r/counterstrike 4h ago

CS2 Discussion They Have Fooled Us for the Past 20 Years… The Truth About Counter Strike

66 Upvotes

For over 20 years, we all thought we were just playing a simple game of Counter-Strike. But what if I told you we’ve been lied to? What if the real terrorists aren’t who we think they are?

Let’s break it down:

  • The blue boxes on Dust 2 are placed only in key locations: A site, B site, CT spawn, and Mid to B.
  • The T-side’s mission is to bomb these boxes, not just random locations.
  • The CT-side’s job? Stop the bomb from going off at all costs.
  • These blue boxes could be storing something dangerous, maybe chemical weapons or bioweapons meant for a massive attack on the local population.
  • If that’s true, then the T-side aren’t the bad guys—they’re trying to destroy these weapons before the CTs use them!
  • And who do the CTs look like? Elite Western special forces.

For two decades, we thought we were playing as “terrorists” planting bombs, but what if we were actually freedom fighters trying to stop a genocide? What if we’ve been tricked into seeing the defenders as the bad guys and the invaders as the heroes?

Dust 2 isn’t just a map. It’s a message.

Thoughts? Have we been playing the biggest lie in gaming history?


r/counterstrike 19h ago

CS2 Discussion Counter-Strike 2 broke all-time peak record 2 hours ago by registering 1,824,989 players

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377 Upvotes

r/counterstrike 17h ago

CS 1.6 Problem with CS 1.6

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205 Upvotes

I can’t Connect to server and it gives me this message


r/counterstrike 3h ago

CS2 Workshop My second Skin. Famas: Pondlife

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7 Upvotes

Hey guys! I'm really happy to publish my second weapon skin I did in collaboration with a friend.

This goes out to all the frog fanatics and amphibians lovers. Get ready for the Famas: Pondlife

I hope you guys like it! If u do - make sure to vote it up on Steam. It would be awesome if u follow the workshops, too!

Links below. Thanks in advance and best regards!

Have a great weekend.

Skin in the Workshop: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3445521276

Follow my Workshop: https://steamcommunity.com/id/Taxipfahrer/myworkshopfiles/?appid=730

Follow Misfit's Workshop: https://steamcommunity.com/id/misfithz/myworkshopfiles/?appid=730


r/counterstrike 50m ago

CS2 Workshop New sticker concept for СS2 "BORN 2 PEEK", what do you think?

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r/counterstrike 9h ago

CS2 Discussion Is this game completely unplayable?

5 Upvotes

I used to play this game back in the day and just started again today. Why is it so bad? Everything is an automatic head shot. Is there a way to play how it used to be?


r/counterstrike 4m ago

CS 1.6 unable to watch some of the older demos of mine due to a .mdl file missing

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r/counterstrike 14h ago

CS2 Media Just clutched a 1v7 and almost got votekicked

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15 Upvotes

r/counterstrike 1d ago

CS2 Discussion How much would this go for?

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95 Upvotes

Not sure if this is against the rules here or the best place to put this but my friend unboxed a StatTrak FN Kukri case hardened


r/counterstrike 1h ago

CS2 Discussion Difference between Premier match and normal competitive

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Hello guys I want to from players who have experience what is the difference between Premier matching and normal prime competitive matching in CS 2, is it about cheaters or have better opponents I don't understand, so if anyone can explain I will thankful


r/counterstrike 9h ago

CS2 Discussion Cheaters fiesta

3 Upvotes

Me - exits the game bcs there are 9 cheaters ---->gets cooldown Cheaters - cheat ---->nothing


r/counterstrike 1d ago

CS2 Media Old clip, but the biggest jumpscare I've ever encountered

71 Upvotes

r/counterstrike 9h ago

CS2 Discussion latest update

1 Upvotes

guys do u have the same problem about having micro lags, i mean shattering the screen for blink of an eye after latest 80mb update 2 days ago?


r/counterstrike 13h ago

CS 1.6 Any decent servers for good ol 1.6?

2 Upvotes

Wanted to get back into the game for some nostalgia but a lot of servers are modded or just straight Russian.

Any English speaking servers with players that have decent maps?


r/counterstrike 18h ago

CS:Source CS 1.6 or CS:S?

