# PLAYCUP

> PLAYCUP (https://playcup.ro) is a Romanian Counter-Strike competitive platform: 5v5 matchmaking, an ELO ladder, tournaments, teams, clubs, a community forum, and the PlayCup Anticheat (PAC). It supports both CS2 and CS 1.6.

The site is server-rendered where it matters for crawling (homepage, forum, player/team/club profiles). English and Romanian share the same URLs; the UI language is a user preference and does not change the path.

## Play

- [Play hub](https://playcup.ro/play): entry point for competitive play, lobbies and finders.
- [Lobbies](https://playcup.ro/play/lobbies): open 5v5 lobbies you can join, with live queue counts.
- [Wingman](https://playcup.ro/play/wingman): 2v2 Wingman mode.
- [Competitive](https://playcup.ro/play/competitive): ranked competitive matchmaking.
- [Tournaments](https://playcup.ro/play/tournaments): brackets, schedules and results for CS2/CS 1.6 tournaments.
- [Mod servers](https://playcup.ro/play/mods): community mod / casual game servers.

## Competitive data

- [Ranks ladder](https://playcup.ro/ranks): the ELO leaderboard with 5k-wide tier bands.
- [Matches](https://playcup.ro/matches): live and finished match results with scoreboards.
- [Players](https://playcup.ro/players): player directory; profiles live at /players/{alias}.
- [Teams](https://playcup.ro/teams): team directory; profiles live at /teams/{tag}.
- [Clubs](https://playcup.ro/clubs): club directory; profiles live at /clubs/{id}.

## Community

- [Forum](https://playcup.ro/forum): categories at /forum/{category-slug}, topics at /forum/{category-slug}/{topic-slug}, comment permalinks at #post-{id}.
- [Crew (Brigada)](https://playcup.ro/crew): the PlayCup crew / staff program.
- [Streaming](https://playcup.ro/streaming): live community streams; archive at /streaming/archive.
- [Clips](https://playcup.ro/clips): community highlight clips.

## Guides

- [All guides](https://playcup.ro/guides): index of every how-to guide.
- [Newcomer guide](https://playcup.ro/guides/newcomer-guide): first steps for new players.
- [Matchmaking guide](https://playcup.ro/guides/matchmaking-guide): how lobbies, queues and wait modes work.
- [Ranking guide](https://playcup.ro/guides/ranking-guide): how ELO, tiers and promotion matches work.
- [Tournaments guide](https://playcup.ro/guides/tournaments-guide): how to create, join and manage tournaments.
- [Anticheat guide](https://playcup.ro/guides/anticheat-guide): download and run PlayCup Anticheat (PAC) and client.
- [Mods guide](https://playcup.ro/guides/mods-guide): playing on community mod servers.
- [Mods rules guide](https://playcup.ro/guides/mods-rules-guide): rules for mod servers.
- [Demos guide](https://playcup.ro/guides/demos-guide): downloading and reviewing match demos.
- [Playstreak guide](https://playcup.ro/guides/playstreak-guide): the daily play streak and freezes.
- [Weekly drops guide](https://playcup.ro/guides/weekly-drops-guide): weekly XP PlaySkin care packages.
- [Referral guide](https://playcup.ro/guides/referral-guide): inviting friends and referral rewards.
- [Titles guide](https://playcup.ro/guides/titles-guide): profile titles and how to earn them.
- [Crew guide](https://playcup.ro/guides/crew-guide): joining and contributing to the crew.

## Account & info

- [Register](https://playcup.ro/register): create an account (Steam-based).
- [Login](https://playcup.ro/login): sign in.
- [FAQ](https://playcup.ro/faq): frequently asked questions.
- [Status](https://playcup.ro/status): live platform and game-server status.
- [Terms and conditions](https://playcup.ro/page/termeni-si-conditii): terms of service and cookie policy.
- [About us](https://playcup.ro/page/despre-noi): about PlayCup.

## Optional

- [Full context](https://playcup.ro/llms-full.txt): long-form explanations of matchmaking, ranking, streaks, drops, referrals and anticheat.
- [Sitemap](https://playcup.ro/sitemap.xml): full machine-readable URL list.

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