How to Play FACEIT: Beginners Guide
One of the biggest problems that CS2 players come across regularly is cheating. Whether it is a Competitive game or a Regular Deathmatch, there is a cheater that disturbs fair gaming. Nowadays, they have developed a strong community with tactics that surpass the CS2 Anti-Cheat.
Besides not getting punished by the CS2 Vac System, their activities have a huge impact on fair players who lose their ratings and stop playing. Moreover, sometimes players turn from fair players to cheaters, just to make others lose their rating as well.
What is FACEIT?
FACEIT is an online platform focused on different communities high level competition for various PvP games. FACEIT allows players to compete in cheater-and-lag-free matches without any laggy server problems and provides a professional gaming atmosphere.
Players start their rounds with a knife round like pro players do, and earn ratings distinct from the ones provided by CS2. FACEIT has a tiered ranking system starting from Level 1 all the way to the Challenger Rank, which you can achieve by gaining an ELO rating.
To get your first ELO Rating, you should create a FACEIT Account.
How to Create a FACEIT Account?
Firstly, you will need to go to their official website: FACEIT
Next step, you will need to register for an account.
There are several options for signing up, using: Email, a Steam Account, or a social media account.
Next, you will need to download the FACEIT client, which is necessary for queueing to play or watching statistics.
After the installation, you will need to complete your profile by adding personal information such as a profile picture and game preferences.
In the end, you will choose your region, which will help you connect to a nearby server to enhance the gaming activity.
How Can I Play on FACEIT?
After the Registration you will need to go through a verification process because FACEIT prioritizes community trust and security for its clients. Moreover, this procedure makes sure players can’t create smurf accounts to cheat or perform other game-disturbing activities.
User Verification Procedure
Later the FACEIT will demand you to go through a phone confirmation and identity verification steps.
- Identity Validation can be just a simple photo of ID or a Driver’s Licence to confirm identity.
- Phone Confirmation helps not only to verify the identity but also protects the account by adding an extra layer of protection.
Although verification might seem inconvenient for users, it plays a huge role in maintaining a fair, competitive environment for FACEIT users.
Linking CS2 With FACEIT
Now we got to the part of connecting your FACEIT account to your CS2 account. To do it, follow these steps:
- Start CS2 by opening it using Steam.
- Connect Account by linking the Steam account to FACEIT in FACEIT Settings.
- You will also need to Grant Access to FACEIT to obtain your CS2 data for a better statistics and matchmaking experience.
- After linking your CS2 account to FACEIT, you can easily queue for your first FACEIT match.
Now you have a functioning account that allows you to enjoy your favorite game’s gaming experience on FACEIT.
Note: To play CS2 on FACEIT, you will need to have a Prime Account purchased on Steam.
Can I Play with My Friends?
It is one of the most asked questions by users, and yes, you can play with your friends on FACEIT.
To do that, you will need to add them as a friend on FACEIT, and once you are friends, you can invite them to join your party to play together.
FACEIT Rankings
FACEIT has an alternative rating system to CS2 Competitive ranking, and is based on Levels, from 1 to 10, and Challenger Rank, which is for the top 1,000 of a certain region.
For each FACEIT Level, there is a certain ELO range and CS2 Competitive Ranking similarity:
The rating that is given by default is the starting point of 1000 ELO for any game; however, games like DOTA 2 allow you to synchronize your ELO based on your in-game rating.
Why do Pros Prefer to play FACEIT?
Many pro players prefer to play on FACEIT rather than in the regular competitive/premier matchmaking in CS2 because of continuous lag and cheaters. FACEIT has its own private servers made for its users.
Moreover, FACEIT has developed its own kernel-based anti-cheat system, which gets into your CS2 files and searches for any changed files before allowing you to start a queue.
Besides the visible differences, on FACEIT servers, people tend to use their voice chat more regularly, and they don’t just flood the voice channel but give useful information that might help teammates. Less toxic people, more entertaining matches, and you don’t get angry after playing one match.
Plus, the start of the round is not just a regular pistol round but a knife round that is similar to what pro players play in tournaments.
FACEIT also offers users the option to get Premium Subscriptions for more features, such as choosing on which map you want to play, but overall, if you want to play on a random Active Pool map, it’s free.
