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Delicious Meat: Feb 28, 2006; Violence is always the answer. No exceptions.

Photex posted:

I remember watching that live, just hearing the old school attitude that Nip had lots of loud WOOs after nearly every kill/round.

I found the more I go WOOO and GET SUM when solo queuing the better my team does.

Maybe being really positive helps..? :shrug:

# ? Mar 10, 2016 18:18

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# ? Apr 27, 2024 16:37

kumba: Nov 8, 2003; I posted my food for USPOL Thanksgiving!

enjoy the ride; Lipstick Apathy

Between poor smoke performance, the one-way smokes people already mentioned, lack of molotovs, and poor map design (scrims on de_dust and de_aztec, :laffo:

) there was a lot less room for super coordinated executions and skill at CS basically came down to reaction time

I mean we used to coordinate smokes on some things but it was nowhere near the level that the pros go to today. I think I knew maybe 2 set smokes per map back then

# ? Mar 10, 2016 18:28

HiipFire: Sep 1, 2013; JENNY DEATH LIVES

Kumbamontu posted:

Between poor smoke performance, the one-way smokes people already mentioned, lack of molotovs, and poor map design (scrims on de_dust and de_aztec, ) there was a lot less room for super coordinated executions and skill at CS basically came down to reaction time

I mean we used to coordinate smokes on some things but it was nowhere near the level that the pros go to today. I think I knew maybe 2 set smokes per map back then

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Thorgot: Apr 4, 2010

Why isn't the Santorini showmatch in 80 minutes on HLTV? I had to go back to their news post about it from Monday to figure out when it was and where to see it.

# ? Mar 10, 2016 20:10

MF_James: May 8, 2008; I CANNOT HANDLE BEING CALLED OUT ON MY DUMBASS OPINIONS ABOUT ANTI-VIRUS AND SECURITY. I REALLY LIKE TO THINK THAT I KNOW THINGS HERE

INSTEAD I AM GOING TO WHINE ABOUT IT IN OTHER THREADS SO MY OPINION CAN FEEL VALIDATED IN AN ECHO CHAMBER I LIKE

Kumbamontu posted:

Between poor smoke performance, the one-way smokes people already mentioned, lack of molotovs, and poor map design (scrims on de_dust and de_aztec, ) there was a lot less room for super coordinated executions and skill at CS basically came down to reaction time

I mean we used to coordinate smokes on some things but it was nowhere near the level that the pros go to today. I think I knew maybe 2 set smokes per map back then

I don't recall a lot of actual organized stuff happening on poo poo maps like aztec/dust.

I ended up playing mostly, dust2, inferno (inferno was actually good!), mill, fire, vertigo a little, and uh probably something else.

I didn't know many "set" smokes, but I knew which walls you could throw over etc for flashes and smokes.

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stranger danger: May 24, 2006

OGL as in the league where it's a ladder and you challenge teams for their spot and such? I didn't play CS back then but that's a hell of a blast from the past.

# ? Mar 10, 2016 20:46

Garfu: Mar 6, 2008; Much like buttholes, families are meant to be tight.

Rumble in The Desert

SEASON ONE CHAMPS

>CK3

my defining CS moment

Anyone remember NHG?

That was like 15 years ago. My last remaining screenshot of that time. It also caused this huge controversy where I had to have [CK3]-Bullseye inspect my computer because they thought I was hacking because of how that screenshot looked. I was in the vents on Prodigy when the round ended and it had some weird clipping issues.

Garfu fucked around with this message at 23:21 on Mar 10, 2016

# ? Mar 10, 2016 20:49

peanut-: Feb 17, 2004; Fun Shoe

Jesus, I can't believe you were playing a meaningful competitive match on Prodigy even 15 years ago. Didn't the whole map only have 2 choke points?

# ? Mar 10, 2016 21:02

kumba: Nov 8, 2003; I posted my food for USPOL Thanksgiving!

enjoy the ride; Lipstick Apathy

stranger danger posted:

OGL as in the league where it's a ladder and you challenge teams for their spot and such? I didn't play CS back then but that's a hell of a blast from the past.

yep

MF_James posted:

I don't recall a lot of actual organized stuff happening on poo poo maps like aztec/dust.

I ended up playing mostly, dust2, inferno (inferno was actually good!), mill, fire, vertigo a little, and uh probably something else.

I didn't know many "set" smokes, but I knew which walls you could throw over etc for flashes and smokes.

I more meant scrims in IRC in the early days as well as lesser leagues like OGL and PG. I mean poo poo, PG had an entire bracket dedicated to 2v2 matches, and also included cs_ maps in the rotation. I played a number of matches on assault, 747, and loving estate of all things. Original dust was most certainly in the rotation, as was Aztec. This was before mill & fire even existed. I'm 99% sure CAL also had Aztec in rotation but can't remember for certain.

This just reminded me, though: what happened to prodigy?

