the entire history of counter-strike explained

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the entire history of counter-strike, i guess
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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Intro
01:50 Counter-Strike Beta
03:49 CS: 1.6 vs CS: Source
12:10 Early CS:GO
19:07 2016-2019
30:17 Modern Day Counter-Strike
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[@donderz]

"Absolutely not, 16-5" always sends me lol

[@kenim]

I didnt know this copypasta belonged to TACO lol

[@tokisuno]

it's an all time classic

[@forasago]

*of course not 24:32

[@fitzz7322]

A very fun note is that in brazil csgo would only surpass 1.6 in early 2014 since every one hated csgo and the pcs in that time couldn't run csgo well, at the time tournaments were only played in 1.6 and source and it was actually fallen that encouraged every one to switch to csgo giving free classes of the game to new players and organizing small tournaments, fallen saved counter strike in brazil if he didn't encouraged people to switch to csgo counter strike would die in brazil since 1.6 was dropping and would there be no pro players since the money of tournaments would stop as well, that is why Fallen is the Godfather of brazil counter strike.

[@theletterkei]

we love fallen

[@Bendwow]

Also Flusha donated to help Keyd qualify for a tournament which kickstart their run into the scene 🤩

[@kingjo8826]

PRESENTE

[@anrijsc1037]

"PCs in that time couldn't run CSGO very well" "People were playing 1.6 and not CSGO" Sounds oddly familiar huh?

[@samster978]

ahh yes everyone was resistant to the switch back then

[@cornycob]

random 4k subscriber channel absolutely CARRYING youtube content as always 🙏

[@theletterkei]

gotta do what you gotta do

[@fridgerated220]

Nah corny you can’t lose to a channel with 4k subs. Quick, make a cs video!

[@ilmnhs]

omg corny

[@ZimbabweanBugbite]

You really be living up to your name huh

[@Jarnathan]

6.75k as I watched it. Nice growth for 2 weeks.

[@polaria.coronel-gt2762]

Epic vid, but I feel you missed a couple of important moments in CSGO history, the M4A1S not being in the 1.0 version, Flusha being so ahead of the curve literally everyone was accusing him of cheating, Olofboost incident, first graffiti (Olof Overpass defuse in fire), the fact the revolver was nerfed within 24hrs (thats how bad it was lol), the fact that the first iteration of Astralis left TSM and formed the first player owned team, the tMartin incident with a youtuber promoting his own gambling platform. Also, I feel the forsaken cheating incident was pretty important, as that set the Indian scene back years and years.

[@theletterkei]

I originally in the script mentioned how jw and flusha were the first few two get hundreds of hackusations but it didn’t make it into the final cut :(, you are right about everything else though!

[@1salveregalo]

i remember all of this lol & facts

[@CaesarSalad19]

This was a great video! The only comment I have is that you completely ignored the era of Astralis. No matter how much people (specifically NA) would want to pretend Astralis didn't exist they were the best team of all time. They deserved to at least get a minute talking about how good they were from 2018-COVID but that is just my opinion No matter what I enjoyed the video!

[@bologna_eater79]

great vid as always bro so funny that you put together a 37 minute video and people in the comments are still telling you that you missed stuff, and they aren't wrong - cs history is just so expansive I think you could make a feature length doc for each cs game that had a comp scene (sorry condition zero)

[@theletterkei]

thank you, I really tried to hit most the important notes that would be interesting to someone who doesn’t know anything about CS but it was difficult to organize everything even by year :(

[@AutisticWimpyKid]

You got most of the less known and important stuff in well filled up timeline. Good job dude, you did great 😊

[@AutisticWimpyKid]

And dude the jokes, lowkey jabs and then the Zywoo thing! Still haven't finished tho 😂 really really great video!

[@gamez4420]

I will forever stand by that nothing will ever top the sheer hype that was FaZe vs Cloud9 at Boston. FaZe - especially Karrigan - understood their role as the villains and played it up like pro wrestling heels. Cloud9 was RED HOT, and the fanbase was at its most rapid. It was an amazing moment im so glad I got to witness. I still go back and watch that series.

[@jackcphelps]

whenever NA teams throw or bot out i think to myself, we'll always have boston

[@thee-sportspantheon330]

Zywoo in Paris is more special to me but Boston is a close second.

[@sleepytattoos]

X3 vs NiP NoA vs Eolithic

[@p0ker_m]

I think the only tournament that surpassed the hype of that boston major was stockholm 2021 with s1mple winning his first major and us finally get a major after 2 years of online tournaments. There's a reason the viewership record to this day is held by that tournament. Even the quarterfinals had more viewers than any other major barring the antwerp one.

