article: iceworld

[CSN NewsBot]

Our latest author joins the fray with his look at the popular fy_iceworld. Although it may not be of interest to those of you who have played it, WillBBC realized that CS-Nation (the best site ever) had failed to mention one of the biggest movements in the CS community. So scream "fy!" and check out the article:

Iceworld: the name itself means nothing but the map has more 24/7 servers than many of the official CS maps. Hated by many, loved by many more, Iceworld has spawned a variety of maps based off its extremely simple premise: kill or be killed. The map is nothing more than a square of snow textures with four over-sized beams making up what almost resembles a pound symbol from a bird's eye view. A variety of weapons are laid out on two ends of the map, each end being spawn zones.

Read here. I just recently played the map myself (yeah, yeah, I love official maps) and I hated it, but the guys who were kicking my ass seemed to love it!



Good job and welcome to the team, WillBBC!

[CabalSoljea]

Short article.... really short.... oh rizz... You've run out of story???



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[-Dice]

WillBBC is the author.

[bozer]

If you are playing a map with no objectives, then you aren't really playing CS at all in my opinion. Why not just go play Half Life death match instead? Ice World is just a big old noob fest.

[-Dice]

Oh, and did I mention that I hate iceworld with a burning passion? The maps I like the most are the ones that I feel the most like a counter-terrorist on: as_oilrig or cs_747, for starters. Hate that raw deathmatch style of play! Also explains why I only play random map in Age of Empires, but I'll cease my incessant whining.

[gunmetal_foxdie]

CabalSoljea™ wrote..

Short article.... really short.... oh rizz... You've run out of story???



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...and how long an article do you expect for Iceworld??

[dot_commie]

it seems WillBBC needs some practice wit his writing skills

iceworld is fun unless the entire opposing team gets awps over a few rounds and camps the sides, i guy with a para holds off the middle and it ceases to be fun

[[SWE]Twiggy]

dot_commie wrote..

it seems WillBBC needs some practice wit his writing skills

iceworld is fun unless the entire opposing team gets awps over a few rounds and camps the sides, i guy with a para holds off the middle and it ceases to be fun

the fun ends when u have connected to a iceworld server..

[Wwv]

fy maps are an insult to CS and mappers, when I saw they play 1.6b with iceworld maps now it was as a knife in my chest.

[sniv]

bozer wrote..

If you are playing a map with no objectives, then you aren't really playing CS at all in my opinion. Why not just go play Half Life death match instead? Ice World is just a big old noob fest.

you know (im sure I'll get flamed for this) I would have agreed with you about half a year ago, but I have come to notice over time that CS in pubs is never playing with objectives. While clanwars are nice and a fun way to play, pubbing on de_dust with no objective ("what's that c4 icon on my screen") or pubbing on fy_iceworld makes for me no difference. The only mod that really requires teamplay, and achieves it is Natural Selection. It really is great.

[-Dice]

'DE' maps don't stand for DEfusion or DEmolition; it's DEathmatch. 'AS' maps force players to follow objectives. Dat Shimpell!

[HobblinHarry]

i like to hide in the water on iceworld

[narby]

LOL dm_dust LOL aztec is such a murderhole! Make some real maps!



Oh wait, 30,000 people are playing iceworld. The community is a fickle, ambivalent bunch of poptarts!

[alex`]

iceworld is shit

[CmdrFlesh]

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iceworld is nice for a little break from all that exhausting objective play, but i never join an iceworld server on purpose.