I'm really getting depressed over Counterstrike

[TrogL]

I love the game. I'm just no damn good at it and I don't know why.

I've got good reactions times IRL. I know the maps. I've got a fairly fast machine and good response times. If I'm with a really strong team against weak opponents I can survive a few rounds.

Mostly though, I just get spawned, walk about three steps and get pwned.

I hate all the new maps because they're so dark. I can't see a damn thing and it takes me three rounds to afford night vision.

[TrogL]

1. I don't get it

I turned my gamma up a bit on my video card, went to a different server and suddenly I kicked ass. I survived five rounds in a row, killed a bunch of people, planted the bomb without getting pwned.

I'm so confused.

[SlackJawedYokel]

2. Try setting up your comp differently.

For many people frame rate is king.
Lower your resolution and the bells and whistles.
"Fairly fast" will become blazingly fast.
Try setting your mouse speed so that you only have to barely flick it to move.
This takes some getting used to.
Other than that, I think the gamma setting solved your vision problem.
The only might be to figure out the tactical points of the map... what makes for good cover, etc., do you tend to get killed in certain spots or by players from certain spots, etc.

Good luck.

Cletus

[TrogL]

3. Typical CS session

We're on one of the "dust" maps, can't remember which one (actually, I think I'm mixing two of them). I like to play terrorist.

We respawn. I have to rebuy to I get helmet and kevlar, 50 cal pistol if I'm broke otherwise the auto-rifle with scope, maybe an HE nade if I think i've got time. One in a blue moon I'll get pwned while buying by somebody shooting through the tunnel with an AWP.

I prefer to go to bombsite A because we can run down the back lane without getting pwned and just have to be careful crossing in front of the big tunnel and working our way down that, but I often get pwned by a sniper blowing my feet off.

If the gang decides to go the "B" route, we all jump over the wall and pile into the T-shaped room. The CT's are all camped at the ends of the tunnel and pick us off one by one with AWP's. There's only one way in so there's no time to aim and shoot - they've already got a headshot.

If we go through the narrow tunnel at the beginning, they've got somebody parked at the bottom of the hill, and somebody else parked in the "B" T-tunnel. The only way to go is around the corner to the "A" site and get into a gun battle with the campers hiding behind the wall while the snipers in the B-T tunnel pick us off from behind and other CT's come in from our respawn spot and we're trapped in the middle. I've gotten a few kills by crouching behind the stairs and picking them off coming around the corner but they quickly get wise to that and toss a nade in my lap.

I know part of the problem is my teammates refuse to get organized and we're up against clans. Problem is, I never get good enough to get invited into a clan and most of them are homophobic 14-year-olds.

Between that and the h4x0rs running auto-aim, wall-hack and speed-bot it can be a frustrating day.

I've tried some of the NOOB servers but they're becoming few and far between and infested with idiots and non-noobs.

I've considered setting up my own, but I don't really have the horsepower to do it properly and I can't afford the power to have the thing up all the time. I hate the bots.

[AZCat]

5. As a long-time LAN-gamer...

I can honestly say that I can't hack online play. I only have dial-up right now anyway so it's a moot point, but years of LAN play with people I know has spoiled me. It's a far more intimate experience than the frustrating struggle with smacktards both on and off your team.

Is there any way you could get hooked up with a LAN party group in your area? IMHO it is well worth the hassle of unplugging and hauling your PC to get a little quality fragging.

[Ladyhawk]

9. I'm something of a n00b at CS.

What keeps me from playing are the mentioned h4x0rs running auto-aim, wall-hack and speed-bot. I mean, what joy can I derive from CS if I don't have a bloody chance?

[NewHampshireDem]

4. Getting CS:Source w/HL2 rekindled my love for CS

If your machine can take it, make the move up. I've found several well run servers where one can actually play w/o having 12 year-old smacktards running around acting like ... well, 12 year-old smacktards. :)

[TrogL]

7. That's what I've got

Any decent servers in the Western Canada/Spokane area?

The Alberta Paintball ones are full of h4xors. There were some nice noob servers in Spokane but they seem to have gone off the air.

[NewHampshireDem]

8. Sorry ... I'm East Coast myself

:( You might as well try these two clans anyway. They run clean servers and are good guys, with a nice bunch of regulars--including myself. :) If I'm not on one I'm usually on the other:


Random Acts of Violence (www.raov.net) 69.44.154.200:27015


9th Special Forces (www.9thsf.com) 69.44.153.157:27015

My screen name is Stupid Sexxy Flanders, so give me a shout if you see me :hi:

[Ladyhawk]

10. Too bad we can't get a DU clan started for various games.

Due to lack of funds, I haven't been able to upgrade my machine in a long time, so I mostly play HL mods and Enemy Territory on low res.

[NewHampshireDem]

13. We've kicked that idea around quite a bit, but

nothing seems to come of it. I think it's mostly due to the fact that we're from all over the country and play just about every game that's out there. :(

If you want, though, I think we agreed to throw on a tag ... at least I have :) You can find me as Stupid Sexxxy Flanders :)

[DireStrike]

6. Man, I wish I could play CS

Unfortunately I have 56k.

I used to play at net cafés, but as the popularity of CS declined it got harder and harder to find a good LAN session going.

Then came steam. And that was the last time I ever played online.

Open foot, insert bullet.

[SlavesandBulldozers]

11. yeah CS is kind of a sad story

it's like a favorite playground from my youth turned into a park full of degenerate crackheads.

its been like that for a long time though so ive long since gotten over it. not to mention i sucked at CS to begin with so :nopity:

after I got HLII I had to revisit CS just for fun,, and just bought the SAW and bumrushed cheaters with it.

[toddzilla]

12. a former CS junkie here...

i think you need to go to boot camp.

never buy a helmet, it's worthless.

stick with the AK, the AR15 and the cheap CT weapon that fires 3 round bursts. never shoot more than 3 times in a row. never stop moving.

do you play at a certain time? i could start a server and you could jump in and i might be able to show you some stuff, i was once a very, very good player.