Valve has balls. To poke the Counter-Strike hornet's nest is a dangerous thing. With the recent change to the radar system, it doesn't seem like Valve is scared of tweaking the gameplay.

Now, they're mucking about with the pricing. You know that everyone just buys AK-47s, AWPs, Desert Eagles and Colts right? Well, they're making an effort to change that. Here's what they have to say about it:

We at Valve know we're not alone in thinking that some of the prices in the game have never been exactly what they should be. (Uh, night-vision?) But rather than tweaking the values ourselves, we thought we'd rather let you decide. Coming soon in Counter-Strike: Source is a new system that sets the prices of what you can buy based on, well, what people are buying.

Starting on October 11th, the prices of weapons and equipment in Counter-Strike: Source will be updated each week based on the global market demand for each item. As more people purchase a certain weapon, the price for that weapon will rise and other weapons will become less expensive.

Cool idea, one that I'm looking forward to testing out. Any CS:S players out there? We'll get a game on. Michael McWhertor

CS: Source Pricing Algorithm

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