[@nathanhosea489]

@@thee-sportspantheon330 That or s1mple in 2021

[@liamhowlin5936]

It doesn't matter how long its been the coldzera clip sounds are etched into my psyche

[@theletterkei]

gosh this one was a doozy

[@Zyxu1]

Feel u

[@WebacCS2]

Good thing you're the doozer

[@cw4861]

Those visuals around "no scope, one button, no zoom" were genius 😂😂

[@p0ker_m]

It's a nice video, but what I tend to see about these types of videos is that they lack a lot of 1.6 and source history. While source history isn't all that preserved because as you said, the main scene was 1.6 for a very long time, 1.6 does have a lot saved history which can make for a video almost as long as this one. I get why you had CS:GO for your main portion of the video, but the info for 1.6 is also out there, and it can be just as long, it's just a bit harder to do. e.g. you missed on saying that while in 1.6 we didn't have 'majors' the 1st ever cpl was technically approved to use the 'cs world championship' label by VALVE themselves, while the rest of the big tournaments we considered as 'majors' were unofficial but were still the most prestigious ones, while acting the same way modern majors do (in total there were 30+ majors throughout 1.6 history) Also missed out on talking about legendary teams like SK Gaming 2003, establishing one of their own win streaks (they had smth like 50-1 record at some point in maps) Or talking about mTw 2008 (the danes), the pioneers of succesful and dominant tactical approach style similar to Astralis 2018 (zonic was in that team after all) Or the golden five of changing orgs constantly but in the end having won the most majors of them all (Neo has 7 1.6 majors to his name, in comparison, f0rest has 3) Or NaVi 2010, considered by many the GOAT team of 1.6 with 4 majors won in a row. Or the legendary fnatic 2009, that won crazy amount of tournaments using the OPPOSITE style of mTw, via individual skill. Or Potti and Heaton, the first great duo and Potti himself being the best player of the world for 3-4 years in the first half of 1.6's history. It wasn't until f0rest and NEO that came along before he lost his 'GOAT' status. This isn't some in-depth info (though you can find even that if you look for it), but it could have been mentioned same way you mentioned 'oh and Astralis won 4 majors in a row'. I hope this will help you out for future videos on the matter :)

[@theletterkei]

very good suggestions! gonna remember this comment o7

[@claytonroberts1622]

Get right winning that major is still the best moment in cs ever

[@danskeli4016]

This video was pretty damn good, and you being able to apparently be a semi-pro player yourself while making entertaining content of this caliber is very cool to see. I have a few critisisms tho. I think you talked about the fluctuations in the pro scene a little too much. Like the different national teams and such. I think the "general trends" and pioneers of the game are more important, as they are what really matters in understanding the context, in which cs players live in. You did do it (at least to about 13min) but left out big phenomena as the brazilian execute, Stewie's arrogant but revolutionary style of playing the game through smokes, Astralis' methodical, ultra teamheavy way of playing the game, i.e. seen in their unstoppable inferno banana strats. And chopper's jumping Mac10 strats. The rise of international teams is also a trend which for the better part of CS:GO's history was apparent. There are other good, lesser ones like arT's ultra aggressive playstyle and Jame time. There were some updates missed as well, like the introduction of the newer economy system (resets went extinct) and 2nd round force buys. Also AUG and krieg meta. And the introduction of IGLs when the pro ruleset was changed. But then again, I do see the game in a more idealistic sense compared to many others, so these could just be my preference.

[@dLzzzgaming]

How does this guy only have 7k subs? This was an insanely well made video

[@CS2Tactics]

Awesome video, the writing and editing kept it very interesting! :)

[@Dra1n__TV]

Fantastic video! I remember watching so many of those CS:GO moments live.

[@theletterkei]

YOOO MY FIRST EVER SUPER THANKS!!! may your harvests be bountiful and your life prosperous. much appreciated friend

[@rrezet_]

Not sure if you view yourself as such, but this new generation of youtubers covering counterstrike history is great and i really enjoyed this video bro

[@bo8185]

The quality of your videos legit deserve over 100k Views, maybe even more than 500k, i seriously don't understand how you don't have more views and subscribers. Trust me bro, one day one of your videos will blow up and so will your channel.

[@fitzz7322]

I think its a little sad that you didnt talk much about dupreeh you talked just a bit at the end but man he deserves much more being the only one to play all cs majors, zywoo s1mple and dev1ce may be the greatest of csgo but dupreeh is the greatest regarding titles great video anyways!!

[@toast3188]

My god this was a good video, so much nostalgia. You just remembered me why I feel in love with this game

[@viniciuscosta7054]

BEST CS VIDEO MAKE THAT I SAW. Congrats man. What a good research work you did!!! As a fan and players of this game since 1999, I wanna thank you.

