CS:Source BETA Release Delayed

Posted by Zorro- at 08:15 5/8/2004.

The BETA of CS:Source, which a few weeks ago was promised to preload for us on the 5th of August (today), is delayed. Jess Cliffe from Valve Software wrote the following in an email to CS Nation:

"Counter-Srike: Source will not start pre-loading on the 5th. We are working extremely hard to get it out and will have more information on this soon."

The date at which CS:Source BETA was planned to be playable, the 10th of August, is very likely to be pushed back as well. Further information or other dates were not handed out.

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dhh
08:37 5/8/2004
lol [ Score: 0, pointless | Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
tetris
Irish Connection.UK
08:37 5/8/2004
hi zorro [ Score: 0, pointless | Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Wolfie
WanadooWolfie
08:38 5/8/2004
wow, er, *slap* [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Zorro-
Clan [F]
08:43 5/8/2004
hi tetris ;X [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
madmk
08:45 5/8/2004
valve sure know how to treat their customers ._. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Makaveli-
feo
08:52 5/8/2004
unexpected? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Blinder
Random Five
08:53 5/8/2004
always expected. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
tomiK.
09:02 5/8/2004
Typical. :/ [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
jaff
09:02 5/8/2004
their pr department must be going mad over the devs constant sabotage of steams brand image.

OH WAIt they dont even have one.

quite badly organised for soemthing which will largely dictate the success of hl2.. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
SFAL^Sarge
Viva la!
09:06 5/8/2004
I think HL2's future is in its own hands.... id say people will want to buy HL2 to play HL2, not just to play CS:S, being "the" new game out (bigger hype than Doom 3) and all that :) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
messeh
deliverance
09:26 5/8/2004
expect this is the start of many. you'd think that when it is finally released it'll be bug free with delays, but it is valve and its pretty sure theres guna be all sorts of c**kups even after the beta testings over. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
dL
Atari.Crew
09:41 5/8/2004
such a good idea, in the hands of total idiots.

kind of like world war I [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
SFAL^Sarge
Viva la!
09:56 5/8/2004
1/50 odds on a Model/Hitbox bug found within the 1st 2 hours of release.

Mind you it is a "BETA" so its there for bug finding, reminds me of the good old beta days of CS when you would go around maps looking for bugs :D [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
MonkH
09:59 5/8/2004
i always thought they were releasing cs:s to counter doom3 and draw a few ppl away from buying that guess not [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
eLmo^
10:04 5/8/2004
/slit my wrists [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
MonkH
10:08 5/8/2004
what about cafe owners they were suppost to have it a couple days ago [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
RichyF
10:22 5/8/2004
Could it be that Doom 3 has been released. Hold back for a few weeks until the hype has calmed down and the peeps currently engrosed in D3 are looking for something new. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
dL
Atari.Crew
10:27 5/8/2004
erm why the hell would they do that, both doom3 and hl2 now have contracts with ATi, im pretty sure if ATi had anything to do with it they would want the release date moved back, something like whats happening now, so that more people buy doom3, to fill time whilst waiting on the impending release of hl2

and if your 'engrosed' with a game you don't look for something new to play

valve sure do know how to keep the community hating them, its getting to the stage where its really quite impressive how they manage to annoy people more and more with every single step! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Kr1stal
10:31 5/8/2004
keeping doing it like they did with hl 2 [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
ryano
theb0g
10:49 5/8/2004
Slating valve yet as far as I am aware they are the only company in the world who have to deal with a game like half life (bar maybe warcraft 3), so hardly fair to say that if you give it to valve thye will f*** it up. Their responsible for the whole success of half life and I suppose in many ways Counter Strike. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
oldlady
10:50 5/8/2004
Sure didn't see this coming! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
reddy
gameSlave
11:00 5/8/2004
rofl! Gwan Cliffe ye mad ting! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Phunky
11:16 5/8/2004
Why would they worry about the Doom3 Release, it been slated among all those that waited for it...

Overhyped, Underworked and will be underplayed! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
DidGe
Synergy Online
11:25 5/8/2004
they should just give a later release date to the public and have their own deadlines so they arent letting the customers down :/ [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
nicklearse
Missing In Action
11:29 5/8/2004
not overly bothered ... [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Wood
11:30 5/8/2004
gutted, still really hyped about what cs:s is gona be like. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
xeneX^
Rage
11:34 5/8/2004
phunky which internet have u been on?! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
decrepit
Croydon
11:40 5/8/2004
dunno why they bother giving release dates they aint gonna make, just makes em look like tits [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
wiL
Die2Win!
12:12 5/8/2004
Quite the unexpected :o
As for doom3, hah who'da thoght all the hype could actually bring something that poor? Glad i didnt buy it [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Venomous
BLACKLiGHT
12:27 5/8/2004
its not a bad game at all. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
DoZ
Anti-saviour of UKT
12:36 5/8/2004
Most anticipated announcement of the month [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
rekkiem
ForsakeN
12:51 5/8/2004
I am jacks complete lack of suprise [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Undone^
ForsakeN
12:54 5/8/2004
i dont like doom3 either, feels nothing like cs! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Seno
Puk Kai
12:58 5/8/2004
why am i not suprised anymore :/ [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Ripper
Rush!
13:37 5/8/2004
doom 3 is good [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Roar^
14:02 5/8/2004
doom 3's amazing, all these people saying its a bad game probably daren't f***ing play it! Im a couple of hours into it, enjoyed everything so far. Got a bit of a resident evil feel to it imo. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
alexxxx
14:06 5/8/2004
wait until your 4 or 5 hours in and your still doing the same things over and over and over and over and over [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
esoteric
14:14 5/8/2004
Isn't doom3 available for online play? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
w1cked
Croydon
14:18 5/8/2004
there is a multiplayer online mode & a co-op mode! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Az
RemOte.uK
14:46 5/8/2004
i like doom3, pc cant handle it tho [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Valar`
The Anti-DoZ
15:02 5/8/2004
alexxxx
14:06 5/8/2004 wait until your 4 or 5 hours in and your still doing the same things over and over and over and over and over

