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Covering the future of Counter-Strike
berettas, 57, m3, xm1014
dual elite berettas
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cost: $1000
description: Two pistols holding 15 rounds each. Not very powerful or accurate.
Dual Elite Berettas
Half-Pint: Can we say useless? With a price tag of over a grand you get a glock that has double the ammo. The only time this gun is remotely useful is in pistol fights, which is a moot point really because you can't afford it on the first round. The only good thing with the leets is that that you go down with style.

rizzuh: Or you can go down with two guns in your hands.

Half-Pint: lol.

rizzuh: Thanks for your approval on that joke.

fiveseven
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cost: $750
description: A fairly accurate pistol containing 20 rounds-per-clip.
FN FiveseveN
rizzuh: Did you forget about the lonely FiveseveN?

Sometimes it sucks, sometimes it's great. It depends on the mood. Overall, it's not powerful and it's hardly as accurate in practice as it is on paper. FiveseveN kills are still fairly rewarding, because the weapon is used so rarely.

Half-Pint: Your mood or the mood of the gun? I would think you would rock all the time if it was based on your mood, especially with your 24/7 PMS. I find that the FiveseveN is ok, but it's not powerful enough for me to justify it over a DE or just keeping the USP.

rizzuh: Seriously, though, this weapon is really good. Few use it and it's the perfect gray addition to your Scout. Be a rebel.

m3
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cost: $1700
description: counter-strike's pump action shotgun, holding 8 shell inside the weapon.
M3
Half-Pint: I highly discourage you to be creative with this gun, aim for center of mass and blamo.

Most players in counter strike are of the mind that the Benneli brothers (the two shotguns) aren't that great because of their slow load times. But unlike other guns where you have to wait for a whole clip to reload to fire, with a Benneli product you only have to chamber a single round. This allows you to wail away on someone, chamber a single round while he's fumbling with his clip and waste him. How sweet it is!

rizzuh: This weapon is unbalanced, but no one uses it. I say you should accept its inflated power and start kicking enemy ass!

Half-Pint: Why don't more people use it, it's like an awp at close range (where 80% of the action in CS is) that fires faster and is a helluva lot cheaper. And most of all it's fun to use!

rizzuh: Helluva. Sorry folks, Half-Pint is from Canada. Apparently they're stuck in 1996.

Though I utterly discourage lame tactics, hopping after each shot with the M3 is QUITE effective. This weapon teams up perfectly with the Desert Eagle.

Half-Pint: Well it's definitely a lame tactic, which means everyone does it. So what's the 2002 version of "helluva"?

rizzuh: I don't make the rules of cool, baby, I just live them.

xm1014
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cost: $3000
description: the auto-shotgun that can go through its 7 shells in seconds.
XM1014
Half-Pint: The doom bringer has arrived. A fully automatic shotgun; the great beta 5 innovation. In most ways this gun has similar attributes and tactics to its brother the Benneli M3.

Its full auto capability makes it much more devastating in close combat. If you're close, this gun guarantees at least one kill. The burst ability also makes this weapon capable of handling two to three opponents at a time.

This gun does have its drawbacks. Firstly, it requires a full clip to be more effective than the M3. It also tends to dump this clip very fast and often leaves you reloading when you really don't want to be.

rizzuh: "The doom bringer." What he said. This is a cool gun also, but is more restrictive to range than even the M3.

Half-Pint: That range thing is the big limiter for this gun. I find it has best effect on the close-quarter areas of maps like Dust and Office. But on the more open area maps like Dust2 and Siege it is more suited for ambushes than it is for assault.

rizzuh: What weapon is suited for siege? If the CTs had some sort of nerve gas or poisonous animal then the map would be balanced.

I'm booming with good ideas.

Half-Pint: Sure you can use the shotgun on Siege. People are close together in the sewers and the Terrorists can hostage camp with them. Personally I think the CTs should be able to call in an air strike and Napalm the map.

rizzuh: If you're a CT and playing siege almost any weapon will get you kills, as long as friendly fire is on.

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