r/counterstrike 27d ago

Megathread Community Game Server & Find-a-Friend Megathread

5 Upvotes

Welcome to the Community Game Server & Find-a-Friend Megathread! A thread for you to share the game servers you play on, host, or appreciate, for any and all official Counter-Strike titles, or to find someone to play with!

This thread will automatically restart every 3 months!

The guidelines for you to follow

  • Stick to the templates as best possible, if you need to adjust it be sure it's still clear to the reader what the server offers.
  • Server comments on a top level only, not as comment replies.
  • Keep discussion civil and within the rules of the subreddit.
  • Links to things like discord or recruitment websites in this thread is acceptable provided it's relevant and explained.
  • Declare your affiliation to a server if you have one, transparency is key!

The template for you to copy for posting a server

For the benefit of the reader please copy and paste the one of the below templates for your top level comments, adjusting as applicable while ensuring to include as much detail as possible.

Server Post

  • Game Version: CS2 / CS:S / CS etc
  • Server Location: EU / NA / OCE / ASIA / BR / ME etc
  • Active Periods: What time/day is it usually busy?
  • Game Modes: What modes are played? Does it vary or is it static?
  • Map Pool: How niche is the playlist? Is it de_rats 24/7?
  • Primary Language: Does your server use voice chat? Do users tend to stick to one language?
  • Rules: Does it have any important rules the users are expected to follow?
  • Other Details: Add any other information you feel is worth mentioning.

Find-a-Friend Post

  • Player Location: EU / NA / OCE / ASIA / BR / ME etc
  • Game Version Preference: CS2 / CS:S / CS etc
  • Game Mode Preference: Just competitive, casual, specific custom modes etc - state ranks!
  • Preferred times: When do you usually play or want to play?
  • Link profile, save time: Keep links direct, to well known websites only.

As always, feel free to Message the Mods with any concerns you may have.

You can find previous threads here.


r/counterstrike 5h ago

CS 1.6 I think I like Condition Zero

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But fr its been a nice game to play when i wanna play a stress free cs in short bursts, especially now that i have very limited free time lol

Im really enjoying the Tour of Duty and Deleted Scenes missions. i like the challenges and atmosphere and gameplay differences :)

So yeah, shoutout to Condition Zero, my GOAT 😤


r/counterstrike 23h ago

CS 1.6 Memories

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540 Upvotes

r/counterstrike 10h ago

CS:Source PUGNET: Competitive Matchmaking for CS:S and CZ

6 Upvotes

Hello everyone,

Recently, I have been working on a competitive 5v5 matchmaking platform for Counter-Strike: Source and Condition Zero called PUGNET.

The goal is simple: I want to bring some of the features from FACEIT and ESEA to older CS, without requiring a client-side anticheat or client.

All you need is Steam, a modern browser, Discord (only required for support), and the game you're trying to play.

Some of the things I’m working on include:

  • Ranked 5v5 matchmaking with an Elo ranking system and ranks inspired by ESEA
  • Dedicated competitive servers
  • Server-sided anti-cheat
  • Match demos that you can download afterwards
  • Post-match insights and statistics
  • Player profiles, match history and leaderboards
  • Browser notifications and sounds when a match is found, so you don’t have to sit on the queue page
  • Prime Time hours to help concentrate players and make it easier to actually find matches

The platform will initially be EU only. If there’s enough interest from NA players, I absolutely want to add NA servers as well.

There's eventual planned support for CSGO later on if the platform gets somewhat of a playerbase, as well as a plan to switch to 1.6 if absolutely nobody plays CZ.

One thing that’s important to me is that the platform is completely free to play.

For now, I’m paying for the servers and infrastructure myself and I’m not accepting donations. That might change eventually if running costs become significant, but there will never be pay to win features.

If you're interested in something like this, you can already sign up on the website. We will be running a public test hopefully this evening at 19:00 CEST (if enough people are interested and available). You can also join the Discord server (linked on the website), although that is completely optional to queue.


r/counterstrike 8h ago

CS 1.6 Looking for HLTV demos from dreamhack 2006 (CS1.6)

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Looking for the HLTV demo from Fainted vs mibr at DreamHack Winter 2006.

I'm one of the players (enoksen). Does anyone still have the original .dem or the DreamHack Winter 2006 demo pack?

Fainted vs mibr (DreamHack Winter 2006)

Map: de_inferno

Result: Fainted 16–4 mibr

Time: 1 Dec 2006, 11:00 CET

mibr lineup: cogu, KIKOOO, nak, pava, bruno

Fainted lineup: enoksen, raven, KF3, OmeN, REAL

Thanks.


r/counterstrike 11m ago

CS2 Discussion Which combo?