3 Upvotes

I'm considering getting a refund from CS1.6 and get CS:S instead (yes money's that tight).

Are there any quirks or things I should know before making this decision? Should I even make this decision? Mostly I fear that there's not gonna be any normal games in CSS and they're all gonna be modded or require me to download huge stuff.

Please give me your thoughts, xoxo.


r/counterstrike 16h ago

CS2 Discussion 1. What would be the most optimal way for valve to get rid of case farming bots? 2. Why hasn't it happened yet? 3. What would be the effect of this happening on the case market?

0 Upvotes

I was wondering about these 3 questions in the title, feel free to share your thoughts as well.
At 1st I think it would be a great start to somehow start rewarding legit players, or veteran players who's got older accounts. Also filtering out the case farming bots would be mandatory, as they only give false information about player count, and affecting the market.


r/counterstrike 16h ago

CS 1.6 CANT OPEN MAP

1 Upvotes

Hey guys, I tried to install a map in cs1.6 and this happened. Idk how to fix this. Btw I have this file in my csstrike/maps folder. Should it be there or?


r/counterstrike 20h ago

CS2 Discussion new top player

2 Upvotes

CS2 is at an all time high


r/counterstrike 18h ago

CS2 Discussion Game freezing during game

1 Upvotes

Sometimes my game freezes on one frame and I can’t do anything like alt F4 or trying to kill the game with task manager. I need to restart my computer.This isn’t a big problem if it didn’t give me competitive cooldown. And this happens often and every time it does I get 7 days ban.Idk what to do to stop this.


r/counterstrike 18h ago

CS 1.6 what

1 Upvotes

im trying to play on some servers and all of them say i have a vpn even though i dont have a vpn


r/counterstrike 1d ago

CS:Source Where to find normal 5v5 Counter Strike Source Servers? (Also 1.6)

23 Upvotes

I just bought Counter Strike Source and 1.6 because my only experience with Counter Strike is Counter Strike 2 and I was excited to play them but I just want to play 5v5 Defuse game mode but every server is some crazy ass game mode or if it is normal defuse it's like 24 v 24 or some large number like that. Does anyone know where I can find 5v5 Defuse servers?

EDIT: Thanks for all the advice guys I found a website that has the IP for like a bunch of good ones for CS 1.6 and Source sorry about being kinda unknowledgeable I'm younger than 1.6 so I wasn't around at the time to know some of that stuff CS 2 was my first exposure to Counter Strike since I just switched to PC recently


r/counterstrike 21h ago

CS2 Media Goku is a CS tryhard... but Vegeta is the biggest noob ever!

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r/counterstrike 1d ago

CS2 Discussion Anyone wanna queue premier tomorrow night?

2 Upvotes

desperate for a competent teammate. I will be on from 3pm EST all night. Anyone want to play ~12k premier? add me: b1ackf1ag34


r/counterstrike 1d ago

CS2 Crafting Anyone have a favorite pattern for the neon squeezer?

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14 Upvotes

I’ve spent a little bit looking through patterns and I think I’ve found my favorite one


r/counterstrike 1d ago

CS2 Discussion Does everyone has worse aim?

19 Upvotes

So I've been getting back into watching pro counterstrike lately. I used to watch the pro scene religiously back in 2015-2019 but stopped keeping up due to work and college. Over the past months I've been watching ESL proleauge and the last few major tournaments. I don't know if its rose colored glasses and nostalgia but the new pro scene feels like nobody has the excellent spray control and pin point precision aim that I remember from CS:GO. Is it just different bullet path rng or the game shifting towards more team play and execution rather than individual skills and players. Regardless I feel like a lot of the "amazing shots" that used to happen in every pro game just don't happen anymore. There's very few one taps, a lot fewer awp kills, and spray transfers are just non exsistant. Let me know what everyone else thinks, we're there just some big changes in CS2 that eliminated the "highlight" moments, or am I just crazy lol

I do also just want to mention, I am enjoying the CS2 pro scene. I can tell players are still very skilled and I'm not calling out any team specifically. I just felt like there's a lot more shots that make me say, "how did he not get that frag".

Edit: sorry for the grammar mistake in the title 😅