Via the CS:GO blog:

Rumor has it:

- What you see above is *almost* all of what you're getting, with a single exception of new and updated translations for a few more languages, which are made possible in part by contributions from Translators Like You - Thank You

- Size is ~75 MB

Via the CS:GO blog:

Rumor has it:

- For additional answers to questions you might have about today's Prime changes, see this Steam Support article

- Script changes as well as a handful of translations, the latter of which are made possible in part by contributions from Translators Like You - Thank You, are all over here for your viewing pleasure

- Size is ~20 MB

Via the CS:GO blog:

Rumor has it:

- If you're having a hard time wrapping your head around what the bounding box issue is all about, try watching this brief video demonstrating the problem uploaded by /u/OrelStealth and you'll most likely walk away with a much better understanding of it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkjoCXk3P-Q

- A description outlining each of the options for sv_damage_print_enable has been attached to that command which will appear when it's entered without a number, now that option 2 has been implemented

- While today's map updates make up a bulk of the size of this update, there is also a slightly smaller than usual set of translations, which are made possible with the efforts and help of Translators Like You - Thank You

- Size is close to 300 MB

Via the CS:GO blog:

Rumor has it:

- As /u/vMcJohn alluded to a couple of weeks ago, a fix for Trusted Mode blindly trusting anything with a digital signature that just so happened to be located in C:\Windows\* (such as a workaround to use OBS' Game Capture layer) has been implemented where if foreign software is detected, the game will operate as if it was running with the -allow_third_party_software launch command (and there's a few GC protobufs to relay that fact when it does happen)

- Yes, 2020 RMR Sticker Capsules are still available to be purchased

- Other than that, a few translations have made their way in that were hammered out as usual with the help of Translators Like You - Thank You

- Size is ~250 MB

Via the CS:GO blog:

Rumor has it:

- What you see is *mostly* what you get, though also stuffed into this one is an assortment of new and updated translations, which as always are made possible in part by the efforts of Translators Like You - Thank You

- Size is ~75 MB

Part 2 of Rumor has it, because of the character limit:

- Item descriptions and flavor text for Snakebite Case items are as follows:
- SG 553 Heavy Metal: "Its black base is finished with orange and yellow highlights. Three stars have been painted on the rear of the butt stock. "One of these studs is the Turbo button, I just can't remember which...""
- Glock-18 Clear Polymer: "It has been painted with a tan slide and blue trigger. The frame is made of a clear polymer. What you see is what you get"
- M249 O.S.I.P.R.: "This M249 has been custom painted in gunmetal grey and finished with a Combine logo. Overwatch Standard Issue Pulse Rifle"
- CZ75-Auto Circaetus: "A bird of prey carrying a snake has been custom painted on this CZ75. A snake eater, minus the catchy theme song"
- UMP-45 Oscillator: "A randomized pattern in orange, black, and grey has been applied. Everyone has a breaking point; where's yours?"
- R8 Revolver Junk Yard: "Its blue base has been covered in silver handwriting and drawings. The cylinder and front sight have been painted red. Fit for a king"
- Nova Windblown: "It has been spray painted with a randomized pattern of a dandelion field. Get off my lawn"
- P250 Cyber Shell: "It has been custom painted with a silver slide and hexagon-textured grip. You represent the front line of our cyber security effort"
- Negev dev_texture: "It has been custom painted with an orange base and grey developer textures. hammer.exe time"
- MAC-10 Button Masher: "It has been custom painted to resemble a game pad and various buttons poking through a clear polymer casing. Giving the phrase "console wars" a whole new meaning"
- Desert Eagle Trigger Discipline: "A pink isometric pattern has been custom painted on the barrel. The hammer and front sight have been painted bright blue. Patience is its own reward"
- AK-47 Slate: "A custom paint job has been applied which can only be described as "black on black on slate black". "Call a doctor, they're gonna need one""
- MP9 Food Chain: "This brightly colored MP9 has been custom painted with a monster food chain. Eat or be eaten"
- XM1014 XOXO: "A vividly colored, punk-inspired pattern has been applied. Yeah, right..."
- Galil AR Chromatic Aberration: "The colors in this custom paint job were applied in offset positions, leading to an eye-popping look. (Not so) easy on the eyes..."
- USP-S The Traitor: "It has been custom painted using the Hanged Man tarot card as inspiration. Past failures are the blueprints for future success"
- M4A4 In Living Color: "It has been custom painted using neon colors and covered with hand-drawn designs. Fight for one, fight for all"

- A fair bit of localization file updates have also snuck their way in as part of this update (and you can also view the protobufs that make subscribing to CS:GO 360 Stats possible as well as map-specific logic while you're there too), no doubt helped along with the efforts of Translators Like You - Thank You

Via the CS:GO blog:

Rumor has it:

- RIP Operation Broken Fang - December 3, 2020 - May 3, 2021
- Despite today being May 3rd, the updated description on the pass seems to totally disregard the Valve Time reality having happened and claims that it ran to April 30th as was originally planned

- CS:GO 360 Stats costs US$1/CA$1.25 a month. Even if you choose not to subscribe to it to collect data from your matches going forward, you can still view past data collected during Operation Broken Fang if you were a pass holder
- It also has its own Steam Support article for other questions you might have about it, but also alludes to the possibility of a future price hike

- The shift of Ancient into the Active Duty pool and relegation of Train into the Reserves pool is the first shakeup in over 2 years; 767 days precisely, the last time it was modified was when Vertigo was switched into Active Duty and Cache taken out on 3/28/19
- For those concerned about the Active Duty and Reserves swap today, Valve has said that the RMR series will continue to use the old map pool with Train

