ESL Drops CS 1.6 as Main Title

Welp.

wow

this just means cs:go better get its shit together and become a great game real quick... or else cs in all forms is gonna dwindle into nothing


cs:go has one thing going for it, a big corporation actually getting input from very long time loyal fans of the game, that alone gives me hope that this game will eventually reach the same standards its predecessor set all those years ago

Not surprised really... we'll all have to push GO to be something truly great.

ESWC will be picking up CS:GO

#3

My guess is, it will be pretty close to what we want within a year of it's release.

#3
Exactly this. While 1.6 players or Source players might not like it at the moment, everyone needs to be involved in it's development (in terms of submitting feedback, etc) so CS doesn't die.

Basically this is what I see happening.

Players drop 1.6 and Source for GO to make its entrance on the competitive circuit, everyone leaves 1.6 and Source for GO, GO fails in under a year and everyone quits Counter-Strike completely because the migration to GO destroyed the 1.6 and Source communities.

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#8

The only way CS:GO fails is if we want it to.

#8
http://i.imgur.com/6Ab2q.gif

Edit: Seriously, I think that GO can be ok if people take it for what it is. Would love to get my hands on a beta key just to see what we're up against here.

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#8 There's no way.

The game is already currently better than source in it's beta stage. They've got a lot of tweaking and changes to make as well as adding new features.

I have complete faith in GO. They're doing a great job. When it's all polished up I'm sure it will shine and be successful.

#9 Want has very little to do with it, I WANT GO to succeed but does me wanting it to make it a good game or viable as a competitive Counter-Strike title?

No.

#11 To each their own I guess.

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CS:GO will be big

#10

We have quite a ways to go. But, hearing Chet speak about the beta gave me more hope.

Here's to hoping CS:GO keeps improving.

Think about it, GO needs a better gfx card than source already so that means it has many years to attract the future of new hardware by current big sponsors. im so excited for 360 release to, i hate watching my friends play cod D:

CSS community seems to be okay with a transition, and I'm sure CSGO will at the very least make it as an ESL pro series title. I really don't know what to think of IEM right now. I think it will stay solely a SC & LoL event because it seems that those games work great for them, drawing in amazing spectator numbers.

Dota 2 has the international which I don't think they will want to compete with. What I'm really hoping for (as unlikely as it is) is that valve will announce an event similar to the international for CSGO or perhaps expand that event to include CSGO. Valve is currently selling spectator seats for the tourney and they maybe exploring the business opportunities in leagues. Overall they seem to have taking a great interest in esports all together over the past year. I really hope that interest goes beyond just making games!

nickerfoo where's big nick hiding

and give me a beta key and lets start a 2v2 league

big gulps

Here's to CSP becoming big!

CS:GO

#21

lol I was a part of the CS ProMod beta testers and boy was that a waste of time. I feel bad for all the people that put so much time and effort into it just to never see it come to life.

CS:GO IS THE FUTURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

#9

correct.

cs:go better not fucking flop

#25

Weren't you my medic a pug like two years ago? KRITZ ME BRO I'M TAKING THIS CAP

fuck this sucks cause cs go blows a big dick

#29

#29

#30

Then don't play it.


But I'm willing to bet you will be playing it.

#31 i will be i played shitty source

its okay CPL is coming back

Props to ESL for supporting the game as long as they did.

cs go better be good till august

An increased shot for CS:GO. The future is now.

Prediction:

CS:GO blows dick. People leave CS competitively and maybe play ESEA pugs w/ 1.6 and/or go play DotA 2 instead.

I don't think CSGO will ever be big as 1.6

csgo is terrible

#39

cs:Go reminds me of what they attempted to do with css for CGS lollol

CS 1.6 > CS:GO

#38



as long as people are still playing 1.6 at esea, i dont see any necessary reason to make the switch.

#6

Somebody with sense on ESEA? I don't believe this, please leave, you truth speaker.

People love to grasp the concept that the game is currently bad and believe that it will always be bad.

#41

And it worked very well until DTV dropped CGS.

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#44 neg... 2 seasons of various games doesn't count as a "win" in my book.

not to mention this time around the game they made is the sister to css just how condition zero was the sister to counter strike 1.6.

now will esea disband cs once this new crappy game comes out for release to forcefully make their clients hop on board or will cs turn into a smaller community when they dont want to competitively play css:go

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AND THEN THERE WAS ONE!

kane has big things planned for ese and 1.6 dnt worry nerds

#9 No, it's already fail. Like I have said before you know nothing about counter-strike john snow.

#45 There was more money in those years of CGS for CSS than there ever was for 1.6. You act like you're an allstar, yet your highest exp is im. You think 1.6 players won't switch because you think the game is bad. They are only into 1.6 because there are bigger purses for 1.6 than Source.

Also I fail to see how it is the sister game for Source, why because the graphics aren't 2D? Or because you can't shoot through walls like they're cardboard?

#48
You know far less.
http://news.esea.net/users/190797?tab=hi...

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call of duty is the future, sorry.