HeatoN: "CS:GO will be bigger"

23-8-2012 04:41

NiP manager Emil "HeatoN" Christensen believes Counter-Strike: Global Offensive "will be much bigger than CS 1.6."

The multiple CPL medalist guested Live on Three, a weekly talk show dedicated to competitive gaming, to talk about the newly revived NiP team and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.

When asked how he thinks the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive scene will be compared to when he played, Christensen said, "Honestly, I think [CS:GO] will be much bigger than CS 1.6."

Rod "Slasher" Breslau, one of the hosts of Live on Three, quoted Christensen in a tweet shortly after. CEO of Evil Geniuses, Alexander Garfield, seemingly made a mess after the remark.

Touching on other topics in regards to CS: Global Offensive, Christensen pointed out the importance of streaming for the scene to prosper, adding that the NiP players will start streaming soon.

The former professional also revealed that he had planned to make a comeback in the early beta stage, but laughingly explained he would not have the time and that he is getting too old.

Christensen furthermore said a lot of members in the Swedish community had changed their views on Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, comparing before and after the NiP announcement.

Many in the international community have also changed, he said. "Even on HLTV.org and those websites who have pretty immature people writing comments, it's actually getting better there, too."

On CSPromod, he said the project is a really good idea and it could have been good, but they released it too early, "when it was not finished," adding, "It's not going to be the next thing."

You can watch the rerun of Live on Three #129 by clicking here. Christensen gets on around the 1:08:00 mark.

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I bet so!

2012-08-23 04:41

20 replies

the money talks again!!

2012-08-23 05:16

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2012-08-23 05:43

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2012-08-23 19:54

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+1 valve was paying money to f0rest. f0rest supported CSGO

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2012-08-23 12:00

true

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2012-08-23 15:32

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2012-08-23 17:04

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2012-08-23 18:23

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2012-08-24 01:50

+1 cs 1.6 only

2012-08-24 03:12

2012-08-24 15:38

so true

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2013-07-29 10:42

+11

2012-08-23 13:32

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2012-08-23 04:42

No it wont and you are the biggest disgrace in the whole 1.6 scene.

2012-08-23 04:44

36 replies

+1 I feel so ashamed cuz he was the first pro player I followed when I started

2012-08-23 04:47

5 replies

AGREE - i understand you

2012-08-23 05:35

+1, the players go where's the money at... even source is better than this piece of crap, but what you gonna do? I am really curious how many people will spectate this garbage...

2012-08-23 06:14

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you obviously didn't even give it a try.

2012-08-23 11:26

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i did give it a try... i played the beta until a few days ago... if you're a CS:S player (and i assume you are) then you'll dig it, if you're not then you'll hate it. It's just as simple as that. A bunch of robots running around, no headshots, no nothing.

2012-08-23 16:06

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BINGO.

2012-08-23 16:55

well, he was good in 1.3, 1.5,,, became bad in 1.6, he has a reason to hate it :p

2012-08-23 04:49

+1, i dont know how he can say that....

2012-08-23 04:58

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2012-08-23 05:14

As much as i love 1.6, it's you who are "the biggest disgrace" IT'S A FUCKING COMPUTER GAME get over it.

2012-08-23 05:21

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cs:go -game cs:s-game cs 1.6 - SPORT!

2012-08-23 15:56

1 reply

you're mother will be proud.

2013-07-29 13:24

+1 HeatoN is where money is, no doubt about this

2012-08-23 05:25

2012-08-23 05:48

agree

2012-08-23 06:54

I played CSGO and its just an average shooter. No fun to play.

2012-08-23 07:59

wahahahaha wtf is ur role in the 1.6 scene then? this guy is a legend. I bet csgo will be much bigger. But if 1.6 was launched in these days it would have been much bigger than what it has done when launched in 1999. Today uve got the social media, streamings, superduper internet, much better gaming gear, people that want to invest in the gaming industry. What heaton says isnt weird or a disgrace, its rather logical.

2012-08-23 08:24

9 replies

1.6 isnt launched 1999 :)

2012-08-23 08:45

2 replies

CS beta 1 was

2012-08-23 09:02

1 reply

That indeed what i meant ;D

2012-08-23 20:32

You also have more competition from rather much better games too. CS:GO is a mediocre game which for a newcomer in the FPS (the game is primarily aimed at them by the way) scene is just another game on the shelf. Whereas, people who played 1.6 back then and have been following it it's more than just a game. To some, in fact, it's the only game they play. If you LOGICALLY think about it, being bigger is directly in proportion to how much passion people have. Today, people have less passion for things. Music, Art, Movies, Games the passion is less and the competition is much higher and at a very high quality too. For an example, I remember skipping school lunch with my friends turn after turn to save money to buy a cassette on the Friday. Chances of that happening now are slim to none. No matter how much he wants to promote this mediocre game, it will not be as big as 1.6. The major advantage CS:GO has over 1.6 is the graphics and not gameplay. You think 12 years later CS:GO's graphics will still be good enough? I highly doubt it.

2012-08-23 09:01

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i get ur point. we can only wait and see. Maybe theyll create csgo 1.x later on and we can go till 1.6 again ;P

2012-08-23 10:05

1 reply

Haha that would be interesting.

2012-08-23 15:45

Today you have other easy modern setting FPSes to play. A lot of people is turned off from SciFi setting or harsh skill curves, so they flocked from UT/Quake to CS, the game everybody could get kills in and shoot "real guns".

2013-07-29 03:08

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English

2013-07-29 03:13

well, as we can see csgo has evolved a litte bit. Not as far as we want it to be, but its getting there. I can only hope they will improve some gameplay, then we can see csgo skyrocket.

2013-07-29 10:50

You won

2012-08-23 09:48

you > heaton ))

2012-08-23 11:07

wow, just wow. the fact that you can call him a disgrace for moving on to CS:GO while you're too delusional to realize that there's nothing left in 1.6 just blew my mind i love this community

2012-08-23 11:24

wow,until now I thought you're an adequate person. What a prick

2012-08-23 11:33

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Dont really care what you think but since he you insulted me im gonna explain why i said that. Heaton isnt a legend to me he wasnt good when CS had his peak in both skill and tactical level. He was consider the best around the time that not many people knew the game, if he was good he wouldve stayed till the end like f0rest did 2005-2012 and still be amazing but instead he worked for zowie and used 1.6 to make money. If CS GO stays competitive and has the same number of tournaments after 10 years like CS did in 2010 i will be happy to post that HeatoN was right, yes in the near future it will be a blast maybe many tournaments will pick it, teams will form, sponsors will come but we dont know what will happen after 10 years just like we didnt 10 years ago about 1.6 nobody really knew that this game was going to be played by millions of teenagers 10 years later even if there are many new games with better graphics and new features. He says these things because he has a CS:GO division and he says what he wants to happen but 10 years is a long period of time.

2012-08-23 19:49

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I'm sorry for insulting. You can't know for sure he quited 1.6 for that reason, changing gaming career to PRing in same sphere seems logical to me when a person is aging. He also can be right if Valve puts enough money, because they already did attract a lot of people. Maybe that's what he meant since CS 1.6 couldn't reach prize money level for WC or Starcraft,it was like top1 starcraft player won almost like whole team.

2012-08-23 20:11

You think cs 1.6 had more players in 2008 and beyond than it did before 2004? It continued to build unique users the longer it stayed around but Heaton (.13ms reaction time) was the best at the games peak, sry you weren't playing back then.

2013-06-24 20:17

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"Everyone on cyber-cafe LAN" era was the only peak I can think of too. Online gaming killed all the fun.

