Aztec Conquers Dust

[CSN NewsBot]

Famed mapper David Johnston (DaveJ) let us know that according to the statistics over at ServerSpy, de_aztec, created by barney (a.k.a. narby), has overthrown de_dust and de_dust2 as the most popular map of Counter-Strike, ending DaveJ's reign of several years.



What does this mean? Now everyone can whine about how much de_aztec is overplayed! Yay!

[Monarch]

Lol, may Aztec have an equally long reign.

[lockhart]

i dont like aztec.



come to think of it, i dont like any cs maps.



maybe i should quit, but we all know how long that would last.



so, i'm staying, and i like aztec. add more lamps narb

[SuBtle FOnduE]

well shit.

[GoiAba]

Bah aztec can rule or can suck big time. If everyone starts using awps it gets boring as hell.

[SuBtle FOnduE]

haha notice inferno is at 94

crazy.

and also at 4.

::shakes fist::

[aeflux]

Either everyone got sick of dust (get it? get it? hurrr hurr) or aztec has improved itself to be a well-rounded map full of replay value.



YOU DECIDE!

[tommie]

Aztec is just an AWP fest to me, that's all people really do in it. Everybody can agree on the crickets being annoying. Hence the use of stopsound. Aztec does suck big time, the map just naturally gives me a headache for some reason. Sorry



Custom maps are the best

[GoiAba]

ah yes the famous crickets, which hammer your head and whisper subliminal messages "B-U-Y-A-W-P" since i press stopsound every single round i find myself using a scout

[Gpig]

Dust2 is probably the best map but it's not like I don't play it for several hours every day anyways so I'm not complaining. I'm just complaining that there's only 3 maps in the rotation of every server and 2 of them are flawed(aztec is the most flawed). Inferno needs to be played more. Does anyone not like inferno? And in 1.6 it no longer has inabilitytomakeboxesnotfloatintheair version 2.0 I think. Hurrah!



I feel like I should preempt you and say all my points on why the maps are unbalanced since this topic may get huge but honestly, I've out nerded you inferior people in other such topics. Go me.

[Romperstomper]

Well I always thought that dust is very overrated, aztec is way more fun, i agree with comment 4, as soon as everybody starts awp-ing, the fun is OVER. I cant believe the CS-team hasnt changed the awp-s oneshot-onekill status, WHY should awp be more lethal than m4 or ak?? Illogical. Anyhow, oilrig, prodigy and dust are the worst maps ever and i never play them. Assault and aztec are the best.

[Patrick_Bateman69]

I'd love to hear some very specific reasons that people like Aztec.



I think it's a reflection of the growing maturity (in skills, not general maturity) of CS players. I say this because Dust is a low-ping friendly, small map that's easy to learn. You're less likely to get blindsided, and if you've got a low ping you can rush corners better and do more damage. There's not a lot of sniping, and I think many dust fans go there to avoid the AWP.



I didn't like Aztec when I started, and after 2-3 years of playing I like it a lot more. It's not much harder to learn, but there's a lot more long-range shooting going on, which takes a lot more skill. As you get better, you don't mind the AWP (or scout) as much, and you actually enjoy the challenge of using it yourself, and Aztec is a good map for this.



I really want to know why others think it's popular!

[Gpig]

This will be longer than the steam topic in roughly 5 hours. Hurrah!

[ukHazard]

Aztec in 1.6 is great fun :o)



But Aztec in 1.5 sucks big great CT AWP-lamer balls.

[Spoonman]

Now everyone can whine about how much de_aztec is overplayed! Yay!

I thought they already did... I know I did...

lockhart wrote..

come to think of it, i dont like any cs maps.

True dat.