Counter-Strike: Source Beta Pre-Loading to Cyber Cafés
Posted by malebolgia on 10 August 2004 - 05:16 · 28 comments & 1306 views
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#1 Posted by alanp on 10 Aug 2004 - 05:27
QUOTE ATI Fulfillment Coupon holders
oooh, is this the HL2 cd-key that came with my 9600XT?-
#1.3 Posted by Lingwo on 10 Aug 2004 - 14:21
- I only thought it was for the cyber cafe program and CS:CZ owners. Its cool though cause i actually have an ATI coupon!
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#2 Posted by divertom15 on 10 Aug 2004 - 05:43
- why cant we all have it at the same time
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#3 Posted by Djmutik1013 on 10 Aug 2004 - 05:51
- Divertom you are totally correct
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#4 Posted by IcEr5K on 10 Aug 2004 - 06:05
- They want to make it limited so people would want it more.
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#5 Posted by Evil Dragon on 10 Aug 2004 - 06:26
- Later this month? How vague can you get?
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#5.1 Posted by Xero on 10 Aug 2004 - 06:33
- I agree man lol, but I doubt it will be very long. Prob a couple days a week at the most.
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#6 Posted by kairon on 10 Aug 2004 - 07:07
- Nice. Would buy a CZ key just for this but seeing as how it only comes with one map and will shortly be replaced by the final retail version that comes with HL2 its really not worth it....I just got HL Platinum so I know CS: Source will be good
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#7 Posted by Oneill on 10 Aug 2004 - 08:18
- Im getting sick of valve, they could have let us voucher owners preload it at the same time as Cafe owners so we dont have to wait when they finally open it up to us.
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#7.1 Posted by Varsity on 10 Aug 2004 - 14:51
- This is Valve's way of giving those who legally entered their Cyber Cafe program a thank you. The beta is a privelige, not a right.
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#7.2 Posted by Oneill on 10 Aug 2004 - 15:51
- Im not asking to play it the same time as the Cyber Cafes?
I have the HL2 voucher and all i want is to be able able to precache it for when it actually comes out, rather than waiting till its released for us and spending next week trying to download it due to steam being bogged down.........
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#8 Posted by sloppycode on 10 Aug 2004 - 08:20
- let's have a torrent then, cyber cafe owners
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#9 Posted by Synapse` on 10 Aug 2004 - 09:15
- I wish I knew someone who owned a cyber café
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#9.1 Posted by mohennessey on 10 Aug 2004 - 10:51
- i know two.
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#10 Posted by SoLiD_MasteR on 10 Aug 2004 - 10:18
- cool finally !!
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#11 Posted by antareus on 10 Aug 2004 - 11:19
- Ahhh, so cute of Valve. They sit on their ass for two years and develop the "ultimate content distribution system" then don't even use it to artificially inflate demand. Not only that, they reward people for buying what is a cheap spin-off (CZ).
CS's glory days have passed, anyway...everyone I know regards it as bottom of the barrel, basic twitch gameplay with little variation and depth. I always held that opinion of it; the skill ceiling is much too low. -
#11.1 Posted by icdover on 10 Aug 2004 - 12:24
- You must be playing on pubs too much if you think the skill ceiling is too low. And as for calling it twitch gameplay, what exactly would Unreal Tournament be then? Super Twitch?
Sorry but CS is far from being a displaced game. -
#11.2 Posted by Erich on 10 Aug 2004 - 13:31
- CS was a twitch game with that "twitch skill" being required back when 2 or less ak shots killed you. Now that it takes 6 ak47 shots to the chest, it's just like every other shooter. The Rainbow 6 series would be better if their netcode didn't blow.
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#12 Posted by sloppycode on 10 Aug 2004 - 17:01
- over 500,000 people are playing CS right now.
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#13 Posted by angrybrit on 11 Aug 2004 - 05:33
- People still go to Cyber-cafés?
No one goes to Cyber-cafés anymore. They wen't out of style years ago. And they were in style for a very short while.
Pre-loading of the Counter-Strike: Source beta to cyber cafés begins today. On Wednesday, this first phase of the beta will open and the game will be playable at all cyber cafes that subscribe to the Valve Cyber Café Program. Later this month, the beta will be extended to owners of Counter-Strike™: Condition Zero™ and ATI Fulfillment Coupon holders.
This beta serves as a compatibility test of the Source engine as we near the completion of development on Half-Life 2 and Counter-Strike: Source. During this limited-time beta, issues can be reported using the in-game bug-reporting tool. In addition any crashes will automatically generate a report back to Valve’s bug database. We thank everyone for their participation, and we hope Half-Life 2 and Counter-Strike: Source live up to your expectations.
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