what i really don't understand about when people complain about the shield, they really have no reason too. cause honestly, them using the shield just makes it that much harder for them to kill you. and if you wonna bitch about the shield here are 2 keys to killing them
1) AIM FOR THE FEET!!
2) KNIFE THEM IF YOU GET THE CHANCE!! the knife doesn't get phased by the shield at all, i've never had it block a knife hit.
sure theyre gay, but how often is a shield used in our server. i've maybe only seen it used 3 different times in the server in the last 2 months. and i go in the server at least 5 days a week, several times a day. when somebody uses the shield, someone else will notice and use it, but theres never more then 2 people at a time, and they have never done it for more then 5 rounds.
and as far as your awp suggestion goes. you said that you arent exactly saying to ban the AWP just because you don't use it.. well then why should we ban the shield just because you don't use it? and as far as you getting killed by an awp long range.. well i count that your fault. especially if you knwo they have an awp. like long a on dust2 for example.. your on plat with a m4 and theyre in pit with an awp, you hear awp shots.. what do you do? you peek? bam your dead. then you complain about them awping when you know (and even if you didn't know, why peak long like that if you appearently suck at long range with the m4) they had an awp. thats user error.
nuff said
p.s. my thoughts are kinda on the "there in the game leave them" kinda view, it's just something else to change the game up occasionally, it's not like they go shield every round and the shield is actually a bullet proof shield, there are several flaws to it.