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Wallach · (11-30-2013, 12:14 PM)

Originally Posted by questionmark

Dreamhack has been pretty great so far. Many close games.

It's been pretty awesome. I've really missed watching competitive CS.

Complexity's win over the Dragons was so good. Felt a bit bad for Reason losing to the Dragons in the way they did on Nuke.

Should be a really great last day judging by yesterday's games.

CoolS · (11-30-2013, 03:13 PM)

Watching NIP vs Very Games right now, I was wondering: Do all pro gamers play in 4:3? Or did I see that wrong? And what i the advantage of that?

CountAntonius · (11-30-2013, 03:29 PM)

Originally Posted by CoolS

Watching NIP vs Very Games right now, I was wondering: Do all pro gamers play in 4:3? Or did I see that wrong? And what i the advantage of that?

I think for the most part they are used to it. Have been playing in that aspect ratio for many years.

Wallach · (11-30-2013, 04:49 PM)

Can't believe VG wasted winning the first pistols on Nuke on T side on a totally ruined round 2... that could cost them so much.

Prelithe · (11-30-2013, 06:46 PM)

Originally Posted by En Ex

Absolutely. $0.99 is the cheapest the passes will ever be. Plus, part of the money goes to the mapmakers.

You'll get enough drops to pay the pass back anyway.

Funny thing is, I've played for about 4 hours and haven't got a single drop :( It's sad because at the end of almost every round, someone else is getting a drop.

KingKong · (11-30-2013, 07:42 PM)

man this semi is sad. Looks like they've really upped the drop rate though, like 200 per round. still nothing for me :(

Fnatic in the finals for GO and Dota 2 though, nice

CountAntonius · 07:56 PM

Yep I've had twitch open and linked to steam since the very first game. Haven't missed a single one and have yet to get a single drop.

Sad to see Complexity getting spanked but I've been rooting for NiP. They have done so much for CS it's only right they win the first big tournament.

Holy shit CS:GO just hit 94k Concurrent players on steam. Wow.

FreddieQuell · (11-30-2013, 08:03 PM)

Don't forget to boot up csgo to check for drops. For some reason I thought I would get notified through steam, but it actually doesn't give you any notification.

Only got some trash dualies though

Heavy's Sandvich · (11-30-2013, 08:05 PM)

I got 3 drops.

CountAntonius · 08:34 PM

Booted cs go. No drops. damn you volvo.

ksan · (11-30-2013, 09:33 PM)

got 2 drops, way more than i expected, but an auto sniper and a nova aint close to my brother's $500+ dota 2 tourney drop... =(

im kinda dissapointed that the finals are between nip and fnatic, im a huge nip fan, but i think nip vs vg would have been a way more hype finals than semis

elite09 · (11-30-2013, 11:30 PM)

I've just bought the game on sale, it's great. I've been playing CS since the 0.7 beta, and this feels like a completely new game. Well done Valve.

KingKong · (11-30-2013, 11:44 PM)

Awesome map, that double kill outside B when it was 14-14 was clutch

Letters · (11-30-2013, 11:46 PM)

Got 2 Grand final drops. The boxes are going for $8 each, same as the ones from early matches since there's no diferentiation. Guess I'm opening them.

CountAntonius · (11-30-2013, 11:47 PM)

Cmon NIP don't lose!

Also still no drops for me. What the hell. I haven't missed a single match since dreamhack began.

CoolS · (11-30-2013, 11:51 PM)

Originally Posted by Letters

Got 2 Grand final drops. The boxes are going for $8 each, same as the ones from early matches since there's no diferentiation. Guess I'm opening them.

I stil don't get how the drops work. Do I have to be ingame while wathcing?

CountAntonius · (11-30-2013, 11:52 PM)

Originally Posted by CoolS

I stil don't get how the drops work. Do I have to be ingame while wathcing?

Either watching in game or through twitch with an account linked to your steam.

Letters · (11-30-2013, 11:53 PM)

Originally Posted by CoolS

I stil don't get how the drops work. Do I have to be ingame while wathcing?

I just left the twitch stream runing at home. While checking my steam inventory just now for something unrelated I noticed the two new souvenir boxes in the csgo section.

KingKong · (12-01-2013, 12:26 AM)

wow what a great half. so many good rounds with people clutching 1v2s

KingKong · (12-01-2013, 12:28 AM)

these casters are awful though. So much "if they win this, theyll win the map", so much talking about the dust2 comeback, they keep calling rounds or maps like 30 seconds in

vazel · (12-01-2013, 12:43 AM)

I thought I got a drop but it was a Bioshock Infinite Booster Pack.

KingKong · (12-01-2013, 01:03 AM)

btw if you want a souvenir weapon, you can get a bunch for less than a buck http://steamcompanion.com/index.php?...price&sort=ASC

I'm kind of disappointed that the new drops are just mostly old skins on different weapons

CountAntonius · 01:35 AM

Damnit NIP =(

Also got two drops finally but one doesn't show up in my steam inventory?

ksan · (12-01-2013, 01:38 AM)

nip disband pls

KingKong · (12-01-2013, 01:41 AM)

wow Fnatic just rolled them on train, really wasnt expecting that. crazy that NiP would have probably won if they just had 1 more round as CT on dust2

CountAntonius · (12-01-2013, 01:45 AM)

Originally Posted by KingKong

wow Fnatic just rolled them on train, really wasnt expecting that. crazy that NiP would have probably won if they just had 1 more round as CT on dust2

Yeah. NiP man to dominate for so long and lose the big one. Must really suck.

