additionally, if relevant, i’m running wayland and not x11

lutris-GE-Proton8-7.

However I am using an AMD card, so I can’t compare those settings to yours

I have it installed through Lutris in the same way you have, running on Arch instead but that should make no difference really. I don’t have those problems at the moment.

Perhaps your setting within Lutris are not right? Which version of proton are you running?

Wayland. I’ve had no issues, but then I don’t play CS:GO. However I’ve played Cyberpunk on ultra with no issues, for example.

A very simple, almost stock setup of Arch + KDE.

I work in the games industry. So it would be pretty surprising if there were a “social cutoff” in my circle.

I’ve met people who think playing games is weird for an adult, but then they don’t question watching TV or YouTube videos for hours. People who judge you based on where you find your entertainment tend not to be fun to be around.