Via the CS:GO blog:
Valve[WINTER SEASON FUN]
– Chickens are now sporting their festive-wear to celebrate the season.
– Players can now pick up and throw snowballs in all game modes except Danger Zone, Wingman, and Competitive Matchmaking.
– The T’s have gift wrapped their special package for the holiday season.
– Freeze frame holiday borders are back to wish you a happy winter season.
– Take a winter vacation to Militia! Now available in Casual and Deathmatch game modes.
[10 YEAR COIN]
– The Ten Year Veteran Coin will be awarded to players who have been a member of the Counter-Strike community for over 10 years. To be eligible to receive the coin the player must have a Steam account in good standing owning a game from the Counter-Strike series. The player must have owned the game for ten years and played the game at least once. The coin will be awarded next time Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is launched.
[2019 SERVICE MEDAL]
– When you become a Global General (Rank 40), you’ll be given the opportunity to reset your Profile Rank. After January 1, 2019 you’ll be able to receive a new 2019 Service Medal, an inspectable display item that will be visible wherever your avatar is shown.
[MISC]
– Significant performance improvement for users on AMD and Intel GPUs.
Rumor has it:
- Medals and coins galore! https://github.com/SteamDatabase/GameTracking-CSGO/commit/93010c22b8a34d935c80c05bfdaf1b9295324600
- Here is the 10 Year Veteran Coin, now reality after years and years of requests for one:
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SteamDatabase/GameTracking-CSGO/93010c22b8a34d935c80c05bfdaf1b9295324600/csgo/pak01_dir/resource/flash/econ/status_icons/10yearcoin_large.png
- This is the new 2019 Service Medal:
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SteamDatabase/GameTracking-CSGO/93010c22b8a34d935c80c05bfdaf1b9295324600/csgo/pak01_dir/resource/flash/econ/status_icons/service_medal_2019_lvl1_large.png
- Just like this year's set of medals, there are six different levels. Here's what they look like at level 2, level 3, level 4, level 5, and level 6
- Size is ~65 MB
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Valve will end its support of Steam on Windows XP and Windows Vista in two weeks, on 1/1/19. Additionally, Valve is also ending its support of Steam on Mac OS X Lion, Mountain Lion, Mavericks, and Yosemite on 1/1/19 as well. Any future CS:GO updates that moves the minimum Steam client version beyond the last one available for XP/Vista will render it unplayable unless you upgrade Windows. Any future CS:GO updates that moves the minimum Steam client version beyond the last one available for Lion through Yosemite will also render it unplayable unless you grab Mac OS X El Capitan or newer from the Mac App Store.
Via [url=http://blog.counter-strike.net/index.php/2018/12/21628/]the CS:GO blog[/url]:
[quote=Valve][WINTER SEASON FUN]
– Chickens are now sporting their festive-wear to celebrate the season.
– Players can now pick up and throw snowballs in all game modes except Danger Zone, Wingman, and Competitive Matchmaking.
– The T’s have gift wrapped their special package for the holiday season.
– Freeze frame holiday borders are back to wish you a happy winter season.
– Take a winter vacation to Militia! Now available in Casual and Deathmatch game modes.
[10 YEAR COIN]
– The Ten Year Veteran Coin will be awarded to players who have been a member of the Counter-Strike community for over 10 years. To be eligible to receive the coin the player must have a Steam account in good standing owning a game from the Counter-Strike series. The player must have owned the game for ten years and played the game at least once. The coin will be awarded next time Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is launched.
[2019 SERVICE MEDAL]
– When you become a Global General (Rank 40), you’ll be given the opportunity to reset your Profile Rank. After January 1, 2019 you’ll be able to receive a new 2019 Service Medal, an inspectable display item that will be visible wherever your avatar is shown.
[MISC]
– Significant performance improvement for users on AMD and Intel GPUs.[/quote]
Rumor has it:
- Medals and coins galore! https://github.com/SteamDatabase/GameTracking-CSGO/commit/93010c22b8a34d935c80c05bfdaf1b9295324600
- Here is the 10 Year Veteran Coin, now reality after years and years of requests for one: [img]https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SteamDatabase/GameTracking-CSGO/93010c22b8a34d935c80c05bfdaf1b9295324600/csgo/pak01_dir/resource/flash/econ/status_icons/10yearcoin_large.png[/img]
- This is the new 2019 Service Medal: [img]https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SteamDatabase/GameTracking-CSGO/93010c22b8a34d935c80c05bfdaf1b9295324600/csgo/pak01_dir/resource/flash/econ/status_icons/service_medal_2019_lvl1_large.png[/img]
- Just like this year's set of medals, there are six different levels. Here's what they look like at [url=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SteamDatabase/GameTracking-CSGO/93010c22b8a34d935c80c05bfdaf1b9295324600/csgo/pak01_dir/resource/flash/econ/status_icons/service_medal_2019_lvl2_large.png]level 2[/url], [url=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SteamDatabase/GameTracking-CSGO/93010c22b8a34d935c80c05bfdaf1b9295324600/csgo/pak01_dir/resource/flash/econ/status_icons/service_medal_2019_lvl3_large.png]level 3[/url], [url=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SteamDatabase/GameTracking-CSGO/93010c22b8a34d935c80c05bfdaf1b9295324600/csgo/pak01_dir/resource/flash/econ/status_icons/service_medal_2019_lvl4_large.png]level 4[/url], [url=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SteamDatabase/GameTracking-CSGO/93010c22b8a34d935c80c05bfdaf1b9295324600/csgo/pak01_dir/resource/flash/econ/status_icons/service_medal_2019_lvl5_large.png]level 5[/url], and [url=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SteamDatabase/GameTracking-CSGO/93010c22b8a34d935c80c05bfdaf1b9295324600/csgo/pak01_dir/resource/flash/econ/status_icons/service_medal_2019_lvl6_large.png]level 6[/url]
- Size is ~65 MB
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[b][url=https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=1558-AFCM-4577]Valve will end its support of Steam on Windows XP and Windows Vista in two weeks, on 1/1/19.[/url] Additionally, [url=https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=5953-QTIO-1764]Valve is also ending its support of Steam on Mac OS X Lion, Mountain Lion, Mavericks, and Yosemite on 1/1/19 as well.[/url][/b] Any future CS:GO updates that moves the minimum Steam client version beyond the last one available for XP/Vista will render it unplayable unless you upgrade Windows. Any future CS:GO updates that moves the minimum Steam client version beyond the last one available for Lion through Yosemite will also render it unplayable unless you grab Mac OS X El Capitan or newer from the Mac App Store.