I began playing Counter-Strike back in 2001 when I visited my first LAN cafe in Southern California. With bomb plants, hostages, purchasable weapons, and a low TTK, it was a huge deviation from the standards of what were at the time the two most popular FPS games: Unreal Tournament and Quake.Īlthough not an official mod by Valve, its popularity would quickly earn it attention from the development team, and it would later be published by Sierra Entertainment/Vivendi Universal Games alongside other popular mods.Īlso Read: Teamwork and Technology: How Counter-Strike Changed My Life
Within months thousands of players hopped online to enjoy a new style of FPS that was inspired by real-world counter-terrorism. When Minh “Gooseman” Le and Jess Cliffe debuted Counter-Strike‘s beta in 1999, they had no idea how big of a hit they had on their hands.
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