Shiny Newsbits

[CSN NewsBot]

Ah yes, a small onslaught of news for us, and what does that give for you guys? A nice little cut and dry piece we like to call "newsbits."

• yet another interview has been conducted with valve's doug lombardi, this time by computer games online. included is some rehashed information we already knew as well as some information on future projects, steam load expectations at release, and thoughts on competition from other games.
  
  
  
  
• gotfrag reports that the 2004 eswc cs champions are the titans after defeating team spixel 13-11 on dust2. congratulations to them on their victory.
  
  
  
  
• cyberconxion will host a world cyber games qualifier in wayne, nj from july 23-25. it will feature cs1.6 in the initial rounds and cs:cz in the finals. check out the wcg event page for more information.

[Warchicken]

You spelled spixel wrong.

[ssj3johnny]

[azz0r]

Awesome, Shame I go back to college in SEPTEMBER FFS.



Summer holidays ruined Valve :P RUINED

[-:Nighthawk:-]

7. Computer Games Romania: After its release, many players will hurry to get their copy through Steam first. Can Steam handle such a load?

Doug Lombardi: We're taking several steps to accommodate the demand, and we'll soon find out if our guesstimates were accurate.

Hahaha, they better have a long pre-loading period if they hope to avoid massive network lag. :) Ah well, I don't think VALVe has ever correctly estimated how large the demand on their network would be, but we love 'em anyway. :P



Who knows... maybe they'll get lucky and all of us will just be buying boxed copies anyway...

[HankPym]

-:Nighthawk:- wrote..

Ah well, I don't think VALVe has ever correctly estimated how large the demand on their network would be, but we love 'em anyway. :P

I seem to recall an interview with one of the Valve staffers some time ago, where he actually admitted their constand underestimation.



They should just figure out how much bandwidth they think they'll need, then double it.

[Leon_Da_Man]

wow so many LAN events this July, hopefully WCG or CPL will have an sK vs NoA showdown somewhere down the line. hopefully a North American team will take the gold this time around (noa doesnt count).

[tibi08]

-:Nighthawk:- wrote..

Who knows... maybe they'll get lucky and all of us will just be buying boxed copies anyway...

If it's anything like Condition Zero, I'll buy the box to get the discounted price off Amazon and then use the product key to download it off Steam anyway. What do I care, it'll be unattended and I actually get a later version.

[Ava3ar]

Im doing the following



1 lite version (boxed)

1 normal version (boxed)

1 normal version (steam)

1 platinum version (boxed)



that way i get the other stff, CS and i have some spare keys incase i forget my username/password (i dotn cheat so i dont need em for hat)

[Zips]

Ava3ar wrote..

Im doing the following



1 lite version (boxed)

1 normal version (boxed)

1 normal version (steam)

1 platinum version (boxed)



that way i get the other stff, CS and i have some spare keys incase i forget my username/password (i dotn cheat so i dont need em for hat)

... Why not just buy the Platinum edition (Boxed) and maybe 1 lite edition (boxed)? Granted even THAT is overkill, but at lest you'd have an extra key and the bonuses.

[Ava3ar]

becasue someone always comes to me 3years later and asks me for a key, so its easier, i used to have 12HL1 keys, i only have 6left now

[ph33r.hell_raiser]

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Ava3ar wrote..

becasue someone always comes to me 3years later and asks me for a key, so its easier, i used to have 12HL1 keys, i only have 6left now

so basically you buy hl games and give the keys to other people?



btw, can i get one of those keys?

[Zips]

Ava3ar wrote..

becasue someone always comes to me 3years later and asks me for a key, so its easier, i used to have 12HL1 keys, i only have 6left now

... So just tell them to stop being a freeloader and buy their own copy?

[HowlinMadMurphy]

Ooh, the people at Valve like tequila too?

[tibi08]

Ava3ar wrote..

becasue someone always comes to me 3years later and asks me for a key, so its easier, i used to have 12HL1 keys, i only have 6left now

That makes no sense. In 3 years HL2 will be half the price.