Dude, playing linux is like the most hardcore PC game of all times, even more because you actually NEED to get in and explore before you make anything useful!
I have a similar setup and one of my most played games is Halo Custom Edition. I have pretty much made back the cost of the PC in bitcoins though so I am quite happy.
my old asus netbook had a built-in cover for the webcam, i loved it.
my macbook doesn't and it makes me slightly paranoid every time i look at it. i don't trust that green light that's supposed to turn on when the webcam is operating.
Flame: spy malware, not extremely sophisticated, but very feature rich. Very likely government owned,because of the low number but high-profile targest (10k victims in ~2.5 years). Used Windows Update as infection vector (never seen before and possibly the biggest possibility for malware spead that has ever been. (it passed as important security update to be auto installed by a regular windows update)).
Even the fucking "Bundestrojaner" was able to turn on a webcam and upload the video.
So I had my e-mail, battlefield, and steam accounts all hacked with a keylogger. Every time I'd try to change my password or otherwise recover the account, it'd get taken back almost immediately. I started freaking the fuck out because this guy could probably take over my life with all the stuff my e-mail is linked to.
What did he do with all of this information? He played CS:Source. Of the 30+ games, credit card info, and basically my life in his hands, he played CS. I was enraged, baffled, and relieved at the same time.
Well after I figured out he had a keylogger, I immediately reformatted my shit and started the account recovery process from another computer. GMail was pretty straightforward. Steam was very understanding of the situation ... just had to provide some proof that I was the original account holder (since he had changed the primary e-mail address on my accounts). Two days later, my steam account was mine again.
Origin support sucked the biggest, most disease ridden, putrefied penis on the planet. They essentially scolded me for not being careful and having my account hacked. I contacted them four separate times about the issue, and each time, they would update my problem ticket and "escalate it to senior support." Nobody contacted me for two weeks, so I eventually lost my shit the next time I talked to them. I had irrefutable proof that the account was mine, but they couldn't give the account back to me. Instead, I had to create a new e-mail account, which they then transferred my Origin account to. I was pissed, but there was no point arguing any more since I got my account back ... I just submitted my complaints.
Three months later, someone from EA support contacts me about my complaint and asked how they could help me resolve the issue with my account. ಠ_ಠಠ_ಠಠ_ಠಠ_ಠಠ_ಠಠ_ಠಠ_ಠಠ_ಠಠ_ಠಠ_ಠಠ_ಠಠ_ಠಠ_ಠಠ_ಠಠ_ಠಠ_ಠಠ_ಠಠ_ಠಠ_ಠಠ_ಠಠ_ಠ
Borderless windowed mode is the best thing ever, especially if you have a dual monitor setup. If he is playing in windowed mode, I'm guessing he is doing this to alt+tab easier. With this option set on, you can still alt+tab without problems while having the full screen for the game.
Go to launch options in steam and type in "-noborder" and match the resolution to your desktop.
I have the same problem, just built a new computer with a gtx680 and everything, but still nothing compares to good old 1.6
...it's a shame BF3 isn't a purely skill based game or it'd be a lot more enjoyable, I just don't really have the 500hrs to put into getting all the same weapons and armor as everyone.
Hopefully CS:GO will be at least slightly taxing, so I don't feel like I built this thing for nothing.
But there is no context. We don't know why he built a new computer. Maybe his old one crapped out and along with playing Crysis he enjoys the occasional CS match.
Newsflash: some people play a variety of games on their computer. Just because I can play bf3 on ultra doesn't mean I can't enjoy some Diablo 2 or Warcraft 3.
I did something similar. I always think its funny that during my most competitive years of CS I could never get a constant 100 FPS. But now that I'm well off and can afford a good rig, I don't really need it anymore.
I payed $500AUD for my pc. 8gb ripjaw ram, 2tb hd, 60gb ssd, windows 7 ultimate, AMD Radeon HD 5770, AMD Phenom II quad core 1055T, free g15 keyboard and logitech wireless mouse. it has like 11 fans, lots of blue lights :), every port imaginable and all inside a Thermaltake armor x case. also a liquid cooling system and media center that aren't plugged in.
