![]() ![]() Quake III Arena and Unreal Tournament were a mix of fantasy and sci-fi, while Team Fortress and Half-Life were… also a mix of fantasy and sci-fi. As you’ll notice, all of the examples I gave above have some sort of fantastical or sci-fi elements to them. While all of its competitors were timeless classics, some of which still hold up to this day, Counter-Strike took it to a different level. Even Apex Legends uses a heavily modified version of Half-Life 2’s Source Engine.īack in the day, all you could get for FPS arena games were Quake III Arena, Unreal Tournament, some Team Fortress Classic if you’re one of the OGs, and a bit of Half-Life multiplayer which was, let’s be honest, basically just the Crossfire map. It’s like the great-great-grandfather of shooters today, you can trace a lot of games back to it. Half-Life sparked a new age of gaming, which led to a lot of games we still play today. Half-Life deserves its own article for its contribution to video games in general, so I’ll keep it short for now. Go! Go! Go!Ĭounter-Strike made its debut in 1999, as a Half-Life mod. I was unwittingly a part of history in making. My dad, who was a gamer in his own right, one day asked me “what’s this Counter-Strike I keep hearing about?” and it dawned on me. It was a time where the market was not oversaturated with video games, let alone online shooters. Literally, everybody inside was playing Counter-Strike, regardless of their age. Internet cafes were the rage and you even had to wait in line at times just to get in. You know which one, we don't even have to say it.I remember being 12 years old and counting the minutes until the school day was over so I could rush to the nearest internet cafe to play Counter-Strike with my friends.īack then, LAN parties were not a common thing in my area. Enjoy Danger Zone", they wrote.Įven in spite of Gabe's triplet intolerance, Valve's moves have been wrongly interpreted and hyped for much less, which just goes to show how anxious everyone is to see the company release a proper, non-TCG game. "Congrats to all who have found our Portal Easter egg on dz_blacksite! We’re just having a bit of fun and the Easter egg is not a product announcement. Valve, however, claim they had no such intentions, taking to Twitter to confirm that it's just an Easter egg. ![]() ![]() Many users assumed that Valve are trying to tell them something, with a new Portal instalment as the obvious suspect. I'm making a note here: HUGE SUCCESS", which is how Portal's credit screen song Still Alive starts. Using a 7-bit SMS hex tool, GetSomeGyros decoded, "This was a triumph. Needless to say, once guesswork has been taken out of the equation, the solution was cracked quicker than. Using NATO's phonetic alphabet and with some help in untangling data communications grade encryption, user GetSomeGyros posted his progress as "PGPW 50" and "SMS7 57".Īfter some digging, he realised Valve have been referring to 50 PGP words or 57 characters in a 7-bit GSM SMS message. Suspecting sneaky play afoot, players took to decoding and, as it often happens, Reddit came to the rescue. The place has four numbered rooms, third of which is boarded up but can be accessed via room number two. CS: GO players stumbled across the broadcast in Black Site, which is located on the east part of Danger Zone's map. ![]()
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