CS:GO - How to join competitive servers?

I have, so far, only played cs:go by clicking Browse community servers and join a few of my favorite servers (mostly low ping and friendly people). Now I am getting a little better on the game I though about playing competitive to see what rank I can get, but I have a doubt.

Does the only way to join competitive servers is by clicking Find a game and selecting competitive? Community quick-play and Browse community servers are just casual (non ranked)?

I ask this because I would like to see a list of competitive servers to I can choose the one I want, but I believe Find a game option just choose the server for you.

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Best Answer

I don't feel the answer marked as the answer is correct. The

Find a game and selecting competitive?

uses the built in matchmaking and does indeed put in you the competitive server. These servers are generally referred to as "official" servers.

But is it the only way? No, it's not. There are external services such as ESEA, ESL and CEVO and the like that also allow you to run a Competitive game on their servers.

I'm not going to get in to the differences of the servers but they are different and they are running the competitive game mode.

I recall these services giving you a bit more insight in to the servers prior to queuing for a game.

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How do you join competitive CS:GO?

You cannot play in the competitive ranks until you reach a normal rank of 2, which you can do by getting exp in different game modes. The recommended way to do this is to play deathmatch, as it gets you used to the types of guns that you will be playing with.

How do I change my CS:GO server to competitive?

Here's how you can change your region in CS:GO to play on different game servers....Join community servers

Launch CS:GO and choose Play.

Select Community Server Browser from the drop-down menu.

Type in region names or sort servers by ping/region. The servers with higher ping values will be farther away from your region.

How do I join other servers in CS:GO?

Valve announced on Friday that Counter-Strike: Global Offensive's competitive matches will no longer be free going forward. In order for a player to participate in CS:GO's legendary competitive ladder, they will now have to pay $15.00 USD for CS:GO's Prime matchmaking service.

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