I still haven’t really been able to figure out a reliable schedule to stream, so it may be random at times.

See below my last 2 streams:

Watch live video from Dtrot’s Gaming Channel on Justin.tv

Watch live video from Dtrot’s Gaming Channel on Justin.tv

Again, sorry for the length of time between posts.  I am trying to find a somewhat decent schedule to allow me to be able to do this more often.  So since CSS is pretty much the only game I have really been playing as of late, here are some skins that I like to use to make the game a little more interesting.

Lately I have put down Guildwars and have moved on to a on-line multi-player based First Person Shooter called Counter Strike Source.  Now I am sure that at least 80% of the world has heard of this game and at least 40% of it is addicted to it..haha jk.  But the jist of the game is to keep the terrorist for achieving their goal.  I mainly try to play both Counter-Terrorist and Terrorist equally as the servers I usually play on usually auto select what I am anyways.  I try to alway play teh CS_Office  map because I find it the most fun and it basically gives both teams a equal advantage against the other.

Normally if I am a Counter-Terrorist I use the Famas, Deagle, Scout, M4 and the M3.  If I am a Terrorist I usually go with Mac10, Deagle, M3, Scout and the Sig552.

Each gun is unique in its own.  Basically you have to learn how each guns recoil will affect the path of the bullets.  This has been my challenge the whole 3 years I have been playing this game.  I have learned to just accept that this game isn’t perfect and to not trust that every bullet will kill the person you are shooting at.  I’m sure some people will tell you that they unloaded a shotgun in someone’s face from 2ft away and some how they did only 20 dmg, while that person died.  That is just the nature of the beast with this game.  It really does take some practice and hand eye coordination with the cross-hairs and the mouse.  If you want to get more in depth on learning the guns of CS…just YouTube the gun and I am sure you will find loads of video on the guns recoil and spray patterns.

All of these skins are FREE and very easy to install, but don’t be surprised if there maybe one that gives you an issue.  My advice to any of you who want to do this..BACK UP YOUR CSTRIKE FOLDER before you make any changes!!!!

M4A1: (Counter Terrorist Main Weapon)

Lama’s M4 SIRS: Book’s Anims

Lama's awesome M4 SRIS model with !NC!Furious's textures, along with classic anims by Book!

Soulslayers M4 redux v4

MK18.CQBR.M4

You can find more M4 skins here

AK47: (Terrorist Main Weapon)

Skladfin's AK74MN

Custom Chechen AK

AK, ultra-definition

For more AK skins Click Here

Here are some more skins for other guns in the game:

UMP:
http://www. fpsbanana. com/skins/35052 (best)
http://www. fpsbanana. com/skins/30478
http://www. fpsbanana. com/skins/19671
http://www. fpsbanana. com/skins/37182

Dual Elites:
http://www. fpsbanana. com/skins/48673 (best)
http://www. fpsbanana. com/skins/8198
http://www. fpsbanana. com/skins/49404
http://www. fpsbanana. com/skins/29569

M3:
http://www. fpsbanana. com/skins/32119
http://www. fpsbanana. com/skins/30898
http://www. fpsbanana. com/skins/49472 (best)
http://www. fpsbanana. com/skins/27352

P90:
http://www. fpsbanana. com/skins/49235
http://www. fpsbanana. com/skins/40734 (best)
http://www. fpsbanana. com/skins/7391

AUG:
http://www. fpsbanana. com/skins/39137
http://www. fpsbanana. com/skins/52967
http://www. fpsbanana. com/skins/20841
http://www. fpsbanana. com/skins/49596 (best)
http://www. fpsbanana. com/skins/37711
http://www. fpsbanana. com/skins/20698

MAC-10:
http://www. fpsbanana. com/skins/23149 (best)
http://www. fpsbanana. com/skins/54087

