EPTIs CS dead? - Page 2
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NatsuTerran
United States364 Posts
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BisuBuild
Sweden36 Posts
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 | ||
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Piy
Scotland3152 Posts
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-orb-
United States5770 Posts
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
Australia6119 Posts
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thunk
United States6233 Posts
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
Uruguay283 Posts
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. Idem in Uruguay, Argentina and Chile... | ||
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TimeShifter
Singapore235 Posts
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Jaeden
Romania1489 Posts
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SayaSP
Laos5494 Posts
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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H
New Zealand6138 Posts
Warping into B to plant the bomb and headshot some fools whatup | ||
GHOSTCLAW
United States17042 Posts
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MeriaDoKk
Chile1726 Posts
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D00dles
Cambodia217 Posts
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]](http://www.vulomedia.com/images/58127aliveandwell.jpg) 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
Canada2061 Posts
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. | ||
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sqwert
United States781 Posts
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zer0das
United States8519 Posts
On October 24 2008 01:00 D00dles wrote: 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. | ||
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Roogle
United Kingdom7 Posts
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LaLuSh
Sweden2358 Posts
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... | ||
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Mazer
Canada1086 Posts
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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