What is cs_crackhouse?

[@theleonpasta7336]

"I live in a low-income housing environment....."

[@collinslogan01]

I love how he never specifies he’s happy to have a 9 month old son, just that he takes up a lot of his time lmao

[@flowgangsemaudamartoz7062]

Raising children is time and nerve consuming tho.

[@collinslogan01]

@@flowgangsemaudamartoz7062 indeed. I’m still happy to have a little baby daughter though lol

[@muscleman125]

the first couple years a lot of people can go through "baby blues" where they may have thoughts or feelings of regret due to the insane stress having a baby brings. It's not that they don't love their kids, it's just hard for them to see through the unique depression and wall of never-ending stress. Thats why they say quiet kids are easy kids

[@crylune]

i feel bad for my parents having to raise my stupid ass only for me to grow up into an useless fuck never accomplishing anything

[@footfuckin]

@@muscleman125word, im not a downer regardless of the Blues tho and there are tons of parents who have 'blues' and dont just stop at that line of 'takes a lot of my time' Lol. the original criticism still stands even in the face of nuance, suck my balls. hes not saying hes smacking up his baby or anything, just the way he talks ab his kid is funny bc its off. also the last line of your comment- 'thats what they say' lmao. 'they' being people you dont have to fundamentally agree with unless you're a coward. not everyone is seeing through a fog of depression and even those who are- can be considerate and on any spectrum of giving overtly displayed affection towards their children.

[@gir489returns2]

I played the 1.6 crackhouse, cs_paintball and the starwars map he mentions. They were extremely popular custom maps back in the day. They even were still being played when CSCZ got made.

[@YuriVelcroripper]

Same. I remember playing them on 1.6 as well, searched through the comments to find this one!

[@mushieslushie]

I don't remember that map specifically, but 'speedball' maps were really popular at one point. They were all rooms with wooden structures with different layouts. They were a lot of fun.

[@thecalham]

Titties and beer was always a queue to join the server

[@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa3728]

starwars was a great map that I lost many, many hours with friends on. It was a shame CS 1.6 didn't use more vehicles on its maps.

[@YuriVelcroripper]

@@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa3728 the vehicles were the best part. Especially getting to do drivebys on the other teams

[@b19931228]

I would love to imagine Mike's son, when he's 9 years old, starts playing some form of future gen CS due to the peer pressure at first, but genuinely enjoy it after. Starting to comb through the older, classic maps. Mike's son stumble upon cs_crackhouse, and his old man would have a hell of a story for him.....

[@throwawayaccount5785]

What a weirdly specific detail to add, 'due to peer pressure at first'??

[@Chappie432]

​@@throwawayaccount5785lmao right?

[@2stroke438]

@@throwawayaccount5785 because cs is a fuckin drug.

[@krumz90]

Having played and loving "cs_drugbust", it has a major flaw. Since nobody hosts any online servers of it, the only real way you can play the map is offline. But for whatever reason bots happen to be able to see through the wooden fence surrounding the house and will not hesitate to wallbang the fuck out of you through it.

[@Cysco8575]

The only way to enjoy it with people is to play with a bunch of friends on lan or a private server. Truly a shame this map doesn't have the recognition it deserves.

[@piscessoedroen]

The only time i ever saw drugbust was in a gmod prophunt & guess who videos from mr sark / seananners and vanoss crew

[@Steelface97]

@@piscessoedroen years ago it used to be on a gmod TTT server I played and it was awesome, shame you almost never see it nowadays.

[@snark567]

It seems the wooden fence is just a flat texture with collision on it. You can probably add a thin brush based wall to fix the issue of bots seeing through it.

[@EndTikTokandTwitter]

@@snark567 these days the only people who know how to use hammer to change a texture or something are classic gmod people

[@thememester1190]

As soon as I saw the map itself it dawned on me that I played this map in Pavlov VR and it was one of the most fun times I've ever had in that game.

[@ashleycarr9958]

Same! When I got into the map for the first time in Pavlov I was like "Woah... I've been here!" I thought it was somewhere I'd been irl because it was so familiar but it was just from all the gmod dm I used to play lol! I should get back on VR haha

[@Lowzerix]

i had the same feeling, i used to play this map a lot on a little mobile game called block strike, i just recognised it bc of the last shot off the map on the video haha good times@@ashleycarr9958

[@kukky22]

This is why I like ratlobber better than richter, he’s brave enough to make a video that features more than 5 seconds of CS:GO footage

[@indianaliam1]

richter is just annoying lmfao "where is team fortress 1?" on the steam store you fucking gibbon

[@adrianafamilymember6427]

It looks cool 😎

[@FatherMcKenzie66]

Agreed

[@wuggman]

And ratlobber was also in 50 blessings

[@ray_cave]

didnt richter try gatekeeping gmod args from pyrocynical

[@Larry]

I just love the fact these maps were made by kids. They didn't care about design discipline, whether if they'd be feasible in real life, or even if they were balanced most of the time, they just wanted to stick as much cool sh!t into the level as they could without it crashing. It was all about making it fun!