# ? Mar 10, 2016 21:04

Brilladelphia: Jun 26, 2012

Here's my defining moment, officially better than mouz Spiidi doing missions on Casual Tulip yesterday, I should go pro :agesilaus:

It was actually him and I'm surprised at how underwhelming watching him play was, I expected pros to be nutty to watch in person but he didn't stand out as anything special

fakeedit: ^^ 2000 was a magical time for CS

# ? Mar 10, 2016 21:05

Gingerbread House Music: Dec 1, 2009; by FactsAreUseless; Lipstick Apathy

Brilladelphia posted:

Here's my defining moment, officially better than mouz Spiidi doing missions on Casual Tulip yesterday, I should go pro

It was actually him and I'm surprised at how underwhelming watching him play was, I expected pros to be nutty to watch in person but he didn't stand out as anything special

fakeedit: ^^ 2000 was a magical time for CS

No one rises above the sea of poo poo in casual matches.

# ? Mar 10, 2016 21:39

MF_James: May 8, 2008; I CANNOT HANDLE BEING CALLED OUT ON MY DUMBASS OPINIONS ABOUT ANTI-VIRUS AND SECURITY. I REALLY LIKE TO THINK THAT I KNOW THINGS HERE

INSTEAD I AM GOING TO WHINE ABOUT IT IN OTHER THREADS SO MY OPINION CAN FEEL VALIDATED IN AN ECHO CHAMBER I LIKE

Kumbamontu posted:

yep

I more meant scrims in IRC in the early days as well as lesser leagues like OGL and PG. I mean poo poo, PG had an entire bracket dedicated to 2v2 matches, and also included cs_ maps in the rotation. I played a number of matches on assault, 747, and loving estate of all things. Original dust was most certainly in the rotation, as was Aztec. This was before mill & fire even existed. I'm 99% sure CAL also had Aztec in rotation but can't remember for certain.

This just reminded me, though: what happened to prodigy?

Never did OGL and PG, only did CALo-m and then LANs. I don't recall aztec in the rotation, but that doesn't mean it wasn't there, it's highly likely I've forgotten a lot of stuff from 12-15 years ago.

# ? Mar 10, 2016 22:32

real dilemma: Apr 12, 2007

peanut- posted:

Jesus, I can't believe you were playing a meaningful competitive match on Prodigy even 15 years ago. Didn't the whole map only have 2 choke points?

I actually unironically enjoyed playing prodigy when it was still in the CAL rotation back in like 2002, but I can't remember planting the bomb at B (I think it was B; the site that wasn't literally in CT spawn) and as I remember it that entire portion of the map was pretty much useless. Objectively, it's a terrible map. It was removed from the CAL rotation somewhere between 2002 and 2003. I also liked playing aztec competitively. My favorite match maps back then were aztec, nuke, and fire. My least favorite were inferno and train. This is why I'm bad at this game, to this day (we were a middle of the pack cal-m team, back when the only levels were -o, -im, -m, and -invite)

Here was the summer 2003 CAL map rotation:

aztec
train
nuke
clan1_mill
dust2
inferno
fire
cbble

# ? Mar 10, 2016 23:27

Love Stole the Day: Nov 4, 2012; Please give me free quality professional advice so I can be a baby about it and insult you

Garfu posted:

Anyone remember NHG?

That was like 15 years ago. My last remaining screenshot of that time. It also caused this huge controversy where I had to have [CK3]-Bullseye inspect my computer because they thought I was hacking because of how that screenshot looked. I was in the vents on Prodigy when the round ended and it had some weird clipping issues.

Sometimes I wish I could go back and look at all the screenshots I've ever taken over the years, like a mother going through old scrapbooks.

# ? Mar 10, 2016 23:47

trying to jack off: Dec 31, 2007

i think the netgraph is the best part of that screenshot

# ? Mar 11, 2016 00:05

Garfu: Mar 6, 2008; Much like buttholes, families are meant to be tight.

One day I'll go through all of the hard drives at my parents house and find that folder of hundreds of match screenshots from those days.

# ? Mar 11, 2016 01:08

ArfJason: Sep 5, 2011

Dongicus posted:

He is tho?????

idg this thread sometimes jfc

The gbs contrarian school of comedy and Games forum aids mixed together

# ? Mar 11, 2016 01:35

ArfJason: Sep 5, 2011

Garfu posted:

One day I'll go through all of the hard drives at my parents house and find that folder of hundreds of match screenshots from those days.

Somewhere on a warehouse theres a 4gb hard drive full of young arf's 1.6 acreenshots

# ? Mar 11, 2016 01:41

fennesz: Dec 29, 2008

Ozmiander posted:

No one rises above the sea of poo poo in casual matches.

we're all just turds in a sea of bullshit

# ? Mar 11, 2016 01:57

qhat: Jul 6, 2015

Molotovs are great, more people should use them

# ? Mar 11, 2016 02:23

A TURGID FATSO: Jan 27, 2004; Here's to ya, JACKASS

Aztec was certainly in more than one season of CAL. I think dust even made an appearance and the general consensus was that it was awful.

I remember when de_cpl_fire made its debut in CAL, and my team was set to take on the best team in CAL-IM at the time (might have team "I don't care" or "it doesn't matter", I can't quite remember) and I was my team's resident poo poo-talker on the CAL forums, which were absolutely brutal to every member, and pretty much the entirety of the forum said that we were going to get dominated by our opponents.

