An online mod of Half-Life (and a newer, graphical-focused version being a mod of the Half-Life sequel, Half-Life 2) which is about as addictive as every drug combined to the average PC gamer. It is also known to be the one game that has the ability to convert one hardcore console gamer into a full-time PC gamer within a few hours of play due to its sheer addictiveness.
The game pits Counter-Terrorists against Terrorists in a tactical shooter environment, though nowadays it is seen by the average gamer more as a pure shooter game with a simple goal: kill your opponents, then work as a team. Many see the community as a bad thing because of this. They also are stereotyped to use numbers in every sentence, a.k.a 1337 speak.
To this day, Counter-Strike alone has generated more Internet traffic than the entire country of Italy.
The game pits Counter-Terrorists against Terrorists in a tactical shooter environment, though nowadays it is seen by the average gamer more as a pure shooter game with a simple goal: kill your opponents, then work as a team. Many see the community as a bad thing because of this. They also are stereotyped to use numbers in every sentence, a.k.a 1337 speak.
To this day, Counter-Strike alone has generated more Internet traffic than the entire country of Italy.
Steve: Thanks for getting me into Counter-Strike, Andy. Now I'll never be able to pick up Halo 2 again!
Andy: N0w 1t pwns j00r s0le.
Steve 10 Years Later: CS is tearing my life apart -- but I love every minute of it.
Andy: N0w 1t pwns j00r s0le.
Steve 10 Years Later: CS is tearing my life apart -- but I love every minute of it.
by Mehro May 17, 2005
by wigger September 04, 2003
a rather good multiplayer FPS game created as a mod of the half-life engine, which swiftly went to hell (i.e. as soon as the public discovered it).
it has now become the home of cheaters, morons, people who cannot actually use real words (instead replacing them with poorly spelled words which are then converted into a string of ASCII characters and letters - see also 1337) and young male teenagers who call anything a "fag" (meaning homosexual) and as such is avoided by everyone who has even a single brain cell.
it has now become the home of cheaters, morons, people who cannot actually use real words (instead replacing them with poorly spelled words which are then converted into a string of ASCII characters and letters - see also 1337) and young male teenagers who call anything a "fag" (meaning homosexual) and as such is avoided by everyone who has even a single brain cell.
player: wow i made a kill!
other player: OMG U HAXOR FAG! I'M GONNA KILL U FAG!
player: i did not cheat
other player: YEA U DID U HAXOR, OMG AIMBOT! U CANT KILL ME I'M DA 1337EST!
(i am not about to stoop so low as to write out actual leet speak EVER, but that's a reasonable aproximation of the incoherent babble one would expect)
other player: OMG U HAXOR FAG! I'M GONNA KILL U FAG!
player: i did not cheat
other player: YEA U DID U HAXOR, OMG AIMBOT! U CANT KILL ME I'M DA 1337EST!
(i am not about to stoop so low as to write out actual leet speak EVER, but that's a reasonable aproximation of the incoherent babble one would expect)
by Shadow Sword March 22, 2004
A Modification of the original game "Half-Life" developed in late 1999. IT grew steadily with time to what has become an internet gaming phenomenon which spawned a lot of professional gamers and clans. IT reinforced the CPL, and it continues to do so. THe game is set up of 2 sides. One a Terrorist side and another a Counter Terrorist side. The object of the game is for each side to carry out their missions. IT seems simple, but there are a lot of intricacies in the game which makes it the number one played fps in the world.
Damn it, i've been playing counter strike for 3 years and i'm barely in a cal-im clan. When do i get my right time????!!!
by Lanzemurdok April 20, 2004
let me sum it up for you
you get on the online feature which is all people play
you get shot every round in the face by some douche bag in ireland
and have to suffer through the sound of eight year olds wispering the word fuck
so there momys dont hear them and wipe there asses
you get on the online feature which is all people play
you get shot every round in the face by some douche bag in ireland
and have to suffer through the sound of eight year olds wispering the word fuck
so there momys dont hear them and wipe there asses
by t-radical squared May 12, 2005
by dylan zheng October 04, 2007
a once great online FPS that has been overrun by cheaters, power happy admins and idiots. most of these people are between the ages of 10 and 13. counter-strike or cs for short used to be a great game requiring brains and quick reflexes but has been turned into one needing the best hacks you can get. VERY addicting despite its problems. if you have never played it before, dont play it, trust me it will fuck up your social life and turn you into a pasty white thin kid with acne and asthma.
by name here October 11, 2004