How Bad Ping Helped an Onliner Perfect CS:GO's Deadliest Peek

Competitive shooters are filled with ways to both peek your opponents and, well, pop their melon.

From wide swings to stutter steps to so-called ‘quick leans’, it’s pretty much gotten to the point where the age-old practice of clapping kids around corners has been elevated to not only a science but an artform.

In Counter-Strike, for instance, the culture of peeking has given way to, well, actual cults. Don’t believe me? Just run a quick search in the Steam groups tab.

But there is no patented peek across the whole of esports that is as feared and fabled as the one that started this trend.

The one that belongs to İsmailcan ‘XANTARES’ Dörtkardeş, the Turkish onliner who’s spent years solidifying himself as the sickest online-born aimbot CS:GO has ever seen.

Thumbnail by: William 'Magoo' O'Keefe

Footage Credits:

Music used under license from Associated Production Music LLC (”APM”).

[eifl_]

"Only Xantares can kill me like this" is a huge compliment

[enzotansingco]

Xantares must be enjoying the online era, doesn’t have to deal with “do it on LAN” shouts

[joemozzie]

Xantares' mum gave birth to him and felt pain 5 seconds afterwards

[akrylk]

His peeking skills make me both disgusted and utterly impressed.

[thebluecollarkid]

Finally, the story of a person no pro wants to peek!

[obyx]

“Xantares was born in bad ping”

Me trying to figure out how 47 ping is bad

[sluerl]

the amount of "peek" clans i've seen makes me want to end it all

[JustAPokemonCommentingOnVideos]

I literally have time travel and teleportation capabilites on my dial-up internet

[SphirthFF]

“Go to Germany and sh*t on people using an actual internet connection.”—As a German, it sounds so weird to hear the words “actual internet connection” as a description of German internet …

[rn]

3:16 isnt that xantares spectating yekindar

[sciuresci]

Watch the 1v1 between simple and xantares. Xantares won 16-3 and 16-11. This guy's aim is no joke.

[vesc]

i died laughing when he said ER DOGAN peek

[ardameteerol]

lmao erdogan peek, fastest tax collector

[aytugk]

Well, finally a XANTARES video and you just didnt even mention how inhuman his reactions and how good his crosshair placement. His flicks are amazing tho which is pretty hard to do with mouse acceleration. Despite all this, all you were saying was like he didnt do anything special and became the most feared player to be peeked by with just cause of bad ping. Also, in the years of his BIG career, he has been playing around 15 ping and his peek has gained the most fame in these years

[N.jA.z]

"..due to bad ping ..." continues to show clips with less than 50 ping.

[reboooot]

I'm still not over the fact that there's csgo content like this. I appreciate you guys!

[carlobalicanta]

when you're so good that they name a peek after you.

[jdd]

I'm shocked this didn't come earlier this guy is so fun to watch

[Neveri]

I have been lucky to see this man warming up in a LAN tournament (watching right behind his back what he is doing) and it is just amazing to see.

I have played CS:GO many years in a quite high level and even played against some of the pro players, but seeing XANTARES warming up and to compare that mechanic skill to mine.. It feels like he's from another planet. Easily one of the best aimers of all time.

[MrPixelMonster]

Hey Dimitri, I remember the backlash on the amount of swearing in the script a few months ago. I see how u still manage to work that and your personality into the vids without it getting too much. Crazy progress on the quality of writing/presenting, I see u