Counter Strike 1.6

Adz160 · 15 Jul 2016 at 10:20

I was looking through the Steam store the other night and came across CS 1.6, I think I paid about a fiver for it along with Day of Defeat and Condition Zero. I don't think I've played CS 1.6 since I was 15 (now 26), having an absolute blast on it at the moment. Bringing back loads of memories from going to local computer LAN's with friends staying up for 48 hours etc.... I used to play competitively with a few different clans, can't quite remember what the league was called. Still getting used to the aim though, as you don't aim down the barrel like most modern FPS games.

Is there anyone else on here still playing?

Concrete · 15 Jul 2016 at 10:52

If you like 1.6 and haven't already done so, check out CS:GO. It plays far more closely to 1.6 than Source ever did and has a thriving community around it!

robmol · 15 Jul 2016 at 12:17

Adz160 said:
I used to play competitively with a few different clans, can't quite remember what the league was called.

EnemyDown perhaps? We used to get loads of clan friendlies from irc #pcw too.

Adz160 · 15 Jul 2016 at 13:29

Yes EnemyDown sounds familiar and that's another thing that I used to use a lot Mirc, strange how things change!

MrKeeno · 15 Jul 2016 at 15:04

CS GO is thriving atm, I would consider giving that a go and maybe jump on with some of us, quiet a few ocuk members play regularly.

Zethor · 15 Jul 2016 at 16:53

CS GO does what 1.6 did, only better in every single way.

sniffy · 15 Jul 2016 at 20:06

Zethor said:
CS GO does what 1.6 did, only better in every single way.

1.6 still feels nicer to me. Such a tight FPS.

grudas · 16 Jul 2016 at 02:47

sniffy said:
1.6 still feels nicer to me. Such a tight FPS.

Same! Just can't get into cs go. Used to play the original then the 1.5, 1.6 got on okay with CSS but csgo just doesn't do it for me???

MrKeeno · 16 Jul 2016 at 03:06

grudas said:
Same! Just can't get into cs go. Used to play the original then the 1.5, 1.6 got on okay with CSS but csgo just doesn't do it for me???

What is the issue? Is it gameplay, fps, teamplay?

I started playing csgo about 6 months ago, it takes a while to work out settings and so on. I now have specific setting for my mouse, settings for the config file, graphic settings. You may be getting frustrated by issues that can easily be sorted out with a bit of help.

Limpnoodle · 16 Jul 2016 at 04:52

C.S was awesome and i spent 100's of hours playing it.

But when of Day of Defeat dropped / we played it to death, good memories
Then the old tf2 lol

p1RATE · 16 Jul 2016 at 05:21

Concrete said:
If you like 1.6 and haven't already done so, check out CS:GO. It plays far more closely to 1.6 than Source ever did and has a thriving community around it!

U wot? you'll get some stick for saying that

nothing compares to 1.6

ps.
Birmingham is bloody great.

Limpnoodle · 16 Jul 2016 at 05:40

Day of defeat was better than counterstrike bring back dod

Klunt Bumskrint · 16 Jul 2016 at 09:18

I actually tried dod the other day as I wanted to see what it looked like in 4k. Still plenty of games and people paying it, still feels good and actually doesn't look as bad as I thought it might. Might give it some more time.

oap · 16 Jul 2016 at 10:18

csgo may be thriving, but it is nothing like cs1.6, more like cod tbh

MofoKilla · 16 Jul 2016 at 16:49

csgo may be thriving, but it is nothing like cs1.6, more like cod tbh

srs?

Secret_Window · 16 Jul 2016 at 20:48

I stopped playing cs 1.6 competitively around 2005. Although I did come back to it on and off up to 2010. I started playing way back around beta 5.2. The game was quite a lot of fun up to cs 1.5 in my opinion and then people started disappearing up their own backsides, and it just was less and less enjoyable. I find the whole csgo scene something which has gone further in that direction. I personally don't find it enjoyable to be around people so self-obsessed. Just my opinion of course.

But yeah, I enjoyed cs 1.6 to an extent - just not as much as as time went on.

strumpusplunket · 16 Jul 2016 at 20:54

Secret_Window said:
I stopped playing cs 1.6 competitively around 2005. Although I did come back to it on and off up to 2010. I started playing way back around beta 5.2. The game was quite a lot of fun up to cs 1.5 in my opinion and then people started disappearing up their own backsides, and it just was less and less enjoyable. I find the whole csgo scene something which has gone further in that direction. I personally don't find it enjoyable to be around people so self-obsessed. Just my opinion of course.

But yeah, I enjoyed cs 1.6 to an extent - just not as much as as time went on.

Yeah, I never played beta/1.3/1.6 competitively (very far from it!) but things did seem more fun back in those days. I'm enjoying CS:GO now, but there's nothing like the sense of fun there was around in the late beta/early 1.0-1.3 days. Might just be rose-tinted nostalgia spectacles, but still...

Too Tall · 16 Jul 2016 at 21:09

Might give this a go, I was rather good back in the day.

Used to play quite a lot of DoD, was in SOE who were one of the best around. But that was 15 years ago.