Talk:Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

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They never said it would be open to everyone. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.103.7.106 (talk) 17:18, 8 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Actually the provided source does say that. Faliszek is quoted as saying by the end of the beta "everyone will be playing" and then they'll release it. ferret (talk) 18:15, 8 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

[edit] you are right he does say that directly in the video it will be open eventually. but he is saying its starting at 10k then expanding to waves like they are doing with dota 2 then eventually to everyone as in a open beta. can you please reword it — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.103.7.106 (talk) 19:39, 8 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It already says that, and does not need to be reworded. Please reread: The beta will initially be restricted to around ten thousand people who received a key at events Valve attended to showcase Global Offensive. After issues such as client and server stability are addressed the beta will open up to progressively more and more people, until the beta becomes open for anybody to join and play. ferret (talk) 19:56, 8 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

that is not what he says at all. actually listen to the interview — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.103.7.106 (talk) 21:48, 8 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure I follow you, as you're making contradicting posts. Above you asked that I make it say "Starts at 10k, then expands, until eventually everyone has it." That's exactly what the article already says, and now you saying that's not what you want it to state. What do you want it to say instead? ferret (talk) 21:54, 8 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Do you guys think we should add a section regarding play modes? I know the beta is limited but there is information regarding new/current game modes Ltezl (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 23:59, 29 February 2012 (UTC).[reply]

I think there's already mention of some of the modes like built in DM and GG. If you can find a reliable source with more details though, certainly add it in. -- ferret (talk) 12:36, 1 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

What is wrong with what's currently there Kitchy88?

What you want to put in is game guide and is against wikipedia's guidelines. But if anything is factually wrong with what's currently there it should be fixed. To my knowledge as a long time CS player it's correct and it's nearly all sourced. What you added deletes tons of information and only adds information about game modes. Skeith (talk) 22:48, 12 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I am also a long time player of cs and currently have the beta cs:go. "For example, in demolition maps, often abbreviated "de", the terrorist team is given an explosive to plant at a designated location. The Counter-Terrorists must defend the location until time runs out and if the bomb is planted, defuse it. Global Offensive is planned to launch with demolition, hostage rescue,[6] and a new game mode called "Arsenal". Arsenal is based on a popular mod for both Counter-Strike and Counter-Strike: Source called "Gun Game", and made in collaboration with the creators of the mod."

Not correct, the game modes are not called arsenal, they are in fact called Demolition and Arms Race. < neither of which are mentioned prior. Demolition also is portrayed by the last editor as being about planting the bomb, which is only slightly true. It is a mode of Arms Race (gungame) that allows you to also plant.

"Global Offensive, like previous installments, operates in short rounds that end when all players on one side are dead or an objective is completed. Once a player dies they must wait until the round ends to respawn in most game modes. Players purchase weapons and equipment with money awarded based on their performance. Completing objectives or killing enemies earns the player money while negative actions, like killing a teammate, takes money away from the player."

Doesn't mention that the 2 different 'competitive' modes have varying ways of giving money to players for certain things. The auto assignment of defuse kits and such.

"Global Offensive adds new weapons and equipment not seen in previous installments, most notably the Molotov cocktail which temporarily covers a small area in fire, making it impossible to pass through without taking significant damage."

How is this the most notable change when there is about 8 new weapons and equipment, like a tazer for example? Completely irrelevant. Kitchy88 (talk) 17:10, 14 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I see

-The information about Arsenal seems to be outdated. As the source says Valve originally announced the gungame based modes as "Arsenal: Arms Race" and "Arsenal: Demolition.". Since then they've dropped the Arsenal part.

-I think I wrote the bit on demolition, and typing demolition was a mistake on my part. It survived because I was talking about regular old bomb defusal and the modes are similar.

-The difference between (classic) competitive and casual are very minor. Looking at other Featured video game articles game modes are described as concisely as possible. It could do with a rewrite since the game modes in GO are slightly confusing. Since classic mode encompasses bomb defusal and hostage rescue, further split into casual and competitive modes. Then you have the Arsenal game modes, if Valve is still calling them that, which consist of demolition and arms race.

-Well the molotov is the most talked about, but that's my perspective. They added many new things in GO but the tazer, decoy and molotov are the only significantly different additions. Even for people playing the game the fact they dropped the MP5 and it's apparent replacement is the MP9 is mostly irrelevant. While those three are totally new to CS and have no analog.

Skeith (talk) 18:33, 16 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, so can I put back the information I had previously (while maintaining the molotov part and the minor edits by the recent users in spelling and such)?

And there is no mention of Arsenal at all in the game itself.

The main differences in Casual and Competitive are the increased cash with competitive and in casual you are auto assigned a defuse kit.. essentially a noob friendly 'nilla' mode.

Am I able to change it now without being reverted? Kitchy88 (talk) 13:05, 17 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It was reverted because it wasn't written in an encyclopedic manner or sourced. Refer to featured video game articles like Halo 3 or Call of Duty 4 for how to best write game mode sections.Skeith (talk) 19:20, 17 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Making a criticism section?

The competitive community for both 1.6 and Source hasn't run out of bad things to say about GO, but I was wondering if it was worth adding. I'm leaning against as Valve has stated that there's tons of WIP content in GO (being a beta), many things that are half finished that they threw in to get feedback while they finish up. But it has gotten some amount of coverage on gaming sites, and Valve responds directly criticism occasionally.Skeith (talk) 01:15, 19 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]