CPL Bans Shield

[CSN NewsBot]

Although CAL's next season will allow use of the riot shield, and this December's upcoming Cyberathlete Professional League CS event representatives had allowed its use, Frank Nuccio has decided to ban the shield from the CPL event:

The CPL has decided to disallow the use of the Riot Shield in Counter-Strike 1.6, this is due to the few remaining inconsistencies that remain with this new item. Once these inconsistencies are fixed the CPL will once again review it's use in competitive play.

Personally, now that CS 1.6 has been out of a while, I think that the shield really isn't such a decisive issue. The game hasn't been altered that much by its presense. I question whether this ruling is actually based on technical analysis, since I have seen no evidence of the shield still being "inconsistent," and have seen plenty in the community rabidly anti-shield for no good reason. After considering it, I trust that Frank's decision is a technical analysis, since listening to community demands is something that the CPL often rightfully ignores.

[JRules]

I think this is a good idea, I just hate the shield just cause nothing goes through it! Its just annoying and so I play on anti-shield servers.

[R_Tribesman]

the sheld isnt crap because everything goes through it, its crap because if you try to shoot someone in the side all you get is sparks, as if theres an invisable sheild there

[tspoon1066]

I'm not strictly anti-shield, but I feel that it doesn't really fit in with the feeling of CS. You can have a nice tactic planned, run around a corner and be faced with a dancing chimp behind a shield.



I only ever use the shield on iceworld servers if i get a chance to buy something in the middle. always confuses people.

[zeromikey88]

It's a good idea because they made the riot shield suck(invincible)!!! I'm sure that in real life some weapons can penetrate it.It could have been so much better.

[The Who?]

YA! LOL!!11one

[Spartibus]

rizzuh, the shield is still verrrry glitchy



1. shield glitches still work, such as having an invisible shield and running at full speed



2. shield hitboxes are STILL messed up. I've made my own movies with my friends. They sit still and i shoot them where the shield isn't, and they don't get hit, or they sit still and i shoot them where the shield is, and they do get it. It's even worse while moving. Not very accurate



The shield will change league play dramatically. You have the assholes who will create random clubs/clans that "use shield only". and frankly, while a shield might not be TOO hard to kill, all it does is delay the game. 1 on 1 a shield should and mostlikely will easily win against any gun. but more than one person against a shield and all you get is constant running until the shield see's some opening, which takes foreverrrrrr



shield should have stayed in CZ and been exclusive or something, because it definitely doesn't belong in CS 1.6.

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[rizzuh]

Spartibus wrote..

rizzuh, the shield is still verrrry glitchy

I don't think you're making it up, but is it really hard to document this on a web page with videos or other evidence? I don't play on a lot of shield heavy servers and I would like to be sure before I make any sweeping statements regarding the shield's bugs.

[lockhart]

The shield is awful. The hitboxes are still fucked up, it's too hard to kill a shielder because you just don't know where to shoot. I still think that there are only 2 possible reasons why CAL legalized the shield: pressure from Valve, or simply because UGS still has it banned.

The shield just looks rediculous. It's rediculous in the concept of the game also; you can shoot through 6 foot concrete walls, but you can't shoot through a piece of metal that can be CARRIED WITH ONE HAND while running faster than if you had an AWP. Seriously, wtf.

I'm glad that it hasn't been legal in match play yet, because it gives me time to bitch about the other dumb changes that Valve made. The +3 frags thing is still dumb because it really fucks with scores in scrims/matches... this is the kind of thing that a server variable would fix fine. Interp is another thing, shots register in 1.6 as if people were playing with ex_interp .02 in 1.5. If you have a server that is secure 0 and sv_maxrate 0, try using rate 25000, cl_updaterate 101, cl_cmdrate 101, and ex_interp .01. Now look at how on-target the shots register. With .1 you have to aim behind the person, just like you were interping in 1.5. All valve needs to do is make interp uneditable and change it based on your connection/rates.

[FLeK0]

CAL bans shield too:

The shield is not legal in CAL until all of the bugs have been fixed.

- CPL|George Kaspiris

[MaxiM]

FLeK0 wrote..

CAL bans shield too:



"The shield is not legal in CAL until all of the bugs have been fixed.

- CPL|George Kaspiris"

It took 3 years for VALVe to see that auto-snipers are crappy, CAL will wait a bit

[Gooch_GrG]

i have said this before. in the beta when they introduced the shield it only blocked smg's and pistols except deagle and if they put it back that way then everyone would allow it in play and noone would use it