i do love source and i imagine i'll play go but i truly miss de_rats on 1.6 more than anything else

not sure how anyone can play source..

I guess they could make the Galil, Famas or any new gun just as good as the M4 or AK but it would be hard for me to see that happening. I watched several pros scrim against each other and they seemed to be using the typical M4, AK, AWP, deagle weapons that you see in 1.6 and source. They also used a few of the new weapons but I'm guessing that was just for show (it was streamed live). Forgot to mention that the "usage" I am talking about is in competitive play. Casual play (in pubs or whatever) doesn't really matter when it comes to weapon dynamics cause the server can just ban a weapon if they want.

I will admit though that the galil and famas are great options for getting early mid picks on season, tuscan, inferno and d2 etc on the second round.

played css comp right before i got into poker. had a lot of fun with source, looking forward to this.

During my first semester in college, I was able to get exempted in my programming class. Then I experienced my first taste of competitive Counter Strike. From that time on till I graduated, I struggled to pass every class. LOL. This game is just Legendary! It's series deserves to live on and oust MW3 and BF3

The beta will be active for all current key holders starting Wed November 30th

GOGOGO! Anyone have a key here? I would love to strike a deal with you so I can play a few games and make a few commentaries for my YT channel. Watched the live stream a few weeks ago with ksharp, volanco and co. I was very unimpressed with a few aspects of the game (from the looks of it, gun control looks very awkward compared to 1.6 and source)...I want to see what they have done with it!

Edit: Also, I had the pleasure of watching a COD player make a CSS commentary, and I was absolutely amazed that he had been playing COD for several years. Very basic ideas such as not aiming at the ground when moving, pre-aiming and strafe peeking/jump peeking was completely foreign to this guy. Just goes to show the skill level required to be "good" at COD. My favorite part of the commentary is when he buys a famas and tries to run forward while going full auto. He wonders afterward why he doesn't kill the guy across the map.

beta is live

i put in my beta key only to find out that the mac client is not ready for beta. reason #123182342901 to not have a mac

http://www.twitch.tv/whisenhunt
http://www.twitch.tv/steamcast
http://www.twitch.tv/steel_tv

Just a couple streams currently running.

http://www.own3d.tv/live/152092/FnaticMSI_Matt

I'll pay someone to allow me access to the beta for a few days. Would be greatly appreciated!

I have a Diablo 3 beta account in case you were interested in playing that (possibly exchange for a few days, weekend or week).

Nice question italianfx..."is this f2p?" LOL

Yeah I asked if it was going to be f2p. hahaha

I like trying new games for cheap.

I'm starting to pick up on it now that I'm watching. It kind of doesn't make sense to me other than trying to headshot everyone. Are there ever breaks in the game or is it just constant playing with new people filling in whenever there is an opening?

The beta will be available to everyone at some point prior to the release of the game, so you will get a chance to play it if you want to try it out. After that it will be like buying BF3 or COD:55, once you buy it you can play it for as long as you like without paying additional costs (you won't even have to pay for map packs!).

I'm not sure how to answer the "breaks" question of yours. There are different levels of play when it comes to CS. Casual play, which is similar to CoD/BF, and competitive play, where you play on teams of 5 (with people you know) against another team of 5 (who know each other as well). Since competitive CS is a pretty small scene, you also know each other more often than not. What you are probably going to be interested in is the casual type play (initially at least) where you can join a game whenever you want, take a break whenever you want, or rage quit in the middle of a game. Since this is the beta, you really don't see everything the game has to offer. In fact this beta was targeted towards the competitive scene of CS, that is why all you see is 5v5 action. There are also other available settings that may be included later such as gun game and larger team games (10v10 for example)...and those will be probably available once everyone has access to the beta. The 10v10 and gun game modes are definitely fun and add something different for people who don't take CS seriously.

One shot to the head is a kill.