2013-07-29 03:12

Ayyyy lmao

2015-09-29 23:37

CS:GO is nice game :)

2012-08-23 04:44

Many in the international community have also changed, he said. "Even on HLTV.org and those websites who have pretty immature people writing comments, it's actually getting better there, too." enough said. GO CS GO

2012-08-23 04:46

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2012-08-23 09:40

its just because people have curiosity and cuz this is one new game, we will see after 5 months what will happen, and if cs:go will still with many peoples playing... imo will happen the same thing than cs:source

2012-08-24 01:28

biggest disgrace of 1.6 scene , for what you made out of it you should put on some more respect. money fag spotted. and , shitting csp so your little fanboys come play againts you in csgo? :D when people will realise what csgo really is and stop playing and .09 will be out we'll see ;)

2012-08-23 04:47

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"Even on HLTV.org and those websites who have pretty immature people writing comments" You are one of those immature people.

2012-08-23 09:44

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oke

2012-08-23 09:45

wooden pc for cs:go spotted :(((

2012-08-23 13:01

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200fps excuse me

2012-08-23 13:13

so what ? i have one amazing pc and i can play cs:go with perfect conditions... and still shitgame for me

2012-08-24 01:29

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Cuz you got your ass kicked there? Poor little boy :(

2012-09-07 18:16

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probablly kid...

2012-09-07 20:21

+1 pauLo

2012-08-24 02:30

man the stupidity of all the kids on hltv.org that think every top player who backs go is a traitor just baffles me you're all dumb. just stop. good for heaton and for every other player that's playing GO and not letting these idiots make them second guess

2012-08-23 05:00

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>HeatoN is not even a CS player now. >He left CS a decade ago and now suddenly he's back with his clairvoyant views. >People appreciated f0rest and GTR's decision and noone is calling them traitor.

2012-08-23 05:42

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>im aware and that has nothing to do with my post >he can have any views he wants, it's not like he's the only one and he's still been around the scene for years just not playing >plenty of people are, learn to read

2012-08-23 06:03

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He has done almost nothing for 1.6 since his retirement. The CGS cane he switched to that and ran the Swedish team. CGS fails and he falls off the map and starts casting 1.6 games last year okay cool. He's a real star. Now GO comes up and he's behind a game we don't fully understand yet. It's all crap. Hes trying to make a quick buck off his name in the 1.3/1.5 days. Because he wasn't very good at 1.6 let's face it. As top players go anyway. His legend dies with his commitment to using it to boost his own paycheck. Im not even a GO hater as a matter of fact I kindve like it. Not as much as 1.6 but it's not the worst thing ever. He's just let's an alias he played under build his money in newer CS versions that failed. Element is a real legend. He played and won over a 100k in prize money. Retires and comes back after like 4 years or something and leads his team to a 3rd/4th place at WCG and disappears again.

2012-08-23 11:09

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Who cares if he hasnt done anything for 1.6 since he retired? Most pros dont. They retire and that's just about it. Get over it. They dont owe you a damn thing. He can support whatever game he wants. I like how everyone just pin points it to money like you know the person. For one, if he wants to make a living, let him. Two, you've no right or no clue on saying he's just doing it for money. Grow up, stop being sour. And this has nothing to do with element. To say heaton isnt a legend in the game is a joke. Grow up, you kids keep making this about things it has nothing to do with. You guys are to stupid it hurts.

2012-08-23 19:49

An ("united") american calling other people stupid! lold

2012-08-23 20:02

hw the fuck he is disgrace. he is not abusing 1.6.if he want 2 make a GO team wtf is the problem.

2012-08-23 05:00

So atm it's 5.5gb so it will be like 9 or something... WHY! FFS Already taking enough room.

2012-08-23 05:01

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it's 2012, a 1tb hdd is like 10 bucks

2012-08-23 05:04

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10 bucks?! Haha, nope.

2012-08-23 05:15

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typo, meant 100*

2012-08-23 05:22

Who is heaton ?

2012-08-23 05:03

Seems like he was wrong about the immature HLTV.org posters getting better.. my word, people in here continues to amaze me in a horrifying way.

2012-08-23 05:06

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for all I know the thing comes since Gotfrag and before that people were saying Sogamed was even worse, so trolling will always be around, by now it must be taken as something natural in the internet.

2012-08-23 05:09

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Gotfrag and SoGamed was not even close to this level of stupidity.. sure, there were some bashing, but not to this extent or amount. .. and the there's either a lot of people who actually spend all their time on HLTV.org to troll (which is just straight sad to think about) or they're seriously messed up.

2012-08-23 15:15

This isn't troll. This is just human stupidity.

2012-08-23 17:28

so let's wait 14 years to see if CS:GO is still alive by then and then you can say that. But imo no game will ever be bigger than CS. Started in 1999 and is coming to and end in 2012. It's nearly impossible to beat this.

2012-08-23 05:06

my ass heaton, my ass

2012-08-23 05:07

what the hell?!?!?!

2012-08-23 05:10

Congratulations heaton, youre losing all the respect i had on you :)

2012-08-23 05:11

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+1 But maybe he's right /:

2012-08-23 05:18

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I dont think so. Just like EG CEO, i laughed so hard i spit out my drink. There's no way. even if we unite 1.6ers and saucers in cs:go comunity, it will not get even close to what 1.6 was in 2002-2006. The world changed, the gamer community changed, neither a new CS1.6 with mothafukcing graphics would have the same succes has 1.6 did. Its logical. Heaton clearly said that for his own profit, he knows he will earn a lot of money if people start to play cs:go, and it becomes a big game.

2012-08-23 05:31

2012-08-24 13:52

wtf heaton :@ I respect you man. but not better than 1.6 anyday. JUST BCUZ VALVE WILL RELEASE ANOTHER GAME IN A YEAR OR TWO AND KILL OUT CS:GO, just like ACtivision is doing with COD.

2012-08-23 05:12

He is right, It probably will be bigger.

2012-08-23 05:12

He's paid to say that so you can expect anything from him now

2012-08-23 05:14

It's all up to Valve. If they patch the shit out of the game we might have something, if they leave it close to what it is now it will die.

2012-08-23 05:16

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or..it will go flacid

2012-08-23 05:23

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Well done! ;)

2012-08-23 16:35

Why is everyone going apeshit? He expressed his opinion and GO definitely has the capacity to be bigger than 1.6 considering that esports is bigger than ever and has three large communities behind it (CoD, Source and 1.6). Not even to mention the big bank of Valve.

2012-08-23 05:22

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bahahahahahhahahahahaha hahahahahahahhah you should write some comedies brah.

2012-08-23 05:23

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Here's one: Your life.

2012-08-23 05:32

4 replies

Here's another: Your opinion.

2012-08-23 06:19

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win . ~end of the line~

2012-08-23 08:32

winner

2012-08-24 01:30

lol ns

2012-08-24 21:06

keep dreaming

2012-08-23 05:20

I have not seen the SPAWN manifesting so much about cs go, someone knows or saw some interview he saying something?

2012-08-23 05:20

Why do you take so seriously what heanton say?

2012-08-23 05:23

guess we'll find out in 13 years.. my guess is that nobody knows what cs:go is then

2012-08-23 05:38

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Yeah but they know what Crysis is

2012-08-23 11:41

If you got nothing contructive to say, just don't say. Heaton losing all the credibility that he gained for years in just a couple words. Keep your mouth close or this "immature people" will smash you like never before. The community make the game sucessful, not the money that you are putting in your pocket to say such nonsense things. I lost my respect for HeatoN and he was one of the first players that I saw in the past. We have a phrase in Brazil that says something like this: "Don't spit in the dish that you ate."

2012-08-23 05:46

hahahaha nice joke mr. Headon! That was the most delusional thing I've read in months!

