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NatsuTerran
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States364 Posts
October 23 2008 13:13 GMT
#21
I was really hoping Shadowrun piled on the popularity. But it being released slightly before Halo 3 cut its lifespan severely. Shadowrun has no auto aim, even on the 360 version (from what I've noticed). Plus it has "perks" similar to Cod4, except you have to buy them and your guns ala CS.
BisuBuild
Profile Joined September 2008
Sweden36 Posts
October 23 2008 13:16 GMT
#22
iccup has about 30 pub servers.......?
http://cs.iccup.com/
1.6 yes

and generally it doesnt take long to find pcws etc, i wouldnt say cs is dying in any sence

On October 23 2008 21:45 Hawk wrote:
PLay source, it's better

and LOOOOL to you sir
Piy
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
Scotland3152 Posts
October 23 2008 13:35 GMT
#23
1.6 is still really popular, loads of servers and loads of tournies. Probably only slightly less popular than css.
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-orb-
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
United States5770 Posts
October 23 2008 13:40 GMT
#24
CS is not dying, it's alive and well. The pro scene is bigger than the source one if I'm not mistaken.

Still, you should get into sc because you won't magically be good at sc2, a lot of the fundamentals will be similar and you will be a lot better from the get go if you get good at brood war first
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Highways
Profile Joined July 2005
Australia6103 Posts
October 23 2008 13:58 GMT
#25
Battlefield 2 FTW
#1 Terran hater
thunk
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States6233 Posts
October 23 2008 14:15 GMT
#26
On October 23 2008 20:02 Jizz wrote:
Yeah but im not willing to practice for 12 hours a day, join a team, get sponsors, join a league etc. etc.
Theres a decline in the pub servers (i think GA has 4 left or something), pug IRC servers are going down also and a server wont be populated to 10+ players at any one time.

At least in Australia anyways.


I know all the really good players pay like $6 a month to play on some of the better servers. They are, of course, really well moderated at all times, because you have to pay to play.
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Juanpe
Profile Joined May 2008
Uruguay283 Posts
October 23 2008 14:27 GMT
#27
On October 23 2008 22:06 riptide wrote:
Over here in Sri Lanka, CS 1.6 is still the biggest multiplayer FPS game. Nobody plays source, possibly because it needs computers with better specs.


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TimeShifter
Profile Joined October 2008
Singapore235 Posts
October 23 2008 14:33 GMT
#28
maybe other valve fps games are getting in the way?(team fortress 2, half life 2 deathmatch, portal. etc?
strawberries~
Jaeden
Profile Joined September 2008
Romania1489 Posts
October 23 2008 14:45 GMT
#29
well...I`m sure there were more that played cs 2-3 years ago.
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Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Laos5494 Posts
October 23 2008 15:06 GMT
#30
On October 23 2008 20:10 H_ wrote:
I dunno, I play on AU/NZ servers all the time. The servers are usually near full when I'm around. Dunno about the scrims though because I scrim against american teams (fuck 250 ping yo).

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H
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
New Zealand6138 Posts
October 23 2008 15:11 GMT
#31
On October 24 2008 00:06 SayaSP wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 23 2008 20:10 H_ wrote:
I dunno, I play on AU/NZ servers all the time. The servers are usually near full when I'm around. Dunno about the scrims though because I scrim against american teams (fuck 250 ping yo).

"When I press my ptt key I warp"


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GHOSTCLAW
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States17042 Posts
October 23 2008 15:44 GMT
#32
switching to cs:s seems like the easy answer if you just want to play a quality fps. The other answer is of course to play sc. The community might become split, but since this site at least is a foreign progaming site, it seems likely that we will follow whatever the proscene does. (and hopefully that won't fall apart too badly ><)
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MeriaDoKk
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
Chile1726 Posts
October 23 2008 15:54 GMT
#33
CS 1.6 is really popular here, there is a TON of steam and no-steam servers. (We all know the reason behind that)
D00dles
Profile Joined June 2008
Cambodia217 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-10-23 16:02:29
October 23 2008 16:00 GMT
#34
On October 23 2008 19:54 H_ wrote:
Are you kidding? CS is still wildly popular. The pro scene is populated, the tournaments still happen. CS:S is only slightly more popular. Shit, just look at this, it's all the proof you need.

