CAL Legalizes Riot Shield

[CSN NewsBot]

Frank Nuccio of the Cyberathlete Amateur League has released a statement today partially removing the ban on the Riot Shield for the remainder of this season, and completely removing the ban for Season 10. The implications of this are yet unknown; many people still report shield hitbox distortions, and shield exploits still remain. I doubt any teams will risk their playoff matches by agreeing to use an item that hardly anyone has practiced with for league play yet, but we'll have to see.

With the shield now fixed in CS Steam 1.6, teams now have the option to purchase and use this item in CAL. Since the shield was not viable during the regular season we have decided that both teams in the playoffs must agree upon it's use. Upon the conclusion of the playoffs, teams can purchase the shield without the agreement of both teams. The shield will be legal during CPL match play.

[RaptorRage]

Perhaps they finally restarted their Steam servers to get the latest updates from the past month or two that had fixed the shield. :P

[kSaini]

Wow, I can't fucking believe this.

[FLeK0]

interesting

[Gooch_GrG]

shield is still a glitch and should be removed from cs not allowed in matches i think this will backfire on em

[MaxiM]

Either CAL was paid to to this or they are blind VALVe fanboys to enable shield, even when fixed, not to mention shields current state.

[Spoonman]

Yes this is very horrible for CAL and all of professional e-sports because you can use the shield in CAL now.



Yup, it's going to backfire, and the fall of all e-sports is imminent...

[Simplex]

shield exploits still remain...With the shield now fixed in CS Steam 1.6...

So is it fixed or not?

[FLeK0]

what if it will fit in league play (not public fun), and ppl will like it, and eSports will be more interesting?

It didn't kill CS in 2 months how everyone predicted, it can't be too bad now.

[PuNiShEr]

wow Looks liek UGS is the league to be in

[Ardan]

They allowed the shield again! *GASP* We're all dooooomed, even though we're talking about a PC game! lol



You know, if you guys hate the shield and valve that much, go play a different game. Its not like we're dealing with something essential, like someone forcing a new additive into your water supply to 'improve' it :P.



We still have it banned on our server, so don't call me some stupid 'fanboy' as you all seem to call people. I find it interesting that they re-enabled it, and maybe we should test it again as well to see if the hitboxes are normal on it. One thing I feel should be done is to limit the amount that can be purchased by the CT team, or at least raise the price to be much higher than it is now. I like it, just not when 75% of the Counter-Terrorists are using it.

[vARULF!!]

this is good. not only will it be intresting to watch how the pros use the sheild, but maybe people will understand that >>>the sheild is balanced<<<.

[naem]

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Simplex wrote..

So is it fixed or not?

Frank says it is. It really isn't, though.

vARULF!! wrote..

this is good. not only will it be intresting to watch how the pros use the sheild, but maybe people will understand that >>>the sheild is balanced<<<.

I don't see how you can call it balanced. When I shoot at a shielder who's firing back at me, and I'm firing directly on their body parts and seeing sparks fly off of them, that doesn't really scream "balance" to me.

[Stiffer]

reloading with shields looks funny and strange

[Deletable_Man]

Heh the funny thing is you people missed the last CS update that had all those "fixed the shield bugs" messages in its changelog. Another thing that I find funny: Even if the shield appears to be unbalanced, it doesn't matter in league play because you switch sides mid-match. Everyone gets a chance with it. So shut up whiners, I'm tired of hearing your bullshit. If you don't like it, go play in OGL. rofl

RaptorRage wrote..

Perhaps they finally restarted their Steam servers to get the latest updates from the past month or two that had fixed the shield. :P

Actually this guy says the same thing in slightly friendlier terms. Sorry I missed his post. :)