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Boonoo said:
Basically the same. It's the same layout, but the whole level was made bigger to accommodate for 32v32 player games.
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Basically the same. It's the same layout, but the whole level was made bigger to accommodate for 32v32 player games.
If anyone wants to see what CS is really like: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjomOkJxims
Skip to 3 minutes and they start explaining the basics of scrimmages/matches. It's such a good game if you play it this way.
edit: lol @ volunteer announcers
Skip to 3 minutes and they start explaining the basics of scrimmages/matches. It's such a good game if you play it this way.
edit: lol @ volunteer announcers
Javaman said:
It works well but you can't talk to living players while you are dead. It's really important to be able to tell your team how you died, how many people you saw/heard, etc so Ventrilo is important.
edit: I'm mostly talking about during scrimmages. If you just want to play in a public server then in-game voice is fine.
Leunam said:
It's has the best competitive scene I've ever been involved in. The only thing I can think of that would beat it is Starcraft.
ClovingWestbrook
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There are a few new games coming
Medal of Honor Pacific Assault complete, Samorost 2, Stalker Call of Pripyat, and Commandos: Strike Force, and one more that many of you might be interested in- Freespace 2
Medal of Honor Pacific Assault complete, Samorost 2, Stalker Call of Pripyat, and Commandos: Strike Force, and one more that many of you might be interested in- Freespace 2
ClovingWestbrook
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TheOneGuy said:
No, it just says Samorost 2
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LovingSteam said:There are a few new games coming
Medal of Honor Pacific Assault complete, Samofrost 2, Stalker Call of Pripyat, and Commandos: Strike Force, and one more that many of you might be interested in- Freespace 2
Hell yes I love Pacific Assault.
kpeezy said:
Seems like that would easily lead to massive cheating since you can fly around and tell your teammates exactly where the enemies are hiding.
LovingSteam said:There are a few new games coming
Medal of Honor Pacific Assault complete, Samorost 2, Stalker Call of Pripyat, and Commandos: Strike Force, and one more that many of you might be interested in- Freespace 2
Awesome! Hopefully you'll be able to mod it with the excellent SCP stuff.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FreeSpace_2_Source_Code_Project
Any word on the first one?
prodystopian
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I downloaded Torchlght a few days ago, and just got a laptop today. 2 questions about Steam/Torchlight:
1. For Steam, is there any way to be logged in to two places at once (one account). I would prefer not to have to get kicked off on my PC just because I sign in on my laptop.
2. I remember talk of Steam supporting saves to their servers. Is this possible with Torchlight, or am I going to have to send my save file to myself?
1. For Steam, is there any way to be logged in to two places at once (one account). I would prefer not to have to get kicked off on my PC just because I sign in on my laptop.
2. I remember talk of Steam supporting saves to their servers. Is this possible with Torchlight, or am I going to have to send my save file to myself?
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Javaman said:
My bro and I used to have our PCs set up side by side and we were playing on this one server once on the same team and when one of us would die the spectator screen would black out so we couldn't no clip around the map to find the remaining enemies. It said something along the lines of detecting that we were playing on the same IP.
Psy-Phi
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Riot Shields. They're not in Source. Some of the maps aren't in CS:S yet either or so I've read. But I NEVER played CS until Source so I don't know for sure if that's old info.Leunam said:
To me it seems more like the people familiar with CS don't want to get used to the new visual style, GPU hungry (by comparison) and ever so slightly different physics of CS:S.
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prodystopian said:
Set your secondary machine to offline mode and you'll be able to play on both machines without getting lohhed out. .
crimsonheadGCN said:
It's so different. Cars, random barrels that fuck you up on long, angles are different, you can pick mid/cat easier, b doors are switched, better angle from lower b to cat, easier to pick window, flashing over walls that couldn't before (long a doors). Smoking double doors from Tspawn (makes no sense). Also, don't forget about the useful palm tree.
If any of you guys were wanting to pick up Battlefield 2 complete but missed the steam deal D2D has it today for $15. I'm not sure about the state of the patches though.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=381331
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=381331
BuddhaRockstar
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I bought CSS awhile ago but it's so hard to get into. I can't speak for everyone but for the most part the community was horrible, almost as bad as XBL in terms of racist kids and that sort of thing. I still play every now and then but just be warned the learning curve for this game is a vertical line.
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prodystopian said:
There's a very easy way to share Torchlight saves, and saves for other games, between PCs, using Dropbox and Link Shell Extension. Here's how.
I can vouch for CSS vanilla being a rough game to get into, but some of the mods and party servers are fun to play around with. TF2 is a better game for that sort of thing, though.
jaundicejuice
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With CSS you're not just facing the learning curve of Source but also the original iteration of Counter-Strike since the most played maps in Source are the most played maps from CS1.6(and earlier). You're playing against people that have been playing that game for years and years.