[image loading]


Your 1.6 buddies are.. not well-informed.

http://store.steampowered.com/stats/

Hell, go look at Gotfrag's "prize money" section, there's still hundreds of thousands of dollars worldwide being poured into the game.


Steam bugged the stats so that's only the USA's 1.6 stats whilst that's pretty much source being played over the world..

CS might be dying but source is dying just as quickly if not more so.

Before steam decided to take the stats part down and then bug it... it was like CS 1.6 current players playing 300,000 whilst for source it was like 60,000.

Then steam took 1.6 off the stats page then bugged it.
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Tensai176
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
Canada2061 Posts
October 23 2008 16:00 GMT
#35
On October 23 2008 20:24 Jizz wrote:
The Koreans play a game called "Sudden attack". (that name probably sounds badass in korean

Has anyone tried that out?


I think people just call it "sudden" over there. Nothing very bad ass about it... Though it is pretty fun.
We see things they'll never see
sqwert
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
United States781 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-10-23 16:39:47
October 23 2008 16:38 GMT
#36
cs will never die. its too fun. they still have it in wcg.
if everythings coming your way, youre in the wrong lane. sAviOr 4evar!
zer0das
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States8519 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-10-23 16:54:17
October 23 2008 16:51 GMT
#37
On October 24 2008 01:00 D00dles wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 23 2008 19:54 H_ wrote:
Are you kidding? CS is still wildly popular. The pro scene is populated, the tournaments still happen. CS:S is only slightly more popular. Shit, just look at this, it's all the proof you need.

[image loading]


Your 1.6 buddies are.. not well-informed.

http://store.steampowered.com/stats/

Hell, go look at Gotfrag's "prize money" section, there's still hundreds of thousands of dollars worldwide being poured into the game.


Steam bugged the stats so that's only the USA's 1.6 stats whilst that's pretty much source being played over the world..

CS might be dying but source is dying just as quickly if not more so.

Before steam decided to take the stats part down and then bug it... it was like CS 1.6 current players playing 300,000 whilst for source it was like 60,000.

Then steam took 1.6 off the stats page then bugged it.


Uh... I used to play Source ages ago, and I'd like to know what makes you think it is bugged now? For as long as I can remember CS 1.6 was at like 100-120k, while Source was around 30-40k tops, and that was like 3 years ago.

Anyways the rate of adoption of Source has certainly been slow. I'm kind of surprised it has come so far, because when I was playing no one wanted to move over.
Roogle
Profile Joined September 2008
United Kingdom7 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-10-23 17:06:09
October 23 2008 17:03 GMT
#38
1.6 and Source are still 'popular' (popular being as far as what people play other than WoW) in the UK, but the competitive scene here has always been a shambles. Clans form and fold like every week because the scene is so fucking emo, and the few competitive teams that are LAN worthy here just don't practice as much as our European counterparts to actually do well.
LaLuSh
Profile Blog Joined April 2003
Sweden2358 Posts
October 23 2008 17:15 GMT
#39
No way that there are more ppl playing source than CS 1.6.

Well, maybe in the U.S. But not in Europe.

Can't really tell if CS 1.6 is dying personally, since it's immensely popular in Sweden and has always been...
Mazer
Profile Joined April 2008
Canada1086 Posts
October 23 2008 17:25 GMT
#40
1.6 still has more big tournaments than Source and both are far from dead.. Myself, I'm more a fan of CS:S since I hardly played the original game and there was no transition to Source for me. Playing 1.6 now feels really weird, I bet it's the same way for 1.6 vets trying out Source and I think this is where the whole rift b/w CS versions started.

Source does have some flaws that should have been looked at by now but I think overall it is suitable as a 1.6 replacement since it is a lot more visually appealing while maintaining a lot of the same gameplay. I repeat though, Source is not a perfect game but saying 1.6 is would be a lie (although 1.6 is probably slightly more suitable for professional play). In the end, the guy who is able to get the accurate shot off faster will get more kills and the team that can run strats better will win more rounds.

I'm gonna say the difference between SC2 and SC will be much more profound than the CS differences though (at least as of now). MBS, unlimited unit selection, automine, smart AI (lings that surround a target intelligently), etc really take away from a lot of the competitive features that made SC such a good e-sport since they're automating the game.

But then again, a game like C&C 3 has some decent money tournaments so there's no telling how SC2 will turn out in that sense

To the OP: I'm sure SC skills will be highly transferable so I'd stick with it for now.
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