Getting all CS:GO achievements
With the help of Steam Achievement Manager you can open all achievements not only for CS:GO but also for all other games from the Steam catalogue!
Important: To avoid getting banned, do everything strictly according to the instructions below!
1) Launch the Steam client, DO NOT launch games! No games should be running, just in case, make sure by looking in the task manager - there should be no csgo.exe process and no game process.
2) Launch the Steam Achievement Manager program (SAM.Picker.exe), a window will appear where you select the desired game for which you want to open all achievements by clicking on its name.
3) A second window will appear. In it you need to click on the “open lock” icon and then on the icon with green waves in the upper right corner:
4) That's it, the achievements are open, you will see something like this:
5) Important: Before starting the game, make sure that Steam Achievement Manager is turned off and, just in case, in the processes, check that there is no process of this program; if there is one, end it manually. Only after this can you safely launch the game and enjoy the unlocked achievements and items you received for it.
If you do everything exactly as described above, taking precautions, then a ban is basically impossible. But don’t be impudent either, if you open all the achievements on a new account, on which you’ve only played for a couple of hours, let’s say, it will certainly seem suspicious and some enemy might inform on you.
Cheating hours
To cheat your watch
Select a game from the list and double-click on it. After this, another window should appear. The title of this window will contain the name of the selected game.
Just leave the second window open and go do your business.
2.1 The clock is set to real time.
2.2 You can increase the clock in several games at once. But the hours for the statistics of the last two weeks will also be added up. It may happen that the number of hours played will be greater than the hours that have passed during these two weeks. Be careful.
A few important aspects
1)Statistics and achievements can be played even with the game in which you play open.
2) For example, the game Counter - Strike: Global Offensive was used.
3) Why is it written so voluminously? To avoid any questions, and if you have any questions, write in private messages, I will answer everyone!
4) If the game in which you want to change something does not appear in the list of available ones, then try clicking the Refresh Games button.
If after clicking the desired game still does not appear, then try the following:
1.Click on the blue TV icon, which is located slightly to the right of the Add Game button.
2.Tick the boxes next to all the items that appear.
If, after completing the second option, the required game still does not appear, then it turns out that this program does not interact with the required game (that is, it does not support).
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The 2014 Winter Olympic Games will begin very soon in Sochi. At the moment, the country's largest jewelry enterprise is in full swing manufacturing 1,300 Olympic medals, which will require about three kilograms of 999-carat gold, two tons of 960-carat silver and 700 kilograms of bronze.
In today's report we will find out how Olympic medals are made, why there is such a big difference in the amount of precious metals used and what “gold” medals are actually made of.
The production of Olympic medals is carried out by the Adamas company, one of the largest players in the Russian jewelry market. According to the company itself, it is the largest in Russia in terms of production volumes of jewelry made from precious metals. In addition, since 1994, Adamas has been developing a retail chain of the same name, which now includes about 200 jewelry stores throughout the country.
Here is a gold bar in the hands of an Adamas worker, June 28, 2013. Gold of 999.9 purity is considered “pure”; this is precisely the purity of gold that is found in bars. (Photo by Sergei Karpukhin | Reuters):
The diameter of the Olympic medal is 10 cm, thickness is 10 mm. Olympic gold weighs 531 grams, silver - 525 grams, bronze - 460 grams.
Working with a silver medal at the Adamas factory, June 28, 2013. (Photo by Sergei Karpukhin | Reuters):
It takes 18 hours to make one medal. Manufacturing accuracy is up to 0.001 mm. (Photo by Sergei Karpukhin | Reuters):
It will take about three kilograms of 999 gold, two tons of 960 silver and 700 kilograms of bronze to produce 1,300 Olympic medals. This big difference in the amount of precious metals used is due to the fact that "gold" medals are not actually gold, they are gold plated: they are made from silver and then plated with 6 grams of gold.