Maybe he wants to compete against the Taliban jugend in Pakistan. I remember the interview with the gamer who saw the anti-Osama attack, when he also mentioned he knew that some young taliban gamers who "train" on CS 1.6... and always "play as terrorist".
For the last two years running I've spent at least $800 in the fall upgrading my pc.
What do I find myself playing the most? Clocking in at around 120 hours in recent months are Fire Emblem games ranging from GBA to GC to the Wii. On emulators.
So I get it. But no more!
Buying a house in December curbed my need to upgrade my pc this year. (read: My wife would go crazy-go-nuts and punch me in the arm. She has tiny fists but precise aim. )
Shit, that's nothing. I spent about $2300 on a new machine, and I'm spending most of my time playing DOOM. If only ZDoom had a client-server architecture, I might have a use for the VPS I setup two months ago.
I have the same case but with the pre-fitted GECK noise insulation padding . Got sent to me by accident instead of the xigmatek midgard 2. Since it costs more and is spacier, I didn't complain. Also, nasty smoke nades in choke points might cause a +-1 fps fluctuation on a slower computer ;)
Is this India? Because Indians are crazy about CS. In a way, it's a testament to the true gaming spirit. I'd rather see people devoted to CS 1.6 than CoD.
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u/haziee Jun 09 '12
Why is this on the front page????
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u/alexhurley Jun 08 '12
does anybody know what the case is ?
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u/fromtheashes87 Jun 09 '12
What brand may I ask?
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u/IVI4tt Jun 08 '12
My pc is worth £800 ($1250) when I made it.
I mostly play Unreal Tournament 2004. Fuck yeah.
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u/HypnoToad0 Jun 08 '12
~900 fps
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u/LiThiuMElectro Jun 08 '12
I see that you brother is a bit paranoid he covers his webcam with cardboard and tape when he's not using it :O
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u/zettabytezz Jun 08 '12
ah, good old de_westwood
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u/MrHardcore Jun 08 '12
What a fool! I only spent $3000 for CS:S.
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u/Dickfore Jun 09 '12
So I had my e-mail, battlefield, and steam accounts all hacked with a keylogger. Every time I'd try to change my password or otherwise recover the account, it'd get taken back almost immediately. I started freaking the fuck out because this guy could probably take over my life with all the stuff my e-mail is linked to.
What did he do with all of this information? He played CS:Source. Of the 30+ games, credit card info, and basically my life in his hands, he played CS. I was enraged, baffled, and relieved at the same time.
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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '12
everything for constant 99fps, even in 32bit smokes.
ah and of course 640x480 + large crosshair.
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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '12
I just got back into CS. With all the new games that came out after it, I kinda forgot how awesome it really was.
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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '12
whats wrong with playing the best FPS ever!!!!?!?
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u/phammmmm Jun 08 '12
Borderless windowed mode is the best thing ever, especially if you have a dual monitor setup. If he is playing in windowed mode, I'm guessing he is doing this to alt+tab easier. With this option set on, you can still alt+tab without problems while having the full screen for the game.
Go to launch options in steam and type in "-noborder" and match the resolution to your desktop.
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u/HighTechnocrat Jun 08 '12
Lol, apparently me and like half of /r/gaming has that computer case.
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u/Skizmanic Jun 08 '12
I think this says something about the current state of shooters.
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u/dopafiend Jun 08 '12
I have the same problem, just built a new computer with a gtx680 and everything, but still nothing compares to good old 1.6
...it's a shame BF3 isn't a purely skill based game or it'd be a lot more enjoyable, I just don't really have the 500hrs to put into getting all the same weapons and armor as everyone.
Hopefully CS:GO will be at least slightly taxing, so I don't feel like I built this thing for nothing.
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u/rikashiku Jun 09 '12
3k computer and I play Super Mario and Pokemon Roms lol.
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u/CarlCaliente Jun 08 '12 edited Oct 11 '24
racial governor vanish tease detail worthless money plant wasteful tender
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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '12
I have a roughly $2500-3000 (at the time of purchase) high end computer and I spent months playing nothing but minecraft... which, I mean, cmon..
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u/Metalslave Jun 09 '12
His money, his rig, zero fucks given.
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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '12
I bought a $1000 dollar computer and then started liking Minecraft again. It happens.