2012-08-23 05:47

You dont need to be HeatoN to say that...nor a genius... Just check the requirements of the game. "Hard Disk Space: At least 7.6GB of Space" its way bigger :) *On toppic If the game manages to atracct people from other fps games making one "mega comunity" then it can be successful. I personaly never tried it, this is just one asumption based on some streams i saw and ofc the news that have been around for long still 1.6 will alway be 1.6, that one unique videogame that makes u lauth and "cry", get you mad, pensative or agrassive, and you never get sick of playing it although you are playing mr15 in 5/6 diferent maps for years

2012-08-23 05:55

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if you cant find 10gig of empty space on your hdd either delete some porn or buy a 1tb drive. theyre like 80-100 now

2012-08-23 15:33

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I’m sorry, where did I said I lack any hard disk space? At least pause the video while you read comments... would at least help you prevent saying crap.

2012-08-24 03:01

what a shame... HeatoN seems to have forgotten the title that made him famous... he owns his professional life to 1.6... but of course money is more important

2012-08-23 06:02

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He owns his professional life to his skills in 1.3 (the best CS version) not 1.6.

2013-07-29 03:24

I agree with him on "Even on HLTV.org and those websites who have pretty immature people writing comments"

2012-08-23 06:03

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Im ok with that he moves to cs:go and all other... He must earn money, but also he must have some respect and no one can judge other people for their opinion!!! But this is not opinion, this is directly insulting!!!

2012-08-23 06:09

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Dude, you really care about this?

2012-08-23 06:20

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I can so why not ;)

2012-08-23 06:41

wow unbelievable, Heaton going ALL-IN, milking the last drops of his famous alias, but unfortunatly he dont realize the letters "HeatoN" is no longer synonym of what if was, its now just a washedup disgrace propaganda self promoting snake oil salesman kind of guy, and he would do csgo and nip a favor if he just shut up, we KNOW who you are now, we KNOW what your interest is now, everything you say is so predictable that it would be funny if it werent so pathetic. if the game is so fucking great it will go troug the roof soon, no amount of heaton words (quite worthless atm) will help it not the tinies amount. dude save your energy. Make your players start stream or something, thats way to start build 1st step of your dreaming . gl

2012-08-23 06:20

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kk...i wish i could edit my comment and make it less angry. sorry heaton, but you got on my last nerve, all this csgo talk and hype without witnessing or experiencing anything that supports the positive claims, it just bummed me out. i feel like a dinosaur, i didnt even see csgo comin and now im dead. but still i dont see whats the hype with go. its new, yeah what else, its better looking, yes that too, but the gameplay, man everybody forget about the gameplay, everybody going on survival mode or what? does it not matter anymore if the game is ...good or not?

2012-08-23 06:45

I actually believe that if CSP is doing something quick now. they will get mostly all of 1.6 players to play that game instead. as well at it will be "new" so new players will play it. so if CSP ever gets finished. I think it will be more popular than CSGO

2012-08-23 06:29

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2012-08-23 11:43

1.6 players won't move to CSP not anything else.

2013-07-29 03:26

this is waaaayy too much even for you heaton...

2012-08-23 06:36

ofc he will say that....

2012-08-23 06:36

"On CSPromod, he said the project is a really good idea and it could have been good, but they released it too early, "when it was not finished," adding, "It's not going to be the next thing."" TOO EARLY? MORE LIKE 4 YEARS TOO LATE. Oh gosh. I now consider HeatoN a retarded sellout.

2012-08-23 06:43

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he meant too early as in the actual game wasnt finished yet code wasnt done had a total of 6 guns models too big for maps maps had random bugs nades were bugged yea it was released too early

2012-08-23 15:35

money money money all about the money baby

2012-08-23 06:46

If you don't like CS:GO, don't play it. If you like CS:GO, don't bash on CS 1.6 lover. if you only love 1.6, don't bash on GO player. as simple as that, no need to butthurt over a game that someone else like and you don't. honestly I think CS:GO is not replacing CS 1.6, it's a different game and it's not even a counter strike.

2012-08-23 06:46

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+ It's about valve and sponsors shooting down cups and tournaments for 1.6... :\

2012-08-23 06:57

you sir are intelligent

2012-08-23 10:46

I like how he separated "Even on HLTV.org and those websites who have pretty immature people writing comments, it's actually getting better there, too." ..Like HLTV.org is the online utopia for maturity :P

2012-08-23 06:58

what new is that? cs 1.6 MONEY < cs:go money. That's why cs 1.6 dying. Every1 know this.

2012-08-23 07:08

STRONG WORDS we will see =]

2012-08-23 07:10

Holy shit you can almost touch the butthurt in this thread.

2012-08-23 07:23

I'm pretty ok with what he said tbh. people who saying shit like "1.6 would be top for ever lololol" it's just bullshit. People need to grow up.. It's not because you love a game, that you have to act like he is all your life and you want to die with him. I really love CS, and i play this game since ~6y i think, and i'm really happy to play it, but a new game cant make me sad. If a pro on CS want do go on CS:GO why not ? Why talk about him like if he is a moron ? Why did you even care ?! He play what he want, like forest and GTR, they can say if they want that CS:GO will be a good futur for CS-proscene.. If you want to stay on 1.6 because you dont like change, go on, nobody are saying that because NiP is on CS:GO, YOU should go on CS:GO. but dont cry like 8yo child who cant support that other people and pro want and say they will change.. CS:GO isnt that bad, and he isnt here for remplace CS 1.6 but, at least people can choose if they want to change. And for me, CS:GO scene can be more 'interesting' and maybe with time more big than the CS old one, because now, pro can stream, and be more near the fan, i think more people play videogames than 10 year ago. Just grow up guys.. HeatoN dont "forget the title that made him famous", and he is always HeatoN, like Forest and Neo will be always Forest and Neo. And i dont even care if he do that for money (or for living, you know, if someone can get pay for playing a new video game, why he would refuse that mh ?) or just because he think the game is a good remplacement, but maybe they do that for both. And for me, it's really not a bad cause. And again, he dont say "1.6 is shit, go on a real game like CS:GO." he just say that CS:GO can be a bigger thing, like a bigger community. (Sorry for my english, just want to tell you what i think about all of that.)

2012-08-23 07:39

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thats completely true its just a game if u dont like it dont play it thats it heaton is getting older and he needs money so thats not a bad dicision every one here should respect him if u disagree with someone u dont hav to insult him

2012-08-23 10:09

+1 couldn't say it better

2012-08-23 11:04

CSGO is the future and im happy its coming.

2012-08-23 07:41

I imagined that someday 1.6 would be replaced, but for this? REALLY? It looks like COD, its a fuckin PS3 game, its not a game for competitions, how can't you realize that? Its a game you go and play like for 2 hours, it was fun and all, but you can't make it for competitions... Its too dark, has too many textures and super ugly to watch in streams... cs 1.6 has that clean, smooth and syncronized gameplay that is so enjoyable to watch... why it has to be always about money? i'm so disapointed at cs comunity, really really disapointed

2012-08-23 08:02

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+1 good thoughts

2012-08-23 08:14

+1337

2012-08-23 21:14

WOW!! People here amaze me, I bet ALOT of you loved heaton and now... There's a new game because obviously 1.6 is going down, and He's trying to get the new counter strike up and going and He's succeding.

2012-08-23 08:43

rofl, a lot of complete idiots in here. And lol @ Alex Garfield's comment. Not sure why he's talking considering CSP has been in development for like 6 years and has amounted to nothing. And let's not forget the time when he went to be Jason Lake's errand bitch when the CGS was around. L@L

2012-08-23 08:44

You Europeans make me baffle, CS 1.6 is done, they're only 3 tournaments left, the community isn't big as it use to be. CS:GO on the other hand will combine 1.6 players, Source players, and COD/BF3 players. If you guys give GO a chance and play with friends, you'll probably enjoy the game, the 1st time i played CS:GO i thought the game was shit and i wanted nothing to do with it, atleast Valve is trying to make the community happy. CS 1.6 was one of the big games and all, but it's slowly dying because of tournaments and sponsors, you guys can all sit here and play 1.6 or source, but I'm making a switch to CS:GO. I love 1.6, but there's nothing left.

