Players, Community react to Snap Tap, Jump/Null Bind Bans
Today Valve released a massive change to CS2 that has banned all forms of hardware and software-assisted input manipulation, removing Null Binds, Jump Binds, and the Snap Tap/Simultaneous Opposing Cardinal Directions (more commonly known as SOCD). With a large number of pros using Snap Tap keyboards or ones with similar features by other brands, the change has immediately created buzz on social media. With that, Dust2.us has collected the reactions of community thought leaders on today's update.
Robin "ropz" Kool and Alex "Mauisnake" Ellenberg were both quick to praise the change, with ropz's celebration of the ban coming as he was a leading figure in the community pushing Valve to ban hardware-assisted strafing.
Meanwhile, Complexity's Jonathan "EliGE" Jablonowski and Nathan "NBK-" Schmitt took a more nuanced stance, generally agreeing with the removal of SCOD while lamenting the removal of Jump Binds, a feature that had been in CS2 since the beta.
On the other hand players like Mounira "GooseBreeder" Dobie is one of a few players to come out against the update in general.
As for HLTV's Milan "Striker" Švejda his main reaction to the change is focused on how the change will affect the upcoming Perfect World Shanghai Major RMR Closed Qualifiers, as teams will have little time to get used to the changes to movement and grenades.
One final reaction of note is that of Conner "Scrawny" Girvan, who pointed out that if Valve can screen for certain input combinations, why Valve is unable to apply that technology to cheating who often utilize impossible human inputs.