M4A1:
http://www. fpsbanana. com/skins/49693
http://www. fpsbanana. com/skins/35888 (best)
http://www. fpsbanana. com/skins/54199
http://www. fpsbanana. com/skins/53301
http://www. fpsbanana. com/skins/8925
http://www. fpsbanana. com/skins/20895
http://www. fpsbanana. com/skins/33852

Famas:
http://www. fpsbanana. com/skins/28524
http://www. fpsbanana. com/skins/22016
http://www. fpsbanana. com/skins/21040 (best)
http://www. fpsbanana. com/skins/26313

XM1014:
http://www. fpsbanana. com/skins/7244
http://www. fpsbanana. com/skins/6704
http://www. fpsbanana. com/skins/48261
http://www. fpsbanana. com/skins/21649
http://www. fpsbanana. com/skins/46851 (best)

TMP:
http://www. fpsbanana. com/skins/13330
http://www. fpsbanana. com/skins/8510
http://www. fpsbanana. com/skins/50926 (best)

Deagle:
http://www. fpsbanana. com/skins/950
http://www. fpsbanana. com/skins/45893
http://www. fpsbanana. com/skins/14523 (best)
http://www. fpsbanana. com/skins/36836

Galil:
http://www. fpsbanana. com/skins/39801 (best)
http://www. fpsbanana. com/skins/20378
http://www. fpsbanana. com/skins/31392
http://www. fpsbanana. com/skins/6768

Scout:
http://www. fpsbanana. com/skins/28115
http://www. fpsbanana. com/skins/36007 (best..BUT sounds might not work)
http://www. fpsbanana. com/skins/26131 (second best)

M249 Para:
http://www. fpsbanana. com/skins/43006 (best)
http://www. fpsbanana. com/skins/24771 (second best BUT silenced)
http://www. fpsbanana. com/skins/49985

5-7:
http://www. fpsbanana. com/skins/40786
http://www. fpsbanana. com/skins/16939 (best)
http://www. fpsbanana. com/skins/30497 (second best)

Sig 552:
http://www. fpsbanana. com/skins/39809
http://www. fpsbanana. com/skins/17244 (best)
http://www. fpsbanana. com/skins/8351

Grenades:
http://www. fpsbanana. com/skins/1003 (best)
http://www. fpsbanana. com/skins/33001
http://www. fpsbanana. com/skins/16642
http://www. fpsbanana. com/skins/4471

Knife:
http://www. fpsbanana. com/skins/18474
http://www. fpsbanana. com/skins/54182
http://www. fpsbanana. com/skins/31001 (best)
http://www. fpsbanana. com/skins/22333
http://www. fpsbanana. com/skins/5171
http://www. fpsbanana. com/skins/28214

I saw a post on the Ubuntu Forums for a game night on Sunday Sept 20th for a game called Sauerbraten. Here are some screen shots:

From what I can tell, it looks almost like UT3 or CSS…and apparently the game is pretty popular in the open source community. There are leagues and tournaments just like you would find with CSS. So I will be giving this game a chance. This game does work with Windows, Mac and Linux so that gives it another + in my book for being a cross-platform game. Here are some more screen shots:



Now there is some graphic eye candy to this game but the main intensions of the game was not really to be a graphic heavy game. Here is the description of the game:

“Cube 2: Sauerbraten is a free multiplayer/singleplayer first person shooter, built as a major redesign of the Cube FPS.

Much like the original Cube, the aim of this game is not necessarily to produce the most features & eyecandy possible, but rather to allow map/geometry editing to be done dynamically in-game, to create fun gameplay and an elegant engine.

The engine supporting the game is entirely original in code & design, and its code is Open Source (ZLIB license, read the docs for more on how you can use the engine).”

So give it a try…you might like it:
Windows Download
Linux Download
MacOSX Download

Other Links:
Quadropolis (community site for maps etc.)
Premier Sauerbraten League (competitive league)
Sauer Joutes (French community site)
sourceforge project page (downloads/cvs)
Cube Server Lister (external browsing app)
Wouter’s homepage (developer/designer)
Lee’s homepage (developer)