[@prodcatastrophe]

very good vid, didn’t talk about map pool that much towards the end like anubis being added but you hit all the important parts

[@JustaRandomGuy890]

34:15 karrigan is not only danish but half danish and half German so he has no relation to Sweden at all. If I remember correctly he stood in for someone that couldn’t make it

[@JTMGJTMG]

Loved every second of it. Well done!

[@brandonquillen2079]

I was looking for a video like this a few months ago and almost wanted to make one myself lol good work

[@therouxarts]

amazing work, someone who was into early csgo esports but havent watched in ages, this was just a bliss to watch

[@roryrodgers9366]

5v5 | west | de_inferno | yours | cal-m | no pugs - I wish there was a little more coverage on what it took to play competitive in the early/mid 2000s lol. And just what a cultural shift CS was. Add in PC cafes packed til 2AM with people playing CS. Epic times! Good video nonetheless!

[@theletterkei]

good recs!

[@nickflood1]

YES MIRC

[@GameQuitters]

that's a throwback!

[@treefrog2594]

#sealteam

[@Lentava1]

Enlisted is Fireeee, first time ive seen an actual good sponsor game thats sick. And as always a good video🤝

[@QuintennHD]

Great video man this deserves way more views!

[@berniecsgo5237]

Ouff that took me back quite a few times hahahaha. Nice effort. Nicely done

[@je3229]

Wow this is a really comprehensive video and I was engaged 100% of the way through.

[@Stwobbs]

bro please keep uploading this content it's amazing 🙏

[@manasivp]

holy moly this is art

[@kariannatnight]

HI MANASJI

[@melver8506]

This video should has at least hundreds of thousands views, I wish you this. Thanks for great video

[@daymandox2784]

thank you for not saying "please subscribe". So good quality of the video my friend ( i know but ... ) you will get important really soon :) i subscribed immediatly

[@havriciuc]

you just injected me with a huge dose of nostalgia

[@youngsomalia1511]

I don't know why I would watch another one of these but I do, we do, we all always do. Thanks for making a new one 🥰

[@realshi229]

haven't physically liked a youtube video in like a year cus im petty like that but you pretty much forced me to watch the entire thing even tho i wanna sleep and its like 3 am rn, great vid bro.

[@theletterkei]

I really appreciate that bro, get some rest tho

[@bariskemalgur3839]

This video is the greatest cs video i have ever watched, from editing to story telling this shit is perfect. Respect 🙌

[@Slykie]

24:31 not just the hosts of the best cs tournament of all time, but the hosts of the most fun smash tournament series. Sad that they’re gone.

[@etohKP]

fantastic video and it's awesome how much you covered in 37 minutes :D i do wish you covered who broke NIP's 87-0 run (virtus pro) since that was a big moment of cs history and highlighted happy's deagle ace (because batchest popular play) but other than that i think you absolutely nailed this kei

[@TheValentin0075]

Really impressed by amount of time and effort you spent to make things video happen. Thank you.

[@GETTHEBAGMARK]

Keep up the awesome work kei!!!!!!!

[@seenbelow]

Great video! Would've wanted more on what weapon was added or modified in the 1.6 and Source days and what was taken from each, but otherwise it was a great watch.

[@schecterguitarsfan]

I can't believe how a fairly simple FPS game has so much history. Great vid!

[@NicoSchubertt]

great video, keep it up you‘re on the right track🙏

[@toriiibby]

great job you killed it :) keep up the amazing work

[@laugh6581]

really really good video man

[@floobe]

Good video. Though I think you should've mentioned around 22:40 that the main reason why Zeus, the IGL of Navi, was replaced was because at the time coaches were allowed to talk during games so many teams were replacing their IGLs with more firepower, and letting the coaches do the in-game calling. Obviously, Valve then made the ruling that coaches are only allowed to talk during tactical pauses, so many teams that had replaced their IGLs didn't do so well, like Navi and NIP. It did make Zeus's major win with Gambit all that sweeter.

[@Shomuhitov]

And this guy has only 7k subscribers? +1 one my friend. Thanks for trying to explain the CS history. Although you’ve missed a lot of material that would take another 30 minute video🤭 Waiting for part 2! P.s: Nice fragmovies btw.

[@gruuvetv]

Awesome video bro! Great work ❤

[@Fim.mindset]

I like this guy humor, this man deserves a sub!

[@dankasaur]

this was one of the most well made videos ive ever watched

[@Tuggawoo]

Fantastic video man!

[@LightzyOG]

16:32 LMFAO the best clip of all time

[@CurrentlyUseless]

Banger video man!! Keep it up

[@bloodchild4554]

absolute gem of a video! great job

[@Agryael]

This is great, I really liked when the Counter did the Strike, why can i not find love.

