CKRAS BLOG

For more than 25 years, we’ve been your hosting provider – from the early Counter-Strike versions all the way to CS2 today.

We’ve been part of every era together: CS 1.3 | CS 1.4 | CS 1.5 | CS 1.6 | CS | CS: Source | CS | CS2

And one thing never changed: Counter-Strike lives – and so do we with you. 💙

🚀 New Features:

MatchZy-Pro Beta now with Bot-Record Play and many more features

PLAY by CKRAS – our new match organization platform, included for every customer 👉 https://play.ckras.com

🙏 Huge thanks to all customers, partners, and supporters over the past decades. This journey wouldn’t have been possible without you.

🎁 Our thank-you to you: Only in April get 25% off every new order 🔥

👉 Code: BDAY25

🚀 MatchZy Open Beta v0.8.16

Warmup Deathmatch, spawn selection, new commands and improved GOTV/demo stability.

Install via the CKRAS interface: https://iface.ckras.com

TeamSpeak 6 Server Coming Soon!

CKRAS has been providing TeamSpeak servers to our customers for over 20 years. With the release of the TS6 Beta, we’re thrilled to announce that we will soon offer TS6 voiceservers to our customers as soon as they become available from TeamSpeak.

Changelog Update – TeamSpeak 6 Server Files

Self-hosting is a core feature of TeamSpeak, and our intention is to provide the full TS6 experience, including screen-sharing, in the near future. We are still fine-tuning and actively working on the TS6 Server to ensure the best possible experience for everyone. We appreciate your patience as we prepare the server files for release.

Teamspeak 3 move to Teamspeak 6 Server

We would like to take this opportunity to let you know that we will provide further information on the switchover from the TS3 server to the new TS6 server as soon as it has been officially announced. Our main goal is to make the transition as automatic and convenient as possible for all voiceserver customers. Please be patient – we will provide you with detailed information in good time as soon as the details are known.

NEW: Manage demos easily

With the latest feature in the CKRAS Webpanel, all your demos created on CS2 gameservers are automatically recognised.

Managing, sharing and downloading has never been easier - and it's completely free.

Simply log in, access your demos and share them effortlessly with your teammates, opponents or friends!

NEW: Multiple Coaches available for CS2

We have adapted the coaches for our CS2 server, now you can add more than 1 coach on each side.

Get your CS2 Scrim/Prac Server here www.ckras.com

Changes in Detail:

Coach: - Multiple coaches are now allowed players can use ".coach ct/t" to coach any team. - Fixed C4 glitch if the coach gets the C4. Now, the C4 will be dropped at the base if the coach has the C4. *Players can either use buy menu to get the dropped C4, or grab it once the round starts.*

- Fixed coach blocking smoke lineups. Now, the coaches will be invisible (only their name will be visible, I'm trying to hide that as well xD)

- Fixed coach getting some information on round start (buy in hud, money in scoretab, etc). Now coaches will die 1 second before the freezetime ends.

Match Mode:

- Now the players will automatically join their respective team, skipping the join team menu. (When a match is loaded)

Practice:

- Fixed a bug where loading a saved nade would make the player stuck. Now newly saved nades will not have this issue. General: - Added "matchzy_stop_command_no_damage" convar to make the ".stop" command unavailable once damage has been done.

- ".map" command can now be used without "de_" prefix for maps. Example: ".map dust2"

- Added "matchzy_removeplayer" command to remove and kick a player from all the teams when a match is loaded. Usage: "matchzy_removeplayer <steam64>"

NEW FEATURE: Gaming SQL available

We are pleased to announce our latest feature: CKRAS Gaming SQL.

This tool allows you to enable advanced statistics for MatchZy and unlock many additional features for many plugins for free.

Use CKRAS Gaming SQL to gain deeper insight into your game statistics and significantly improve your gaming experience.

WIKI: Database (Guide)

NEW CUSTOMER PANEL IS ONLINE

We are thrilled to announce that our brand-new web panel is now live! After months of dedicated effort and countless refinements, we've successfully revamped the panel, enhancing its usability and packing it with a host of exciting new features.

https://iface.ckras.com

A heartfelt thank you to the entire team who contributed to its development—you are the best! Stay tuned as we will be rolling out even more functions and features in the near future.

