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CS 1.6 Ads in the Testing Stages |
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Written by rares
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Tuesday, 20 February 2007 |
There are some new developments on the Counter-Strike 1.6 advertisements. Starting yesterday, there is a new CS BETA out and about that you can opt into to get the jump on viewing advertisements in your game of CS 1.6.
To run this beta version you will need to add -beta cs to your command line when you start Steam. This can be done by opening up the Windows shortcut you use to launch Steam and adding -beta cs right after Steam.exe. Please report any bugs or issue you find in this article.
Currently, there is a bug where ads aren't rendering in certain rendering modes, among other minor issues that are being worked on. There are a couple of screenshots already out there that show the placeholder ads. The BETA period will feature ads only for Steam related games. Once the BETA period is over, the ads will presumably not be optional, and will feature advertisements for non-Valve related products. Here is a sample screenshot from SK Gaming.
You can bet that more screenshots will be linked to starting on page 19 of a Steampowered forum discussion. NOTE: These are only placeholder ads. The real ads may very well come off as being much less obtrusive.
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