Key Moments in the History of the Counter-Strike Series

Hundreds of tournaments have been held, everyone has played or heard of it at least once, one of the world’s greatest FPS games Counter Strike has made its new game, Counter Strike 2, ready to be played as of yesterday.

It has become a leader in the gaming community with the tournaments it has organized for years. brand Let’s remember again the history and milestones of Counter Strike.

Did you know that Counter Strike was originally released as a mode just like Black Mesa?

In 1998, Half-Life turned the gaming world upside down. Minh Le and Jess Cliffe, who were two college students at the time, decided that Half-Life was a game involving terrorists. mode developed and this Counter-Strike gave his name.

We know how much importance Valve attaches to community productions. After Minh Lee and Jess Cliffe released beta versions of the mod, a global brand Counter-Strike, which became developed by VALVE Purchased.

Counter Strike 1.0, which is still just a mod

A mod of Half Life To log in to Counter-Strike 1.0, you first had to enter Half Life and select Counter-Strike 1.0 from the “Change game” section.

This mode will be like that in a short time. popular It has come to a point that the player community is communicating via e-mail and forums.You are going to release this game!” like Trying to send a bunch of send messages to Valve started.

Birth of a legend! On November 9, 2000, Counter-Strike 1.0 was fully released.

of the game, from beta version Many gunshots, various maps and many radio recordings were added until its publication. Some of us even remember that these radio recordings It was Turkish.

Counter-Strike 1.5, one of the turning points

Counter-Strike every day The number of players was increasing. The game continued to be developed in versions 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 and 1.4, and almost all of the bugs in the game were fixed. But between versions The most visible increase One of the milestones of CS, Counter-Strike, took place with version 1.5.

Thanks to this version released in 2002; internet cafes 5vs5 tournaments held between ”Who is the best in the cafe?” mini tournaments held to determine the answer to the question and the teams we formed among ourselves, etc. to the gaming community a competitive culture He brought it. These are nowadays What we call esports He actually laid the foundation of the industry.

Yes. Here is that version. That legendary game to which a generation devoted their lives… They buried their money and time. Counter-Strike 1.6 made a legendary debut in 2003.

Both new generation graphics, weapons, maps, etc. It made the game have a great impact, but the most important element of this game was its were community servers. People outside internet cafe with different people Form your own team or alone rivalry could be in it. In this way, tournaments and people’s enjoyment of the game were taken to a whole new level.

“Every chance we get after escaping from school or after school”CS come broOrigin of the phrase ” mainly It happened with this game. a generation holiday allowances He was eager to buy it and spend hours playing the game.

This version, which is still played by a considerable number of people today, is the cornerstone of the history of Counter-Strike and even the history of gaming and E-sports. one of the most important building blocks has happened.

A big disappointment in Counter-Strike: Condition Zero

This game actually has a lot of the competitive logic of Counter-Strike. A game with a twisted story It came out as . Valve, which worked with 4 different companies during the production process, must have been unable to make the game it wanted with any of them, since the game started to be made. After 3 years He was only able to exit.

Counter-Strike: Condition Zero, which started to be produced in 2001, was released in 2004 and this game was not liked by the Counter-Strike audience. Because Condition Zero is a story game It was playable to some extent. and the Counter-Strike community as it used to be with people online He missed competing..

Later on Condition Zero, which is incomplete in this regard, multiplayer option was added but it was too late. Counter-Strike: Condition Zero was buried in the dusty pages of history as a complete disappointment.

Another disappointment in the same year, Counter Strike: Source

For players of old Counter-Strike games ”Innovation? What is this? No bro, I won’t buy it. I came with this, I will leave with this.A game that makes you say “” is Counter-Strike: Source. In terms of graphics was ahead of all Counter-Strike games and Source game engine its power was seriously noticeable.

As a matter of fact, although it is a production that is different from its essence, the cast not accepting innovation He continued to play the old games. In fact, many people consider 1.6 to be a better game than Source. The biggest reason for this is that players Source physics It was because he couldn’t adapt yet.

Counter Strike: Source, which varies from walking mechanics to bomb throwing mechanics, went down in the dusty pages of history next to its brother Condition Zero, which was released in the same year… No. There was something forgotten. What makes this game important It had another feature. First used in CS: Source Source game engine later Counter Strike: Global Offensive would be used in its construction.

That game, which was seen as the last chance after 8 years, but overthrew all previous Counter-Strike games, and the stadiums were closed for the tournaments (my eyes filled with tears while telling it). Counter Strike: Global Offensive aka CS:GO

During this 8-year period, Valve released Counter Strike: Source. wanted to adapt it to consoles and hired Hidden Path Entertainment to produce it. Hidden Path adapted Counter Strike: Source for consoles with such beautiful graphics and gameplay that when Valve first saw it immediately abandoned publishing for consoles And for computers decided to publish it. This game is as you guessed it. from CS:GO It was nothing else.

Of course, it was not an easy task to move millions of players to a different version at once. Valve maybe the biggest regret Because of CS 1.6, no one wanted to play another Counter-Strike game.

Players who are still playing CS 1.6 since 2003 must be bored. different tastes So they wanted to try CS:GO. An event happened that surprised everyone at that time. largest in history From Counter-Strike teams one of which is NiP (Ninjas in Pajamas) Decided to switch to CS:GO. Of course, in passing, he is one of the important names of 1.6.GeT_RiGhT, f0rest, friberg, Xizt and FifflarenHe also brought players like ” with him.

All tournaments dominating The Swedish team achieved an unforgettable success. Seeing this success of NiP different CS 1.6 teams call it a ”StopThey switched to CS:GO to be able to say. When the most important teams and players of the industry switch to CS:GO game clips on the internet etc. let it be, player community It has now made them abandon CS 1.6 and flock to CS:GO.

Valve is bringing a lot of new features to CS:GO that we haven’t seen before. innovation He kept adding. One of these is rank i.e. rank system. by players playing to determine the levels The community liked this system very much.

Valve added many innovations such as weapon costumes, case opening system and operations to the Counter-Strike series with CS:GO. a breath of fresh air He brought it.

CS:GO with its continuous innovations and with its successful Esports scene He was breaking record after record.

While CS:GO is breaking record after record and continuing to update itself, people are no longer interested in operations and costumes. he wanted something different and the release of Global Offensive exactly 11 years later CS2 they announced. CS:GO instant as soon as announced 1.8 million reaching the player It broke all records on Steam.

CS2, which we were all curious about, was officially released on September 27, 2023, at the end of yesterday, and all CS:GO servers were closed.

With the release of CS2, we talked about the history of Counter-Strike and the milestones of the series. Do you think Counter-Strike 2, which has a huge history behind it, will be as successful as other Counter-Strike games?