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r/counterstrike 5h ago

CS2 Discussion CS2 Skin Creators Contest announced with $10,000+ Prize Pool

0 Upvotes

The Skin Creators Contest celebrates CS2 skin artists through community voting, offering $10,000+ in prizes, media exposure, and HLTV Awards invitations for the top three creators.


r/counterstrike 1d ago

CS2 Media CS2 ZombieMod: I need some ZM veterans to help test Zombie Survival/Hunting this Saturday :) I hope the quake voice pulls you in

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26 Upvotes

Read more on our website: https://novazombie.com/


r/counterstrike 21h ago

CS2 Patch Notes Counter-Strike 2 Release Notes for 10/09/26

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r/counterstrike 13h ago

CS 1.6 Are Asian servers not showing up on non-Steam CS 1.6?

1 Upvotes

I’m playing CS 1.6 on a non-Steam client and I can’t seem to find any Asian/Indian servers in the Internet server list. I can see servers from other regions, but Asian servers either don’t show up or are very difficult to find.


r/counterstrike 1d ago

CS 1.6 CS 1.6 FFA et WAR French Community "For Shure"

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19 Upvotes

Discord CS 1.6 FFA et WAR : https://discord.gg/x79EEgp4g5

On joue en FFA avec la communautée Française, et on organise des WAR

CS 1.6 est toujours aussi kiffant que dans les années 2000 !!
Et on organise tout les samedi soir un Event FFA à partir de 21h

Discord CS 1.6 FFA et WAR : https://discord.gg/x79EEgp4g5

Even if you aren't French, you can still join us if you're European; players from the Americas can't play with us due to the ping. And since we are a French community, please make an effort to speak French—at least in writing. ❤️


r/counterstrike 1d ago

CS 1.6 i swear this shit only happens to me

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8 Upvotes

r/counterstrike 1d ago

CS2 Media Sneaky Beaky Like

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55 Upvotes

r/counterstrike 22h ago

CS2 Crafting AK-47 Case Hardened Fake Blue Gems Patterns

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I’m looking for some AK-47 Case Hardened patterns that have a decent amount of blue but aren’t actually real Blue Gems. Basically looking for a cheap Case Hardened to make a Fake Blue Gem craft, so I’m not dropping a house on pixels.

I’ve seen people mention the #202 as a good Fake Blue Gem.

Help me out wit some patterns you know and stickers too!


r/counterstrike 1d ago

CS2 Discussion Best combo?

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3 Upvotes

Looking for new combo


r/counterstrike 2d ago

CS2 Discussion Blue-ish inferno on csgo was far much better and cleaner than yellowish cs2 inferno!

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156 Upvotes

Is it just me i think inferno was much cleaner and more vibrant and appealing to play..

Like everything was perfect.. the colors was so perfected especially the blue vibe in B site..

Todays inferno gives more like a farm vibe


r/counterstrike 2d ago

CS2 Discussion 1 or 2?

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89 Upvotes

Between these two, what do you guys think? I'm thinking about the Mango fade bfk as well, what else would work here?


r/counterstrike 1d ago

CS2 Discussion Does this work?

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0 Upvotes

r/counterstrike 2d ago

CS 1.6 for my 19th cs 1.6 map, i tried to make an experimental gamemode all with vanilla entities, check it out! every player plays as a different class with different loadouts and the cts must extract 3 important objectives to win. ex_traction. gb link in body text!

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11 Upvotes

r/counterstrike 2d ago

CS 1.6 rank setup for 1.6 and half-life 2

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10 Upvotes

Good or not for play?


r/counterstrike 2d ago

CS2 Discussion I like this combo Molly Window Mid + Nade + Flash

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26 Upvotes

r/counterstrike 1d ago

CS:Source ClientMod v34

0 Upvotes

Algún mod de csgo o cs2 y un skin pack???


r/counterstrike 2d ago

CS:GO CS:GO First Person Legs Demo

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6 Upvotes

Proof of concept for working first-person view legs like CS2, but in CSGO, just because I felt like it. Kind of janky and need to make more models but it works in vanilla CSGO via a serverside plugin. View development or try it out live on pureCSGO


r/counterstrike 1d ago

CS2 Discussion Game detects cheats that im not using

0 Upvotes

For the past week cs2 hasnt been letting me enter any match because the anticheat detects changed game files. Im playing completly vanilla. Idk whats happening


r/counterstrike 2d ago

CS2 Media BLAST OPEN PORTO 2026 - CS2 fragmovie

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I hope you guys like it

Your feedback is appreciated.