Counter-Strike Opens Weapons Market

kalpatin writes "The ever so popular game, Counter Strike:Source developed by Valve, has a new feature added to the game: A virtual marketplace for the weapons and equipment. According to Valve, every item's price will be updated on a weekly basis depending on the global market demand. Some users have posted their anger toward the new change on the Valve forums and have even started a petition to stop the change. Is Valve turning into Microsoft by introducing features that are not needed or wanted by the community, or are they merely spicing the game up?"

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What is Counter-Strike?

[eebra82]

What is Counter-Strike anyway? I've been playing it since the very first beta - and quite frequently so. In retrospective, I feel obliged to say that Counter-Strike hasn't been consistent in its content at all. How much is actually still the same from the original betas?

The physics of a player are totally different (i.e. weapon handling, bunny jumping, etc). Weapons are different. CS_ maps are no longer played and are basically replaced in favor of the DE_ maps. The list is very long and could be expanded forever.

My point is that Counter-Strike has never been Counter-Strike, simply because it is changing so frequently that the game can only be defined as a tactical FPS. Looking at other games, such as Quake III: Arena or even QuakeWorld, these games are easier to define because they haven't changed much at all.

I don't think Valve will stop making changes to CS and CS:S. At least that's what history has told us so far.