Razer recently introduced a new feature to its Huntsman V3 Pro keyboards that allows players to essentially execute perfect counter-strafes every time. Naturally, this has not gone down well with professional CS2 players, with some calling for the feature to be banned in competitive play.

The feature in question is Razer Snap Tap, announced by the gaming gear manufacturer on July 9. Available only on the Huntsman V3 Pro line of keyboards, it's intended to allow players to "perform flawless counter-strafing" and "land those game-winning headshots with ease." It works by removing the need to spam A and D, and instead allows you to hold down A or D and press either one when needed. The software allows you to chain counter-strafes together, so you could move straight left and simply tap D once to execute a perfect counter-strafe, then continue moving without letting go of A. Robin "ropz" Kool, one of the top CS2 pros on the scene, said the feature "shouldn't be allowed" because it's "literally a macro or script."

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Jimmy Malavong, Razer’s senior esports ambassador, responded to ropz’s comments, saying that Razer had a “real concern” about smoothing things over with the professional scene before releasing the feature. “I made sure tournament organizers would allow this feature,” he said on X (resolutely Twitter), noting that it falls into the same gray area as the jump throw binding in CS:GO. Nikola “lobanjica” Mijomanovic, a prominent Counter-Strike streamer and content creator, asked Malavong for a Huntsman V3 Pro keyboard so he could test the feature and “see if this can solve what Valve developers couldn’t solve.”