Premier

Premier is a game mode in Counter-Strike 2 and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. It was introduced in Global Offensive as part of Operation Broken Fang in the December 3, 2020 update, originally named Broken Fang Premier and intended to be exclusive to the operation, but kept due to its popularity. Prior to the March 29, 2021 update, the game mode was only available to those that had bought the Broken Fang Pass, but following said update it was made available to all players.

Overview[]

In Premier, teams who play are loaded into a veto system where they ban and pick maps similar to professional level matches. At the start, each team votes to either ban two maps or pick if they start on the Counter-Terrorist or Terrorist side. Console damage reports are disabled. Standard Competitive rules apply as penalties will be distributed to those who abandon the match or get autokicked for excessive teamkilling or team damage. The freeze time period is increased to 20 seconds. In Counter-Strike 2 the maximum rounds per half is 12 whereas in Global Offensive it is 15 rounds per half. If the player already has a CS rating, then after the warmup period ends, the CS rating gained or loss on a win or lose is shown during the team introduction.

In Counter-Strike 2, if both teams tie their score after 24 rounds, only one overtime period is played out which is a max rounds 3 per half and team switch after 3 rounds have finished. Both teams are given $10,000 at the start of their overtime half and no money, equipment or weapons are carried over from regulation time. The teams stay on the same side at the beginning of overtime. If both teams are still tied 15-15 after overtime has finished then the game ends in a tie. The CS rating for players can increase or decrease on a tie. There is no overtime in Global Offensive and the game will end in a tie at a 15-15 scoreline.

In Counter-Strike 2 each team has three 30 second timeouts to use after a team vote. During the match, if a player is disconnected for at least 3 rounds then the team is given a $1000 short handed bonus at the round start except for the round 13 pistol round. Competitive cooldown rules still apply in Premier.

CS Rating can be expired due to inactivity if the player does not play Premier for a period of days. In Season 2, if the player's CS rating is below 20,000 then it takes 20 days and 11 hours for the rating to be hidden from inactivity. If the CS rating is above 20,000 then it takes 8 days and 12 hours. If the CS rating is hidden from inactivity then the player must win 1 match to reveal their CS rating again.

During the match, if a player disconnects after the start of the round then at the start of the next round the server automatically starts a 2 minute technical timeout to give that player time to reconnect. If the player disconnects during the freeze time then the technical timeout is triggered during that round. If that player reconnects then the technical timeout ends automatically and thus the freeze time countdown restarts. This 2 minute technical timeout will trigger only once per team during the match.

Maps[]

Only maps from the Active Duty group are available:

Former Maps[]

Audio[]


Map	Audio
Ancient
Anubis
Dust II
Inferno
Mirage
Nuke
Overpass
Train
Vertigo

Veto System[]

Broken Fang Premier Veto 1 — Premier Veto

The veto system works on the votes of the team rather than a captain system. Everyone in the team can vote for certain options, and it is decided based on where the majority of the votes were cast.


	To Do	Time Given (seconds)
Phase 1	Ban first or later	12
Phase 2	Ban 2 maps	25
Phase 3	Ban 3 maps	25
Phase 4	Ban 1 map	25
Phase 5	Pick side	12
Phase 6	Starting match	11

Trivia[]

Premier loads a map called 'lobby_mapveto' to do the veto process.
The Counter-Terrorist cinematic room is the same as the starting room in Autumn Harvest & Cultivating Trouble.
The warmup arenas appear to be a reference to the film Dr. Strangelove as the room looks extremely similar to a scene in the movie.