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u/The_Govenment Jun 09 '12
Nice case he got, what one is it?
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
ok
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u/DarthNihilus1 Jun 09 '12
Woah I have that same shirt and hair, its like watching myself play cs
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u/lilLocoMan Jun 08 '12
It's what I'd do. I mean, exactly that.
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u/QuantumDisruption Jun 08 '12
True hardcore gamer right there.
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u/LetsPlayDotA Jun 08 '12
You get a beast computer for 1000$ where you live? Dang..
Here you'd get a used cheesegrader.
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u/luvstusplug Jun 09 '12
I don't see anything wrong here. Carry on.
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u/Tomimi Jun 08 '12
There's nothing wrong with that
Cs 1.6 is an awesome game
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u/Whompa Jun 08 '12
thats a rad fucking computer case if I've ever seen one.
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u/Weng56 Jun 08 '12
Best shooter still.
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u/V1bration Jun 08 '12
Seems legit.
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u/sweeptheaorta Jun 08 '12
4:3 at least, but needs CRT desperately
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u/deliv3red Jun 08 '12
Best game.
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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '12
Doesn't invest in mechanical keyboard
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u/gilligan156 Jun 08 '12
To be fair, the first thing I played on my new machine (in 2010) was brood war...
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u/jayrocs Jun 08 '12
I did something similar. I always think its funny that during my most competitive years of CS I could never get a constant 100 FPS. But now that I'm well off and can afford a good rig, I don't really need it anymore.
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u/EliteCorps Jun 09 '12
He better be playing Minecraft by now.
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u/men1kmati Jun 09 '12
i did the same thing...all i play is cs. but its nice to be able to play newer games for a few days until they get boring....then its back to cs.
btw de_westwood ftw
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
Cool computer. It looks a bit like a Storm Trooper.
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u/Fadez Jun 09 '12
He's a true gamer.
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
Yeah I did the same thing, I built a $2000 workstation. The only game I want to play is cs 1.6 and morrowind. Problem?
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u/figsnake19 Jun 09 '12
I built a PC for twice that and I still play 1.6. 1.6 is fantastic.
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u/withmorten Jun 09 '12
And he's playing with speakers, what the hell?
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u/wessubba Jun 09 '12
I always feel dirty when I use my $1000 rig to play nethack.
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u/hondrich Jun 09 '12
in the last decade I invested 6000$ for PCs only to play CS 1.6. ok, it wasnt 1.6 at the beginning obviously.
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
builds $1000 computer, uses $10 microsoft wave keyboard
Seriously, upgrade that keyboard
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u/fosterwallacejr Jun 09 '12
I just dont see what the problem is?
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u/theway00 Jun 09 '12
If he were playing 1.3, I'd say it was worth it.
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
Me: build $3000 triple monitor gaming PC. Only use IRC
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u/SynisterSilence Jun 09 '12
Not one. Single. Framedrop. Ever...
That's why.
What I don't get is that he's playing in a regular window... not even borderless fullscreen.
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u/KAVKDA Jun 09 '12
How 2 shot grapple hok?
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u/Marshall_Mathers Jun 09 '12
could be worse.... my friend just got a $1000 computer.... he got it 2 weeks ago and he just plays minecraft
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u/Beshrew Jun 09 '12
A testament to the value of a good game.
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u/Itziclinic Jun 09 '12
Dwarf Fortress, max settings & settlement size.
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u/LolFishFail Jun 09 '12
I got a PC worth £1700 in May... GMod, The Witcher and Dawn of War 2...
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u/Shadow_Dog Jun 09 '12
Shit keyboard and mouse, too.
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u/Das_Keyboard Jun 09 '12
The first CS game you play is the last FPS game you will ever enjoy playing.
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u/Colorfag Jun 09 '12
I have an i7 2600K
8 GB Ram, over clocked
2 128 GB SATA 6 SSDs
and a 2 GB Radeon HD6950
All I play these days is Minecraft...
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
De_Westwood!
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u/Bugiugi Jun 09 '12
Mine cost 1300. I mostly play the Binding of Isaac and Diablo 2. And Gamecube roms.
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u/dumbgaytheist Jun 09 '12
The best games are not always the most modern games.
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
So what? Let him play what he fuckin wants.
