By the way the game isn't dying...there are more people getting in css than cs 1.6 for sure, thats because they just LOVE THE GREAT GRAPHICS (WHOOPDEDOO). for us cs veterans, we really dont care for graphics, ive started with 1.3 beta, and 1.5. if i wanted a game with graphics, i'd get a 360. There is a HUGE difference between CS and other FPS games. For example: spamm through the wall...well this is COUNTER STRIKE not your CALL OF DUTY. Thats probably why there's more people playing counter strike because it is a unique game. What CSS did is that it made it more like Battlefield2, COD, and some other fps games. Guess that's what really ticks off cs players. It really comes down to all opinion, so lets not judge which game is better, i'd like to think of it as two COMPLETELY DIFFERENT GAMES. I PERSONALLY THINK CSS IS A DISGRACE TO COUNTER STRIKE. When somebody says they play counter strike and how he "owns" i ask him which version of cs. He says css. i laugh and walk away.Well over 50% of the Counterstrike community (CS,CZ,CSS) Still play CS 1.6, and a large proportion of that play CS 1.6 competativly. I have noticed that a large amount of the prizemoney is located around CS 1.6 too. Also the computers provided at large LAN events are of such a high spec, even those just running CS 1.6 tourneys. Even though the computers are well capable of running much more hungry games. Also a lot of privatly owned computers will have been souley upgraded simpley so they can imprve their performance within CS 1.6 so it will run at the best possable frame rates and visual appeal. So you really havn't justified what you mentioned.Also you go see some professional CS 1.6 players, you will notice that they may only play CS 1.6, but do they have a bare minimum computer? No. They will have a top of the range PC, just so they can achieve the best quality and performance as i mentioned earlier. So if a tourney was held for CS with a top of the range PC up for grabs, people would still enter so they can win the PC, and also use the PC to get even better performance that they could use on their current PC, even if the game is of a much lower Spec.Also would you want to play on a game with a PC that only just has enough power to run the game? Or would you like to use a PC that can max out the game and get several hundred FPS with great eye-candy effects.And the fact is, Yes CS is Old, but its still twice as popular as CSS as the stats tell you, even though CSS has better graphics and everything. Doesnt this tell you that graphics arnt everything....CSS just ISN'T Counter-Strike any more, they've twisted and played with the engine so much its now a totally irrelevant game in comparison to 1.6 The physics, world features.. map layouts - have all changed which make dramatic changes the games overall gameplay. It doesn't have the same edge as CS 1.6 - its way to easy, with minimum recoil and performs terribly. CS 1.6 is still growing in popularity, purely because its more competitive and not aimed at the 'beginners'. CSS might as well be renamed to something else, because they've made to many changes for it to be CS anymore. Thats my opinion, and its shared with thousands of other players.CSS: graphics based, I guess it's ok to be a 12 year old noob who plays game for graphics. Thats my opinion. Stay above the influence, play the real counter strike, not the poser."1.6 is so childish" i know its your opinion but cs1.6 takes way more skill...as far as i know...children like good graphics...so which one is childish LOL
