Strike: Source, the player is required to be in crouched position in order to have near-perfect accuracy at extreme ranges, which will reduce the mobility advantage of this weapon. In Source however, the accuracy has been increased so crouching is not needed at longer ranges. However, it has increased reload time, as the user will cock the bolt after inserting a new magazine (as is the case with the AWP).

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

multiplayer shooter computer game developed by Valve and Hidden Path Entertainment. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS: GO) is a sequel to the popular game Half-Life: Counter-Strike, which was released in 1999. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive was released on August 21, 2012.

The popularity and audience of CS: GO is constantly growing.

It is not the first year that a large number of sports tournaments, from amateur to professional, are held in the discipline The prize fund of the tournaments in CS: GO is constantly growing and amounts to $1,000,000 in some competitions.

The game has a large number of weapon skins, they do not provide any additional advantage in the game, the price of which reaches several thousand dollars, and anyone can get them by playing the game or opening skins that also fall into the game. The finals of the major tournaments are broadcast on television, and bets on the outcome of the game are made by bookmakers, who talk about the further development and popularization of CS: GO.