[@HotDogLaws]

I miss the variety and chaos of old school counter strike. Designing games for esports really just leads to taking a belt sander to the whole experience and smoothing out all the rough edges until all thats left is a smooth, featureless blob with no interesting or unique characteristics. Its really a shame that they bury the community server browser in GO and funnel the vast majority of the playerbase away from any custom content.

[@gamerman7276]

Esports is everything I hate about sports, with none of the good stuff like encouraging healthy living. I've stopped playing online games that have matchmaking.

[@Ashpkfmdmdmdmd]

@@gamerman7276 lol competitive sport is anything but healthy.

[@elecarno]

@@gamerman7276 I play in the VR Master League and personally I really enjoy it. money isn't involved unless you're way up at the top so really I just play because I love the game we play and I love playing in a team, it's a real thrill and I wish there was more esports like it.

[@gamerman7276]

@@elecarno Nice

[@mlalbaitero]

@@gamerman7276 stuff like american football cannot be healthy for you, but yeah most simpler sports like running or swimming practically require some health

[@Petrockseller]

great memories of purchasing a gaming laptop and playing this nonstop on summer nights. I really miss the user-made multiplayer content in most contemporary titles

[@aijint]

dayum now anyone with just a normal laptop can play the game flawlessly

[@Whomobile]

I LOVE hearing the stories of maps, and I remember first playing a Zombie Survival version of this map on Gmod of all places. Awesome music choices btw.

[@jutnezproductions]

No replies saying “it’s the famous YTer!” so I thought I’d give you a reply. Big fan of your TF2 map facts series btw

[@CNSabata]

I actually have the exact same memory. I knew I heard of the map from somewhere but I knew it wasn't CS...

[@Feasco]

4:19 "I like to check up on my babies once in a while" good to know when you find out he became an actual dad since then

[@ludaaaparis9471]

Dude your videos are extremely well made. Hope the algorithm fucks with you

[@nevermore2977]

Now it does

[@MRgemmu]

Now it did

[@blondie6600]

yeah i can confirm it does well

[@bugemeister]

it does now

[@OperatorMax1993]

It did

[@bigmack10]

Private public servers where you would meet up with many of the same people everyday and play custom maps, have map votes etc is what made OG CS so amazing. I met many friends that I still talk to playing maps like this one in public servers. Gives me intense nostalgia and definitely makes me miss the good old days of CS.

[@Abdalmaus]

Yes, yes and yes. As a poor kid I always played pirated versions and finally got to buy all the older CS versions recently. They still feel a lot better than the newer versions specially for that reason. I guess it's because downloading assents would take too long for the newer ones?

[@MaYeRsDz94]

we still do that over here from 1.6 we merged to csgo to cs2 and servers still runing with players still around.

[@Dat_Jonx]

Fight Yard and Gun Game over sweaty Defusion any day.

[@joedo8052]

8:42 "Its a shame that virtually no css servers host this version the map" Me: Oh, so this isnt a CSGO remake.

[@Millermacs]

I absolutely love this video, I'm only 23 so I never played 1.6 and barely played CSS, but I'm still nostalgic for those times and I love hearing the story behind this map. The way you were actually able to contact the creator and to hear that he had a child really brought it all together. Thank you for this vid.

[@JackBradley07]

That was an incredible video. I love your VHS style, it was also interesting learning more about cs_crackhouse

[@HaydenNumbaWun]

Just the feeling of pure nostalgia I get from seeing the Source port, I can feel the days slip away and pass me by just by thinking about it.

[@Chihiro_6079]

jesus christ dude, i subbed because one video was extremely well made, but you're just pumping these out like its no hassle at all! Good work, keep it up!

[@HaydenNumbaWun]

The algorithm likes you a lot man you're going places. Your content is well made. That intro is memorable as well. I didn't realize until I clicked on this video that I had already seen a video by you. Keep up the good work, I can't wait to see more from you!

