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Faruko
Chile34173 Posts
On March 16 2014 22:20 WindWolf wrote: Hats sells! And if we can support e-sports in the process it's awesome! Valve (L), they single handedly brought CSGO back from the dead, between weapon paints, GOTV, a much better matchmaking system and big tournaments, CSGO its bigger than ever... i mean, 150k players peak ? are you kidding me ? this game had like less than 10-15k a year ago or so | ||
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Makro
France16890 Posts
On March 16 2014 22:25 Faruko wrote: Valve (L), they single handendly bought CSGO back from the dead, between weapon paints, GOTV, a much better matchmaking system and big tournaments, CSGO its bigger than ever... i mean, 150k players peak ? are you kidding me ? this game had like less than 10-15k a year ago or so and they are doing very well with dota too, gabe newell's mind is beyond the human understanding | ||
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Numy
South Africa35471 Posts
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mycro
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NovaMB
Germany9534 Posts
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Godwrath
Spain10139 Posts
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Omnishroud
1073 Posts
On March 16 2014 22:27 mycro wrote: wow did he say 180k? o_O Just on official twitch streams. I think there are language restreams and GOTV not included too. | ||
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teapoted
United Kingdom24425 Posts
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Kipsate
Netherlands45349 Posts
Anyway hoping for VP to pull through. | ||
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Qbek
Poland12923 Posts
On March 16 2014 22:29 Kipsate wrote: So how did CSGO get so big all of a sudden?I know crowdfunding and such are nice for the people already playing the game but I don't understand where all the viewer numbers or players come from because unless they changed something about the game CSGO has a super high learning curve. Anyway hoping for VP to pull through. Everybody has played some cs at some point, they managed to reach all those people with 250k$ well produced tournaments | ||
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teapoted
United Kingdom24425 Posts
On March 16 2014 22:29 Kipsate wrote: http://steamgraph.net/index.php?action=graph&appid=10q240q730&from=0So how did CSGO get so big all of a sudden?I know crowdfunding and such are nice for the people already playing the game but I don't understand where all the viewer numbers or players come from because unless they changed something about the game CSGO has a super high learning curve. Anyway hoping for VP to pull through. That big jump from 40-90k was DHW. It is definitely the tournaments. | ||
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Numy
South Africa35471 Posts
On March 16 2014 22:29 Kipsate wrote: So how did CSGO get so big all of a sudden?I know crowdfunding and such are nice for the people already playing the game but I don't understand where all the viewer numbers or players come from because unless they changed something about the game CSGO has a super high learning curve. Anyway hoping for VP to pull through. The learning curve is well a learning curve lol. Sure it's super hard at the top level but low level you don't actually need to know much. | ||
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SilverStar
Sweden18511 Posts
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Kipsate
Netherlands45349 Posts
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AlternativeEgo
Sweden17309 Posts
On March 16 2014 22:29 Kipsate wrote: So how did CSGO get so big all of a sudden?I know crowdfunding and such are nice for the people already playing the game but I don't understand where all the viewer numbers or players come from because unless they changed something about the game CSGO has a super high learning curve. Anyway hoping for VP to pull through. I'm also surprised as it got a lot of shit when it came out. No 1.6 player wanted to switch and it was said to be still born. They must have been working hard on it. | ||
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Yurie
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WindWolf
Sweden11767 Posts
On March 16 2014 22:25 Faruko wrote: Valve (L), they single handedly brought CSGO back from the dead, between weapon paints, GOTV, a much better matchmaking system and big tournaments, CSGO its bigger than ever... i mean, 150k players peak ? are you kidding me ? this game had like less than 10-15k a year ago or so They are already considering maps for the next operation. Which means that this game won't stop growing! | ||
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XaCez
Sweden6991 Posts
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Aeromi
France14461 Posts
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Omnishroud
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