2012-08-23 08:53

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cs:go will combine 1.6, cs:s, cod and bf3? big words backing a game that still has less players than cs 1.6 (source: store.steampowered.com/stats/) besides, i always enjoyed the "no tournaments/money left" -argument from people who have never (and most likely will never) attend any real tournaments :D

2012-08-23 12:55

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lol, the numbers are ridiculous low. Most new games get >100k on steamstats in the first days. I mean CS:GO got hyped for almost 1 year.... Also you can see how a big part of the CSS community switched, but the 1.6 numbers are the same as before.

2012-08-23 13:14

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I guess we should wait for the weekend

2012-08-23 19:20

lol

2012-08-23 08:53

Keep butthurting bitches, still more and more names in CS:GO, noone wants to win a trip back and forth for the 1st place in CS 1.6 and there is nothing you can do.

2012-08-23 09:08

Wow, I think some of you guys need to step back and read your comments as if someone else had written them and maybe you'd see how immature and retarded you all sound. I'm pretty sure when he said GO will be bigger than 1.6 he meant in terms of the number of teams/tournaments/sponsorship opportunities not how long the game will be around as the main FPS title - which I have to agree has a good chance of happening. I don't know about the rest of the world but certainly in the UK there ever since CSS came out there has been decent sponsorship opportunities even for fairly average teams. If everyone moves from CSS and 1.6, as well as new gamers and gamers from other communities, this game will be huge. Don't forget that it's also out on console, and while us PC gamers bash console gaming and say it's for noobs, console gaming is pretty huge. The fact that the north American eswc qualifier for GO had 300 teams says quite a lot already.

2012-08-23 09:08

9 replies

"If everyone moves from CSS and 1.6, as well as new gamers and gamers from other communities, this game will be huge." No shit, sherlock. That's what people don't think is going to happen.

2012-08-23 09:31

3 replies

Well then they're idiots :) Most of the top CSS teams have already started playing CS:GO instead and it's pretty obvious the rest of the community will follow if there are tournaments. As for the 1.6 community, the pro scene is dead, competitive people will either quit or move to CS:GO and then everyone else is left playing for fun with no tournaments to play or watch. Likely move, quit or start playing CS:GO.

2012-08-23 09:57

2 replies

most top css teams? how many are there?

2012-08-23 10:48

Well, as you said there are other options than playing CSGO as well. Only time will tell what happens. I don't see a major chunk of 1.6 community switching to GO.

2012-08-23 11:41

it looks like it will be bigger than cs 1.6 in the near future, but imo there is no doubt it will ever be bigger than cs 1.6 once was (circa 2010). the north american eswc qualifier for cs:go had 300 teams only because everyone who signed up (for free) was given a cs:go beta key - hundreds signed up just for access to the beta.

2012-08-23 12:56

3 replies

lurpiss i love you.

2012-08-23 17:53

imo there is doubt*

2012-08-23 19:27

only because everyone who signed up (for free) was given a cs:go beta key - hundreds signed up just for access to the beta. Nice find :) I am pretty sure about that.

2012-08-24 10:10

Oh, sorry. I was really thinking "this guy is quite right" until the "if everyone moves from CSS and 1.6...". Honestly, one hand on the heart, I think that once a game is awesome there's gonna be a lotta people around it, buying it, following it, supporting it, and not the other way around. I think the game is gettin' better as time passes, but the "if we all move togetha" argument also applies to many things, uthopic things, like if we all shoot a couple of politicians they'd stop corruption, d'yu know what I mean? IMO let people choose which game they enjoy the most, and let sponsors do their work, not us, the gamers. I wouldn't make a switch just because "oh it's a new game which IF I master, I'd had a pro shot, and I'll be a star, etc." and it also stands for the most gamers, you'd agree on that.

2012-08-24 00:25

GO be bigger 1.6, after dead CSP, but CSP this strong enemy and he takes part of popularity.

2012-08-23 09:14

4 replies

sad that CSP dont have money to realise plans... its way better than CS:dno

2012-08-23 10:08

1 reply

maybe...I like CS:GO

2012-08-23 14:15

CSP is a weak contender: #235

2012-08-23 10:47

1 reply

yes, but he deal ordinary gamers, not corporation

2012-08-23 14:16

wow, its kinda wierd to think that a play like HeatoN is saying that CS:GO is going to be bigger than 1.6. He for one played during the prime of 1.6, and at that time 1.6 was pretty much one of the most and only competetive games in european eSport. And i member ALL of my friends played the game and everybody in school and so on was talking about it. Today i never hear people talk about CS, its more like SC2, LoL, HoN and WoW. So i would believe that compared to that time many playeres have actually swtiched to other genres. So unless more gamers has been born, i would say that it is pretty much impossible for CS:GO to grow as big as CS1.6 was.

2012-08-23 09:16

waiting for CS 2.0(or 1.7) for a long time

2012-08-23 09:23

1 reply

+1 :D

2012-08-23 09:31

Bitch please, it wasn't even bigger than CS 1.6 on it's first day. (CS 1.6 had more players yesterday than GO and Sauce) It's only going downhill from here.

2012-08-23 09:29

3 replies

I am regretting why i bought CS:GO. The game sucks.

2012-08-23 17:51

2 replies

The beta key saved my 649 bucks or however much it costs here.

2012-08-23 18:22

1 reply

699. :'(

2012-08-23 18:28

Some people here.. Yeah shame on him saying that game that he is investing in is gonna be big. Its business for him not a hobby. And does the csgo filter not work or are some people so retarted that they dont use it even if they dont wanna see csgo news? Some people need to grow up, seriously.

2012-08-23 09:35

HAHAHA ITS JUST FUCKING FUNNY HOW THIS STUPID 1.6 COMMUNITY ACTING. Heaton the guy who was worshiped for a years. When someone sad anything not good about heaton this stupid 1.6 community acted like a tards. Now its absolutly different, he says that theres retarded community (and everybody here knows it, HLTV community is one one the most immature communities) and everybody bashing him, even when he says the truth. He says nice things about csgo. Hes a traitor cos 1.6 is TOO STRONK 4EVER BEST FPS TITLE OF ALL TIMES, MOST SKILLED GAME EVER NEVER DIE. Right ? Fucking 1.6 community, even when i wish csgo succes, on the other hand i rly wish that this stupid 1.6 community will stay in 1.6 cos it would be a terrible thing to have those people there.

2012-08-23 09:44

2 replies

true but heatoN is overrated and sometimes kid behave

2012-08-23 09:48

1 reply

Well maybe i can agree with u. But then u must take what u say and aply it to the whole HLTV 1.6 community and then even multiply it by 10. Cos if heaton is overrated and sometimes kid behave. What is whole 1.6 community ? Its even more overated and i think that kid behave is even "weak" term...

2012-08-23 10:19

If valve won't change movement in go i hope it die in one year.

2012-08-23 09:53

we (immature people) dont care if its bigger.... what matter is that should be as good as 1.6 Obviously its not ATM look at de_train... this is hillarious. So boring to watch!

