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Counter-Strike 1.6 BETA Mercury
Steve Gibson
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As many of you probably know, Valve Software is currently privately testing the Steam content delivery system, and along with that is Counter-Strike BETA v1.6 as well as future versions of other mods for Half-Life. Well, Valve Software offered to help us out and would like a few new testers, so in cooperation with Valve we're now offering a custom Steam2 client for our Mercury subscribers on FileShack.

- Opportunity to test the Counter-Strike 1.6 BETA
- Opportunity to test more future BETAs
- Access to a private Steam testers only messageboard here on Shack where Valve employees will participate
- A warm fuzzy for helping Maarten, Jason and myself continue to grow
- If you're already Mercury download it now!

We'll be getting that messageboard online tomorrow some time. It's been a busy busy day. Also, in case you're wondering about the whole exclusive thing which we've talked about here before, you'll probably want to read this post as that addresses the situation. This is not a public demo, but a private beta intended to stress test servers and registration systems, not the client software. We're starting off with option A, which in itself is a pretty big step around these parts for someone that isnt 'those other guys' to get a perk like this for subscribers.

note: You dont need ANYTHING else installed to run this, download it and you can play assuming you have broadband and a PC.

Steve Gibson is the cofounder of Shacknews.com. Originally known as sCary's Quakeholio back in 1996, Steve is now President of Gearbox Publishing after selling Shacknews to GameFly in 2009.

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  • Piotyr legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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    February 11, 2003 9:26 PM

    holy crap yeah!!!

    riot shields here I come

    • Turd Ferguson legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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      February 11, 2003 9:27 PM

      its not as effective as it should be, its still possible to take damage right through the shield when you strafe or move.

      • Pink0r legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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        February 11, 2003 10:15 PM

        Don't move then =)

        There was a bug that allowed random shots to get thru the shield when you werent moving but that was fixed like 2 weeks ago.

        • Turd Ferguson legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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          February 11, 2003 10:16 PM

          yeah, but shooting the middle of the shield still gets kills, not as much but it still works.

          • Evil Furby legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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            February 11, 2003 10:36 PM

            You SHOULD get damaged with the sheild activated.

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