PAF Game Comm. set to release VIP Mod add-on for Counter-Strike: Source.

For Immediate Release

Vancouver, WA Feb 7 2006 - After 8 months of testing and updates the VIP Mod for Counter-Strike is getting ready for release! VIP Mod is set to be released the week of Feb 15th and will feature 9 new maps and full Assasination Style gameplay mode for Counter-Strike: Source.

What Is VIP Mod?

Old school Counter-Strike players will remember a gameplay mode called "assasination mode" that randomly changed a member of the CT team into a VIP. The VIP player was only allowed the pistol he spawned with as his weapon. But, he also spawned with 200 armor. The misson in this game play style was simple: "Protect The VIP Team!". The CT's were to escort the VIP to a rescue zone to win the round. The terrorists objective was to kill the VIP. If they did, the round ended no matter how many other CT's were alive.

This game play mode, maybe more so than any other, demanded team play and co-operation. It was exciting to play and was a dream for those of you in to tactics and stategies. Unfortunately this game play mode died when Counter-Strike: Source was released. Valve Software didn't include it in the "Direct Port" of Counter-Strike to Counter-Strike: Source.

In the summer of 2005, game programmer L.Duke started working on this add-on that would re-introduce the assasination mode game play style back into the game. The result is VIP Mod. The only pre-requisite to running this mod on your CS: Source Server is that you have MetaMod: Source installed.

VIP Mod will be released to the public sometime between the 12th and 18th of February 2006.

We will be releasing the Client package via the Vapour Content Delivery System and we will have the server package available for download in a zip file off of the PAF Files Site as well as mirrors such as File Planet and File Front. Fully functioning Windows and Linux versions will be available at the time of release.

VIP Mod received full support from Valve Software and Turtle Rock Studios in the development of this mod for Counter-Strike: Source. In the fall of 2005, employees of Turtle Rock Studios helped in the beta testing process with the mod. Due to the success of the beta tests, Turtle Rock Studios offered to help the VIP Mod Development Team by adding code to the Source Game Engine specifically for use in VIP Mod. In the December 1st 2005 Steam Update news it was reported that they "Exposed VIP player index to plugins/mods". This code helped integrate the independently developed mod with the Source Game Engine flawlessly. The result is a third, independent gameplay mode for Counter-Strike: Source and a full set of high quality maps developed specifically for the release of VIP Mod.

There has been a massive world wide pre-release buzz about this mod. It has been featured on over 100 game sites world wide in over 75 countries.

For more information please contact Ken DeRouchie at: ken@redstudiodesign.com

The official website is at: http://vipmod.punkassfraggers.com

For more info and media please visit: http://vipmod.punkassfraggers.com/v1readme/index.html