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Counter-Strike: Global OffensivevsEnemy Territory: Quake Wars

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive leans Execution (Competitive PvP); Enemy Territory: Quake Wars leans Execution (Competitive PvP).

EXECUTION9 /10READS7 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Counter-Strike: Global OffensiveEnemy Territory: Quake Wars

Axis by axis

Execution9 vs 8

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive leans harder on execution: Spray control and flick precision at the top

Reads7 vs 6

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive leans harder on reads: Anti-stratting and mid-round adaptation

Variance3 vs 3

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 5

Even - both lean on optimization about the same.

Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.

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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

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Enemy Territory: Quake Wars