Neutrality · (12-01-2013, 05:57 PM)

12 minute ques.
This is crazy.

ksan · (12-01-2013, 11:36 PM)

there are really no words how bad the official servers are in this game, did we time travel back to 2001?

Marauder Shields · (12-02-2013, 11:25 AM)

God I suck at this game.

I put the D in K/D.

TheSeks · (12-02-2013, 04:25 PM)

Originally Posted by Marauder Shields

God I suck at this game.

I put the D in K/D.

That's why I play offline with bots. ;)

Someone explain the item drop system they introduced. It's not in the console versions (obviously) so it's a new thing coming to the PC version.

It's not like TF2?

CoolS · (12-02-2013, 05:03 PM)

Originally Posted by TheSeks

That's why I play offline with bots. ;)

Someone explain the item drop system they introduced. It's not in the console versions (obviously) so it's a new thing coming to the PC version.

It's not like TF2?

At the end of every round there is a chance for random drops. Cases which can contain even rarer weapon skins also drop. You need to buy key to open them though.

SpankmasterC · (12-02-2013, 05:09 PM)

Originally Posted by TheSeks

That's why I play offline with bots. ;)

Someone explain the item drop system they introduced. It's not in the console versions (obviously) so it's a new thing coming to the PC version.

It's not like TF2?

Yeah it's like TF2: skins and cases drop until you reach the weekly limit, you can open the cases with keys, you can sell them, same as the weaponskins, most rare/valuable stuff is only in the cases with low percentage of finding them. Biggest difference is that it's (still) more limited than TF2: not hundreds of cases but a handful and no new guns or outfits/stuff, just skins

Edit: ah yeah, they only drop at the end of the match though.

CoolS · (12-02-2013, 05:55 PM)

btw. was there a change about seeing the health of other players after you died? Seems I can only see the health of the player that killed me if I also hit him. Is that intentional?

bs000 · (12-02-2013, 10:03 PM)

Damn, Dreamhack cases are up to $18. I sold mine too soon. :<

elite09 · (12-03-2013, 06:16 PM)

My first competitive match

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfile.../?id=200368701

Sadly on of the guys from the other team left before the match ended. Very happy with the game, i'm really enjoying it. They nailed it with the guns they feel so much better compared with Source.

Snakethesniper · (12-03-2013, 06:21 PM)

Bought the game when it was on sale a few days ago, is there any guide or else I should read/watch/whatever to learn the basics? Like the shooting, I saw there are some guides to learn how to stutter-step, spray,burst, etc..

elite09 · 09:18 PM

Originally Posted by Snakethesniper

Bought the game when it was on sale a few days ago, is there any guide or else I should read/watch/whatever to learn the basics? Like the shooting, I saw there are some guides to learn how to stutter-step, spray,burst, etc..

Well, i'm no pro but first improve your movement skills, i'd say is as important as knowing how to shoot well. Here you have a tutorial about how to sidestep while shooting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCtal_f8nJI

Once you know how to move well, chose a few weapons (a pistol, a submachine gun, a pair of rifles) and try to get better with them. There are plenty of tutorials for each weapon on youtube from pro players.

Add me to steam if you want to play some matches and we can improve together :P (Steam id : cebri101)

edit: some footage i recorded earlier during my first competitive match https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6953UlDVCY :D

TheSeks · (Today, 06:34 AM)

Why did they changed the behavior of hostage from "lead" to "carry?"

It's kinda jarring coming from the console version and I'm not sure of a logical change in terms of balance/gameplay that needed it.

I wouldn't mind an option of having both, honestly. Leading the hostages was intense because the terrorists could murder them in cold blood to stop you.

CountAntonius · (Today, 06:52 AM)

Originally Posted by TheSeks

Why did they changed the behavior of hostage from "lead" to "carry?"

It's kinda jarring coming from the console version and I'm not sure of a logical change in terms of balance/gameplay that needed it.

I wouldn't mind an option of having both, honestly. Leading the hostages was intense because the terrorists could murder them in cold blood to stop you.

Because the hostage ai was incredibly stupid and would often get stuck which lead most people to not bother and turned the mode into deathmatch. At least now it's pretty much one flag ctf.

En Ex · (Today, 08:25 AM)

Originally Posted by TheSeks

Why did they changed the behavior of hostage from "lead" to "carry?"

It's kinda jarring coming from the console version and I'm not sure of a logical change in terms of balance/gameplay that needed it.

I wouldn't mind an option of having both, honestly. Leading the hostages was intense because the terrorists could murder them in cold blood to stop you.

In addition to what Count said, the CTs could rescue two hostages, murder the other two, and win the round.

It was broken, and needed fixing. Valve's solution works.

Uriah · (Today, 10:01 AM)

I hate ranking up :[