Posted: 9/13/2007 1:20:58 PM EDT
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I haven't played shooters online since Rainbow Six and a little of Americas Army. After visiting a friend and seeing Counter Strike: Source, I decided I'd go buy it. Looks bad ass....have yet to play it personally. I have a few questions......... 1) How does one find servers and are they free? 2) I haven't played any of it yet, but it looks exclusively like an online game. How does one learn the ropes prior to joining an online game? 3) Other games have mods out the ying yang. Will it be difficult to find games online where my stock version of the game is all I need? 4) I know the purists like using a keyboard to run their games. I always felt a controller is a lot easier. If keyboards were better, why don't people play XBOX 360 with wireless keyboards? Regardless, the lil fella at Circuit City felt that the range of commands in CS were more than the available buttons on most controllers. Thoughts? 5) Should I expect to get mopped for a while before I start laying waste to everyone I see...or are there servers for noobs as well? 6) What do I need to know to maximum my fun? Tips? Any additional suggestions or thoughts are welcomed...thanks. |
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Its completely online, unless you want to play against bots. Its setup for a keyboard and mouse. You are going to get raped for a bit, especially when someone does the stupid bunny hopping thing and headshots you from across the board. Don't even attempt any real world room clearing tactics as you can on R6. None of that applies in the CS world. Once you get the game, its free. Just some of the servers are password protected. |
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It is old but still cool. If you have :source you will have 2 or 3 single player games that play with bots so you can polish up before going online never tried it with a controller/ mouse and keyboard all the way for me don't believe it would be possible to use controlleer exclusively haxxor-shite ruins some servers you will die many times online before mastering this game it has been around so long that there are folks who can play it with no more thought than breathing. I started playing it when it was a free download mod for HL. have fun |
Theyre free, use steam to find them
You learn by playing.
It's getting harder, but shouldnt be too bad.
Up to you.
Until you get the hang of it, you will get owned.
Just play the damn game.
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Mmmmm k...I'm prepared for the ubber dorks that take it waaaay too seriously. |
Good! First thing first..  its a blast.. have fun. and don't take it too seriously. |
That actually reminded me of some of the retards online when I played RB6. Hilarious! |
Look for some videos of CAL and other pro league players. If you didn't know better you would say they cheat. They certainly aren't the norm and get kicked off servers a lot too because they ruin everyones fun. Just think, one day you could be so bad ass that people think you cheat.
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good point don't assume just because somebody you never see is "headshoting" you before you can move, that they are haxxors there are folks who have been playing so long that they are simply unbelievably good at the game |
I got really good at it... But then I got a life.
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Ok that was kind of funny until the whole school massacre thing 
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Feel free to come onto my server anytime. Counter Strike Source 100 TICK IP is 8.9.36.104:27015 Your will get your ass whooped on untill you get the hang of it. We try to keep hackers off our server so if someone is hacking they get banned. But dont assume somone is hacking because they are really good. There are people who do this every spare chance they get |
PR is good, but there isnt enough people on the servers. Other recommendations are Americas Army Special Forces (free, but steep learning curve), and Battlefield 2 +special forces expansion. Both are great games. |
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Thanks for the invite...I'll look up your server. |
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Ok...just played for a bit to see what the deal is. Two questions: 1) Why do some guys start the game with better weapons than others? I think my default weapon is a USP...while other guys start with M4's and such. 2) I can't seem to locate any "bot" mode or single player mode to practice without joining a live server. Anyone know where I find this? ETA: I got smoked big time, but I did kill a few guys as well. Not bad. |
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If you try to play this game with a controller you wont ever do very well, and will probably end up hating it. A controller does not give you the control that a mouse does. In CS, headshots are super important. It basically boils down to who can move the mouse to the correct pixel fast enough. Yes, i said pixel. |
Refresh servers button. They are all free.
You don't, really. Make sure you have the controls configured to your liking and perhaps create a server of your own to get a feel for the game. You don't sound like your ready to set up your own bot server yet, so I won't suggest that.
...Uh, no. There's only a few thousand CS servers.
1.) No gamepad. 2.) Microsoft doesn't offer a keyboard with the 360. If they did, I'd be the first to throw my wireless controllers into a fire and piss on them for it.
Expect asskicking. Just not you doing it. |
Go to configuration, go to keyboard, and look at the keyboard functions. Find "drop weapon" and make it whatever key you want. So, if you want, say "G" to drop your weapon, just do that.
Aim for the head. |
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Hey, I decided not to play after I watched this video: uk.youtube.com/watch?v=4jd9Rtb6SnI&mode=related&search= There are too many people who have hundreds, if not thousands of hours playing CS. Kevin "They scare me." ETA: Found the full length movie: files.filefront.com/Hard+Clan+Die+Hard/;4192663;/fileinfo.html It's the headshots through the walls that frighten me. |
You needed to watch that video to decide not to play? The Counter-Strike community makes Halo 2 on XBL seem like a civilized place. I quit playing around 2002. |
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I got too good at that game so I haven't played it for about 4 months now...(for many reasons) One of my favorites is to try making things more 'sporting' for me by taking the Steyr Scout and Glock 9mm and go for headshots only... Or sometimes just a knife, handgun, and flashbangs/grenades... If I'm going All-Out I'm a big fan of the M-4 and 50 D.Eagle... I just wish they'd make a M1911A1 handgun for the game!!!! Stealth/silence is the key to winning many matches. Also... There's just something funny about a 12Ga blasting you in the back of the head by a little 12 year old girl and hearing her giggle over her voice connection as you watch her 'terrorist' ass run away... |
