Quote from Squad8 hours ago, Squad said: @jackophantDo you offer help with smartphones too by any chance?
I'm not an expert and I just stick to iPhones cause they just work and they're a walled garden etc etc etc. However, my buddy got a OnePlus 3 and it seems both cheap, stylish and well-designed. Just something to maybe consider.
Man, that brainstab was a bit unnerving. D:
Quote from FMPONEThe decision to have two maps with the same stupid "here's a virtually unflankable bottleneck!" is something that gnaws at me and creates tremendous anger. Pls stop
Hmmm.... Volskaya and Eichenwald?
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Quote from laminutederire12 minutes ago, laminutederire said: @Puddy will there be a public download link available soon? I think a bunch of people who haven't playtested it would be interested in enjoying the map even in its unfinished stages.
Feel free to run around!
Out new gameplay trailer is out !
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Excited but on media blackout!
Quote from Roald44 minutes ago, Roald said: The map was cs_nightclub and someone replied on my workshop cs_pulse. I googled it and saw a nightclub with a same atmosphere.
You have been trolled, my friend. And by extension, everyone here has been trolled too.
Did your Google searches not lead you to anything else?
Quote from Vorontsov1 hour ago, Vorontsov said: So what do I think about all these World War games where 20+ million of my brothers and sisters died? It is the same thing, don't even try to deflect that. You can say okay it's just 20 million of a nation, then I will just bring up recent ancestry that has suffered horribly from commies (grandad, grandma & her family etc.).
I hope thread derailing ends with me. I will run around this map and think of proper criticism to try and make up for this shitstorm. Will edit later.
It is not the same thing. Using a global, historic war, that happened more than half a century ago, as a backdrop in games that are primarily focused on battles between armed combatants can NOT be compared to unnecessarily using a very recent massacre in a completely civilian environment as part of the theme for a Counter Strike level.
Discussing the name and setting of a level is definitely on topic in my book and I do not consider the thread derailed. Yes, usually we are more focused on angles, timings and balance but that's because map themes tend to be about a thousand times less controversial.
If I had to guess, the map's combo of name and theme not only assures it's disqualification from an Operation but perhaps even the workshop itself.
To begin with, I would argue against selecting a theme that is associated with a very recent terrorist action, especially one which falls in the "rampage shooting" category.
Furthermore, sharing a location name with a recent and horrific terror attack is, in all honestly, a bit tasteless. Counter-Strike is, in a way, a game about terrorism but at the same time, it's not. It's a shooter with two teams that uses counter-terrorism operations as a "skin" to ground it in reality. All the levels in the game are relatively nondescript and don't reference any real world scenarios. The terror organisation the game has expanded upon the most, the Phoenix Connection, is purely fictional. All kill:able characters in the game are combatants and the "bombings" in the game are directed at material targets.
STATUS ALERT
We had a 5on5 competitive test earlier tonight and it went well I'd say. There'll always be minor things that need tweaking but the overall structure is "there" now. Friggin' finally I say. I had a look back at some of the older versions and man, oh man, is some stuff embarrassing. To begin with, we've playtested 25 versions. 25. Jesus christ. And some of my earlier design choices make me cringe now. I think a big part of the problem was that I was trying to balance new stuff with the agency legacy, wanting to stay true to the original map etc. When I abandoned that and just said fuck it, it's a new map, things went a lot smoother.
In the name of science, here's a side-by-side overview shot of the first playable version (December 2014) and the current version (September 2016).
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In this context, what does arcade mode mean?
That seems like such a huge oversight tbh. 
January 5th 2018 Update:
THE MAP IS NOW RELEASED (post here)
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/fi…/?id=1258599704
OLD POST:
Hey guys!
As a lot of you already know, I'm working on bringing CS_AGENCY into the world of bomb defusal (and I have for quite some time...). The only problem is that I've basically made a new map instead so I'm gonna rename this at a later stage. The theme is a corporate campus (think Googleplex / facebook HQ). I'll try to get art assistance to help me prettify it soon.
The map will be playtested tonight (September 8th) on the public playtesting server (10vs10)!
Everything is mockup only right now, but I thought I'd share some screens anyway and use this thread to share progress, vent about shit and get your juicy feedback.
Main entrance, T spawn
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A site (pillars beneath the HQ)
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B site (server room)
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Mid
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Anyone want to squad up on PC right now?
Quote from PampersOn 2016-09-03 at 1:20 AM, Pampers said:
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Same, but I refuse to buy it. Maybe. 
Quote from Vilham10 hours ago, Vilham said: Tbh that's what makes it great and unique, the close quarters combat is meant to be frantic, you should be blowing up buildings to clear areas, angles don't exist.
Sure, it's supposed to be frantic and hectic but right now it's so so random who happens to see who's back first etc, there's no structure. I'll agree to disagree. 
Servers are probably hella-overloaded. Will probably sort itself out over the coming days. I managed to play for an hour tonight and I am, overall, having so much fun with this game! Everything is much more beefy and analogue, I love all the rustbucket tech!
My only gripe is that the level design in the town section is kind of awkward. Being able to be inside all buildings, on all floors etc sometimes makes the combat very paranoid and neck-breaking at times. And it can be oh so hard to see people in those dark windows.
I would consider toning down the Israel references. It's a very touchy subject. The Dust levels work in a middle eastern setting cause they are very generic and non-descriptive.
Quote from PogoP8 hours ago, PogoP said: Ergh, rush is absolutely terrible on this map. I hope it's not a sign of things to come, but it's just flat out awful as it stands at the moment. The second objectives are impossible to capture, it just turns into a snipefest.
Tried it for a little while and so far I've got to agree. Such a wonky layout with terrible sight lines.
Just had so much fun riding around with my sword the entire match. 27 kills before they stopped me. I'm a terrible person.