[@antgod22]

my brother created the original map!! hilarious their is a video dedicated to its creation

[@aka1o252]

Mike is your brother? 😲

[@antgod22]

@@aka1o252 yup

[@AzAlotz]

Man, I Absolutly Love Your Retro Intro's And Outro's, Their Really Well Made, And Just Give Off That 80's Feel.

[@crunch.dot.73]

Severely underrated my dude! The editing is peak!

[@lovelyuncle]

I'm 6 months late but just seeing this video in my recommended brought back a huge flood of memories of playing css deathmatch on this map with a friend who has since passed away. Thank you for covering stuff like this, I'm sure I'm not the only one who's had a similar experience with your videos at this point.

[@camelthegamer7165]

Thank you for telling us this story, and extreme thanks to Mike for his contribution to gaming.

[@andrewsmith1655]

Your footage of De_Survivor and mentions of Cs_paintball and Starwars brought back some serious nostalgia. I remember playing all of those maps as a kid and driving the Landspeeders and giant sandcrawler, but it was super easy to glitch the sand crawler into the map.

[@m0j026]

Honestly the quality of your videos is insane, given the low amount of views. Your style reminds me a bit of Nick Robinson, only, y'know, without the whole sexual harrasment shit. Cheers.

[@rattmcpossum]

Fuck he sexually harassed someone? Damnit why is it so many damn creators I just wanna watch cool videos aaaaaaa I hate this planet

[@nolram]

Wait - the WHAT ?!?!?!

[@Ilikewater-andice]

Explain

[@m0j026]

@@Ilikewater-andice dude got fired from polygon or something because of sexual misconduct, might have been with a minor, maybe not, i can't be bothered to check rn. He's an asshole and has been avoiding the allegations for years now.

[@m0j026]

@@nolram ^^^ pinging you too since I missed your comment

[@Mindmotorstudios]

Wow, I had no idea our textures were part of such an iconic map in the CS community. The early 2000s really were an awesome time period for mapping and mod making, so many great memories!

[@ashleycarr9958]

That's seriously cool!

[@usbombs]

LIAR

[@IMugMuggers]

just want to give you your flowers, you have some of the best intros on this site. your content is even better, but god those intros bring out nostalgia in me I can’t explain

[@zeppelin0110]

I love these kinds of videos. I'm someone who has spent way too much of my life playing CS (mostly 1.6, but a good amount of CSS and eventually even a bit of CSGO) and it's just incredible to see someone go and re-visit many aspects of CS in *such* detail. Well done, friend. I hope you do a video on "fy_iceworld" and its many variations (fy_iceworld2k, fy_snow - the best of the bunch, imho). I'm not entirely sure how popular Iceworld was in CSS, but on CS 1.6 it was one of the early SUPER popular "fun maps". I'd give 2nd place to fy_pool_day. A few others worth mentioning: de_rats (I've barely played this one myself, but it was insanely popular with many people), cs scoutzknivez, aim_ak-colt, aim_map_usp. I'll stop here. Thanks for such an awesome video.

[@enigma105]

Dude this video is a hidden treasure. Hope you get more views.

[@guinsfan87]

Bro this put some much character and humanity to this map and many memories, its crazy to think how many maps and patterns from video games that were just made by normal people and even high schoolers

[@ignasjump2268]

This is one of the more underrated channels. Keep up man your videos are awesome

[@mynameisforrest]

Thanks for the vid, subscribing right away. Reminds me of the costum map scene of StarCraft and WarCraft 3, was really a blast. Was a great era in gaming to be a part of. Peace from Sweden

[@Caulkhead]

as an old 1.6 player this brings back a lot of memories, thanks for the video :)

[@nunyafukinbizness2984]

The most mind-blowing thing is how he just off-handedly mentions he made the winter version of mansion. I played that map for literal years never knew who made it. Now i know why I liked it.

[@swhipple]

Just discovered you ratlobber and I'm obsessed. It's the celebration of the beautiful world of counter-strike and all the nostalgia that comes with it

[@xFLAWLESS500]

This was a really beautiful video, thank you for making it. Most of the time i'm never satisfied with a KZbin video and this one really got me from start to finish, so thank you very much for making my year.

[@zp5718]

Thanks for the effort you put into this video. The original cs_crackhouse was very influential to my childhood years. It was nice to have insight into the guy who created it. and it makes it much more relatable that we've all grown up since those days, and our lives are driving us into a new and unsure direction. I'll end the rant with a thank you for this effort. Would you make a video in similar context in regards to the original Scoutzknives maps?

[@sol.ringen]

9:56 RIP DMX 😔

[@NigelMelanisticSmith]

This was my dad's favorite map lol. I grew up seeing those spots.

