alt Hacker NewsWhen you go back this was the norm. You go to irc, search in #5on5: high server on (counter-strike 1.6)
You either have a server and they come to you or you don't and message people. If they/you feel like are hacking go next. There were tons of servers where you had admins all the time.
Human admins still can only see the obvious spin/aimbots.
Companies took this from us as hosting your own servers is rarely an option these days and you rely on the company never shutting them down.
> If they/you feel like are hacking go next.
This here is why I find matchmaking is such a frustrating experience at high ELO compared to the old times. With an IRC scrim you aren't held hostage by blatant cheaters, you just leave - but on matchmaking, you cannot choose to forfeit and have to waste 30 minutes or be penalised.
I only play with a 5 stack so us choosing to leave doesn't ruin anyone's experience. I kept two CS accounts (same rank) purely so that we could skip the cooldown and requeue if the opponent had blatant cheaters/spinbots.