Play Counter-Strike For Real

An anonymous reader writes "Fradley Airfield, England; A group of obsessive Counter-Strike fans are attempting to recreate one of the game's most popular maps, de_dust, for real. When the MDF masterpiece is complete, hopefully late this summer, the site will be used by paintballers dressed as Counter-Strike players who will battle it out over 4-5 weekends worth of paint splattered mayhem. A petition campaigning for someone to accurately recreate DOAX: Beach Volleyball is expected to be up and running within the week."

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WTF H4X

[Poofat]

OMG!! BS!!! AIMBOT

The only way to keep wallhackers out?

[Nathan Ramella]

After all these years, it turns out the only way to keep wallhackers out is to get some server side security in the form of reality.

Cheers for the effort, although I think you'll still get people bunny-jumping.
-n

Commercial appeal?

[rogueMonkey]

Many big paintball sites (both indoors and outdoors) spend a lot of time thinking out layouts that are both playable and fun. If this experiment proves successful, maybe some of them will consider taking a cue from layouts that have seen literally thousands of hours of playtesting. What remains to be seen is if a layout that is suitable for playing electronically really is as fun when "in the flesh". I could imagine having to remain alive pressing a button on a wall for 30 seconds to actually get it to open (ENG. planting dynamite anyone?) or having to follow an armored buggy on a terrain to complete objectives (à la Enemy Territory fuel_dump). Shivers... I'd actually have a chance at becoming *fit*!

Re:Commercial appeal?

[tasq]

In order to make fps games more enjoyable, many engines have the player's run speed faster than a world-class sprinter could achieve, not to mention putting in jumps and obstacles that no normal paintball fanatic could hope to overcome. Many levels, if made in real life, would seem incredibly big, hard to navigate, and slow to get around. Also, lava pits are very hard to maintain, and you can't rocket jump with a paintball gun.

Where are the pics?

[Ayanami Rei]

I am suspicious of a website with only a flash intro and no mention of:

1) Chosen site
2) Plans
3) Who's paying for the construction costs
4) Pictures

etc.

I mean, if you're going to hype it up, give us something to be hyped about. I'm not buying plane tickets 2 months in advanced if I can't be sure to see a spectacle.

choice of map

[brkello]

For those people who play counter strike (well), they know that de_dust is probably one of the most unbalanced maps out there. There is definately a favortism towards the ct side. So I am surprised they picked that one, even if it is popular. Playing this game using paintball would be fun though. It would definately favor the side with faster runners. The quicker teams can get to the choke points and secure them...game over.

Why paintball?

[jahalme]

Why are they going to play paintball there? If they're aiming for an ultimate CS experience, they should be playing airsoft instead.

Airsoft guns are authentic-looking firearm replicas which shoot 6mm plastic BBs either by using compressed air or gas as propellant. Most electric compressed air guns are have selectable full-/semi-auto operation and gas-operated semiautomatic pistols load a new round by realistically recoiling the slide (which in most guns locks back after the last round is fired). Just about every gun featured on CS is also available as an airsoft gun (the Five-seveN, AWM and Scout are not, AFAIK).

Take a look at these guns which have been reviewed at a popular UK news site. Also, airsoft players tend to aim for ultimate realism in combat gear. Teams such as Team Red Cell or Team 2 Hit 6 display great dedication to their hobby and the photos of them in action may just as well be of actual HRT/SOG operations (note that every pic in which they have their goggles off are posed - eye protection is mandatory during gameplay).

Most games, independent of their length in time, can be described as one team attempting to accomplish an objective ("bomb" a target, seize a hill, clear a building, etc) whereas the other tries to stop them. Pretty much what people do on CS, right? I've also designed and built a "bomb simulator" which mimics the bomb on CS as closely as possible. :)

Oh yeah, close-quarters battle with paintball guns isn't nice - getting shot at a range of less than 10ft makes really nasty big bleeding bruises. Although airsoft BBs do have a greater velocity, their inertia is smaller due to a small mass (0.2g to 0.43g, depends on which you use) and they impact on a smaller area. This makes the hits sting but usually they just slightly break the skin (through a camo BDU, of course). Do note that airsoft guns don't leave paint marks so each player must play honestly and call themselves out if they're hit - people who play in "godmode" are not looked well upon.