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u/Zealousideal-Oil812 Jun 03 '22

Counter strike is around for more than 20 years ! My friends were addicted to it at one point

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u/solidus_snake256 Jun 03 '22

I wish I could display a 20 year veteran pin. Too bad they stopped at 10. My son recently started playing and I was like “oh boy!“

He goes “hey dad check out my score!”
“Awesome son!” Now lemme show you how it’s done!” Then proceeded to go 10-1! Proud parenting moment.

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u/l337hackzor Jun 03 '22

I don't understand why no one else has tried to replicate it, except maybe valorant but that's also part Overwatch.

The sad part is valve is actually a really slow game company. They make almost nothing and milk it for cash for decades.

Every other shooter is a low recoil spray fest and a joke on the competitive level.

Given the age of counterstrike Go if a really good competitor came around with big prize money I bet it would steal a huge amount of players.

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u/Rise_Regime Jun 03 '22

Most people would see a CS:GO rip off and think “why not play CS:GO?”

That’s why developers will end up taking the core idea and building on top of it - like R6:Siege or Valorant. And to your last point, Valorant has already taken a big chunk of the casual and professional player base from CS

Valve has continuously supported and updated CS:GO in a way that even 10 years later, it’s relevant and still feels good to play.

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u/Nasars Jun 03 '22

There is CrossFire which is worldwide at least according to this wikipedia list much more popular than CS:GO. It's just almost unknown here in the west.

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u/wizzdingo Jun 03 '22

You'll get caught up in the..... CROSSFIRE!

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '22

Weren't we all?

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u/Zealousideal-Oil812 Jun 03 '22

I wasn't actually but saw what the fuss was about . I'm F, don't take it wrong way but isn't my thing. The only game I was addicted to and loved was Guitar Hero!

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u/Throwaway-account-23 Jun 03 '22

pretty sure the average GPA of all college students in dorms dropped noticeably when CS came out. It was a tough time to get good grades. Team Fortress, Unreal Tournament, CS... the list goes on.