The technological process of manufacturing each Olympic medal consists of 25 operations. Most of them (about 20) involve the processing of a metal blank, and the remaining part of the operations is associated with the processing of polycarbonate, from which the insert in the form of a patchwork quilt is made - the main visual element of the Games design. (Photo by Sergei Karpukhin | Reuters):
Briefly, the whole process looks like this. The production of an Olympic medal begins with casting, rolling and cutting the workpiece, resulting in parallelepipeds made of silver or bronze measuring 12x12 cm and 12 mm thick. Then a round blank with a diameter of 10 cm is made from a parallelepiped on a lathe. (Photo by Sergei Karpukhin | Reuters):
Next, the workpiece is sent for milling, where patterns, symbols and names of disciplines are applied. Holes are also cut out in the medals into which polycarbonate inserts will be placed. After this, the medals are washed and polished. (Photo by Sergei Karpukhin | Reuters):
Ordinary toothbrushes showed their best side in the process of laundering medals. (Photo by Sergei Karpukhin | Reuters):
(Photo by Sergei Karpukhin | Reuters):
An important step in the production of Olympic medals is the insertion of polycarbonate elements, which are a piece of a “patchwork quilt”, into the metal part. They are joined due to high manufacturing precision - up to 0.001 mm. (Photo by Sergei Karpukhin | Reuters):
Making an award for the Paralympic Games takes 20 hours, i.e. 2 hours more. They are more difficult to produce because the medals need to be printed with Braille for visually impaired and blind athletes. (Photo by Sergei Karpukhin | Reuters):
Silver medal for women's freestyle skiing. Adamas Factory, June 28, 2013. (Photo by Sergei Karpukhin | Reuters):
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Probably many of you have seen photographs from the production of Olympic medals that have recently appeared on the internet. I saw them too, but despite the fact that the photographs were good, very little was said about their production and therefore I decided to look at everything with my own eyes and find out how it is done.
The Adamas jewelry factory invited me on a tour of the workshops where awards for competitions in the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games are made, and you will see an exclusive report about the dream of any professional athlete - Olympic medals.
2. The birth of a medal begins in the furnaces where bronze and silver are melted. The semi-continuous casting method is used to cast a thick sheet of metal. During the casting process, air pores may form in it, and to avoid this, the sheet of metal is rolled on a multi-ton rolling mill.
Next, medal blanks are produced from the rolled metal sheet - square plates, which are placed in an oven, where they are heated with a protective atmosphere to a temperature of 180 degrees Celsius and held for 2 hours in order to relieve internal stress in the future medal. It then cools slowly.
3. After cooling, the workpiece goes first to one lathe, where such a washer is cut, then to a second, higher precision, where the workpiece is turned. The diameter of the medal body after these operations is 100 mm, thickness 10 mm.
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6. After processing, it’s nice to look at these shiny round pieces.
7. Then the “washer” is placed in such a device and securely fixed in it, in order to
8. to make technological holes in the workpiece for fastening the medal body workpiece to the technological devices.
9. These are the neat holes.
10. The medal is then attached through these holes to this device. Pay attention to the inscription.
11. After which the device with the workpiece gets inside a precision CNC milling processing center, where the High Speed Milling method is used to apply patterns and symbols of the Olympics - the Olympic rings on the obverse of the medal
12. patterns, emblems of the Olympics and names of Olympic disciplines on the reverse.
13. Then, on the same machines, the official name of the Olympic Games is engraved in three languages on the edge and a pocket is milled for attaching the ribbon. Everything is as simple as shelling pears!
14. This is what the obverse of the Sochi Paralympic Games bronze medal looks like after the milling process is completed.
15. Then the medal goes into the bath of a precision wire-cutting electroerosive machine, where 4 windows for crystals are cut using the method of electrical erosion of metal. I already told you about this method in a post about the production of sniper rifles. I advise you to re-read it.
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17. Then the manufacturer’s mark is applied to the silver and gold medals, tested for compliance with 960 standard and branded by the state Assay Supervision Inspectorate.
18. After the holes for the crystals are cut (we'll talk about them below), the medal goes to a precision flat grinding machine, on which the master grinds the obverse and reverse of the medal body to give the required texture to the obverse and reverse of the medal.
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20. The grinding procedure is over, it’s time to take an ultrasonic bath to remove all dirt from the medal.
21. The next operation is drilling holes for attaching the pin that secures the tape and processing the edges of the holes, which are carried out by craftsmen manually using a needle file.
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23. I go into the next room to see what happens to the medal next, and there NTV presenter Kirill Kiknadze and a film crew are filming an episode of a program about Olympic medals.
24. In addition to journalists from NTV, there was a photographer from France-Presse, the largest French news agency. The photographer told me that the photographs he took would later be sold to other news agencies. And as you know, our photos from blogs are taken to entertainment resources for free.
25. I got distracted, okay, let's continue our excursion. After processing the edges, the medals are tumbling. A very interesting process. Here, in a vibrating drum filled with stainless steel fillers, the medal body undergoes the processing necessary to ensure its presentation.
26. Simply put, the body of the medal rubs against metal balls of different sizes in water and detergent.
27. These are the balls.
28. A device with medals falls under a stream of water from a tap. But that's not all!
29. After these tortures, the medal goes to a grinding machine, where the edge of the medal is pre-processed - preparing the surface for polishing.
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32. And after polishing the edge, the medal goes into a polishing machine, where gold chains, which are produced here at the Adamas factory, are usually polished.
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35. After polishing, the medal once again goes into an ultrasonic bath.
36. The last stage in the production of Olympic medals is assembly, connecting the metal part of the medal and crystals.
37. But before that, they must lie in the refrigerator at a temperature of -35 degrees so that the crystals can easily fit into the grooves cut into the medals.
