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Post by dikei »

Buttons840 wrote: post #16

An interesting thing I learned about CS is that the guns have a consistent pattern to their bullet spread. When you fire an entire clip with automatic fire, the bullets are not laser accurate of course, some bullets go left, some right, etc. Well, the pattern by which the bullets are off is consistent. The second bullet always goes right, the third always goes left, etc. This means if you practice enough you can lear…

> I don't know if anyone is actually that good

All pro-gamers train everyday to build this spray pattern countering movement into muscle memory. Of course, some are better than others.

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I have played CS since the first day of the first beta version in 1999. Was also a semi pro and stopped when I went to uni.

CS2 is the best CS so far. Much better than CSGO. They nailed all the important stuff and minor stuff will get fixed. Just got a new laptop and started grinding CS2 while waiting to start my new job.

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user_named wrote: post #22

I have played CS since the first day of the first beta version in 1999. Was also a semi pro and stopped when I went to uni. CS2 is the best CS so far. Much better than CSGO. They nailed all the important stuff and minor stuff will get fixed. Just got a new laptop and started grinding CS2 while waiting to start my new job.

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Post by roxil »

dcchambers wrote: post #15

From a game preservation standpoint, I am always a bit sad to see these major relaunches which "overwrite" older games instead of existing alongside them. You can never go back and play the 'original' CS:GO now. That said the changes seem awesome for CS players. I could never get into it, the twitchy FPS gameplay just isn't for me, but it looks fun.

I backed up all the old files minutes before the update went through. Pretty sure it can be played on LAN wit some tinkering, so also online with hamachi/gameranger/zero tier/radmin VPN.

But yea, the old matchmaking is gone now. It does make some sense to scrap it, so the player base doesn't get split, but an option to play 'legacy csgo' would be nice.

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Post by roxil »

user_named wrote: post #22

I have played CS since the first day of the first beta version in 1999. Was also a semi pro and stopped when I went to uni. CS2 is the best CS so far. Much better than CSGO. They nailed all the important stuff and minor stuff will get fixed. Just got a new laptop and started grinding CS2 while waiting to start my new job.

Important stuff like chickens getting grilled, when you throw a Molotov cocktail on them.

The new water looks good too.

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Post by Schinken_ »

roxil wrote: post #24
dcchambers wrote: post #15

From a game preservation standpoint, I am always a bit sad to see these major relaunches which "overwrite" older games instead of existing alongside them. You can never go back and play the 'original' CS:GO now. That said the changes seem awesome for CS players. I could never get into it, the twitchy FPS gameplay just isn't for me, but it looks fun.

I backed up all the old files minutes before the update went through. Pretty sure it can be played on LAN wit some tinkering, so also online with hamachi/gameranger/zero tier/radmin VPN. But yea, the old matchmaking is gone now. It does make some sense to scrap it, so the player base doesn't get split, but an option to play 'legacy csgo' would be nice.

You can probably even rollout your own matchmaking for csgo. People did it for dota 2. There are older modified dots 2 versions out there where people have setup custom matchmaking servers (iirc)

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Post by sznio »

Buttons840 wrote: post #16

An interesting thing I learned about CS is that the guns have a consistent pattern to their bullet spread. When you fire an entire clip with automatic fire, the bullets are not laser accurate of course, some bullets go left, some right, etc. Well, the pattern by which the bullets are off is consistent. The second bullet always goes right, the third always goes left, etc. This means if you practice enough you can lear…

>This means if you practice enough you can learn to move your mouse just right to compensate and land every bullet exactly where you want... at least in theory, but I don't know if anyone is actually that good.

Pro players are that good. I'd say that the top 50% of players have a grasp on it at least for the first few shots. It's not exact though, there's still some random spread.

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Post by thrnfnfnrrn »

I really miss the old CS Source community server scene. Especially in the UK, there were university servers, old man servers, clan servers, all sorts. You'd join more for the banter over voice Comms than the game itself.

99% of the matchmade servers I join is people shouting at each other in Russian. It's so lonely I don't really enjoy playing anymore.

Where did everyone go?

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