Premier ready CS2 accounts explained

Premier is CS2's rated mode. Teams pick and ban maps before each match, and every account has one CS Rating, a number that rises when you win and falls when you lose. The rating is shown as a coloured badge.

Competitive is the other ranked mode. It ranks you separately on each map with skill groups instead of one number. Premier is the mode most players mean when they talk about their CS2 rank.

Premier needs Prime status, and it has to be unlocked on the account before it can be queued. A fresh Premier account also has to win a set number of matches before Valve shows its rating.

A Premier ready account has Prime and has Premier unlocked, so it can queue straight away. On nfa.pub that is every CS2 tier except Prime Ready, which has Prime but leaves Premier for you to unlock.

Premier ready does not, by itself, mean rated. The plain Premier Ready tier is sold without a rating promise. If the rating matters, buy one of the rating tiers, which are sold by band.

The CS Rating badge changes colour every 5,000 points, across seven colours:

nfa.pub sells three rated bands: 10,000 to 14,999 (blue), 15,000 to 19,999 (purple), and 20,000 or above (pink or higher). Each starts Premier at that level from its first match.

A rating is not fixed. It follows results, so an account bought at 15,000 drifts towards wherever your own play puts it. Buy the band you can hold, or the band your friends play at.

• Premier Ready: Premier unlocked, three service medals or fewer, no rare items. The plain way into Premier.
• Premier Ready (4+ Medals): four or more service medals, for an account that looks played.
• Premier Ready (10+ Medals): ten or more service medals, the most decorated profiles by medal count.
• Premier Ready (Inactive 14 Days): nobody has played it for at least 14 days, and it has no rare items.
• Premier Ready (10,000, 15,000 and 20,000 Rating): rated accounts in a set band.
• Premier Ready (Knife or Glove): at least one rare item such as a knife or gloves, confirmed before delivery.

Service medals are earned by taking a profile to the top profile rank and starting again, so they cannot be bought later. They change how the profile looks, not how matchmaking treats it.

• You just want to play Premier: Premier Ready.
• You want to start near your friends' rating: the rating band that matches it.
• You want an account that does not look new: one of the medal tiers.
• You want an account nobody has been using lately: Inactive 14 Days.
• You want a knife or gloves from the first match: Knife or Glove.

Sign in with the nfa.pub Loader, press Clear Workshop, and look at the cooldown and VAC status the Loader shows. A cooldown or a VAC or game ban is not covered by the warranty, so the moment to spot one is before you queue.

If the account will not sign in or is missing what the listing promises, press Replace on your order page within 6 hours of delivery. Each order can receive up to three replacements.

What is a Premier ready account?

A CS2 account with Prime and Premier unlocked, so it can queue Premier as soon as you sign in.

Does Premier ready mean the account has a rating?

Not by itself. The plain Premier Ready tier is sold without a rating promise; the 10,000, 15,000 and 20,000 tiers are sold by rating band.

What colour is a 15,000 CS Rating?

Purple. The badge changes colour every 5,000 points: blue from 10,000, purple from 15,000 and pink from 20,000.

Will my rating stay where it starts?

No. A CS Rating follows results, so it moves towards wherever your own play puts it.

What is the difference between Premier and Competitive?

Premier gives one CS Rating with a map pick and ban phase; Competitive ranks you separately on each map with skill groups.