Ok, here’s the deal. I’ve been so busy with work recently (read support tickets) that the only time I do get to game, its a session with Fifa 2010. Or Tekken 10. At the weekend, on the horrible Xbox 360 console. Which really isn’t good for the Managing Director of INX-Gaming, a game server provider, is it? 
There was a time where I would play CS 1.6 for 15 hours a day (and in between answering tickets). We are going back 6,7,8 (I forget) years here. And then came CSS. Then Call of Duty 4. All big FPS games I didn’t half get into and waste some time on.
But then we really grew, and support became rather busy, as did running the company. And as a consequence I just haven’t had the time to devote to online gaming. After a prolonged period of what I call ‘Windows illness’ I lost my rag with the freezes, and blue screens. And I bought a MacBook. The final nail in the coffin. And really, you can’t play games on a Mac. I feel guilty…..dirty even.
So while setting up an office at home, I’ve decided to put aside a nice budget (read Christmas present to oneself) for a PC gaming rig. Woo 
Now if I’m going to spend £700-£800 on a decent PC setup, I really need to find some decent games and game servers to play on.
COD4 is really over done for me. Lot’s of time spent on that. I’ve spent so much time on Counterstrike source servers that it would be like taking up an old heroin habit. Not a good idea.
There’s also the consideration that with not much time, we are talking 30 mins here and there for a gaming fix. Let’s face it, if you are going to play Call of Duty 4, or CSS, it’s to be competitive. Or maybe that’s just me?
What game fills that void?
And then I thought….Team Fortress 2. TF2 with it’s cartoony exterior. The laid back atmosphere on the servers. I reckon before people play on Team Fortress 2 servers, they *have* to have a crate of lager next to them. It’s the law don’t you know?
It suits me down to the ground. So as of tomorrow, I might just give Team Fortress 2 game servers a go. Well it can’t harm to form another addiction can it?
What do you guys think?
I would agree that TF2 is by far the most relaxed gaming experience I’ve had for a while, I pop on for maybe 30-40 minutes when I get the chance, and I always get lotsa frags (skills are easily transferable from other source games) and I love the variation in the classes!
Being a heroin addict my self (I mean CS:S addict xD) I can see where you’re coming from, once you pop a headshot it’s hards to stop =P