cos cs aint repetitive at all is it...? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
dL
Atari.Crew
15:07 5/8/2004
no because your playing different people, some who beat you some who don't scratch you... in d3 theres just hoards of enemies all who aren't exactly hard to dispose of

CS's variation comes in the form of players, not gameplay... doom3 lacks in both and its absolutely dire multiplayer, too sluggish and there's no real feel to the guns [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Jimmeneh
UFO
15:20 5/8/2004
'no real feel to the guns'

just lol [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
dL
Atari.Crew
15:27 5/8/2004
I NEED TO FEEL THEM, the soft, gentle touch that you place upon the gun and feel its smooth texture coursing through your fingers MMMMMM i wanna just lay on the ground and stroke them in cs [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
dL
Atari.Crew
15:28 5/8/2004
http://www.fat-pie.com/salad.htm

-spoons +guns [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
xeneX^
Rage
15:33 5/8/2004
no-one claims that doom has amazing AI or weaponary, but the mood + atmosphere is awesome. and I just get a buzz off seeing all the old school doom monsters in glorious 3D stylee! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
prawn
15:37 5/8/2004
rofl dL :]

Anyone who was shocked by this announcement from valve is clearly an idiot or some blinded zealot. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
MonkH
15:39 5/8/2004
if ur whining about dooms levels being repeatative and u play cs su lol u meat new monsters steadly though out doom and get new guns steadly though out it
doom3 is best single player game to date and multiplayer is not bad but i need to play multiplayer bit more only played it twice so far [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
nicklearse
Missing In Action
15:40 5/8/2004
guys it didnt start PRELOADING on the exact day the preloading period started .. big whoop .. half of you nibins dont even have cz so fo

its a beta, release dates dont count cos you arent paying them anything.

.... jeeeez [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
dL
Atari.Crew
15:49 5/8/2004
think the issue is, if they are postponing the beta date and they still want to conduct the same length beta test phase then are they not going to postpone the shipping/stocking date aswell.... :| although its possible that they wont [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Smittins
17:50 5/8/2004
"nibin", ok [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
butters
19:06 5/8/2004
why do valve always make stupid release dates look at condition zero valve think they can be lazy because hl2 is sure to be a seller [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Inferus
23:45 5/8/2004
I don't like doom3, and i'm not arsed about cs:s being delayed. Big wow it got delayed, surely you're all used to them by now?

I personally dislike doom3 based on the fact that. Yes everything looks nice and realistic, but it doesn't feel realistic at all. You run into the most gorgeous looking box, and it just sits there like a 50 tonne weight. In HL2 you run into a box, and it will push etc, and have a sense of weight.

I think a better horror game could be made with the hl2 engine. (mod perhaps?) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
fezemoN
07:50 6/8/2004
HL2 is so blatently gonna blow d3 out of the water [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Jimmeneh
UFO
10:39 6/8/2004
gotta love the way people put years into producing these games, lose their social lives from being the programmers etc, then they release games to a bunch of spaks (myself, the public, everyone) who then pit the games against each other claiming each as their own in a sided battle seeing who's is the best game

NAH MEIGHT BUT I OWN DOOM3 AND ITS BRILL

YEH BUT I AINT EVEN GOT HL2 COS ITS NOT OUT BUT IT SPOONS ON YOUR D3 HAHAHAHA

YEH OK ILL BUY BOTH AND THEN I TELL YOU WHICH IS BEST K. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
fezemoN
10:44 6/8/2004
i have neither d3 or hl2, but ive said from the word go that HL2 is going to be the best of the 2 simply because doom games are all about the 'run and gun'. HL2 will have a solid story line and plenty of character interaction which for me personally is worth a lot than being able to run round shooting monsters in the dark [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Grom^
15:55 6/8/2004
"both doom3 and hl2 now have contracts with ATi"

neither valve nor id have 'contracts' with ati... they've just got associated offers which I am sure are completely separate from actual game/release strategy.

ATI could never ask or pressure either company to release earlier or later, that's just silly. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Magic^
17:06 6/8/2004
doom3 is a class game

people expecting the monsters to reach out the screen and give you a hand job will be dissapointed , but these people will be dissapointed with hl2 when it arrives aswell [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
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