2012-08-23 10:04

8 replies

haha indeed, our favourite de_train from 1.6 will never back to any new valve CS... they did the shit and force us to eat this... I say "stfu" to valve and for overrated heatoNs paid by them

2012-08-23 10:07

Did you ever have heard of mappers? Did you have ever read that Valve said they are going to support custom made maps or improved maps which they've made? I guess not but keep on flaming. :o)

2012-08-23 10:59

4 replies

not flaming The map is built to fit with consol gameplay (also like csgo nuke). Still flaming? no... so use your PAD and gtfo

2012-08-23 14:05

3 replies

You still didn't get it or? There are people who completely remake the usual maps. Did you try out de_nuke_ve yet? It's almost the same like in 1.6. But yeah keep on flaming, haha. kiddo :o)

2012-08-23 14:10

2 replies

oh you got 1 point ^_^ I didnt get it. did you heard about custom gameplay too? /troll ;)

2012-08-23 14:48

1 reply

We weren't discussing about gameplay dork. The gameplay is different, it's NOT 1.6. Deal with it.

2012-08-23 14:54

Of course imbalanced 1.6 de_train is a great show to watch. If you wanted to bash GO you should've tried another argument.

2012-08-23 11:38

1 reply

imba or not, thats not the point here. are you saying that each 1.6 de_train was boring because its imba? If so, you clearly lack of replays dude...

2012-08-23 14:01

dafuq i just read ?!

2012-08-23 10:09

2 replies

+116

2012-08-23 10:10

ROFL

2012-08-24 21:07

lol? self deception much?

2012-08-23 10:11

It's all about the money, it's all about the dumb dum ... ;)

2012-08-23 10:21

lurppis, what do you think about HeatoN, pls reply :) overrated shit?? Yeah I knew that too but some more

2012-08-23 10:23

how many more ex-1.6 legends need to switch over to GO until you retards realise they didn't "sell out " .... if you get fired from your job ...do you still come to work? no, you find a new job ..and pro gamers cant stick around for a game that has 0 tournaments.

2012-08-23 10:37

CSPromod was a great idea at the time it was initiated and with their original timeline for launch. The game has however been in development for too long and has become far outdated since compared to the current state of FPS games. CSGO at least makes an honorable attempt to try to bring the game into the current generation of games, which is needed in order to continue to grow and receive extended media support that will help attract sponsors to the industry. With the support CSGO is receiving and probably will continue to receive (as it seems that Valve finally have understood the importance of supporting the game to utilise as a base for selling and advertising their other games), it is clear that CSPromod will never be able to compete at all. Just from these points alone I have to agree complete with Heaton on this matter. It`s a no brainer, CSGO will be the next big competitive FPS game.

2012-08-23 10:39

It kinda seems obvious that all of CEOs gon' be writing/talking bshit like this, money talks. Don't get me wrong, I kinda even like CS:GO, it's NOT THAT BAD after first hour of playing, but I really think that it shouldn't replace 1.6 as a main fps title. Since I'm a COD4 player, I would go for COD instead GO as a main competetive fps. We'll just have to wait for proper mods to disable this fuckin op molotoves and shitty decoy + this annoying fog on every map, all those make this game truly uncompetetive.

2012-08-23 10:44

Don't write bullshits, time will do credit to this game,who knows, maybe it will become bigger-maybe not,it's pretty rediculus to discuss this part(whether cs:go wll be bigger or not from 1.6). Ahh,and I agree at that part.."Even on HLTV.org and those websites who have pretty immature people writing comments, it's actually getting better there, too." You can see about 200 idiotic comments and selfish writtings about games,from people that don't even have played competitively a game like cs:go before...If a game is not tested competitively you can't say "mmm Overrated shit" I played the beta,i played the official when it released, and the only thing that matters for it to be a competitive game is the movement,everything else feels good.. thanks for reading!

2012-08-23 10:46

Bah, who cares?

2012-08-23 10:52

so you mean, if we don't play your video game we are immature? :(

2012-08-23 10:55

1 reply

No, I doubt that is what he means. But just read the comments here and his spot on. Immature.

2012-08-23 13:11

Played CS 1.0 up to 1.6 for 10 years but now I`m playing CS:GO and I like it! it is very fun to play for me

2012-08-23 10:57

Honestly speaking CS:Go sucks. I find LOL more interesting than this crappy game. Wii switch to LOL completely if cs1.6 dies

2012-08-23 11:05

Obviously... People search for graphics they don't know anything about game feeling :(

2012-08-23 11:06

it will be failure just like source

2012-08-23 11:09

:DDDDDDDDDDD what a clown

2012-08-23 11:16

well this is a hard goal to reach but possible. esport is very big nowdays, much more than back in the days at 1.6 was popular. so it is possible :) gogo csgo

2012-08-23 11:35

There is no way CS:GO will be bigger than 1.6 ever were. Not this week, month, year or decade! (zonic tweet) RESPECT!

2012-08-23 11:45

3 replies

2012-08-23 11:48

2012-08-23 20:08

Ayy lmao

2015-09-29 23:38

Danny Sørensen ‏@hakamuka There is no way CS:GO will be bigger than 1.6 ever were. Not this week, month, year or decade! In your face HeatoN "give me money, I will tell bullshit all over the place" Christensen

2012-08-23 11:47

6 replies

In your face? It's his opinion. There's no right or wrong, yet.

2012-08-23 13:09

4 replies

is it ? is it really his opinion or is it just what sponsor money tells him to say ? you can never know!

2012-08-23 15:42

did you play cs go? when i play first time i have stats smth like 27:2, this game is for fun no more

2012-08-23 22:29

2 replies

free weekend?

2013-07-29 03:44

1 reply

i have cs:go

2013-07-29 15:45

Ayyyyyy lmao, 😂

2015-09-29 23:41

laughed so hard i spit out my breakfast

2012-08-23 11:51

Games itself 1.6 > CSP > CS:GO Games' future CS:GO > 1.6 > CSP

2012-08-23 11:52

it will be much bigger than 1.6

2012-08-23 11:55

We all know that he said this because he owns a CS:GO team, but does he really think that?

2012-08-23 12:02

1 reply

nothing is impossible in heatons brain, it does funny things from time to time.

2012-08-23 14:43

99% of the comments here about "heaton moneytalks etc, traitor" are coming from 12yo poor children whos mom wont buy CS:GO and his upset that he cant play :) just shut the fuck up and give it chance, everybody knows no game can match cs 1.6, but dont you get it!?!? its over!!! there are no more teams & tournaments, it is officially DEADED (xD)

2012-08-23 12:08

made my day.

2012-08-23 12:09

Let's all focus on a game, where you cannot win money. That will bring you nothing to compete for. That way it will have no media attention, no sponsors and pro players. Sounds great!

2012-08-23 12:10

cs;go is nice, I don't even play 1.6 anymore. when 1.6 came out, everybody was talking thrash about it when comparing it to 1.5 and 1.3 versions. same here.

2012-08-23 12:10

5 replies

These two are completely different though, you can't really compare those situations with each other. A more realistic comparison would be between 1.6 and Source, look what happened there.

2012-08-23 14:21

4 replies

yeah, because 1.6 was only a couple of years old, and people were still playing it. there was a big tournament every month. now what? name 1 big tournament that didnt drop CS 1.6.. can u see a future for the game? no, u cant, people need to move on, CS:GO is the future, there is no doubts about it...

2012-08-23 14:49

3 replies

I think that's realistic to think, never say never though.

2012-08-23 14:55

2 replies

i say i'll never play CS 1.6 once i purchase CS:GO! :)

2012-08-23 14:59

1 reply

Okay then :)

2012-08-23 15:00

Ok , its your opinion . Not mine .

2012-08-23 12:13

CS GO will be big but not bigger than cs 1.6

2012-08-23 12:23

1 reply

how can u say that? seriously.. if they can bring the 1.6 and CSS communities together, i dont see how it wont... and thats whats gonna happen, CS 1.6 will be dead until the end of the year and its only a matter of time until big tournaments pick CS:GO.. when they do, we'll have more people playing CS:GO than we ever did CS 1.6... thats my hope.. btw i havent played it yet.

