Counter strike

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Counter strike is a turret-wars clone that was originally made as a mod for half-life 1.

Contents 1 Summary 2 Objective 3 Damage 4 Rifts in the fabric of the universe

Summary

It features lots of people standing still holding guns so accurate that they are able to shoot the doodle off a eunuch at a hundred paces. However strategy is introduced to the game by adding the dimension that while moving, you may only fire into the 270 degree area outside your cone of vision. Normal superhuman aiming is returned by staying in the same spot for 20 seconds.

Objective

There are two different teams in Counter Strike. The blue team is the Yanks, and the red team is the Rag Heads. These two teams are currently undergoing a war, (see country for more information) and the Yanks have to stop the Rag Heads from getting the big half of the planet by placing their explosives in greedy spots.

Damage

Like all games and mods based on any valve engine, hit detection is superb, and counter strike takes advantage of this by making any head shot an instant kill. Combine this with the fact that there are a number of guns that are an instant kill when shooting somebody in the toe, and overkill is given a new meaning. The game mechanics include an encouragement for overkill. Any head shot that is gotten with a one hit kill weapon makes both teams heads explode in a catastrophic chain reaction, followed by a server crash and a rift in the fabric of the universe. On the contrary, shots elsewhere on the body not made by said instant kill weapons actually deal damage to the firer as retribution for being so stupid as to think being shot somewhere other than the head would do something.

Rifts in the fabric of the universe

Rifts in the fabric of the universe are a relatively new feature to Counter Strike, and were only introduced in the February 2008 counter-strike source patch over the steam distribution network. In the situation described in the damage section, once the server reboots it becomes the center of a rift in the fabric of the universe. When a player logs into such a server, they, their computer and all their hats get sucked into a parallel dimension of purgatory. Upon arrival they are judged by satan, and based on their computer and their coolest hat they may or may not return to the human realm. Those who don't have a redeeming computer or a cool hat are forced to wander counter strike servers for eternity with no weapon except a giant novelty bread stick.

As such, many counter strike players contact Yahtzee to get one of his hats, as they are not only cheaper than a good computer but also cool enough to guarantee passage to somebody playing on an Amiga 1200.