[@natesturm448]

I play Arma 3 and run into Mike every now and again. Really chill dude and 99% of the player base over there doesn't know his past. When I said that he's the dude in charge of CS crackhouse I was called a Crack Pot.

[@Pensi0nar]

7:50 I like how you were shocked at how that enemy got killed out of nowhere!

[@btjunkie4423]

absolutely love the unreal tournament music in the background, surprisingly fits well with CS

[@Zyresh]

I remember playing bunch of different gamemodes on this map. From zombies to hostage and generic team-match. Sometimes hanging out in the empty map after no one else was online. It had a really weird atmosphere that I thought was fascinating. I'm a nerd.

[@benzicol]

3:27 I think the computer room is the lookout law enforcement use like in the movies. Where they spy on criminal deals, and that rooftop is a perfect place to spy on the illegal substance headquarters

[@waste4245]

Sick video. Feels refreshing to not only get to experience some of the magic of the old golden days of gaming again, but also just to hear about a healthy video game community doing what they do best. Awesome editing style as well, by the way

[@_bangatello2910]

dude your production quality is way too good for 20k subs, hope you reach higher goals and keep on making high quality videos like this one!

[@chroma_ky]

im a sucker for moments where lost media or lost/dormant creators of media show up again in some good capacity, its just that warm feeling that something hasnt been lost to time.

[@liricl6978]

damn 15 second intro? we really getting full on TV show's intro's on YT now

[@unclepetty]

so many memories came flooding back watching this. Valve fucked CS by pointing people more towards official servers. Community servers were so damn good.

[@DeepseaOddities]

I'm so thrilled to see such an awesome old map get this thorough of a looking-at. So many great memories of playing the original on Condition Zero (Splak server, iykyk)

[@CrazyBloo]

how does ratman do it every single time 😩

[@beincheekym8]

amazing video, instant subscribe, keep up the good work! absolutely love the art style in intro / outro.. and of course the background music choice is absolutely heaven to my ears.

[@dondamage2803]

You know what...Mike sounds like a chill dude, i wish him luck

[@arceusex]

Love to see this history behind what I spent so much time playing on. Your videos are great and I’m glad to find other Source fanatics stuck in 2004 in 2022

[@ACombineSoldier]

Hello Daniels alt account.

[@TechnicolorMammoth]

Shout out to Mike and his 9 month old (and of course the lady that popped that spawn out for him). Lots of memories from the map, and hope he has found something to put that ingenious creativity into nowadays.

[@Zimbowlwhim]

That last clip, dear god so much soul. My heart cannot take it

[@Mrhouse77738]

0:50 slime panicked and killed his teammate lmaoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[@rimickulous]

imagine being the son of the guy who made one of the greatest counter-strike maps of all time

[@justoneofmany]

The computer is on the roof because they’re having a LAN party.

[@LoganJP0120]

this video was really good beside the rant about how the war on drugs actually caused the militarzation of the police and the increase of no-knock raids on alleged drug houses! Otherwise, great video!

[@OperatorMax1993]

I really like your content, also didn't expect the map creator to respond years later, Also I really love your music choices of Drum 'N Bass :)

[@thePeterandByron]

You really need to start listing your music at the desc, my dude.

[@fatfurie]

ty for this.. the piano music during the q and a made it feel comforting. nice to know dudes doing wel.

[@Tenmo8life]

Isnt that your mom's house?

[@Super_does]

As someone who's played counterstrike since release I really bloody enjoyed that. niceone

[@howtoshotbow6961]

I really wished I lived back in a time where anybody could map with little to no modeling experience.

[@Sliphantom]

crackhouse always reminded me of ba_jail_electric There were so many genuinely well-made jailbreak maps out there, but for some reason everyone kept coming back to Electric, despite being one of the most poorly made maps ever. It was the same story for crackhouse, no matter how many better versions of it were made.

[@bellstat8285]

counter strike source

[@DaxyGamer]

counter terrorist strike source win

[@bobman1111111111]

Honestly Id love to see this map adapted to the game Ready or Not consideting Mikes original vision for the map haha

[@elaxter]

I really like the mapping scene for Trouble in Terrorist Town. A lot of soul and variety. Truly crazy maps out there too. Wish servers on Gmod hosted vanilla.

[@ziaholt6317]

Great use of music in this video, most of these songs you put in are some I have in a playlist I use to map too

[@everyneed3959]

Never played CS 1.6 back when servers were up but I have played the halo 3 version of this map in custom games. Very fun

[@xCr0nus]

The creator’s commentary on how this map was made to be played makes me wonder if cs_crackhouse had any influence on the creation of R6: Siege.