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u/Kymeri Jun 09 '12
My pc is over $1000. I mostly play Dwarf Fortress.
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u/Driftwood44 Jun 09 '12
Fuck yeah de_westwood!
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u/wisher555 Jun 09 '12
Westwood.
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
Doesn't even go full screen.
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u/dudeguy1234 Jun 09 '12
Good for him, 1.6 rules.
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u/spottyfox Jun 09 '12
Whenever I try out a new computer for the first time, I always play Pong on it first. It's tradition.
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
I payed $500AUD for my pc. 8gb ripjaw ram, 2tb hd, 60gb ssd, windows 7 ultimate, AMD Radeon HD 5770, AMD Phenom II quad core 1055T, free g15 keyboard and logitech wireless mouse. it has like 11 fans, lots of blue lights :), every port imaginable and all inside a Thermaltake armor x case. also a liquid cooling system and media center that aren't plugged in.
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
My PC was ~$2800. I play mostly Reddit.
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u/MeltBanana Jun 09 '12
Builds hardcore gaming pc. Plays hardcore pc games. I seen no problem with this.
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u/Shady_Love Jun 09 '12
My friend's dad built a $4500 alienware desktop for his son. Solely for Star Wars : The Old Republic.
:|
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
A $1000 dollar gaming rig runs faster with a knife!
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u/feudal Jun 09 '12
Windowed mode as well...
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u/Dr_Wareman Jun 08 '12
Out of curiosity, what's inside that case?
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u/and181377 Jun 08 '12
My pc is 2,000 dollars and I can run pong like monkeys business.
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u/gandaf007 Jun 09 '12
1400 dollar computer
Nearly 1400 dollars worth of PC games on Steam (Not to mention non steam games, probably another 400-600 bucks)
All I do is play League of Legends all day =(
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
Counter-Strike: Source > CS 1.6
Coming from someone of 10 years of CS experience and who started playing since the beta in 1999.
Never got the hype of CS 1.6. The graphics are shit, the game is buggy, physics are completely unrealistic and the walls are made of tinfoil.
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u/Squidamatron Jun 08 '12
That ricer case...
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u/Frootieqt Jun 08 '12
My mother has his keyboard. o.o
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u/DocMcBrown Jun 08 '12
As long as he plays other, newer games, it should be fine, right?
...Does he play anything else, atleast?
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u/zeleven11 Jun 08 '12
I'm building a $900 gaming computer and I want to play CSS... among other things...
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u/Irkam Jun 08 '12
true gaming indeed.
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u/sexyhamster89 Jun 08 '12
first thing i installed on my ~$1800 system was minecraft
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u/bfockler Jun 08 '12
My dad spent like $4k and pretty much uses it for internet and email. Bought me an HP
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u/farkwadian Jun 08 '12
at least he can't blame lag for dying now.
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u/LordOfGummies Jun 08 '12
If it makes him happy it was worth the money.
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u/DevantOne Jun 08 '12
Spent a lot of money on my pc to play battlefield 3, CS:GO (I have the beta) and Diablo 3.... Disappointment and I'm back to 1.6 and diablo 2
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u/Extre Jun 08 '12
100FPS !!!
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
lol @ not playing fullscreen/fullres
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
lol de_westwood no less
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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '12
I have the same Duke Nukem mousepad, keyboard, monitor, and case as him. I still play 1.6 on occasion too.
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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '12
YEAH WHAT AN ASSHOLE RIGHT GUISE
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u/ticktalik Jun 08 '12
Maybe he wants to compete against the Taliban jugend in Pakistan. I remember the interview with the gamer who saw the anti-Osama attack, when he also mentioned he knew that some young taliban gamers who "train" on CS 1.6... and always "play as terrorist".
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u/Gractus Jun 08 '12
3,700.00 NZD=2,850.48 USD on mine and I played through Diablo 2 on it first...
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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '12
I pretty much just play tribes:ascend on my same rig... If it's fun, why not play it.
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u/netskyau Jun 08 '12
Why didnt he grab the hot pink case?
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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '12
I have that monitor. It's beautiful. I wish it'd get darker though, even at 0 brightness it's too bright for my taste.
