Haihzzzzzzzz. Hardcore is just too pro for me. I mean seriously. FTZ players are hardcore freaks. No offense. If I would to join a HC server. I would pick up my RPD with Grip, Stopping Power and Deep Impact just to show how gay Hardcore is. Spray and Pray. Hey. 10 kills already. But normal mode to me is more balanced, more skill needed. I don't mind the hardcore respawn time. But it's utter gay. Normal mode not realistic? Oh well, its a game. My dua sen.

For the person saying hardcore makes you more careful in where you're running, and listening to footsteps. The thing is, if I heard your footstep behind a wall, and we're playing hardcore. You're dead. You can't runaway, you just die. Very realistic to me, NOT! It's like from 1 end of overgrown you spam 1 clip of pistol bullets in HC, I think he'll be dead, more realistic? Not really. Normal still wins my gaming heart over. Hardcore, is to hardcore for me, although I still own the players with the mentality "HARCORE IS FOR PROS, SOFTCORE IS FOR NOOBS".

Well, we have several thousand Counter-Strike players ready and willing to disagree with you. Just because you're bad at it doesn't make it a boring game mode. =/