valve's steam.

[attgig]

http://www.steampowered.com/


BECOME PART OF THE STEAM COMMUNITY


Play the latest Valve games (like Counter-Strike 1.6 beta!)
Get automatic updates (no more patching!)
Chat with friends, even while you play
Find the best servers & find your friends' games
Receive Steam-Only special offers


WHAT IS STEAM?

Steam is Valve's new way of getting games into your hands ASAP. Games like Half-Life, Counter-Strike, and Counter-Strike Condition Zero are all being made available through Steam.

Steam games are automatically kept up-to-date with the latest content and revisions. Steam also includes an instant-message client which even works while you're in-game.

At its core, Steam is a distributed file system and shared set of technology components that can be implemented into any software application.

With Steam, developers are given integrated tools for direct-content publishing, flexible billing, ensured-version control, anti-cheating, anti-piracy, and more. Check out the full feature list, and install Steam today!

[Blitz]

This has been out for while..

I've been using it for over a year or so, specially if I get a new computer...

install the ap, dl the small set of files and play :P

[kain9i6]

Now the question is.. if I d/l steam and update to CS 1.6beta, can I still play 1.5..

I doubt it.. but they shouldn't make it so you have to stay at 1.6.. or it should at least be backwards compatible...

[Blitz]

No no no no, read the faq page

If you install steam, its seperate from your normal sierra folder, thus making it so u can play 1.5 normally, and 1.6 on steam...

So yes, you can still play 1.5

[kain9i6]

That rocks.. i'm d/l'ing it right now..

Thanks!!

[kain9i6]

Sux =0( alrady hackers playing CS.. that's why I stopped playing 1.5... wasn't fun anymore..

[look_ma]

I ust play in servers that do not have hackers. This may sound odd but the servers I play in do not have very many hackers come through. If one does come through it is usually handled very quickly.

[Blitz]

Yea, some servers allow hackers to come in, as their mostly a bunch of 12 year olds who want to screw around...

just look for a decent clan server thats listed on ogl, or another tournament type, and it will be fine, trust me.