Apparently a whole heap of people have downgraded to cs5.2
it's like an underground counter-strike movement to play 'the best cs ever made'.

I found out about it here.

The instruction for downgrading I found on irc.gamesnet.net in #CS-beta52 but i'll post them here anyways.

U must download the downgrader here: ftp://ftp.netgames-uk.net/pub/local/games/halflife/mods/oldskoolcs/patch_browser_v2.exe and then CS beta 5.2 here:ftp://ftp.netgames-uk.net/pub/local/games/halflife/mods/oldskoolcs/cstrike_52.exe. There are 2 sites, www.langames.net and http://www.oldskoolcs.co.uk

I'm in the process of checking it all out now, since I never got to play any of the counter-strike betas, and am keen to find out what the fuss was all about.

You can make up your own mind if you want to join this movement, but I think it's certainly something worth exploring.

Downgrading? I think going BACk to beta 5.2 would be an UPGRADE, Who needs high res models!

Looks like fum, tho i wouldnt really call it an underground movement

Ahah beta 5.2 was the best

were the extra exclamation marks needed?

Was the extra hentai needed

so you'd click on the topic I suppose :)

sif beta4 wasnt the shiznitz

sif! beta 4.4

pity there were more cheats in 5.2 which will attract cheaters to play it more then final cs, which is a good and a bad thing imo :p

what cheats were in that version?

You are all such a bunch of newbies.... beta 3 and 3.1 f***ing went off - pissed all over the other betas easily. (On lan anyway, dunno about net....).

yeah the whole weapon stay thing was awesome.

i remember bunker or desert or something, being terrorist i would run weapons back to the base, so when we spawned wed have weapons waiting :)

It seems that in the midst of the excitement and mystery of playing an older version of a mod that people have seemed to forget that CS bites the big cock.

but the thing is, it didnt bite cock back then

He's right, it didn't - it was f***ing cool as hell back then. yeah the weapons stay thing rocked hard. It was such a more exciting and skilled game back then. it felt sooo much better.

there was a 4.2 then 5.0.

beta 3.1 was the best.

personally i liked 6.2 better, but either one is better than the current version
the big issue however is will there be servers?? if wireplay put up like, 2 servers, i bet they'd be full all the time

yeah definately.

5.2 was the 'best' in my opinion, but i preferred the 6, 4 and 3 just as much

id certainly be up for downgrading just to relive the days when the models didnt run gayly

f*** yeah teh animations now are fully gay, that has spoilt the whole feel of hte game so much

Actually now that I think about it I DID enjoy betas 5 through 6 a lot better then I like it now now (I dont).

The game seemed more fluid, fun and a hell of a lot better to play :).

i would estimate, without exaggerating, that i enjoyed beta6 10 times better than i enjoy the current version

hrm. id actually say that i preferred 3 a lot more come to think of it, it was so much fun on lans.
4, 5 6 were GOOD to play, but nowhere near as fun

Yeah man - 3.1 was incredibly awesome on lan!!! I could say that without exaggerating at all that I liked CS Beta 3.1 better than the current one by about 2 million times... (ok that may be a slight exaggeration....). I even enjoyed that more than Quake 2, OMG!!

beta 1 was s*** i had to figure out what the rescue hostage CMD was... "hostage" was it... >:(

and anarot with a tmp was bad :(

beta 2 was getting alot better with the new guns. and people. beat 3 I think(if it werent 2) was the beta where gsg9 spawned with p228, and arab started with deagle. and FB's left burn marks on your screens :)

Mwahahaha phear my TMP you sniping bitch lol :)

NOt that you didn't rape me with the Arctic plenty of times...

FBs also hurt :)
the map desert or bunker had a leet sniping spot that was very VERY high, and i remember spam, always spam

sR its so funny. You make a statement then when it gets slammed down on you and you make f***ed up comments. you try and bring yourself back with anotherone usually agreeing with the majority

Spam if you are s***, accurate, quick death if you were elite like myself and Zoix :)

hah. that was when i really attempted to start playing

right up until beta 6, i thought 1:2 was a good ratio :/

at least now im good, but cs is now bad. i hate my life.

Does anyone have beta 5.2 server files? and does anyone have the client side stuff I can happily bring a server if anyone is interested...

best thing about fb's was that they hurt as well with bits of sharpnel (spelling) flying all around the place, I wish the fb's in 1.3 were the same as 3's

that sounds as stupid as playing QuakeWorld on a LAN

was 5.2 the one where the p90 pissed all over every other guns because 2 hits killed up and it was dead accurate?
or was that earler?

