Douglas Reckziegel

Program Manager FPL Circuit @FACEIT
Europe, South America and Middle East
CS 1.6, CS:S, CS:GO, CS2
Attorney⚖️
for Support

[Douglas Reckziegel @swedcs]

I’m happy to announce that I’ve taken on the role of Program Manager for FPL CS2 Europe, Middle East, and South America!

For Europe specifically, I’ll be sharing responsibilities with the amazing @Slovecs. Whether it’s FPL or FACEIT, don’t hesitate to reach out to either of us!

[Amir Arshad @TheAmirArshad]

Detecting AI cheats has been one of FACEIT's biggest focuses in 2026.

Recently, several of our anti-cheat developers, data scientists, and staff spent two days at the @Google London office, building on that work alongside their engineers.

We collaborated with Google's team to evolve two of our current approaches:

1. Training models on past matches where our anti-cheat confirmed players cheated, learning to recognize similar patterns elsewhere.
2. Modelling what normal play looks like to flag behavior that sits outside it.

FACEIT processes millions of CS2 matches a month, with years of high-level gameplay on record. That scale creates a foundation our detection models can learn from.

Before these techniques can be applied to the full FACEIT player base, there is still more work to do. We're running new behavioral analysis in the next months, building an automated pipeline of confirmed-cheating data for our models to learn from, and improving how we capture more supporting data for the context of kills.

We will continue to collaborate with Google’s engineers and share more information as these detection methods are rolled out across the platform.

[Douglas Reckziegel @swedcs]

@sofiaespanha Assistir anime tb ajuda, vi praticamente todo o One Piece na esteira

[Douglas Reckziegel @swedcs]

@CBF_Futebol Botou o *** na mesa e mandou medir

[FACEIT CS2 @FACEITcs]

AI cheats are the most-banned cheat category, with detections up 272% in Season 7 (372 total bans).

Meanwhile, DMA-related bans dropped by 4%. IOMMU/VBS hardware enforcement now covers 88% of players, helping block how DMA cheats read game files.

[Douglas Reckziegel @swedcs]

Os preços variam de acordo com o poder de compra de cada região. Em alguns países o valor acaba sendo menor justamente para manter o serviço acessível localmente. Os valores também são ajustados em outras regiões seguindo essa mesma lógica de poder de compra e realidade econômica local

[Douglas Reckziegel @swedcs]

@togsfps Fala pro seu time começar a atirar de volta

[FACEIT CS2 @FACEITcs]

We have shipped a fix across all FACEIT servers for an exploit using the CS2 console command "sv_grenade_trajectory_prac_pipreview".

This stops players from exploiting the command to see enemy positions through the grenade camera.

[FACEIT CS2 @FACEITcs]

Match Insights show a consistent pattern in @donk1337’s Season 8 Mirage matches. On B takes, he repeats the same utility set.

Watch the execution and review his full match history in Premium Match Insights.

[FACEIT CS2 @FACEITcs]

Season 7 (November 2025 - April 2026) smurfing bans increased by 42.2% and cheating bans increased by 14.3% compared to Season 6.

Our first Seasonal Integrity Report breaks down these results and outlines new enforcement steps live in Season 8.

Full report below.

[Douglas Reckziegel @swedcs]

@Ozzny_CS2 Hope so

[Douglas Reckziegel @swedcs]

@showliana Acho que todo mundo voltou doente dessa IEM Rio 😪

[Douglas Reckziegel @swedcs]

@CounterStrike @FACEIT cultural impact is unmatched

[Douglas Reckziegel @swedcs]

After my first 2 FACEIT placement matches I believe this is the hardest task of the season

[FACEIT @FACEIT]

@Sweptcs @FACEIT_Darwin @FaceitDerek We will take into account individual performances in part, but winning will always be the biggest factor to contributing to going up in your placement matches.

[FACEIT Community Support @FACEITSupport]

We’re currently experiencing longer-than-usual queue times.

Please note that restarting your queue will place you at the back, which may increase your wait time. So it’s best to stay in queue.

We appreciate your patience!

[Douglas Reckziegel @swedcs]

@FACEIT_Darwin @FaceitDerek @Faceit_Mikey Infra guys were sweating 🤣

[Douglas Reckziegel @swedcs]

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[FACEIT Darwin @FACEIT_Darwin]

Hey all, apologies for the queues being down. S8 demand has been genuinely unprecedented - we're seeing 360,000 requests per minute and every record of the platform has been blown away. Thank you for your patience, and honestly, for showing up like this. We'll update you asap 🫶

[FACEIT Darwin @FACEIT_Darwin]

Hey all, apologies for the queues being down. S8 demand has been genuinely unprecedented - we're seeing 360,000 requests per minute and every record of the platform has been blown away. Thank you for your patience, and honestly, for showing up like this. We'll update you asap 🫶

[FACEIT CS2 @FACEITcs]

Season 8 of Matchmaking is live.

Placements, FACEIT Rating, Cache, and Match Insights are now available.

Play 10 matches to reveal your starting Elo. GLHF.

[FACEIT Community Support @FACEITSupport]

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