38. And already at room temperature the crystal will expand and stand so firmly that it will be almost impossible to remove it from the medal.
39. After the medal is ready, it is packaged in polyethylene and placed in a safe.
40. Now I’ll tell you about crystals. They are cut from a polycarbonate sheet that is similar to plexiglass, but is much superior in its properties.
41. Its thickness is the same as that of the medal.
42. To cut polycarbonate crystals, the plant’s specialists selected a special cutter with a protective coating on the cutting edge.
43. Crystals of different sizes are cut out of a polycarbonate sheet on a CNC machine.
44. When cutting, polycarbonate is cooled with a stream of compressed air to reduce friction and deformation of the workpiece.
45. The result is a carved sheet like this.
46. Finished crystals.
47. All crystals will be laser-etched with a pattern similar to those engraved on the metal part of the medal.
48. To look at this process, let's take this piece of polycarbonate, go up to the third floor of the plant and go into the secret room through these doors.
49. Crystals will be processed on this equipment, which costs several tens of thousands of euros.
50. A program is entered into the computer and the desired pattern is set.
51. The laser applies a pattern exactly in the middle of the crystal.
52. Yellow thing – removal of combustion products during laser engraving.
53. This is what happens in the end.
54. It seems like we’ve looked at all the production processes, now let’s go to the finished product warehouse, look at some details and go to the place where the medals were designed.
55. These pins are installed in the edge of the medal and serve to secure the ribbon.
56. And these pins are manually installed on the obverse of the Paralympic medal and folded into the SOCHI2014 symbols in Braille.
57. This is the brain center of the plant where the medals were designed.
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59. Initially, in order to obtain the rights to produce medals, a competition was held among different companies. “Adamas” made the best version of the medal in accordance with the technical specifications of the Organizing Committee and won the competition. But the creation of a prototype of the medal was veiled under the plant’s anniversary, so that no one would guess about the true purpose of making the medal. It is easy to discern the features of the current award, which, of course, differs from the prototype.
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61. This is a gold medal, but you didn’t see it in the report because in fact it is silver!) That is, inside it is silver, and it is coated with gold in a galvanic bath (this stage is not in my report) and becomes heavier than the silver medal in total for 6 grams. Moreover, it is only a few microns thicker and cannot be seen with the naked eye.
62. A gold medal consists of, on average, 525 grams of 960 silver and 6 grams of 999 gold.
63. Silver medal - on average, 525 grams of 960 silver.
64. A bronze medal weighs, on average, 460 grams.
65. Paralympic medals are a little heavier: gold - 680 grams of 960 silver and 6 grams of 999 gold.
Notice the braille and that these medals do not have gaps like a regular Olympic medal would have where a large crystal would have been.
66. Silver Paralympic medal: average 680 grams of 960 silver
67. A bronze medal weighs, on average, 585 grams.
68. In total, at least 3 kg of 999 standard gold, about 2 tons of 960 standard silver and at least 700 kg of bronze will be used to make medals. In total, about 1,300 awards were made. 6,000 athletes in 7 Olympic sports will compete for 98 sets.
It takes approximately 20 hours to make one medal (the same amount of time it took me to prepare this material for the community).
69. The pattern applied to the awards using engraving is a mosaic of national patterns of the peoples of Russia.
Mezen, Rakul, Uftyuzh painting, Russian chintz patterns.
This is what a sketch of the design looks like when it is lasered onto the crystal.
70. Gzhel, Khokhloma, palekh, Zhostovo painting, designs of Pavlopasad shawls, Vologda lace, Yakut motifs and even patterns of Kubachi masters of Dagestan, almost everything is on these medals.
71. And these are versions of the Olympic medals, which remained sketches; on them you can see the silhouette of Russia framed by patterns or composed of them.
Medals from past Olympics. I especially remember the Turin and Vancouver ones, they were very original.
Just recently, graduating from school with a gold medal opened the door to any university for an applicant, giving him considerable benefits upon admission. Judge for yourself - the winner of the coveted award could enter any educational institution without competition. The most prestigious universities readily opened their doors to gold and gold medalists. But this also gave rise to rich soil for abuse, because it was very tempting to enter college without problems and exams. Now times have changed, benefits are a thing of the past and the gold medalist will have to participate in the entrance tests on a general basis. Why is a gold medal needed now, what does it give? Although it does not exempt its holder from having to take exams, it does give him priority for admission if several applicants score the same number of points. In addition, there are a considerable number of private universities, the management of which grants gold medalists the right to become students without any entrance exams. Another incentive to graduate from school with a gold medal can be the fact that city authorities very often reward graduates who distinguish themselves in this way with cash payments or valuable gifts. And, of course, we should not forget that such an award becomes a worthy reward for especially diligent students.
