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Iceworld gave you a random weapon and you had to make do - that was a fun twist on the usual CS gameplay, and that’s all it took to be popular. Another genre in

by fwlr 4y ago

Iceworld gave you a random weapon and you had to make do - that was a fun twist on the usual CS gameplay, and that’s all it took to be popular. Another genre in this style (possibly an evolution of iceworld itself) is “gun game”, where you all start with the weakest pistol and every kill changes you to the next weapon. This was popular for the same reason, it was a fun twist on the usual gameplay and you played with unfamiliar weapons.

stephen_g 4y ago
Yeah, I love gungame. It's deathmath style so you respawn pretty much immediately which makes it a lot more fast-paced and interesting instead of dying and having to wait out the round. There are still a decent number of people playing gungame in CS: Source around me (apparently it's not as good in the newer CS:GO but I don't have that one). It's also mostly people in their thirties so a bit better vibe than when there used to be a lot of annoying people who sound like they're twelve - they mostly seem to be on CS:GO now (not that all teenagers playing games are annoying, just mostly the ones who are on the voice chat a lot).
- arvinsim 4y ago
  Gungame is just so much better to pick and play in public games. No waiting for teams to win, just shoot, die and respawn. Forcing players to a knife fight endgame is just so much fun.
qup 4y ago
We used to play one with respawns so there'd just be piles of guns everywhere (mainly the corner walls). I think we also had no money restrictions. You could buy whatever you wanted in the buy zone.
ziml77 4y ago
Gun game servers are where I encountered all sorts of custom maps, including fy_iceworld. I spent so many hours in high school and into college playing gun game in CS:S. It was very easy to just hop in and have fun. It was a nice alternative to the more serious, team objective oriented modes.
rgavuliak 4y ago
No, fy_iceworld had guns lying on the ground. The article mentions it too.
- ChoGGi 4y ago
  Yes, but gg allowed you to remove them.

by fwlr 4y ago

stephen_g 4y ago

Yeah, I love gungame. It's deathmath style so you respawn pretty much immediately which makes it a lot more fast-paced and interesting instead of dying and having to wait out the round. There are still a decent number of people playing gungame in CS: Source around me (apparently it's not as good in the newer CS:GO but I don't have that one). It's also mostly people in their thirties so a bit better vibe than when there used to be a lot of annoying people who sound like they're twelve - they mostly seem to be on CS:GO now (not that all teenagers playing games are annoying, just mostly the ones who are on the voice chat a lot).

arvinsim 4y ago
Gungame is just so much better to pick and play in public games. No waiting for teams to win, just shoot, die and respawn. Forcing players to a knife fight endgame is just so much fun.

qup 4y ago

We used to play one with respawns so there'd just be piles of guns everywhere (mainly the corner walls). I think we also had no money restrictions. You could buy whatever you wanted in the buy zone.

ziml77 4y ago

Gun game servers are where I encountered all sorts of custom maps, including fy_iceworld. I spent so many hours in high school and into college playing gun game in CS:S. It was very easy to just hop in and have fun. It was a nice alternative to the more serious, team objective oriented modes.

rgavuliak 4y ago

No, fy_iceworld had guns lying on the ground. The article mentions it too.

ChoGGi 4y ago
Yes, but gg allowed you to remove them.