2012-08-23 14:47

money, thats all

2012-08-23 12:25

CS 1.6 competitive is dead, why? Cause it's an 11 year old engine, people wanna see something new. You wanna keep playing 1.6? By all means go play it, no1 cares. In the meanwhile every1 will switch to a newer and better game.

2012-08-23 12:41

There willl be a new CS game in about 6-8 from now. With the graphics changing and all. Plus, they usually make new games to update the old versions. Look at Starcraft, WoW, Battlefield, COD and GuildWars for example. 1.6 lasted so long because CS:S didn't meassure up at that time. So maybe we'll see a Counter Strike 2.0 in the very distance future.

2012-08-23 12:48

heaton, with this said, you are no more legend for me, no more to be mentioned ...

2012-08-23 13:00

1 reply

hahahahahaa

2012-08-24 01:46

After reading the comments here: Many in the international community have also changed, he said. "Even on HLTV.org and those websites who have pretty immature people writing comments, it's actually getting better there, too.". Yeah Heaton, not so much. All the kids are still here.

2012-08-23 13:06

2 replies

not long ago 95% here hated cs:go now there is less haters cos little fanboy's idols (the 1.6 pros) are switching to cs:go. so little fanboy lemmings will follow their idols.

2012-08-23 14:41

1 reply

Man, you're right on 100%...

2012-08-23 15:02

HeatoN with this performance you will not be loved like the old days !

2012-08-23 13:06

too early to say if it's going to be bigger than 1.6 but PLEASE stop writing that fucking dumb shit like "omg traitor, sellout etc." why the fuck dont you just filter the CS:GO news if you guys cant stand it :)

2012-08-23 13:12

For those of you saying he's just up for the money, why wouldn't he be? Or why wouldn't anyone be? How much time and effort do they put in the game? They're not the ones who made 1.6 fade away, we all did by starting other games to play. Eventually this would happen and everybody knows it.. As we know not many "Rookies" is getting as skilled as they perhaps should be, it's like a football club with no youth academy.. Ofcourse the club will eventually fall apart. I've always been a great fan of Counter-Strike and watched games since 2005 and really enjoyed the CS scene so far. It's sad to see CS 1.6 fade away but atleast they are trying to make the CS scene a top game in the world again and I really appreciate that they want to do that. Good Luck to Heaton & Co with their CS:GO team NiP and also to the other teams taking it to the next step. I'll gladly watch your games!

2012-08-23 13:12

9 replies

we and pro players would have never stopped playing 1.6 you idiot IF organisation, sponsors had not stopped supporting the game. I played this game because there were lot of lan tournaments with some nice prize money and of coures because I really enjoyed it because it was a real competitve game and pro player had more than just enyoj they got payed. And if all of this had not stopped nobody would have stopped playing with it. Who is exactly that killed the game.. not us you little prick...

2012-08-23 14:22

8 replies

well hello there my friend from the country noone gives a fuck about. You live in the past my friend and you can't let 1.6 go.. Why do you think sponsors/organisations stopped supporting the prizemoney in the first place? You're obviously not thinking clearly.. And for the part you say they should play just to enjoy it.. How long is that working out you think, forever? Ofcourse people is getting older and retire from the game just like in any sport/e-sport.. 1.6 don't have any youngsters who will take their place since there are to many who don't care about becomming something better just like yourself you little fuck.. Think again please..

2012-08-23 16:25

7 replies

Heaton needs you, keep it up humiliating your country some gives a FUCK about

2012-08-23 17:18

2 replies

Actually my point has nothing to do with where I'm from, it's about moving on from CS 1.6 to CS:GO so thanks for that unnecessary reply!

2012-08-24 00:17

1 reply

my reply has nothing to do with whatever your point is, your first sentence already shows how arrogant and ignorant you are, which makes none care to continue read through your statement. and sorry for another unnecessary reply.

2012-08-24 03:24

I have never said play JUST to enjoy it enjoy was part of why i played with it. You may not know where my country is you dumb fuck but my people have invented more thing that you have no clue you little piece of shit and that is what really determine how a country did in its history not to mention the sport. Sorry.. I am clever enough to know where your country is but not becase you are famous for something just for the simple reason that i know geography. And i have let cs 1.6 go long time now becase i am clever enough to know this whole fuckin thing is about money unlike you you really DUMB fuck, yeah you have proved it many times in your statements how dumbess and stupid you are.

2012-08-23 17:37

3 replies

I know where your country is I just said "the country noone gives a fuck about". I proabably know alot more about geographics than you will ever know.. so next time you should perhaps read the things I write instead, you stupid fuck... Your whole statement is just fucked up really.. You really should talk to someone. Obviously you got some really big problems Hungarian boy..

2012-08-24 00:13

2 replies

The chinese guy above us is totally right you are an arrogant asshole and it doesent make any sense of writing to you and obviously the one who has got problem is you you nobody kid.. Last comment to you i wish i had spared more of my comments...

2012-08-24 09:35

1 reply

Great answer! Now you cleared it all out.. Thank you ! Absoulutly nothing more to say.. Hope you get better ! Good luck with the treatment :)

2012-08-24 12:15

rage-kids... rly... get a life and a girl...

2012-08-23 13:24

5 replies

2012-08-23 14:10

said the about-rage-kids-rager.

2012-08-23 14:40

Only fanboys and swedish fanboys can defend HeatoN's words here...

2012-08-23 15:03

2 replies

I cannot agree more +100000

2012-08-23 17:42

1 reply

thanks

2012-08-23 18:15

37,633 50,001 Counter-Strike 31,629 54,886 Football Manager 2012 25,456 48,022 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 21,497 38,793 Counter-Strike: Source As of today..

2012-08-23 13:36

4 replies

48k for a game launched 2 days ago , i'd say that is pretty good...

2012-08-23 13:55

3 replies

Sure, Skyrim had over 300k though.

2012-08-23 14:23

1 reply

And that's what I recall pwnd.

2012-08-23 15:14

I'd say a 50k for a game launched in 2003 means more, don't you think?

2012-08-23 18:28

maybe if they've named it COD:GO it'll be cuz it has nothing to do with cs and it will never grow.

2012-08-23 14:06

1 reply

2012-08-23 14:25

If he really thought CS:GO is that good then he probably would have made a comeback but he doesn't...

2012-08-23 14:09

7 replies

he doesnt cos he know he would suck. hes noob player compared to all 1.6 pros from these days.

2012-08-23 14:38

did u read the text?

2012-08-23 14:43

5 replies

Did you know that not everything you read is the truth?

2012-08-23 14:54

4 replies

so, in ur world the manager/owner or whatever he is of a organization like NIP, that now is 28 years old should be able to play CS:GO competitively? is that what ur saying? if that is it, this discussion is over..

2012-08-23 14:55

3 replies

Get your facts straight first noob. He was obviously speaking about comeback before he became co-owner of NiP.

2012-08-23 15:21

2 replies

ur just getting stupider and stupider...

2012-08-23 15:22

1 reply

Pls avoid "stupider" and use "more stupid" instead. It sounds awkward.

2012-08-23 15:40

It's so pathetic when one talks about money, considering that, I think, and I am may be wrong on this (stick with me), CS 1.6 players were paid with hugs from sponsors???? Wasn't that the case? Did they actually receive money for their efforts? Again, I may be wrong about. I though it was all about passion for 1.6 and ocasional hug from the sponsors. Please, don't embarass yourself. The world spins around money and 1.6 was not an exception.

2012-08-23 14:11

5 replies

true

2012-08-23 14:12

Yup, I played 1.6 for so many years, and I never thougt 1.6 community was so shitty, wow. Show some respect

2012-08-23 14:16

ill explain to u: 1.6 pros didnt earn money from day 1 of playing CS. they played years without earning shit. they played it cos they loved the game. and most 1.6 pros didnt get monthly salary anyways. 1.6 was money and passion. cs:go is just money.

