Michael Jackson Peek

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Michael Jackson Peek is a humorous name given to a bug in the 2023 video game Counter-Strike 2 which involves a player model tilting sideways while its feet remain in place in way visually reminiscent of Michael Jackson's trademark "anti-gravity lean." Discovered soon following the game's release by a Reddit user, the bug was successfully replicated and briefly went viral in the community in mid-October 2023 before getting fixed.

Origin

On October 10th, 2023, Redditor^[1] thekappa27 posted a Counter-Strike 2 clip in which a player on the opposing team peeks from the corner in an unusual, improper way, their body tilting while their feet are attached to one spot. The upload, titled "Michael Jackson Peek" and originally made by an unknown TikTok user, received over 12,700 upvotes in the /r/GlobalOffensive subreddit in two days.

Sprea

Later on October 10th, 2023, the clip was posted to X several times. A repost^[2] by user @fREQUENCYCS gained over 8,100 reposts and 75,000 likes two days (shown below). Another repost by @ESLCS gained over 3,400 reposts and 28,100 likes on X^[3] in the same period.

On October 11th, Redditor T1ckbase shared a cfg (configuration) file for Counter-Strike 2 that allowed users to easily replicate the bug. The post also included a video demonstration of Michael Jackson Peek and received over 6,000 upvotes in /r/GlobalOffensive^[4] in one day (shown below).

In mid-October 2023, the bug saw viral spread in the Counter-Strike community as it became a subject of viral videos, memes and discussions. On October 11th, the official X / Twitter^[5] account for Counter-Strike referenced the viral bug in its banner (shown below, left and right).

On October 12th, 2023, Valve released an update^[6]^[7] to Counter-Strike 2 that removed the bug.