Comment A long history of n00b friendly updates. (Score 0, Redundant) 284
I started playing CS since version 1.1 and the game has gone downhill every update since then. In 1.3 the head hitboxes were modified so that people were getting headshots left and right. Prior to that update crouching used to be a skill, since your head hitbox was so much smaller. ALMOST EVERY SINGLE UPDATE has been geared toward making the game more friendly for new players. They have also recently changed the hit boxes on CS Source to make the game easier. Remember the riot shield?
Screwing with the money system will kill clan play for this game unless it is a server variable that can be turned off. There is a reason that CAL opposes these kinds of changes -- the most fundamental reason is that it screws up the expected consistency of the game. It also screws up a players ability to maintain any kind of constant skill level since with every update your skill is diluted by changes that make the game less and less skill oriented, e.g., James Bond for PS2.
Valve has no incentive to freeze the game at a particular point and make it truly consistent and skill based. However, the nature of the game relegates the number of changes they can make to a relatively small domain. So from a seasoned player's perspective they can only screw up what was previously working fine.
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Screwing with the money system will kill clan play for this game unless it is a server variable that can be turned off. There is a reason that CAL opposes these kinds of changes -- the most fundamental reason is that it screws up the expected consistency of the game. It also screws up a players ability to maintain any kind of constant skill level since with every update your skill is diluted by changes that make the game less and less skill oriented, e.g., James Bond for PS2.
Valve has no incentive to freeze the game at a particular point and make it truly consistent and skill based. However, the nature of the game relegates the number of changes they can make to a relatively small domain. So from a seasoned player's perspective they can only screw up what was previously working fine.
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