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CS1.6 Revisited

Welp, they got it working, and it's pretty damn cool. First of all, I love the fact that you can run it at 1280x1024 now, so I'm running it at the same resolution and color depth as my desktop, allowing seamless alt+tabbing. The new guns are so-so. The galil is a lot like the AK47, except it holds a few more bullets, and it seems to be more powerful. I haven't really compared them though. The FAMAS is okay, somebody referred to it as a "super glock", because it has regular fire and burst-mode like a glock. Except it's an automatic rifle. Lots of people praise it, but I would take the M4A1 over the FAMAS any day. The biggest and most game-changing addition would be the riot shield. It really changes the way a lot of CTs play now, and rushing is a much more common strategy. Many a time I saw about three or four ct's with shields up rushing toward me, and I was pretty much helpless. I see guys with shields, I run away. There's no point at shooting at them when their shields are up, but nades on the other hand... heh heh heh.

Anyway, Steam is still really buggy. Steam crashes a lot on me, but once they get it working correctly, I'm pretty sure I'll keep it running all the time. The "friends" function looks like it will be really cool, even though it's not working as of yet. I'm kind of afraid that they'll start charging for the online play of CS, though. They changed all of the weapon names to the CS retail weapon names, which kind of makes me thing that there's something up their sleeve. They didn't need to worry about the weapon names before, because the game was free (the HL modification, not the CS retail). But, why the sudden change in weapon names? What are you trying to protect yourself from? Something is really fishy. If they start charging for CS... well, I'll probably pay for it. But I'll be pissed about it, and I'll bitch every time I play it. And then some. And if I ever see somebody hacking on a game that I'm paying for, I swear I'll file a lawsuit or something. Hey, it could work. Somebody sued Origin a long time ago because Ultima Online was too laggy. I think I could sue over lack of security on a game that I have to pay for.

Before I get carried away, though... the optimism in me says that they'll never start charging for just CS, and they probably changed the names of the weapons so people that don't own HL or CS can just download CS off of Steam and play it. I hope.

Listening to: Children of Bodom - Needled 24/7