2012-08-23 14:38

2 replies

first time i played CS 1.6 i hated it.. i called people retards for playing it. now, here i am, 6 ou 7 years later, still playing it.. the game is not even a week old and u want people to love it blindly already? grow up man, seriously, u are only saying CRAP around here... sorry for telling

2012-08-23 14:42

You're delusional. There have been prize moneys since 2004 (ESWC, CPL, etc). Yes, they have a lot of passion for the game, but the money is very important as well. If there was no money, 1.6 wouldn't be so big in the pro scene. Face it.

2012-08-23 16:58

Does he mean that, CS:GO will in its lifetime be bigger than 1.6 has been in its lifetime? That's a bold statement. Maybe he was just innocently stating the obvious (cs:go will overcome 1.6 in the near future or it already has).

2012-08-23 14:12

Srsly, 1.6 community is embarassing 1.6 players, show some respect, cs go is a pretty good game, it was released days ago and you want a perfect game already? Wow, stop crying, srsly.

2012-08-23 14:14

2 replies

its a shit game. the only reason why pros play it is money. i havent heard any 1.6 pro saying its a really nice game and they love to play it. they all switch cos of money. srsly.

2012-08-23 14:34

1 reply

pros are playing it cause 1.6 was dropped from tournaments

2012-08-23 19:13

How could it be MUCH bigger than 1.6 was... OMG. HeatoN is my no.1 favourite player but if he continues saying bullshits like this I'll be very dissapointed and I think I am not alone..

2012-08-23 14:17

Dont worry here is no so much tournament in CS:GO. You know why? Because Chuck Norris still play 1.6

2012-08-23 14:17

Hidn is like Pus.. If Hidn says, it will happen!

2012-08-23 14:17

sure......

2012-08-23 14:28

heaton will sell everything for money...

2012-08-23 14:41

What happened with you HeatoN? :/

2012-08-23 14:43

guys, cmon! "CS 1.6 > CS:GO" DUH IT'S DIFFERENT GAME. you can play both if you want to. wake up 1.6 fanboy! "1.6 fanboy is BLIND, they do not see CS:GO is the future" even if we(including me) do not believe CS:GO will be the future of "counter-strike", it doesn't mean we have to "yes you're right we're stupid so we HAVE to stop playing CS 1.6 and start playing CS:GO because I live in the past but I'm over it blahblahblah", NO. you people do(es?) not have to play CS:GO if you don't like it. GO lover no need to be butthurt to people who still hate GO and vice versa. c'mon guys! let's end this hatred, it's different game okay? don't split the community even worse than it is now.

2012-08-23 14:44

This statistic is kinda funny to read: i.imgur.com/VOpFy.jpg CS:GO will never be bigger, either online or in e-sports. That's what I have to say.

2012-08-23 14:46

1 reply

trueeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

2012-08-23 15:04

what do u guys want him to say? yeah, i just hired 3 of the best CS1.6 players to play a game that is doomed to fail?! ofc he has to say that, ofc he has to try to bring more sponsors to NIP, ofc he has to raise funds in order to send them to play.. U GUYS NEED TO GROW UP, ITS TIME WE ALL MOVE ON! and yeah, CS:GO CAN be bigger than 1.6..

2012-08-23 14:52

4 replies

everyone is free to have his/her own opinion. if you dont like the game and if you dont have to play a pc game to earn money then there is no reason to play it?! everyone is free to like or not like the game. why do you say "grow up and everyone move on". you wanna force everyone to like csgo and play it or what? and what means "move on". its a DIFFERENT game. its not 1.6 with slight changes.

2012-08-23 17:48

Yeah!!! Let's move on, so HeatoN can keep the NIP team with more and more sponsors earning more and more money 'cause in the end we love him. We never really liked CS, we played it because of HeatoN, if he tells us to move, let's do it, he's the god and he knows all. We are being too immature sticking to a game we like playing because in the end we play for the community, for the tournaments, the e-Sport scene, we have to learn enjoying a "inferior" game because it's graphically beautiful and if you don't, it means you haven't played enough, and even if after hundreds of hours played you still don't enjoy, do it for the community for the eSport 'cause we can't live without it. Turning off the irony mode

2012-08-23 18:41

2 replies

i cant express how stupid that text was.. seriously..

2012-08-23 19:08

1 reply

I know it was stupid and that was the intention, to show you how your posts and replies look to me

2012-08-23 19:54

I love HLTV people mess each other there is so much hatred :) Foest we love them for playing 1.6 then they go over to cs go because they are tired of 1.6 because it has the game for 10 years and they will try something new: ) and now hate them so because they have gone over to cs go :) I do not know if I should laugh or cry about how people behave online sorry for my bad eng hf

2012-08-23 15:05

1 reply

tired of 1.6? read what ESC said for trying on CSGO, and what Navi's attitude, and cArn fnatic's attitude,,,,its obvious most 1.6 players, great players dont like CSGO, at least for now. its just f0rest GTR xizt---1.6 players, almost like hurry to switch for csgo, god know why, maybe like you said "tired of 1.6" or their lack of motivation at last few 1.6 tourments they underperformed. plus i dont see much hatred on them, just some negative judgement or prediction on their movement for csgo, you are little bit overacting. or on purpose transfer the hatred for csgo?

2012-08-23 16:03

cs:go will be shit unless they take off HDR and give us some fucking fps commands. fucking so annoying

2012-08-23 15:07

HeatoN be quiet already...:)

2012-08-23 15:07

2012-08-23 15:14

2012-08-23 15:16

Ye, ye we heard something funny already from this moron:D "CS:GO feels good" - ok, his oppinion , but now is way to much, next fucking money marionette, keep sucking Valve ass

2012-08-23 15:23

HeatoN mp5 ace on ffa, gj :O

2012-08-23 15:24

People have to realize that HeatoN is probably right here... this is the first FPS game that appeals to all FPS gamers... you have top COD players coming over, 1.6 players, source players, Battlefield teams are making their teams and even TF2 is getting in on the mix. HeatoN is probably not saying this for the money, CSGO will be bigger, doesn't mean it'll be a better game though.

2012-08-23 15:26

2 replies

Compared to how many people actually had a computer to play in in the early 2000 CS had such big succes that it cant be compared to 2012 where 10 year olds has there own computer...

2012-08-23 15:39

The thing is, CS:GO is attracting CS, CS:S, COD, Battlefield and Team Fortress professional players. Casual players don't like the old and rusty gameplay that CS has to offer. Players who stopped pubbing in 1.6/CS:S because they got bored, have no reason to pub in CS:GO. CS isn't a game that rewards players for playing other than increasing their skill, and nowadays that is not enough. Casual players want to unlock exclusive things, things that can identify them, like weapon cammo's, skins or models. 1.6 was once huge because there weren't a lot of competitive (as in large team vs team games) FPS' out there back in the day and because the gameplay was new. 9 years later the FPS' genre has moved on, no way a CS:GO or a 1.6 HD would be as big 1.6 once was. To cater to a new, casual audience the CS franchise needs to go under some major changes, and those changes will happen sooner or later, not with CS:GO though.

2012-08-23 18:50

youtube.com/watch?v=f9zraS8EKw4

2012-08-23 16:18

only time will tell how big CS:GO is goin 2 get. although EC has a point. viewers and streaming will be a major part in the games future.

2012-08-23 16:23

:-)

2012-08-23 16:37

guys guys.. look he may have big muscle bit he has low courage we can see it now how he thinks of 1.6 future. We know hes going to steelseries tournament we can show him our minds there'

2012-08-23 16:53

ROFL Go make some more 1.6 guides that 99% of the scene already know about bro.

2012-08-23 17:11

"Even on HLTV.org and those websites who have pretty immature people writing comments" not hating or anything but come on,says a dude that played a video game for ages... go get a real job,instead of saying shit.