Kaygen - Too bad you have to start arguments in every thread, no matter your direct involvement or not. GO use your spare time to mean something, rather then just being a fudge packing moron.

sif u wouldnt play qw on LAN ;)

beta 3/4 rocked hard

Righto, due to apparent overwhelming interest, i will be running a CS beta 5.2 server.

The name will be "Shot_guN's beta 5.2 Server".

Ill get everything set up tonight, get reasy for some sweet cs 5.2 action!! =P

f*** yeah!

sR read your own statement. Realise where you are (in a forum as am i) and then realise how f***ed up it was

Beta 6 rock j00

how bout we put up a server at QGL!
that would own!

he won't put it, admin dosn't like it, bec they cheat in to CS beta

CS has been gay ever since the day that 7.0 was released.

yeah beata 7 look good..

Kaygen you are 100 times the f***wit that silent remorse is, so shut up.

beta 5.2 was the best in my opinion.. it's gone though..

Plus its not like that many people are gonna play it.. probably only a few so i dont think it's worth worrying about..

7.1 was gewd...i dont remember, it sucked ever since they introduced client prediction whenever that was

And then there was Axis

you make me sound like some huge significant event on this earth.... tell me something i don't know.

Kaygen and Axis, stop arguing, gees.

We all know axis is only good at one thing. sniping, and everyone hates snipers =P

j/k

Itll be good to see all the sas boys tomorrow.

All the true CS devotees know that the older versions were way better than what CS has become today.CS was one of the first games I realy got into and was at the very least full of guys just having fun.

These days there are so many SK's that it's realy not worth even having a look at.CS has died a SK's death and will always be remember for the wankers that played it and not the great game that it was.

Well said mate.

CS is one of those games that will suffer the tall poppy syndrome it'll be the gamne all the little SK's play until it becomes uncool again.

mind you once it becomes uncool then maybe it'll be worth playing again because all the guys left playing it will be the fairdinkum gamers.

I have always loved playing against guys like the [SAS] boys and [DI] because it was never about who was better but more about having a good time trying to slap eachother.

The CS community has somehow lost sight of what real worth while compitition is all about and has degenorated into a bitch fest,which is sad for a game that has such potentcial.

mind you one game that has picked up on the CS theme but hasn't included the BS that goes along with it is Urban Terror.I haven't played it that much lately but f*** it's a good game.

Well enough of my raving you have prolly heard it all b4 but eh it's the truth,I play Tribes2 now days and to be honest the guys there are always pretty good so I'll stick to it.

Brind back da flava!

DI?
Death Incorporated?

Put simply, v1.1 running on my machine is s***.

5.2 running is absolutely smooth, and the sounds are kewl as well.

I have never had the opotunety to see the other Beta's of Counter-Strike but from the looks of things they 0wn3d, I think I had played the version under this one, ya know the one where Aztect have the none solid Stole to hide in, Seige had the Tank you could ride in and run over CT's =D the other Beta's were most likely far far more fun.

Why doesn't someone just ask/tell Valve to get off there ass's and make a Counter-Strike that isn't full of bs whores, a Counter-Strike with huge maps with drivable vehicles, weapons that stay on the ground, more skins.

Instead of makin Old Counter-Strike Server's make new ones far superior to these f*****ish gay peices of crap, then Counter-Strike may actually be a decent game to play again.

have - Had
Stole - Stone

to much beer, to late at night
=D

A lot of the things people complain about are

- more maps with drivable vehicles
- smoother animations

you people do realize you can download custom models and maps?
there is a model pack that has the old school models/animations that work with cs1.1
and as for vehicle maps, you can download siegeapc, those jeep maps, and rad maps like cs_dune.

but beta 5.2 still kicks ass for other reasons :)

Wow! I've been playing a lot of it.
It's weird I must say.
You glide around real fast. And the models look real wierd, hahaah!

The weapons are pretty wierd as well. Not to sure how to use a scoped colt! eep!

But I love it a lot! There is definitly less BS in it, and it's more straight to the point.

It's definitly worth a try, especially for those who don't like the current counter-strike. and a nice 'bonus' for those who do (me).

DI So owned you

and the zoomable colt, mmmm deathage

i liked the old models actually

DI buttowned DIS

pfft beta 4 owned u all