Given that Counter-Strike is one of the most widely played Source mods, you're going to encounter all types, just find a good server to play and learn on.
Given that Counter-Strike is one of the most widely played Source mods, you're going to encounter all types, just find a good server to play and learn on.
With CSS, I enjoy playing on the Pantless clan servers. There are usually some mods floating around to ban suspicious players, and its a pub so its a good starting point. If you restrict the server list to dust2 and sort by how many players you should see it some way down, max of 36 players I think. Note the pantless servers do not allow awps or semi auto snipers so they are good to learn on.
If you want to become better at AWP or sniping in general there is the titties and beer server, but be prepared to be thoroughly beaten if you arent good.
If you want to become better at AWP or sniping in general there is the titties and beer server, but be prepared to be thoroughly beaten if you arent good.
prodystopian
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brain_stew said:
Peronthious said:
Thanks! It would be awesome if this were built into Steam (whether it is Valve or Runic's decision, I don't know), especially for a game like Torchlight that I could play on a PC and laptop.
YESSSSSSSSSS @ Freespace 2. So buying that day one when it's released.LovingSteam said:There are a few new games coming
Medal of Honor Pacific Assault complete, Samorost 2, Stalker Call of Pripyat, and Commandos: Strike Force, and one more that many of you might be interested in- Freespace 2
I wanted to get the GOG version for awhile, but i'd prefer to get it on steam. Since it make my game list bigger.:lol
You'll do fine if you just join random servers. Just watch what the other plays are doing while you are dead and copy them.Dunlop said:I think I'll pass on CS, I have never played any CounterStrike whatsoever. The audience is probably beyond hardcore at this point and I will just get reamed
If you want to get raped at CSS, join these servers:
65.60.52.146:27015
65.60.52.150:27015
They are the only servers (that I know of) that are full of competitive players pubbing between scrims.
add jchill2 to steam friends. I'll be playing most of the day tomorrow.
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TheOneGuy said:
Oh please I played with randoms in CSS and then went back to CS1.6 with randoms. If you have something of a spine you will eventually get the hang of the game, even with randoms.
PS - Surf servers are fucking sweet.
I'm not sure 1.6 has anything to do with Source so I don't why you're bringing it up. Literally every single time I've played on a random CS:S server I've been ridiculed for not knowing how to play the game.Stallion Free said:
Fact.
Random servers are a shitty, shitty, shitty way to get into CS:S.
Fact.
Conclusion, the only way to get into the game is to play with a bunch friends.
crimsonheadGCN
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I'm so glad that I bought Altitude before the sale ends tomorrow. It's such a good and addictive game.
About CSS and joining random servers: I personally never had any problems with the people on random servers even when I returned after a year and needed to relearn the whole game. People have been generally nice. Only problems I've ever had was when I joined my friends and got onto a clan server where the admins didn't like players disconnecting from the server and rejoining it to clear up the scores.
About CSS and joining random servers: I personally never had any problems with the people on random servers even when I returned after a year and needed to relearn the whole game. People have been generally nice. Only problems I've ever had was when I joined my friends and got onto a clan server where the admins didn't like players disconnecting from the server and rejoining it to clear up the scores.
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TheOneGuy said:
What I'm trying to say is that I went back to an even more difficult to get into game afterwards. I rarely get ridiculed when playing and I'm never got very good. I got pretty hooked on CS:S back in the day and I played with randoms exclusively. You guys are building up CS:S up waaaayyy too much. If you can get into TF2 you can get into CS:S.
I'll give you that.Orellio said:
I'm not building anything up. I've had nothing but absolutely shitty experiences with the game except on two occasions, once when I was lanning with some friends, and once when I played on the GAF server a couple years back. I suppose it's possible the community has grown up recently but that's not a chance I'm going to take when there are other vastly superior games on the market already.Stallion Free said:
And shitty experiences does not mean I sucked so bad I felt useless and hated it. It means the people are a bunch of dickwads and ruin the experience for me.
EDIT: Also, the time that I lanned, we played on a public server and I was ridiculed. I just didn't care because I was playing with my friends and chowin' down pizza and we all trolled the server in retaliation until they shut up or kicked us.
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TheOneGuy said:
How do you handle the being on the internet? Of course there are "dickwads" in CSS, but it's not hard to ignore them.
The skill gap in Source's public play is very low. The game is very easy considering the hitboxes are bigger, the recoil is very low, and the gameplay is just slower period. I would dare say the game is far less aim based compared to 1.6. Sure you aim, but the amount of precision you put forth while taking in the account of the recoil isn't that intense. I wouldn't be that turned off from either game. The only way you get better at a game is to keep playing it.
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TheOneGuy said:
How am I being dense? You can't take some people making fun of your CSS skills.
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Jesus. CSS sounds terrifying. Is it ... dare I say it ... fun?
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