Showing posts with label Counter Strike. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Counter Strike. Show all posts

Monday, May 31, 2010

Gamer knifes opponent... in real life!

Heres one for the books! Apparently a French nut bag gamer had a good old knife fight in Counter Strike and lost, boo hoo - Big Deal you say, well it was to him! The French loony wanted some payback... with real Knives - Eeek! The Telegraph.co.uk reports that apparently Julien Barreaux (20 years old) got his ass carved up by a player called 'Mikhael' in a run of the mill Counter Strike Knife Duel online, Julien decided to track down his opponent, taking six months to do so, and get some revenge. When he found his victims residence fruity Julien simply knocked on the door and plunged a knife into Mikhael's chest - What a f**k'n loony!

The knife narrowly missed the victims heart and he survived the assult thankfully. The mentalist was caught by cops and detained. Police said 'Barreaux was arrested within the hour and told us he had wanted to see his rival wiped out for killing off his character'. The freaky Frenchman only got two years for GBH with the Judge commenting - "You are a menace to society. I am frankly terrified of the disproportionate reaction you could have if someone looked at you the wrong way in the street." - It is events like this that put gamers in a bad light and I think its fair to say that Julien should have his balls cut off as part of his sentence... with a big knife!

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

New Counter Strike Source Beta!!!


Now, if I had to pick one shooter to rule them all then this would be it, Counter Strike! It is truly a drug of a game and probably the most accurate skill test for any FPS fan! No puffs allowed!!
Valve are now releasing a beta that will update CSS and bring it up to date. The Beta will include:

- 144 achievements added

- New lifetime player stats and summary screens

- New match player stats and summary screens

- New end of round display with MVP and interesting fact about a player

- Updated scoreboard with new icons, visual style, MVP stars, and avatar pictures

- New cinematic death camera
- New domination and revenge system
- Added avatar icons to voice chat, scoreboard, and end of round display

- Incorporated many source engine updates


Now if I was a betting ghoul then I would say that this is the first step in making Counter Strike more console friendly, which can only be a good thing right? Lets just not mention the dodgy release on the original xbox... oops, just did!