- /u/Ch-i-ef from the Frostbite development team encourages people to go directly to its Steam Workshop page if they find an issue with the map or have ideas for how it could improve, now that it's here to stay

- /u/shzkr replied with an image of what one of the new chickens looks like (as has /u/IslaBonita_), and /u/Waveitup also put up a video showing a few chickens in their natural habitat:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0Mrs8LBGOI

- A few bonus up-close shots and a couple polycounts too from /u/dooodaaad

- CS:GO Stash has put up the contents of the Snakebite Case as they usually do whenever there's a new crate-shaped virtual object added in the game, in-game inspection links should become available in a short while (and if you need a refresher, the Broken Fang gloves can be viewed here)

- Size is ~1 GB - data capped users should take action now

(There's more! Catch part 2 of RHI at: https://www.teamfortress.tv/post/1034893/major-cs-go-update-for-5-3-21-1-37-8-9)

Via the CS:GO blog:

Rumor has it:

- Size is ~20 MB

Via the CS:GO blog:

This is the correct answer.

>t. chrome pleb

Via the CS:GO blog:

Rumor has it:

- This is what the Zeus X-27's texture used to look like before, and this is what it looks like as of tonight's update
- Very subtle, right? You may spot something even more subtle, in that "ZUESS" has been corrected to read "ZEUS", eliminating a double-typo

- If it looks like a skin, has an item schema entry like a skin, and has a wear rating like a skin, then it probably is a skin. Sadly, a Zeus texture tweak isn't actually a skin. The only item schema change in this one is a coupon prefab tweak for the Poorly Drawn Stickers Capsule
- But with that said, your memes can still be dreams

- To round it off, here's a peek at the networking changes and a helping of translations, the latter of which is made possible in part by contributions from Translators Like You - Thank You: https://github.com/SteamDatabase/GameTracking-CSGO/commit/ce1528dad1ae688f3b4e909364b27609143e301f

- Size is ~10 MB

Via the CS:GO blog:

Rumor has it:

- Descriptions that go along with each of the 3 music kits added today are as follows:
- Darren Korb, Hades Music Kit: "Sure, you might miss a shot from time to time, but what never misses is this blood-pumping Music Kit straight from the Underworld of Hades, Supergiant's rogue-like dungeon crawler."
- Neck Deep, The Lowlife Pack: Prove you are not a normie (and better than everyone else on the map) with Neck Deep's new music kit, which includes songs from the band's album All Distortions Are Intentional.
- Scarlxrd, CHAIN$AW.LXADXUT.: "CHAIN$AW BRINGS SCARLXRD AT HIS UNPRECENDENTED BEST WITH A RAW FLOW AND A HEAVY TRACK TO MATCH."

- Just like the Half-Life: Alyx Music Kit, Hades Music Kit is not available in StatTrak

- Here are each of the Poorly Drawn Stickers by /u/HH110011HH and Hoxton, which is itself in a Poorly Drawn Sticker Capsule:

- Poorly Drawn Ava (& (Holo))
- Poorly Drawn Balkan (& (Holo))
- Poorly Drawn Bloody Darryl (& (Holo))
- Poorly Drawn Chicken (& (Holo))
- Poorly Drawn FBI (& (Holo))
- Poorly Drawn IDF (& (Holo))
- Poorly Drawn Leet Crew (& (Holo))
- Poorly Drawn Number K (& (Holo))
- Poorly Drawn SAS (& (Holo))
- Poorly Drawn Terrorist (& (Holo))

- Dialogue of the final Operation Broken Fang boss mission has been translated into a few additional languages (specifically French, Greek, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and a small bit of Bulgarian) along with some other additional string translations, which as always is made possible in part by contributions from Translators Like You - Thank You

- Size is close to 50 MB

This is exactly why Valve needs to be kicked in the rear-end to actually enforce COPPA or the age-gating provisions of EU GDPR, whichever is greater. It leads to dumb bullshit like this that is just a waste of everyone's time. That's it, that's my two cents on it, any other questions, see:

Via the CS:GO blog:

Rumor has it:

- The final boss map for Operation Broken Fang, "Cultivating Trouble", has been added in in advance of tomorrow's set of final missions, including script changes and logic additions, materials and textures, sounds, as well as strings for dialogue (spoilers within, if it wasn't obvious!)

- Beyond that, there's also a healthy dose of localization in various languages, made possible in part by contributions from Translators Like You - Thank You

- Size is ~110 MB

It's gonna be kind of crazy to think that late this year that I'll have been going at this gig of mine for 10 straight years. Even though the glory days of the at-least-once-weekly updates are long behind us, it's been quite the ride that I've been happy to share. And really, thank you all for your readership, and especially thanks to those of you that do your own digging as well. Without you, getting quality information out to the masses, preferably in a hurry, would be a tough ask. It's a true team effort.

Most of us have moved on to Knockout after Garry decided to be Garry and kill off the old forums. It's a fair bit more relaxed over there, though most of the fracases these days are about whether you can even say this or that word at all. A lot more open than FP ever was even if a bunch of the userbase doesn't like the POV of some of the mods there (most of which are different, I think really the only carryover is OvB). I don't really hold any hard feelings, that post of mine was really a knee-jerk thing that was influenced heavily by a near-B&E experience a long, long time ago when I was much younger. It was actually around one of the nicer areas of Tyndall Park too, closer to King Edward if I'm remembering right, pretty much right across from Stanley Knowles, but even then the cops dragged their ass horribly to even take a statement from what I was told.