Gamesense Online vs. LAN: An in-depth look
By Brent Riesen

Do it on LAN! This phrase has become a staple of the competitive Counter-Strike community. What about players that have “done it” on LAN? How does it compare to their online performance? We here at GotFrag love our match statistics so using our GameSense technology; we’ve analyzed four of the most popular and skilled American CS players and have statistically compared their CAL and CPL performances. Keep reading for some findings that may surprise you, but realize that these are just interpretations of the data as, for obvious reasons, the variables are not consistent. When doing a comparison of match statistics between CAL and the CPL, it is difficult because CAL plays out all the rounds whereas the CPL finishes as soon as a team wins. Due to this problem, the best way to analyze the data is using the averages that GameSense generates. To assess the performances, the main statistics used will be Damage per round, frags per round, percentage of rounds with a frag, and number of times the player received more than one frag in a round. Although GameSense has many more stats, here is a more in-depth look at each statistic that will be analyzed for the following are the most accurate depiction of a player’s performance: Damage per round (DAR on the tables) is the damage a player does to the opposing players on average during a round not counting friendly fire but including all grenade damage. Frags per round (FPR on the tables) is basically the batting average of Counter-Strike and it allows people to see how effective a player is at quick glance. Average rounds with a Frag (ARF on the tables) is the number of rounds with at least one frag giving a basic percentage. Rounds in which a player gets multiple kills are 2F 3F 4F on the tables.