Umm.. they are different engines.
You cannot prepare for one by playing a certain mode on the other.
Playing CS 1.6 in D3d will only help lower your peformance in CS... It won't do you any good in CS:Source
The preload is inevitable now.
Ofcourse, the forums might have been taken down to avoid the gazillion posts per minute...
"is it here yet?"
"WTF UBERGAYZORFAGZ fK VALVE"
Sub, those look much better. The ones he posted just looked messed up.
I'm not worried much.. cuz I played the game.. and on decent connections and lans... I did pretty well with strafing deagle head shots.
I guess we can wait till the BETA is out for us CZ users.
I really don't mind.. I got used the hitboxes in CS 1.5 and 1.6... I'm sure we can handle this.
Give it time...
I would not be bothered if it didn't come out today even. After all, no point having the gcf lying around. I wait for the 18th. If it isn't out by the 18th 11:59 pm... I will then be unhappy.
I just mentioned that on the steam forums thread... Hopefully it will stop the people going crazy. As it is, some of them are frothing at the mouths because the preload hasn't started.
Haters abound... and yet they will all play the game... while continuing to whine about it.