Counter-Strike Source Beta Set for Late Summer

fistfullast33l writes "Valve has announced via Steam that a Beta version will be launched for Counter-Strike: Source, the multiplayer counter-terrorism mod that will now be updated for release with the Half-Life 2 powering Source engine. It is expected to be kicked off around late summer. Apparently: 'The beta will first be open to subscribers of the Valve Cyber Café Program, and then extended to owners of Counter-Strike: Condition Zero.' Seems like a good time to find out where the nearest gaming parlor is." This move is interesting in light of allegations of Valve bullying cybercafes - we also recently covered the South Korean unveiling of Counter-Strike: Source over at Slashdot Games.

Comments

Re:What a real geek needs

[MalikChen]

I'm a geek so that means I don't run Windows. And I'm a real geek so that means I dont rely on Wine either.

Geez, the option to mod down is so tempting right now... First off, geeklyness has nothing to do with the OS you run. Running Windows does not exclude you from the geekdom, and running Linux does not give you an all access pass. If you're running a fresh boot of Fedora every time you restart your computer because you can't figure out how to install RedHat, you are less of a geek than someone who runs Windows and keeps it finely tuned.

Wine sucks. Winex is better. Cedega (wine 4) is great. I really don't think you have a problem with having to "rely" on wine, you have a problem getting winex from CVS or shelling out for (or finding) cedega. Just because you are unwilling to get CS working in Wine, you shouldn't say that "real geeks" don't use it.

Oh, and real geeks never say things like "real geeks never do [whatever]." :)

Re:CS vs AA

[gumpish]

Too bad AA runs like a slide show. Shouldn't need an X800 to run a 3rd rate FPS.