There's No Such Thing as a Free Mod

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There's No Such Thing as a Free Mod

Cast your mind back to the days of Counter-Strike 1.3, Day of Defeat Beta 3 and the myriad of add-ons available to those die-hard online Half-Lifers. I vividly remember leaving my PC on for days to download the latest patch, first for the mod and then for the engine build, as my 56K connection struggled at a mere 4.6KB/sec and my patience grew ever shorter.

But it was worth it. Despite being labelled a "HPB" (an unpleasant way of labelling one with a high ping), despite the 20fps churned out by the GeForce 2 and despite being hopeless and blaming everything but my own skill - I loved it.

I’m a sucker for freebies - what can I say? The extra juice I managed to squeeze from my friend’s abandoned copy of Half-Life surpasses that of any other game I’ve ever slaved over, including the sequel. I spent so many hours playing CS as a 14-year-old that it became a ritualistic hobby - but it was ok: my hobby was free!

Not anymore, it seems

 

[jarr]

There's No Such Thing as a Free Mod

aha, so rpm does pay you guys, or is it the cost of bot upgrades?

 

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RPM couldn't afford me.

 

[Jeeva]

There's No Such Thing as a Free Mod

You still had to buy Half-Life 1 in order to play Counter-Strike so I don't know where they get the "free mod" from.

Counter-Strike 1.3 aint that old, was released in 2001/2. This article is one of those kids that think they are old school gamers when they started playing games in 2001. Not even a gamer that started to play Counter-Strike beta 0.3 in 1997/8 is old skool in my books.

All hail the great times of gaming where you didn't have updates or patches because the games were 100% Finished when released.

Good job on the Gary's Mod creator in putting a price tag on his work, bunch of kiddies can't get everything free