[@seththebeatmxchine]

I feel like I got recommended a video of yours before in the past. this was really good. I especially like the way you jokingly stuttered it's very realistic

[@ShinFahima]

Great taste in music! I had a feeling I recognized Tomomi Sano in the background here. XD 3:55

[@skeyturr]

There's also a CoD '03 one, incidentally played on it when i was really young, worth checking out if it's still out there - even has that sewer entrance iirc

[@pscii]

Oh my god! I always thought this map was a fever dream. When I was a kid I used to try and play cs:s on my brother's pc and he always put on this map. Thank you so much.

[@instantrameninstructions656]

Quick thing I noticed: one of the fonts in the intro is Kilo. I really like that font and use it in a lot of concepts I do. Nice to see it somewhere else ;)

[@ratlobber]

good eye my friend

[@combinownage]

Crazy to hear Mike did Starwars, that was one of my favorite maps back in the day. Funny to see the connection to my other favorite CS map.

[@yasinshehata]

Man I thought I was weird for being obsessed with this map. I used to spend a lot of time playing it on source.

[@user-bs1ml2kj9t]

Forgot to leave a comment here when this came out. Very HQ content. Feels like an adult swim block (I swear that's a good thing it's comfy)

[@segefjord]

Foregone Destruction in the background music at the end ... OMG 😍 love your channel

[@karoshi42]

The mention of the early CS:S Mapping reminded me of my childhood. Playing dumb mini games maps. Great video.

[@buzzcutinteractive]

"Smoke two joints in the morning..." - The radio from Cs_Crackhouse

[@mango9087]

Subbed man, dope video. I loved playing crackhouse as a highschooler, just back to back to back respawns. Feels cool to share this nostalgia, I never had friends who played PC games with me, I was always alone online. So these videos kind of affirm my childhood.

[@scorpionbird88]

Crackhouse and poolparty servers were so much fucking fun back in Source. Legendary vid man

[@artyomloukashov636]

Early CS scene was a whole other game experience - 16-24 players mash on cs_mansion or cs_siege, on local pub server with all the familiar people in all chat. Never toxic, always fun.

[@aneekes.]

I used to be a dedicated CS and HL maps creator. I loved mapping so much and spent lots of time for my pleasure working on filling them with Easter eggs and polishing the most of the time. Tried to make them as perfect as engine would allow me with all its limitation. Can remember few like de_dryway for CS; and ambush & fellaville for HL deathmatch. Careless and happy days when russian hl community were making a real massacre on them. I still have an urge to finish some works on progress but there’s lack of motivation knowing that it would likely stay unseen, you know. Thanks for video, I love content based on hl1 mapping stuff.

[@1738Toaster]

10:23 "Im gettin down like a uhhh... said freeze!" 😭😭

[@intendedtendencies]

I'm new school, started playing csgo in 2013-ish. This video is very interesting, and that intro is one of the best intros I've ever seen for a youtube channel. Ez sub.

[@iBoujin]

cs_drugbust was one of my favorite maps to watch Seananners and Mr. Sark prophunt of

[@graog123]

Yoooo the Unreal Tournament soundtrack in the background for a minute from like 2:20ish. Fuck it brings me back, I love it

[@BasicallyBreezy]

CSS Crackhouse holds most of my memories of CS gaming in highschool circa 2005-2009. I remember loving crackhouse. The weird thing is I just recently redownloaded CSS and the first thing I did was find a crackhouse lobby and play DM. I lost 2 hrs quickly. 2 days later this video popped up in my feed. Thank you ❤️

[@kelngu6011]

Thanks for making this video. It revived those precious memories we all had with CS. Much love everyone.

[@le41cl]

this was my favorite map on css ! thanks for bringing back these memories lol

[@kristianrjsYT]

I was first introduced to CS:S by a university student from Hong Kong that was renting a room in our basement when I was maybe 12 or 13. He taught me everything about the game, we had so much fun. Our favorite map to play together was cs_crackhouse with de_dust being close second. I would pretend to go to sleep, wait for my parents to go to bed and then sneak to the basement to play until the early morning hours almost every night. He'd let me use his desktop and hop on his laptop to play. Looking back I'm surprised he never got annoyed or kicked me out of his room or anything. I think he was just far from home, lonely and wanted a friend to play games with even if that friend was a kid 10 years younger than him. Nicest guy ever, gave me a level 60 Runescape account too before moving out.

[@FishRepair]

The lip smack at the beginning of every line read kills me