WIKI: https://wiki-en.ckras.com/wiki/index.php?title=Webinterface

Please note that the sub-user management will be changed for the new webinterface, it will no longer be possible to log into the webpanel with the old sub-user data, e.g. "m5898".

OPEN BETA: https://ifacenew.ckras.com/

To allow access for teammates etc., you can add admins to the server and this will grant access to the webpanel, the login will then be done with the Steam ID. You can still grant your teammates access via sub-management, here is the guide on how to do this: https://wiki-en.ckras.com/wiki/index.php?title=Webinterface#Sub-User

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us.

YOUR CKRAS TEAM

Deutsch

Wir möchten darauf hinweisen, dass für das neue Webinterface die Verwaltung der Sub-User geändert wird, es wird in Zukunft nicht mehr möglich sein, sich mit den alten Sub-User Daten z.B. "m5898" in das Webpanel einzuloggen.

OPEN BETA: ifacenew.ckras.com

Damit der Zugriff auch für Teammates etc. möglich ist, kann man auf dem Server Admins hinzufügen und damit wird der Zugriff auf das Webpanel gewährt, der Login erfolgt dann mit der Steam ID. Wir werden in Kürze eine Anleitung veröffentlichen, damit die Umstellung für alle so reibungslos wie möglich verläuft.

Bei Fragen könnt ihr euch jederzeit an uns wenden.

EUER CKRAS-TEAM

IFACE OPEN BETA

We are pleased to announce that our brand new webpanel is now entering the official open beta phase! After intensive work and numerous revisions, we have succeeded in completely redesigning the panel and equipping it with improved usability and many new features.

Thank you very much for your help and have fun testing!

ENTER HERE: https://ifacenew.ckras.com

YOUR CKRAS TEAM Christian Pritschet

Payment methods April 2024

We would like to announce changes in our payment methods from April 2024. 

We will remove the payment method "Sofort" by the end of March, but you will still be able to use a variety of payment methods such as Paypal, Stripe (Visa, Mastercard, Amex), Bitcoin, Ethereum, USDC, USDT and Paysafecard. 

Any questions? Please contact us for advise anytime.

MatchZy now available for your CS2 gameserver at www.ckras.com

Features: Spawns, Nades (save, load), Clear, Noflash, Coach and more.

COACH IS NOW AVAILABLE

You can now ADD !Coach to your CS2 Gamserver at www.ckras.com

WIKI: https://wiki-en.ckras.com/wiki/index.php?title=CKRAS_BOT#COACH_IS_AVAILIBLE

CS2 is now available in the webinterface for all customers, please click on "Switch Games" and install CS2 as a new game.

Guide how to Install CS2: https://wiki-en.ckras.com/wiki/index.php?title=CS2-Installation-Guide

Get your own CS2 Server visit www.ckras.com/en/

CS2 has been released. We will soon be offering all our customers the free option to switch to CS2.

more soon

Wartungsarbeiten Teamspeak Server am 12. Januar 2023

Hiermit kündigen wir geplante Wartungsarbeiten für den Donnerstag, den 12. Januar 2023 an. Die Arbeiten werden zwischen 7:00 – 10:00 Uhr durchgeführt, während der Wartungsarbeiten wird es zu Ausfällen der Teamspeak Server kommen.

Wartungsarbeiten Teamspeak: Donnerstag 12. Januar 07:00-10:00 Uhr Vielen Dank für dein Verständnis. EUER CKRAS TEAM www.ckras.com

Teamspeak server maintenance on 12 January 2023 We hereby announce scheduled maintenance for Thursday, January 12, 2023. The work will be carried out between 7:00am - 10:00am, during the maintenance work there will be outages of the Teamspeak servers.

Maintenance work Teamspeak: Thursday 12 January 07:00-10:00

Aufgrund der angespannten Situation auf dem Devisenmärkten sind wir leider gezwungen, die Preise für unsere Teamspeak Server ab dem 15. August von aktuell 1,25€ (5 Slot) auf 1,50€ anzupassen. Alle Informationen über die Preiserhöhung unter dem folgenden Link https://www.ckras.com/Voiceserver-mieten-Teamspeak

Teamspeak Price Changes