article: loyalty

[Spoonman]

Edited by [user="21273"] @ [time="1031354532"]

Pong in 1760? And fans running at 2000 RPMs? My case fan is running at a stable 5676 RPM's right now and not making enough noise to be noticed. :P Other than that, a good article.

[orphy]

...I found myself playing at 4 AM over the summer. Too bad school's started, them bastards. But yeah, I'm gonna play when I have free time and stuff.

[Deadbeat]

In reference to the 1st paragraph...I think computer gaming's only opportunity to become a full-fledged sport will be when the current 14 and under crowd, who have grown up with tons of video games for their entire lives, grow up.

[Lethal]

I think the word *Loyalty* should be replaced as *Addiction* to make it more efficent and truthful.

[Elg4to]

discipline? i can only play counter-strike for so long, i play bf 1942 now...

[~The Observer~]

I have played Diablo2 since the first day it came out, don't ask me why. That begs the question am I loyal...absolutely am I a sad individual...quite possible. All I'm saying is that to be "Loyal" you need to devote not only time and money but a part of your life. If you don't then I personally think you're missing this "True" purpose of gaming.

[M00]

Your definition of loyal sounds more like "loser" to me.

if you place online gaming over spending time with a girlfriend

Do you have any idea what "spending time" with your girlfriend means?

Come on!



(Flame Me!)

[narby]

I think as far as loyalty goes it's a pretty broad term to use for a computer game. You can play once a week and still be a loyal fan (if thats the only game you play for example).

You could also say that people who warezed the game are disloyal because they stole it, and diddn't give anything in return for the fun they got from playing it.

[Gpig]

Personally I could care less about CS. However I won't hesitate to strap a bomb to my chest and run into a crowded building for Allah.



PS. CS has consumed the last year of my life. I hate you gooseman.

[BoomChild]

I've played counter-strike since beta 2. I know what it's taken to play this game and it's all correct in that article. I started playing it on a 233mhz 64Ram machine and it was good and fine then. Then as the betas piled up I had to go out and drop money on an actual video card *gasp* around the time beta 4 came out. Good ole' Voodoo3. This game has evolved so much over it's small existance on this earth that I sometimes wonder where else it has to go. I thought this game was done in the original Beta5 when valve stepped in and they had errors up the wazoo and servers crashing left and right. But this game is so great because they loyality of the makers and the loyalty of the fans. To me Loyality is Commitment. The creators put so much work into this game, they define the loyal person. They did it for free for almost two years if my memory is correct. They are the true commited people. Goose and Cliffe but so much work in. I respect the makes and the people that take this game to the level it should be played. A Counter-Terrorism mod should be played like it sounds. A professional team game with professional players. This game has the capabilities in it right now to be greater than ever. The CPL is the catalyst, now all it needs are enough LOYAL players.



Just my $.02

[-:Nighthawk:-]

I guess I must have missed the whole point of the article. Describing liking a game more than other things in life... then applying this to loyalty... then things you do to keep on playing... Yeah, I just didn't get where it was going, or went, or whatever.



Sure, CS is addictive, and it's built a tremendous user community over the past few years. I just don't really understand what this has to do with loyalty. Sure, I love CS, but if something else equally addictive and even more fun came along, well, I'd leave CS behind.



Oh well, I may not get the whole point of the article, but I guess some of you did. So... um, yeah, glad you guys enjoyed it.

[[C.A.P]DarkMan]

Deadbeat wrote..

...who have grown up with tons of video games for their entire lives, grow up.

I agree with this, we are probably the first groups of people, although I'm 17, to be into online gaming this much. Many of us will continue this hobby as we grow older, and it will be interesting to see how things develop. I imagine us as 50+ year olds still playing the latest games, getting the most riced machines, and having a damn good time despite our poor reflexes, at least the lazer corrective allows us to see the games!

[icer-]

Edited by [user="21433"] @ [time="1031360604"]

Hmm. The second link to the article doesn't work, but nothing shows up when the page pops comes up, fyi. (Don't know if someone already posted this, but I didn't see anything)

[seal420]

Nice article, tho you are too nostalgic and still have faith, which is a good thing...Cs is a great game but there is a teensy problem, the players; they are three types of em, the cs-patriotic uber-geek, the asshole l33t cool guy and people who have good intentions and just want to have fun(thats me). i came to CS straight off Q3A, and we had a great community, no one was accused of cheating, the newbie word was hardly used and everyone had a fun game. So when when I came to CS I was pretty shocked at how stupid some people can be. it wont change..ever. So that is why I find it hard to become the uber-geek. But we can only hope, right?

[Jsunu]

-:Nighthawk:- wrote..

I guess I must have missed the whole point of the article. Describing liking a game more than other things in life... then applying this to loyalty... then things you do to keep on playing... Yeah, I just didn't get where it was going, or went, or whatever.



Sure, CS is addictive, and it's built a tremendous user community over the past few years. I just don't really understand what this has to do with loyalty. Sure, I love CS, but if something else equally addictive and even more fun came along, well, I'd leave CS behind.



Oh well, I may not get the whole point of the article, but I guess some of you did. So... um, yeah, glad you guys enjoyed it.

Loyalty has different meanings to different people but I think Exo was trying to outline the way gamers stick to cs instead of going to another game or having a social life; thus "loyalty"