Editorial Policy

The standard we hold ourselves to

A site is only as good as the process behind it. Here is ours for the subject, written plainly so you can weigh the rest of the site against it.

From idea to published

• Dump first. Everything the writer believes goes down, unsorted.
• Mark the soft parts. Anything held on memory rather than evidence gets flagged.
• Check or cut. A flagged claim is either supported or removed. There is no third option.
• Second reader. Somebody else hunts for sentences that sound more certain than the evidence allows.

What earns a page

The list of what to cover writes itself from the inbox and from our own dead ends. When the same gap turns up a second or third time, it stops being a note and becomes an article.

What we will not publish

• Anything promising a result we cannot demonstrate.
• Pages written backwards from a search term.
• Advice we would not repeat to somebody sitting across a table.

Publication dates

The date you see is real. A tidy up of wording leaves it alone; only a change to what the piece recommends moves the modified date, along with a note saying so.

Where money enters

We earn from some outbound links. That pays for hosting and research time, and it does not decide the verdict of any page.

When a partner leans on us to bury a negative line, we keep the line and the email. The leaning tells readers something the original page could not.

Accountability

Every article carries the name of the person who wrote it and links to their profile. We do not publish under a house byline, because a house cannot be asked to explain itself.

Kai Denton, CS2 strategy and tactics writer. Kai has played Counter-Strike competitively since the early CS:GO days and spent years breaking down how professional teams approach the game. He writes about tactics, economy and the decisions that separate average players from those who consistently rank up.

Mira Ashford, Esports and competitive gaming writer. Mira covers the competitive gaming scene with a focus on CS2, from tier-one tournaments to the mechanics that make the game worth watching. She is interested in what esports reveals about teamwork, pressure and preparation.

Jake Solis, Gear and hardware reviewer. Jake tests mice, monitors, headsets and peripherals with a single question in mind: does this actually make you play better? He approaches gear reviews from a player perspective rather than a spec sheet.

How mistakes are handled

Corrections go to [email protected]. Include the address and the sentence. Anything factual is fixed without argument. Anything that changes what the article recommends gets a dated note underneath, so the change is visible.