We had discovered through hours of practice that as CT while watching mid and timing it just right, if you had a rifle you could spam through mid and hit the T's as they were making their way from spawn to the main hallway. Our guy pLaF would do this every round he had an M4 and by the time the T's would get to any site, most of them had already been hurt badly. Having started on CT, we ruled that half and broke their spirit as they ended up talking more poo poo to us in global chat repeatedly while our only responses would be "mm2", which just infuriated them even more.

When all was said and done, I believe we brutalized them with a scoreline of 23-7 (yes, this was before the change to best of 30). Needless to say that demos and screenshots were requested and they soon disbanded.

Ahhhh, memories.

# ? Mar 11, 2016 02:33

Photex: Apr 6, 2009

my finest memory is watching lp|kane cry at a LAN after they got one and done'd by a PUG which included me and a few randoms.

edit: http://elite-pimps.com/match_history.php?view_match=80

rekt

# ? Mar 11, 2016 02:45

Thom and the Heads: Oct 27, 2010; Farscape is actually pretty cool.

My first exposure to CS was on the original Xbox and I only played Office and Miami :smuggo:

Was Miami ever a thing? I just remember I liked playing in offices.

# ? Mar 11, 2016 02:56

fennesz: Dec 29, 2008

qhat posted:

Molotovs are great, more people should use them

I've been playing a lot of Inferno and Mirage lately. It boggles my mind when I'm the only one buying mollies.

fennesz fucked around with this message at 03:02 on Mar 11, 2016

# ? Mar 11, 2016 02:56

Buck Turgidson: Feb 6, 2011; 𓀬𓀠𓀟𓀡𓀢𓀣𓀤𓀥𓀞𓀬

Sick screenie of me playing cs_747 back in the day:

# ? Mar 11, 2016 03:00

qhat: Jul 6, 2015

fennesz posted:

I've been playing a lot of Inferno and Mirage lately. It boggles my mind when I'm the only one buying mollies.

I am/was the guy who only ever buys he + smoke + 2 flashes

# ? Mar 11, 2016 03:08

Photex: Apr 6, 2009

LG's movement might be the best in the world, they dodge a lot of shots and make a lot of plays off of it. It's reminds me of top tier JW when he would be pretty unpredictable with his movement and angles.

# ? Mar 11, 2016 03:17

The Ferret King: Nov 23, 2003; cluck cluck

Guess I had the wrong button clicked. Missing out on a 65 cent case sale. Thanks Obama.

# ? Mar 11, 2016 03:53

yanthrax: Oct 18, 2004; straight in wit da barney rubble ridin spinnaz

A TURGID FATSO posted:

Ahhhh, memories.

I miss the CAL forums. Being an internet toughguy and demolishing the match predictions of butthurt nerds who didn't make playoffs was the sad sad highlight of being 19 for me.

# ? Mar 11, 2016 04:03

qhat: Jul 6, 2015

yanthrax posted:

I miss the CAL forums. Being an internet toughguy and demolishing the match predictions of butthurt nerds who didn't make playoffs was the sad sad highlight of being 19 for me.

Now you get to do the same thing, but on the Something Awful forums

# ? Mar 11, 2016 04:09

Up Circle: Apr 3, 2008

my clan played 8v8 twl leagues on cs:source.

# ? Mar 11, 2016 04:53

Maguro: Apr 24, 2006; Why is the sun always bullying me?

I played in a LAN cafe pre 1.6, and I remember the most frequent maps we played were cs_mansion and the version of cs_siege that had the APC you could drive.

EDIT: Also militia for some reason.

# ? Mar 11, 2016 05:04

Google Butt: Oct 4, 2005; Xenology is an unnatural mixture of science fiction and formal logic. At its core is a flawed assumption...

that an alien race would be psychologically human.

one of these big na teams need to cut a couple of nerds who have been in the scene for 10 years and accomplished nothing and pick up witmer/roca

Google Butt fucked around with this message at 05:23 on Mar 11, 2016

# ? Mar 11, 2016 05:21

symbolic: Nov 2, 2014

Google Butt posted:

one of these big na teams need to cut a couple of these nerds who have been in the scene for 10 years and accomplished n0thing and pick up witmer/roca

# ? Mar 11, 2016 05:22

Google Butt: Oct 4, 2005; Xenology is an unnatural mixture of science fiction and formal logic. At its core is a flawed assumption...

that an alien race would be psychologically human.

http://oddshot.tv/shot/esl-csgo-2016031141450992 o.O

# ? Mar 11, 2016 05:29

Xenaero: Sep 26, 2006; Slippery Tilde

Google Butt posted:

http://oddshot.tv/shot/esl-csgo-2016031141450992 o.O

Smart, why not burn the rest of the clip on a likely quad peek

# ? Mar 11, 2016 05:34

Up Circle: Apr 3, 2008

i couldplay for team cloud 9

# ? Mar 11, 2016 05:38

Google Butt: Oct 4, 2005; Xenology is an unnatural mixture of science fiction and formal logic. At its core is a flawed assumption...

that an alien race would be psychologically human.

oh word?

# ? Mar 11, 2016 05:40