I don't play Counter-Strike 2, but I do follow this CS2 player dedicated to finding weird mistakes and 'bomb stuck' spots on Valve's maps

I have zero interest in playing Counter-Strike 2, and yet I'm glued to the screen whenever a poster by the name of @duduckCS has something new to share. Unlike most Counter-Strike players I've ever known, who are primarily invested in their rank or the rarity of their Steam inventory, Duduck spends his nights combing through Valve's maps looking for holes in the world.

He's very good at it, too: Duduck's feed almost entirely consists of PSA-style videos depicting him surprising enemies by standing on abnormal ledges, overlooks, or tiny lips of geometry Valve never intended for players to climb. Many of these ghost platforms can only be reached by jumping on a teammate's head and «boosting» up a few extra feet.

My favorite Duduck posts by a mile, though, are his compilations of «bomb stuck» spots. A bomb stuck spot is what it sounds like: a spot or angle on a map where the bomb can be thrown and can't be retrieved. The borders of CS maps are typically fortified with invisible collision to prevent this from happening, but Duduck has a knack for spotting holes in the atmosphere where the box-shaped C4 charge can be nudged into narrow nooks, under wooden pallets, behind inaccessible alleyways, on the strut of an unassuming veranda, or even stuck on an invisible platform in the sky.

operation BOMB STUCK part 2 @AlmasJonas @iiTwinx @catfood_maps pic.twitter.com/Dwz47ZaR66July 18, 2024

I love the inherent comedy of a «bomb stuck» moment. You had the bomb, now you don't have the bomb, there's no way to get it, and your team is kinda screwed.

Most of these spots are so obscure that you're unlikely to see this happen organically in a match, but across the hundreds of thousands of CS2 matches played every day, I bet it happens more often than you'd think. All it takes is one bomb carrier goofing around by tossing the C4 into the air and catching it to accidentally kick it under a car or out of bounds. The round isn't unwinnable at that point, but your team is suddenly under a