[@benjaminzarkhin1293]

What a nice video, thank you for this. As for donk, these child prodigies that seemingly appear out of nowhere are usually 10 THOUSAND hours into playing the game, practically being raised to pro play. Donk is currently at 13,772 hours in CS:GO/2, and hasn't even gotten the max level trading card badge.

[@noahwhitworth1695]

awesome video, one update you forgot to mention that was pretty big was the ability to drop nades and how that had a pretty big change to the meta.

[@foxwounds1460]

the letter kei more like the letter swag

[@erebor8256]

You about to get a ton of subs man, W vid.

[@JustSanti_]

Damn, this is a banger, good job mate

[@MFramy]

Great video, shortest 37 minutes of my life, subscribed!

[@gadjman]

Incredible video and a pleasure to watch. The only two big omissions are the olofboost incident and the Astralis era. Olofboost I can get, it was one tournament that wasn't notable but Astralis literally dominated everything on and off for like almost two full years and none of that was mentioned outside of the majors. Either way, massive respect for this video! I can't imagine how much research you did.

[@theletterkei]

olofboost was definitely a miss on my part and astralis needed some more time in the spotlight I agree. I am getting a lot of shit for that and m0nsey but it’s reasonable 😭😭

[@gadjman]

@@theletterkei don’t take it hard man, you just made a video about the development and esports history of a franchise that’s multiple decades old and people only have a couple things we think you missed. You covered so much it’s insane and I hope you keep making content like this cause it was awesome :)

[@G1ngerGiant]

First video I’ve seen from you, definitely wont be the last. A tier video

[@JAZZCHORD21]

Amazing video!

[@turkkuli3996]

Awesome video, would've liked to see you mention ence's run at IEM Katowice 2019 :)

[@jordanbuccii]

absolute fucking banger of a video, i appreciate you bringing me back to the great times we all had watching pro cs in its prime

[@wraethcs2]

Great video, very entertaining!

[@clinicallydeadinside7109]

the cs summit part ripped me out of my chair and took me back to the good old days

[@mercy20k22]

Great video dude. As someone who just started playing cs and watching the pro scene around a year ago I really appreciate these videos.

[@eziesan6362]

zywoo getting more screentime than astralis is criminal. Great vid tho

[@siddharths8143]

Amazing Vid, kinda sad you missed out on the MODs era of CS 1.6 which gave birth to b-hop maps, cs deathmatch, and that weird but fun ladder game of tag lmao.

[@Ryan-1009]

20:10 got me dying 🤣🤣🤣

[@xGamer8181]

Very good Video Bro!

[@pwnzork]

Fantastic video

[@giancarlomoretti5116]

great video man, thats pretty much everything

[@jadeyangel]

Amazing vid dude :)

[@maxzoRHD]

Ohne said you are a genius so i dropped a like, good video, watched it on his stream.

[@jonaslundstrm3776]

Nice video! A little sad to not see more of Astralis dominante (I know its a bit boring) but revamping the whole way the game is played is not such a simple feat

[@PERPowns]

This was a great recap :)

[@fletch19-fs3ku]

havnt even watched but hitting every button i can to boost you. underrated creator bro

[@HowToKenny0413]

That is some godly content creator right here! Btw The formal creator of cs named "Minh Le" instead of "Mihn Le"!

[@theletterkei]

thank you!! and yeah it was a typo :(

[@kidsquid4458]

what a great video big props 🔥🔥🔥

[@Unpug]

Amazing!

[@kachelstacktus]

What a banger of a video. I was expecting this to be a rather boring rundown of CS history, but instead didn't even notice that the 10minute video I clicked on was in fact 40minutes long.

[@bronkojonko4040]

Great video bro

[@nuRLE]

"Theres truly nothing like it" Teamliquid with a death stare

[@theletterkei]

it's a close 2nd, bonus points for covering dozens of other competitive games too! but HLTV really is in a league of it's own since they're ONLY counter-strike though.

[@rajaryanigdncxhadk4090]

I'm a 1.6 player, this was a nice video. ❤🤧👍

[@Exerpas]

Very cool video. Big fan!

[@satvik007]

Great video 👍

[@JNVTN]

fw this typa content

[@_iteqh7338]

Amazing video! Keep it up :)

[@itsaxo3097]

we all love this game. and this video made me realise it...

[@keithmurray9724]

Good video; I think the roster shuffles of 22 and 23 would have been good to include

[@aleksandarkostic4703]

Should've said something about m0nesy since you mentioned donk, apart from that great video, keep it up mate

[@GameQuitters]

No mention of PUBMASTERS. Sad! Great video though enjoyed going down memory lane.

[@martyn6060]

how tf does this vid not have like a 100k views already. sick

[@ilovemyhomies32]

ikr