OLD THREAD RESURRECT.
CSGO has now found its way into our Saturday night games list, despite some initial grumbles from the Battlefield diehards - ('Where are the tanks? This game is shit', 'Shut the fuck up', and so on) - the timeless purity of its fast-paced and very skillful chap+gun based combat has won it a regular slot. (The fact it costs just over a tenner has helped everyone get on board too.)
Even 100% maxed out in every regard it's not really much of a looker (amusingly, my 970 hardly scarcely spins its fan up), but the gameplay is as superlative and pure as ever.
Generally speaking I host the server, and then we'll do a 3v3 or 4v4 (depending on the numbers) with no bots, on a variety of game modes and maps, tending to stick to the smaller maps for faster and more zingy games. (Best out of 20 in Demolition mode on 'SmallDust' for example, where the rounds are only two minutes long and are often over quicker than that.)
If we were being L33T about it we'd split off into two Teamspeak channels but we all stay in the same one for banter and taunting and general abuse, although we impose a very strict rule of NO GIVING GUIDANCE TO YOUR TEAM ONCE YOU'RE DEAD. (This can lead to some cross words being exchanged, as when does encouragement cross the line into advice? 'Go on Matt you can kill these motherfuckers!' for example, is not the same as a 'Careful!' - let's have a heated debate.)
Fantastic game, probably my longest-lived game ever in active service (certainly online), since I've been playing it on and off since 1999.
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