chronpotter

Everyone brag about your overclocked or modified hardware on this thread CPU: AMD Athlon? 64 Processor 3200+ (10x CPU multiplier x 242 MHz FSB @ 2419.9 MHz) Motherboard: Elitegroup(ECS) K8 755-A2 1.0G Modified Memory: Kingston 512 MB of PC2700 DDR SDRAM (2-3-3-7 @ 201.7 MHz) Graphic: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 AGP 8x 128 MB (250 + 48 @ 298 MHz Core, 400 + 65 @ 465 MHz Memory) Sound: Sound Blaster Live! Monitor: ViewSonic UltraBrite E70f+ Headset: Plantronics DSP-500 Keyboard: Samsung SEM-DT35US Mouse: Logitech MX 518 (125 Hz x 8 @ 1000 Hz polling rate) Mousepad: Steelpad S&S Connection: Verizon Online DSL OS: Gentoo Linux 2005.0, Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition 2002 Service Pack 2 Build 2600, Microsoft Windows Codename Longhorn Build 4083 Benchmark: 11047 3DMark2001 SE, 107.99 fps Counter-Strike Source Stress Test, Prime95 24 hours stable

I don't get what the big deal is about browsers nowadays. If you run Internet Explorer with Windows Service Pack 2 with all the up-to-date Windows updates, you're not going to have a problem, almost guarantee. I think people should drop this subject by now. Are you really going to go on malicious webpages and go to the wrong links? I think this whole issue is based on the user and not the software. Just don't download anything stupid!

It's funny how people say Counter-Strike is an obsolete game when it definitely isn't. CS is the most popular game in the E-sports community and world and local tournaments offer the most cash prize for this game. I've been playing CS for more than 5 years, since the first beta and have played it professionally in two events and played with and against the best players and teams in Canada (xeno), France (aAa), Great Britain (4K), Hungary (xDk), Mexico (IRONMEN) and United States (eU, WEW). The reason why Source or any other game will never be better than 1.6 is that the majority of the E-sports community still has more approval for 1.6 and 1.6 is a more competitive game. Basically, whatever game is more competitive is the game where the money and popularity is at. Of course, in different aspects, Source is a much better game (graphics wise, etc.) but like I said, 1.6 is where the money and popularity is at. Other games that have almost as much competition as 1.6 are Source, Day of Defeat, Call of Duty, Battlefield 2, Painkiller, Halo2 and Warcraft III (I heard DOTA may soon be in the competitive scene.). You can check out gotfrag @ http://lpkane.com/ for E-sports coverage on such games. I have even seen people ask for autographs to sign mice or mousepads from 1.6 players and big companies sponsor such players. Sennheiser sponsors the 1.6 SK team, the Sennheiser PC 160 SK version has the SK logo on the headsets and according SK colors. Subway and NVIDIA have made moves to sponsor the United States team 3D. AMD has made a move to sponsor the Norwegian and North American team NoA. All the big corporate companies are slowly making moves to developing E-sports their own ways and I heard Tylenol is going to soon sponsor a new team coming out in the near future. Next time you think CS is an outdated game, see why you play other games -- is it for fun or competition? A man should think competitive, if you're still playing games for leisure, you're wasting your time. Atleast think about being the best at what you do, whether it's gaming or something as small as thumb war.

Whatever map that is played in the local Southern California tournaments is my favorite. :)Usually all the default "de_" and "de_cpl_" maps are played and the cash prize is $1000 for your team of 5 when you win.

I've tried SurfJunky for about a week and trust me, it's not worth your time nor your computer's time even when you're cheating the system or whether or not it's a scam. $25 in three weeks worth of leaving your computer on is definitely not fun.

Make sure you add these to your Launch Options to keep consistancy in your mouse movements (your aim). To get to Launch Options, go to your Steam games and right click Counter-Strike and go to Properties. -noforcemaccel -noforcemparms -noforcemspd Also use the CPL Mouse Fix. You will have to restart after adding this registry patch. http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ Doing these two will greatly eliminate those "off days". If you want to change your monitor frequency to smooth out the game, you can use this command in your Launch Options (only if your monitor supports the frequency hz range). -freq 100 -OR- -freq 120 Also, if you want to get interactive with the Counter-Strike community try reading some E-sports news. http://lpkane.com/ If you want to be more interactive, use an IRC client and connect to GameSurge (irc.gamesurge.net:6667).