Valve's Cliffe made a post to the
Steam Users Forums (thanks Mike Black) clarifying that the d-dust in the
Counter-Strike: Source beta will support 20 players to a side for 40 player
games. Also,
Valve announces that the Counter-Strike: Source Beta is being pre-loaded to
cyber cafés:
Pre-loading of the Counter-Strike: Source Beta to cyber
cafés begins today. On Wednesday, this first phase of the beta will open and the
game will be playable at all cyber cafes that subscribe to the Valve Cyber Café
Program. Later this month, the beta will be extended to owners of
Counter-Strike™: Condition Zero™ and ATI Fulfillment Coupon holders.
This beta serves as a compatibility test of the Source engine as we near
completion of development on Half-Life 2 and Counter-Strike: Source. During this
limited-time beta, issues can be reported using the in-game bug-reporting tool.
In addition any crashes will automatically generate a report back to Valve’s bug
database. We thank everyone for their participation, and we hope Half-Life 2 and
Counter-Strike: Source live up to your expectations.