Talk:Counter-Strike (video game)

Cash for planting bomb

I have removed the part where it says that planting the bomb gives the player $1800, for that has been removed since v1.5.

When the round time expires without the bomb being successfully planted and detonating, the Counter-Terrorists win (Not applicable to Counter-Strike: Source, when the bomb is planted, the round time disappears)

That is false - since a steam update the round time disappears in CS 1.6, too.

Duplicate Sections

There is right now two realism sections, both of them are cover similar topics, they should be either merged or one should be removed

Typo in Controversy Section

The quote: You can rehearse these type of massacres on simulators which are called video games and you can...therefor made more proficient in doing this." There is an 'e' at the end of therefore, should I correct this or is the quote intentionally spelt wrong?

Famous?

Counter Strike is famous for the culture surrounding it, which includes everything from professional gamers and leagues, to excessive cheating and disruptive behavior.

Can someone verify this sentence?

Source

• https://web.archive.org/web/20010417054620/http://www.feedmag.com/templates/videogame_article.php3?a_id=1613

Fandom usage

The content of this article includes information from the following Fandom pages:

https://counterstrike.fandom.com/wiki/Counter-Strike

https://counterstrike.fandom.com/wiki/Counter-Strike_Beta Nannoyani (talk) 17:21, 4 March 2025 (UTC)

Peer review

Counter-Strike (video game)

I'm listing this article for peer review because I want to clarify issues and receive constructive criticism before I nominate this for WP:GA.

Thanks in advance, Nannoyani (talk) 23:05, 4 March 2025 (UTC)

Hi! I'll pick up more things within the next days as I read the article. Here's some basic points and questions I can give as of now:

• Recall a GA article can be understood by a broad audience. Some of the sentences in Gameplay are quite specific.
• "sv_alltalk" or even such a console command isn't mentioned in the referenced manual page. I suggest removing it or mentioning that a console command can be used. You can also clarify or remove 200 units of Kevlar?, which I couldn't read the source of to verify its purpose.
• I suggest removing the last sentence in Assassination: A VIP shouldn't expect ... sufficient protection.
• You can elaborate on how Golsrc and Quake engines are related for lay readers. I clarified that the Half-Life engine and Goldsrc engine are the same thing.
• On November 9, 2000, Valve announced that the retail version had gone gold, and the mod version was released shortly after: What does "gone gold" mean?
• Couldn't find the exact quote for "strong identity" in ref52
• The first sentence in Critical Reception and Gameplay has a citation overkill. I suggest WP:CITETRIM
• What punctuation mark should be used? Is it "250.000" or "100,000"? Some do not have a punctuation mark. Resolved this but keep this in mind
• Release may have subsections, especially on the German ban (and could be merged with the Brazilian one). Is there more content on OS X and Linux ports to avoid one-sentence paragraphs?
• You may refer to MOS:MILLION and use {{nbsp}}

Additional batch that can eventually increase, so best to check this once a day @Nannoyani::

• You can clarify or wikilink what a mapper is for lay readers.
• It was launched under the name Half-Life: Counter-Strike because according to Jess Cliffe, did not have a strong identity: An incomplete sentence.
• Some one-word quotations may fall under WP:SCAREQUOTES. For instance, "dated" and "wimpy" can be replaced with observations/arguments that have the same point.
• How would Counter-Strike be involved in the prize pool delay mentioned in Competitive Play?
• A major point I'm considering is the sourcing. Some of the sources may be discussed with WP:VG/OFFICIAL in WP:VG/S. We'll ask for another reviewer's thoughts on this. In the meantime, you can find for secondary sources on Development rather than blogs/forum posts from the devs.
• Another major one is the Reception. Most sentences are in "person wrote/felt/mentioned/noted..." I suggest WP:CRS.
• Optional: Check out for dead links and websites that have page numbers.

RFNirmala (talk) 12:03, 10 March 2025 (UTC)

Hello, thanks for responding! Well regarding your concerns, I'll try to fix any mistakes.

• Acknowledged.
• I think it was in the self-published source which I had to remove, since it contained information from Wikipedia.
• Acknowledged.
• Acknowledged.
• There isn't exactly 'strong identity' quoted, there is an indirect mention of it from Jess Cliffe.
• Acknowledged.
• Acknowledged.
• I think adding a subsection for "Controversy" can be done, which will combine both the German and Brazilian bans. Now regarding the Linux and OS X ports, that's what I came across only. Maybe this source here can be useful, since it mentions that Counter-Strike is the third Linux port regarding Valve games.
• Acknowledged.

I'll polish the article later, thank you again for your speedy response! Nannoyani (talk) 08:43, 11 March 2025 (UTC)

@RFNirmala Thank you for your comment again. I'll attempt to rewrite the Reception section in my sandbox, when I have time. As for the sources, well it's pretty hard to find secondary sources, considering most of the development was documented by Cliffe on his website. I'll try to find reliable sources regardless. Also fixed the first minor mistakes. Nannoyani (talk) 22:02, 13 March 2025 (UTC)