1. You were 1337, extremely 1337
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2. You were pwning n00bs on Counter-Strike before Call of Duty and Battlefield were even really a thing
3. When CS: Source arrived, you marvelled at how different the game was
4. And when CS: Condition Zero arrived, you marvelled at how underwhelming the game was
Wow... it's, like, the same. Now it's all about CS:GO, and if I had the time and money to get back into PC gaming... I still probably wouldn't play it.
5. Joining a clan was a big step up in your Counter-Strike career
6. Getting your own server was huge too
How much damn time did we all spend in the Steam server lobby? Too much.
7. Hackers could make the game incredibly frustrating - aimbots and wallhacks were the worst
Anyone that was just too good got accused of being a hacker - even if it was genuine skill.
8. Until you learned how to hack yourself, then it was loads of fun
Speedhacking all over the place - unstoppable!
9. No AWPs, you n00b
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10. Unless you were on an AWP map, in which case, AWP or die
11. You'll never forget the classic maps, like de_dust2
12. Or cs_office
13. And who could forget novelty maps like fy_pool_day?
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14. Having your own custom tags let you show everyone how funny and cool you were
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Case in point.
15. Whether you killed the chickens or not spoke to your inner morality
You definitely killed the chickens, though.
16. You thought this was the funniest video you'd ever seen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olm7xC-gBMY
17. It's true, though: everyone runs faster with a knife
18. Totem stacks were a great way to dick about when you didn't feel like killing each other
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Think of it as a clan bonding exercise.
19. Being the last person in your team alive was immense pressure, because you knew everyone else was watching you
Phew...
20. There was nothing more satisfying than finding a bunch of unsuspecting fools that you could knife
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21. And nothing more annoying than getting flashbanged and shot to pieces
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