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Immature admins on Counter-Strike

In Annoying, Gaming, Life on 8 August 2006 with 1 comment

I think I got banned from a lot of Counter-Strike servers earlier today. Why?

I was itching for some fy_iceworld2 (a map with no real purpose except to kill each other). I found one with a small number of players, but ended up going 1-on-1 with some other guy. I killed him 4 times in a row. Not sure what the rules were, but that was it. I didn’t get any error message, Counter-Strike just “ended” on me. No warning, and he didn’t chat with me.

To be honest, I’m not even that good. I guess I picked the wrong guy to kill 4 times in a row. He probably was an admin. (They should do background checks on those guys.)

I’m in good standing on the VAC server. I asked for help at Steam-powered Support.

Ridiculous. It’s amazing that so many people continue to play Counter-Strike, compared to all the other Steam games available.

Thoughts? Do you agree? Am I a geeky dork for wanting to play this game again? Lemme hear ya!

Update: I got a reply 16 hours later and was directed to an FAQ article titled “Admin Slowhacking.” That did the trick. Thanks JeffH!

Counter-Strike whining

In Asides, Gaming, Life on 18 March 2005 with 2 comments

I wasn’t hacking in Counter-Strike this time. It almost everybody hacks, so I was doing it for awhile, too. (ESP only, no aimbot or anything else.) Not tonight. I tried going into de_dust2 for the first time in a while. I’m not partial to the AK-47 on the terrorists’ team, but I went with it. I ended up with a 4:1 kill ratio! (I think.) I was amazed at the luck I was having. Unfortunately, someone kept whining and I simply left after 15 minutes. I must’ve killed the same guy like 7 times, so I suppose I can’t blame him for being suspicious. But still!