I'm glad it's going strong, then, I really thought it was going to fail but it looks like they went very carefully about adding things in the game.
[quote]In beautiful graphics we can see here the wave-form of player count numbers (no, that’s not player[B] heat[/B] rates after discovering weapon drops) between the dates of June and November 2013. The red line is Global Offensive, yellow and [B]red[/B] designate Counter-Strike 1.6 and Counter-Strike Source respectively.[/quote]
Two mistakes in the first few sentences. Whoever wrote this article needed to slow the hell down :v:
[QUOTE=Bragdras;43019110]I'm glad it's going strong, then, I really thought it was going to fail but it looks like they went very carefully about adding things in the game.[/QUOTE]
Accepting a set of changes is much easier when they are for the better
That sentence alone pretty much sums up CS:GO as a whole. Glad they tried and succeeded
CS:GO seemed dead a while back and just full of Russians and Danish people I can't understand. Is it better nowadays then?
[QUOTE=benbb;43020430]CS:GO seemed dead a while back and just full of Russians and Danish people I can't understand. Is it better nowadays then?[/QUOTE]
It still is good.
[quote=the article]I think what we’re looking at here, ladies and gentlemen, is pretty conclusive proof that the weapon monetisation tactic was a resounding success.[/quote]
Pretty shitty journalism right here folks. That spike in November is [I]actually[/I] because of DreamHack 2013 going on. It's still got another day to go tomorrow.
CS:GO actually hit a peak of 75K+ players today due to DreamHack: [url]http://steamdb.info/graph/730/[/url]
If we [I]were[/I] actually talking about just the impact of Arms Deal, then PCGN is several months late on that front anyways.
[editline]29th November 2013[/editline]
[quote=the article's TITLE]Counter Strike[B]r[/B][/quote]
RIP 1.6 elitists
Pretty sure it was also due to the fact that it was 4 dollars today, but I guess it's this too.
I hope the next counter-strike is more akin to CS 1.6
[QUOTE=HAKKAR!!!;43024717]I hope the next counter-strike is more akin to CS 1.6[/QUOTE]
waaah waaaah i want my op deagle back, change is bad :(
[editline]30th November 2013[/editline]
just play source if you're that anal about csgo really
[QUOTE=NitronikALT;43019137]Accepting a set of changes is much easier when they are for the better
[/QUOTE]
I just got it. Hopefully I don't regularly hear stuff like "You will never experience the real CS:GO".
Funniest thing is i quit after that update, skins ruin games like this.
[QUOTE=Kirrimir;43024868]Funniest thing is i quit after that update, skins ruin games like this.[/QUOTE]
They are just cosmetic though? Where do they destroy the gameplay?
[QUOTE=Kirrimir;43024868]Funniest thing is i quit after that update, skins ruin games like this.[/QUOTE]
you mean they ruin it by changing nothing about the game mechanically?
It's just aesthetic change
[QUOTE=mysteryman;43024891]you mean they ruin it by changing nothing about the game mechanically?
It's just aesthetic change[/QUOTE]
It's very distracting for me, i've always hated it in cs. Then again i quite like it in dota. I just don't think cs is the right game for things like this.
Doesn't this also mean that we have to store umpteen novelty textures on our drives?
[QUOTE=Heroku;43024844]waaah waaaah i want my op deagle back, change is bad :(
[editline]30th November 2013[/editline]
just play source if you're that anal about csgo really[/QUOTE]
you got me, the only reason i like 1.6 the most is because the deagle is OP, you're amazing dude, how do you do it
[QUOTE=HAKKAR!!!;43025037]you got me, the only reason i like 1.6 the most is because the deagle is OP, you're amazing dude, how do you do it[/QUOTE]
spot-on speculation is my secret
[QUOTE=Kirrimir;43024919]It's very distracting for me, i've always hated it in cs. Then again i quite like it in dota. I just don't think cs is the right game for things like this.[/QUOTE]
Your argument is very, very weak. Additionally your problem is easily solvable.
[QUOTE=Barbarian887;43024952]Doesn't this also mean that we have to store umpteen novelty textures on our drives?[/QUOTE]
They are only added by Valve. They're not like, custom.
And the average novelty texture is about.. two MB?
I've been playing CS:GO since the beta and I have to agree that it's a lot more fun now since the arms deal. The items provide an incentive to play more.
[QUOTE=mysteryman;43025044]Your argument is very, very weak. Additionally your problem is easily solvable.[/QUOTE]
wtf are you talking about, my "argument"
I'm stating my opinion not trying to convince others to agree with it.
[QUOTE=mysteryman;43024891]you mean they ruin it by changing nothing about the game mechanically?
It's just aesthetic change[/QUOTE]
Look at what the hat economy did to TF2, while in gameplay they're purely cosmetic, they made a pretty drastic change to the community.
And in the case of CSGO's skins they also completely shafted modding which used to be a big deal in CS games.
Played 7 competitive games last night. Not a single fucking drop.
cs go is the best online game ever
[editline]30th November 2013[/editline]
[QUOTE=Aide;43025761]Played 7 competitive games last night. Not a single fucking drop.[/QUOTE]
have you hit your weekly drop limit? it's 4 drops per week
i never understood 1.6 elitists. from my point of view, the differences between 1.6 and source are negligible
[QUOTE=HAKKAR!!!;43024717]I hope the next counter-strike is more akin to CS 1.6[/QUOTE]
Heres an idea:
Play 1.6
[QUOTE=Harry3;43026291]Heres an idea:
Play 1.6[/QUOTE]
Let's be honest though, CS:GO is much more similiar to CS 1.6 than CS:S ever was
Only thing I dearly miss is almost complete lack of wallbanging
I'll stay away from it as long as I have to pay money for a game with microtransactions in it
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