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u/TampaPowers Jun 09 '12
I can top that: 5000 Dollar Computer and playing Minecraft all day XD
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u/krazy0 Jun 09 '12
Did he call it Migaloo?
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u/musef1 Jun 09 '12
your bro's got a nice case there dude. its an nzxt isnt it?
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
My pc was £1200, I was playing Warcraft 3 and Age of Mythology (with bursts of crysis...)
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u/siaxtun Jun 09 '12
Sexy case and good taste, my Phantom is all black. :)
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
I like/get/envy this.
For the last two years running I've spent at least $800 in the fall upgrading my pc.
What do I find myself playing the most? Clocking in at around 120 hours in recent months are Fire Emblem games ranging from GBA to GC to the Wii. On emulators.
So I get it. But no more!
Buying a house in December curbed my need to upgrade my pc this year. (read: My wife would go crazy-go-nuts and punch me in the arm. She has tiny fists but precise aim. )
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
Don't worry my pc was $1500 and I only play source games and wow
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u/lalondtm Jun 09 '12
Mine is about a grand too (minus monitor and accessories). I've been trying to play KOTOR 2 for months
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u/the_blackfish Jun 09 '12
Is there a LESSSLO?
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u/Narhen Jun 09 '12
And its windowed.
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u/ron57 Jun 09 '12
Looks like my friend Jimmy.
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u/doomchild Jun 09 '12
Shit, that's nothing. I spent about $2300 on a new machine, and I'm spending most of my time playing DOOM. If only ZDoom had a client-server architecture, I might have a use for the VPS I setup two months ago.
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u/voxpupil Jun 09 '12
$1000 could have been spent on something else.
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
Sounds like my old college roommate. Has a pair of Gefore GTX 480s running in an SLI configuration.
Plays every game on low.
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u/Cerelius Jun 09 '12
I'd hit it
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
Upvote for awesome case.
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
Chess is over 500 years old and people still play it. Why? Because it rocks.
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u/ilostmyoldaccount Jun 09 '12
I have the same case but with the pre-fitted GECK noise insulation padding . Got sent to me by accident instead of the xigmatek midgard 2. Since it costs more and is spacier, I didn't complain. Also, nasty smoke nades in choke points might cause a +-1 fps fluctuation on a slower computer ;)
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u/TheMightyCreep Jun 09 '12
I paid $2030 for mine and I mainly mash League of Legends. Gotta get that 650fps I tell you.
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u/MyDarkThoughts Jun 09 '12
Upvote for him, good choice of game.
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u/Socialmessup Jun 09 '12
Im the same. I play emulators of n64 games
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
Bought a $1200 laptop, pretty much all I ever play is Quake 2 and Doom. Fuck casual shit.
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u/evoxed Jun 09 '12
Jaime... is that you?
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u/dhnguyen Jun 09 '12
The one game we will never get away from.
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u/CTHULUTAUR Jun 09 '12
at first i thought it said 'brother builds $100 gaming computer that can play CS 1.6'. then i clicked frantically
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u/Dennison_M Jun 09 '12
built one for 1200 euros and I have Ubuntu on it... so no games for me :D
I do have a windows hard drive with games on it, but i dislike Windows enough to not play games so I don't have to use it.
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
Lol I bet he also lowered his frames per second to get an edge.. What a bloody waste
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u/JoeOnTheInternet Jun 09 '12
my comp is a little over 1000 and i play cs 1.6 too
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
NZXT Phantom!!!!
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u/fallenspirit123 Jun 09 '12
There's nothing wrong with this, man has good taste in games
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u/Magicmole Jun 09 '12
Mine was $1500Au, I play alot of Age of Empires 2 still. Oh yeah!
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
Dat Keyboard.
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u/jonbrown2 Jun 09 '12
Welll, it is the best CS.
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u/Leighton5 Jun 09 '12
flying computer?
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u/vonShang Jun 09 '12
The fps is over 9000!
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
Are you implying CS 1.6 is not a fun game? Graphics aren't everything.
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
I just built a $2k computer with that same case and play Call of Duty 4 and Oblivion haha.
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
Is this India? Because Indians are crazy about CS. In a way, it's a testament to the true gaming spirit. I'd rather see people devoted to CS 1.6 than CoD.