Counter-Strike - Gameplay

Counter-Strike is a team-based FPS in which players join either the Terrorists (T's) or the Counter-Terrorists (CT's). Server settings may automatically balance when one team has more players than the other. Each round starts with the two teams spawning simultaneously, as one of eight different default character models (four to choose from for both Counter-Terrorist and Terrorist. Counter-Strike: Condition Zero added two extra models, bringing the total to ten). Each player generally starts with $800, two magazines of ammunitio ...

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Counter-Strike, Counter-Strike - Gameplay, Counter-Strike - Bomb Defusal, Counter-Strike - Hostage Rescue, Counter-Strike - Assassination, Counter-Strike - Escape, Counter-Strike - History, Counter-Strike - Counter-Strike: Condition Zero, Counter-Strike - Counter-Strike: Source CS:S, Counter-Strike - Map types, Counter-Strike - List of Official Counter-Strike 1.6 maps, Counter-Strike - Player models, Counter-Strike - Counter-Terrorist models, Counter-Strike - Terrorist models, Counter-Strike - Other models, Counter-Strike - Culture, Counter-Strike - Legacy of Counter-Strike, Counter-Strike - Mods and scripts

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Counter-Strike (CS) is the generic name given to a series of team-based tactical shooter games which originate with Counter-Strike, a total conversion mod of Valve Software's first-person shooter Half-Life. The series also includes Counter-Strike: Condition Zero and Counter-Strike: Source. Counter-Strike pits a team of counter-terrorists against a team of terrorists in rounds of competition won by completing an objective or eliminating the opposing team. The ...

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• Counter-Strike - Gameplay
• Counter-Strike - Bomb Defusal
• Counter-Strike - Hostage Rescue
• Counter-Strike - Assassination
• Counter-Strike - Escape
• Counter-Strike - History
• Counter-Strike - Counter-Strike: Condition Zero
• Counter-Strike - Counter-Strike: Source CS:S
• Counter-Strike - Map types
• Counter-Strike - List of Official Counter-Strike 1.6 maps
• Counter-Strike - Player models
• Counter-Strike - Counter-Terrorist models
• Counter-Strike - Terrorist models
• Counter-Strike - Other models
• Counter-Strike - Culture
• Counter-Strike - Legacy of Counter-Strike
• Counter-Strike - Mods and scripts

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While Counter-Strike is nowadays perhaps the most professionally played computer game in the world behind StarCraft in South Korea, most players simply ignore the professional side of the game and play for fun. The success of the game among both casual and competitive players highlights the wide appeal of Counter-Strike's simple game model. Counter-Strike has had a colorful and dramatic history which reaches far beyond what this document cou ...

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Even though Counter-Strike is itself a mod, it developed its own community of script writers and modders. There have been many different mods and scripts to: Add robot players to make a LAN game multiplayer although there is only one computer Improve gameplay Remove features of the games which players felt were annoying Give players superhuman powers (powers from units in Warcraft III, for example.) Make the game more humourous Create different modes of play Con ...

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Counter-Strike, Counter-Strike - Gameplay, Counter-Strike - Bomb Defusal, Counter-Strike - Hostage Rescue, Counter-Strike - Assassination, Counter-Strike - Escape, Counter-Strike - History, Counter-Strike - Counter-Strike: Condition Zero, Counter-Strike - Counter-Strike: Source CS:S, Counter-Strike - Map types, Counter-Strike - List of Official Counter-Strike 1.6 maps, Counter-Strike - Player models, Counter-Strike - Counter-Terrorist models, Counter-Strike - Terrorist models, Counter-Strike - Other models, Counter-Strike - Culture, Counter-Strike - Legacy of Counter-Strike, Counter-Strike - Mods and scripts

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Corresponding player models for both Terrorists and Counter-Terrorists have appeared through development. The following eight are the original models which were to be (or are in the process of being) reproduced in Counter-Strike: Condition Zero and Counter-Strike: Source. Condition Zero also added two additional models; the Midwest Militia for Terrorists and the Spetsnaz for Counter-Terrorists. On the matter of the best model for competitive play in Cou ...

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Counter-Strike, Counter-Strike - Gameplay, Counter-Strike - Bomb Defusal, Counter-Strike - Hostage Rescue, Counter-Strike - Assassination, Counter-Strike - Escape, Counter-Strike - History, Counter-Strike - Counter-Strike: Condition Zero, Counter-Strike - Counter-Strike: Source CS:S, Counter-Strike - Map types, Counter-Strike - List of Official Counter-Strike 1.6 maps, Counter-Strike - Player models, Counter-Strike - Counter-Terrorist models, Counter-Strike - Terrorist models, Counter-Strike - Other models, Counter-Strike - Culture, Counter-Strike - Legacy of Counter-Strike, Counter-Strike - Mods and scripts

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Version history Beta 1.0 - 19 June 1999 Beta 1.1 - 27 June 1999 Beta 1.2 - 20 July 1999 Beta 2.0 - 13 August 1999 Beta 2.1 - 17 August 1999 Beta 3.0 - 14 September 1999 Beta 3.1 - 16 September 1999 Beta 4.0 - 5 November 1999 Beta 4.1 - 1 December 1999 Beta 5.0 - 23 December 1999 Beta 5.2 - 10 January 2000 Beta 6.0 - 10 March 2000 Beta 6.1 and 6.2 were "Server Only" updates, not for client/user machine ...

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Counter-Strike, Counter-Strike - Gameplay, Counter-Strike - Bomb Defusal, Counter-Strike - Hostage Rescue, Counter-Strike - Assassination, Counter-Strike - Escape, Counter-Strike - History, Counter-Strike - Counter-Strike: Condition Zero, Counter-Strike - Counter-Strike: Source CS:S, Counter-Strike - Map types, Counter-Strike - List of Official Counter-Strike 1.6 maps, Counter-Strike - Player models, Counter-Strike - Counter-Terrorist models, Counter-Strike - Terrorist models, Counter-Strike - Other models, Counter-Strike - Culture, Counter-Strike - Legacy of Counter-Strike, Counter-Strike - Mods and scripts

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There are three official types of maps in Counter-Strike, along with many more user-created types. The three official types include "cs_" (Hostage rescue), "de_" (Bomb defusal), and "as_" (Assassination). In earlier beta versions of the game another official type called "es_" (Terrorist Escape) also existed. Counter-Strike - List of Official Counter-Strike 1.6 maps. as_oilrig cs_747 cs_assault cs_backalley cs_estate cs_havana cs_italy ...

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Counter-Strike, Counter-Strike - Gameplay, Counter-Strike - Bomb Defusal, Counter-Strike - Hostage Rescue, Counter-Strike - Assassination, Counter-Strike - Escape, Counter-Strike - History, Counter-Strike - Counter-Strike: Condition Zero, Counter-Strike - Counter-Strike: Source CS:S, Counter-Strike - Map types, Counter-Strike - List of Official Counter-Strike 1.6 maps, Counter-Strike - Player models, Counter-Strike - Counter-Terrorist models, Counter-Strike - Terrorist models, Counter-Strike - Other models, Counter-Strike - Culture, Counter-Strike - Legacy of Counter-Strike, Counter-Strike - Mods and scripts

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