Conditions for receiving a gold medal at school
How to get a gold medal? A gold medal for graduating from school, or, more precisely, a medal “For special achievements in learning” is awarded to those students in grades 11 (12) who have semi-annual, annual and final grades of “five” (in Ukraine, respectively, “ten”, “ eleven", "twelve") in all subjects included in the curriculum, and who received the same marks at the state (final) certification. Students who are studying externally or who received excellent grades as a result of re-certification carried out to improve their scores cannot receive a gold medal. The decision to award a gold medal is made by the pedagogical council of a comprehensive educational institution, agreed with the local education authority and approved by order of the school director.
Thus, to become the rightful owner of the coveted award, you need to make a lot of effort. In fact, to receive only excellent grades in all subjects included in the school curriculum during two very difficult years of study (grades 10 and 11) is not at all easy. But if a student is firmly convinced of his desire to become a gold medalist, his path to this award should begin with a conversation with the school principal. Having declared his intentions, the future medalist has every chance of receiving additional support from the school administration in the form of necessary teaching aids, literature, 
consultations with teachers outside of school hours. An additional advantage in determining a candidate for a medal will also be the student’s active social life: participation in olympiads, conferences, competitions and even KVNs.
As can be seen from the above, obtaining the highest school award is a very labor-intensive task, requiring full dedication to the educational process for at least two years. The aspiration is, without a doubt, honorable, but does not bring significant benefits. That is why it would be much more advisable not to chase after a medal, but to focus your energy on adequate preparation for passing the unified state exam and entering a university.
The actual silver in a silver medal is about 92.5%, the remaining 7.5% is copper. And only the bronze award consists of bronze - an alloy of copper with zinc and tin (97% copper, 2.5% zinc and 0.5% tin).
One of the missions of the Games currently taking place in Rio de Janeiro is to attract the attention of the world community to environmental problems. Therefore, the medals contain metals obtained as a result of processing. The ribbons for the awards are made from recycled plastic bottles. Another feature of Brazilian medals is their weight. The weight of the highest award has grown to 500 grams - a record in the history of the Summer Games.
Olympic medals in Rio. Photo: www.globallookpress.com
How much do Olympic medals cost?
Based on the market value of the components, the cheapest award is expectedly a bronze medal. It costs only about 20 rubles (about 10 dollars).
The silver medal is made mainly of silver of at least 925 standard, and therefore its cost is about 450 rubles.
The gold medal is also mostly made of .925 silver or higher. Essentially, this is the same silver medal. The only difference is that 6 grams of pure gold (999 fine) is applied on top of it. The cost of a gold medal is about 1,600 rubles.
Why did they stop awarding medals made of pure gold, silver and bronze?
They refused to make Olympic awards directly from solid gold, silver and bronze for reasons of economy. If, for example, the highest award was made from pure precious metal, it would cost 22 thousand dollars. And if we take into account that 812 gold medals are awarded at the Rio Games, then the country would have to fork out as much as $17.8 million to produce them.
Full gold, silver and bronze medals were awarded at the Olympics only three times: in 1904 at the Games in St. Louis, America, in 1908 at the Games in London and in 1912 at the Games in Stockholm. True, these awards were awarded only to the winners in individual championships, and in appearance they were more like small coins.
Silver Olympic medals. Photo: RIA Novosti / Alexey Filippov
What are the requirements for Olympic medals?
There are requirements for Olympic medals not only in terms of metal composition, but also in size, design and fastening:
– the diameter of medals must be at least 60 mm, and the thickness must be at least 3 mm;
– each medal must have a fastening for a chain or ribbon;
– each medal must indicate the sport in which it is played;
– medal designs are developed by the country hosting the Olympic Games, but the International Olympic Committee (IOC) always has the final say.
What is depicted on the medals of the Summer Olympics in Rio?
The obverse of the medal depicts Nike, the winged goddess of victory in the mythology of Ancient Greece. It sits below the five Olympic rings, while the name of the discipline and the name of the medalist are engraved along the edge.
The other side of the coin bears the Rio 2016 logo. The award is presented with a case made from the Cordia Goelda tree, which grows only in South America.
What awards were given at the Olympics in Ancient Greece?
At the Olympics in Ancient Greece, the winner did not receive any awards other than a wreath of olive branches. They were awarded on the day of the end of the Games in the Temple of Zeus.
Olympic medals and case made of cordia goelda wood. Photo: www.globallookpress.com
What do athletes do with their medals?
Some athletes keep medals throughout their lives and pass them on to their descendants, while others sell them. Among the latter, the legendary American hockey player became famous Mark Wells, who managed to sell his gold from the 1980 Lake Placid Olympics for $310,700. He decided to sell the award due to the need to undergo treatment.