Michael Grzesiek, better known as Shroud, is a former competitive CS:GO player for Cloud 9. Since his retirement in 2018, he has turned his hand to regular streaming where he became something of a smash hit due to his calm and collected stream, and exceptional skills in shooting games.

Lots of people watch his stream and want to play like him, feeling a good way to try and replicate his success is to see what they can learn from his settings and keybinds. While this can sometimes be revealing, an important point to note is that players like Shroud has worked incredibly hard, for years, on their skillset. Much of that practice happens in obscurity, so be prepared to put all the work in if you truly want to play like Shroud.

Shroud’s keybinds

  • Use: FJump/Stand/Mante: SpaceProne: Z Crouch/Slide: Left CtrlChange Stance/Slide: CWeapon Mount: E /  Mouse 5 Sprint/Tactical Sprint/Steady Aim: Left ShiftReload: RAlternate Fire: BMelee/Finishing Move: CapslockTactical Equipment: Q Lethal Equipment: X / Mouse 4

Mouse Settings

  • DPI: 450Polling rate: 1000 HzSensitivity: 7.5Vertical sensitivity mouse: 1.00ADS sensitivity: RelativeADS sensitivity (Low zoom): 1.00ADS sensitivity (High zoom): 1.00ADS sensitivity T. timing: GradualMonitor distance coefficient: 1.33Mouse acceleration: 0.00Mouse filtering: 0.00Mouse smoothing: Disabled

Video Settings

Shrouds video settings are fairly basic, prioritizing frame rate over everything else. He plays at 1920×1080, and a refresh rate of 240. It should be noted that Shroud has a great gaming rig, so he doesn’t really have to make any sacrifices to image quality to get those frames.

  • Depth of Field: DisabledFilmic Strength: 1.00World Motion Blur: DisabledWeapon Motion Blur: Enabled Shadow Map Resolution: NormalCache Spot Shadows: DisabledCache Sun Shadows: Disabled DirectX Raytracing: DisabledAmbient Occlusion: Disabled Display gamma: 2.2 (sRGB)V-Sync: Disabled