2012-08-23 17:16

2 replies

He quit gaming like 5 years ago, he has a job, hes just saying his opinions. I agree with him, a lot of immature people on this site.

2012-08-23 17:36

1 reply

2012-08-23 21:34

sure marketing, ahahahaha!

2012-08-23 18:28

Hi, my nickname is Heaton and i think that all the community is getting more mature because CS:GO was release and i also think that CS:GO will be bigger than the game that i played for almost 10 years and that made me famous and who i am now. Seems legit.

2012-08-23 18:41

ITT: youtube.com/watch?v=gxFGhQsaSwI

2012-08-23 19:17

I don't hate CS:GO, I'm playing it 1-2 hours per day. But these words... Heaton is disgrace to the human race

2012-08-23 19:29

Nothing agains HeatoN, but as the argentine guy said above he's starting to look like Pelé: When he starts to move his lips you can be sure that some shit is coming

2012-08-23 20:04

sadly heaton doesn't know anything about cs anymore, was really obvious when he was commentating at that cs tournament, can't remember which one it was

2012-08-23 20:26

CS:GO = Counter-strike Globally Offended?

2012-08-23 22:04

MarkeatoN. Come on, the guy still teaches that shitty granade that worked in 2002. He needs to move on as well.

2012-08-23 22:36

41,198 50,108 Counter-Strike 40,835 48,022 Counter-Strike: GO heaton is right

2012-08-23 23:06

i hope it will.

2012-08-23 23:19

as his wallet after :s

2012-08-23 23:32

This new was reaching 500 comments now only 307 comments. Nice censorship!

2012-08-23 23:34

4 replies

It's called moderation, if people disagree with something there are other ways to critique other than through insults.

2012-08-23 23:45

3 replies

Are you saying that all those deleted comments were insulting someone?

2012-08-24 03:13

2 replies

It's not censorship, it's removing posts of inferior quality that do not belong here. But keep believing we're mean and censor comments we don't like.

2012-08-24 05:27

1 reply

So you remove insults (fine) and also "bad comments" aka posts you don't like = censorship.

2012-08-24 19:34

If someone like MLG picks it up it very well could be for this era of gamers. But for the people around since 2005 and beyond they will still probably miss the old days more.

2012-08-24 00:09

shame on u heaton just coz u get free bees by company doesn't means u start saying shit

2012-08-24 01:04

Implying heaton owes the 1.6 community anything you selfish pricks. Its a game and its dead, grow up.

2012-08-24 01:36

Ok now that HeatoN says this i belive it!! In fact this guy knows what he talks about: the perfect tactic man: "shut tu tu trii bullits, move shut tu tu trii bullits!" Ok the game may work for a few years, but once the hype passese away, than Valve will start working on CS:GO#2, and they will keep on doing it till they make the game as competitive as it needs to be for it to to in big tourneys.

2012-08-24 01:39

When you people agree that cs:go will make way through 1.6, it's obvious becouse cs:go brings new wind in old field! I know haters gonna hate, but in a while cs:go will dominate in fps shooters. I played 1.6 from 2004 till cs:go beta came up to my steam, and i realized that there's no point to play 1.6 anymore, this game to old to compete with new one. Even if cs:go not perfect as 1.6 was for most of all, but in time all will adapt to shooting, new guns and other stuff that came up with this game. You can still say 1.6 will never die, but the sad fact that it will, and it will fall from all global events in less than a year. So if you still want to compete in counter-strike, start to play cs:go becouse 1.6 will not last for long, community and players will move on where's new things and better money

2012-08-24 02:03

1 reply

This game is not worth to be played. Scene is dying. Who cares. Better to let it die. Maybe one day morons from valve see through the eyes.

2012-09-07 20:35

I hope you realize that if CS:GO fails CS will most likely die as an esport.

2012-08-24 02:32

1 reply

OH MY GOD. we must save the scene. We all need to play GO !!!

2012-09-07 20:41

"it's not about the money money money" Heaton "Bitch Please"

2012-08-24 03:16

money talks

2012-08-24 05:16

guys let dying cs rest in peace.

2012-08-24 10:24

I really don't understand why a lot of people says that everyone change 1.6 to CS:GO only for money. Everyone who comment this thread didn't makes real money in professional cybersport carrier.

2012-08-24 11:52

2012-08-24 12:18

Spot on heaton, people who don't believe that CS:GO will be bigger are way to biased in their opinions. Huge prizepools are popping up and players from various FPS games are creating teams in GO. I for one doesn't enjoy CS:GO as much as I have enjoyed 1.6. But the game is new, and getting patched frequently. And as said earlier if CS:GO fails we will probably not be able to enjoy CS in the esports scene. There is simple no other choice than GO.

2012-08-24 13:33

9 replies

there is something called cs promod

2012-08-27 00:28

8 replies

there is something that has no events with big prices coming and no top teams.. its called promod

2012-08-27 00:33

2 replies

you sure?

2012-08-27 00:34

1 reply

prove me wrong ^^

2012-08-27 00:42

promod lvl:DEADENED :D uve lost your hope probably xD

2013-07-29 02:59

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2013-07-29 08:13

3 replies

yeah i know XD thats why i replied to you haha :D cause u said that promod will raise xD

2013-07-29 13:07

2 replies

it will :>

2013-07-29 13:12

1 reply

fosho =D

2013-07-29 13:13

hmm, no

2012-08-24 13:54

Or maybe Heaton just never tought that cs 1.6 would ever die and meant it by how big game will become compared to cs 1.6 as it is now, lol.

2012-08-25 19:38

1 reply

dude, there are not even enough pub players playing CS:GO, it is still the least played CS game.

2012-09-07 20:28

Biggest joke ever told. Let's check the situation again in 2024. I highly doubt that CS:GO is still alive. Well, what wouldn't you do for the money.

2012-08-26 01:53

2 replies

In 2024 I imagine no PC game will be alive... its insane to think that technology won't develop vast amounts in that period of time.

2012-11-28 13:09

Ayy lmao dumbass

2015-09-29 23:40

Money talks !!!!!!!

2012-08-26 22:18

fk you heaton

2012-09-07 18:17

Now, say it again :DD

2012-09-07 20:37

how money took, for to say that?

2012-11-28 12:19

lmao, they took my money too, CSGO will be huge

2012-11-28 12:59

deaded

2013-06-24 20:09

1 reply

get a life you nerd

2013-06-24 20:12

deaded

2013-07-29 03:23

Alex Garfield laughed so hard he spit his drink out? Really? The CSPromod project started Q1 2006 and to even call it an Alpha release is hilarious.

2013-07-29 03:40

FAIL! 6 months... Listens to the comunity...

2013-07-29 03:45

noup.

2013-07-29 12:39

nearly 1 year later .... Heaton still dreaming....money money money.

2013-07-29 13:49

4 replies

I find it hilarious that a COUNTER STRIKE PROMOD die heard supporter is calling heaton a dreamer rofl

2013-07-29 16:04

3 replies

1. *heart 2. didn't call him a dreamer GG. cu.

2013-07-29 16:34

2 replies

hard**

2013-08-03 17:08

1 reply

LOL

2013-08-03 19:16

HEATON is noob + bot + low

2013-07-29 15:52

2013-07-29 16:12

lol

2013-07-29 16:34

heaton was right

2013-08-03 17:06

HAAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHah

2013-08-03 17:25

loooooooooooooool

2013-08-03 18:11

CSGO only has 11 years left to beat 1.6 in active tournaments, lets go!

2013-08-03 19:02

HeatoN is overrated

2013-08-03 19:12

1 reply

2013-08-03 20:31

bullshit

2013-08-03 20:12

you nerds were proven wrong.. "CSGO be deaded in a year: - HLTV/Lurpiss

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