No more Counter Strike for me :) :(

[CHR15T05]

Well all my favorite servers have migrated to 1.6 which means STEAM is compulsory. I have chosen this time to stop playing CS as I was addicted anyway.

While it will be hard, it's better than installing Steam on my system and kissing my download/bandwidth limits goodbye.

Good bye Counter Strike.

 

[OceanAngel]

I aint played CS for a while, Whats Steam?

 

[Kokopelli]

I aint played CS for a while, Whats Steam?

AFAIK, Steam is Valve's new way of delivering patches and other stuff over the web. From what I've heard, it's more of a pain than it's worth. I never got into CS as it seemed the servers where filled with clanners or n00bs that stand there and watch you get gunned down before they decide to try and take out the player that just shot you.

 

[Ryder]

Steam was released at least a year before it was ready!
It works, but my friends said they wound up having to re-install it almost monthly when it first came out.
I don't play HL mods anymore either, 'cept occasionally at small LANs.

 

[Dark_Lite]

CS sucks anyhow. Steam is much better than WON. Didn't have any serious problems with it.

 

[Felron]

steam is great, i dont know what you have against it, it wont slow your pc down at all unless you leave it runing all day.

 

[Dracil]

No, I concur. CS sucks. So arcadey.

 

[Felron]

and saying CS sucks, WHAT ARE YOU THINKING its a great game.

You may not LIKE it, but i dont like Beyond Good And Evil, it doesn't mean its a bad game.

 

[Dracil]

Great game? LOL. If I wanna play unrealistic games, I'll go play something like UT. If I wanna play realistic games, I'll go play something like Infiltration. There's no room for wish-washy in-between stuff.

 

[RazorX]

Counter-Strike is a great game, but Steam has not been working very well for me so I've stopped playing for awhile.

 

[Dark_Lite]

I hate CS because it lacks fast-pacedness and bunnyhopping. I also hate it because of the round system. I can barely stand DoD's system of respawn, but it puts it far above CS with a 10 second respawn instead of a two-minute one.

 

[CHR15T05]

Dont get me wrong. I enjoyed CS once I got used to it (and got better at it) but I am using the cross over to steam as a good land mark at which to give it up.

CS really was far too adictive for me, and I have had loads of ex-players warn me of how it wasted so much of thier time and lives.

It's strange that it should even still be around and played my so many people. It's sooo old now! A few new models and textures can change the fact that it is simply OLD!!!!!

(Still, might get it again on Xbox when it's cheep lol)

 

[Felron]

There's no room for wish-washy in-between stuff.

Well there are millions of people who agree with me, and barley any who agree with you.

Even games i hate i can still say there awsome if it is a good game.

 

[Dracil]

Well there are millions of people who agree with me, and barley any who agree with you.

Even games i hate i can still say there awsome if it is a good game.

Argumentum ad Populum, aka the Bandwagon Fallacy.

In any case, I don't think it's a good game anyway. People thought chariots were awesome before they found out about cars too. Actually, let me rephrase that. It *used* to be a good game, before it got dumbed down to appeal to the masses.

 

[CHR15T05]

Once again I'll start by saying "I do like CS" but I truelly belive that it's global popularity is due MORE to it's ease of copying (especially for Cyber Cafe's) than the games excellence.

Let's face it... MILLIONS of people must have got hold of CS after a conversation like:
"Look at this game. It's quite good."
"Cool, can I have a copy?"
"Yeah sure, just dont use this serial number, use......"

Am I wrong? lol
(Not that I condone this. DOnt get me wrong. I dont! But it's a fact!)

 

[Dark_Lite]

CS is a free mod to DL. Half-Life is the one you don't want to be taking CD keys for...

 

[CHR15T05]

CS is a free mod to DL. Half-Life is the one you don't want to be taking CD keys for...

Yep, but whether you download the mod, or purchased the retail version, it's still HL at the back, even though I suspect many CS players have NEVER played HL.
Eitherway, it's easy to copy.
Even the download NEEDS HL (is that what you were saying anyway?)

 

[MiccyNarc]

www.redorchestramod.com
^^ least arcadey game there is...a mod for UT2k3 (the irony is killing me )

I'm addicted to it, and you don't need steam. Of course, there aren't nearly as many people on this as there are on CS, but still, it's a lot of fun.

 

[Felron]

looks alot like call of duty, If i had UT i would dl'd that, but i dont.

 

[CHR15T05]

www.redorchestramod.com
^^ least arcadey game there is...a mod for UT2k3 (the irony is killing me )

I'm addicted to it, and you don't need steam. Of course, there aren't nearly as many people on this as there are on CS, but still, it's a lot of fun.

Woooohhhooooaaaaaaa, that looks AWSOME!!!!!
Think I'll be downloading that.

I was playing UT2003 last night in a frantic game of CTF and was thinking it was almost a shame. The graphics in UT2003 are STUNNING and the level design is exellent. It all runs sooooo smooth and fast even on older machines BUT......
The game play is sooooo fast you get no time to appreciate any of that LOL.
Still I was thinking as I looked at a certain pattern of shadows moments before I died... If I were to do a MOD.... id use the UT2003 engine..... or maybe UT2004