Article by I.K MONTY
Released in June 1999, the modification for Half-Life entitled Counter-Strike, has been in our presence for a decade and today enjoys its 10th birthday.
Counter-Strike, the ever burning flame of the eSports cause was first unveiled as a public beta on June 18, 1999, and its initial incarnation included a zoom function for the Colt. Interestingly enough the popular terrorist weapon AK47 was not added until August of the same year, along with the Desert Eagle according to a German article posted on the ESL website.
In November 1999 de_dust, de_nuke and de_prodigy entered the fray and in 2000 the developers of the mod joined forces with Valve. Nine years on and Counter-strike has held off threats from countless other team-FPS', including one made by the same company; Counter-Strike Source, with its 1.6 version (released September 2003) remaining the tournament standard.
Counter-Strike has made its way into the Guinness World Record Gaming edition as it became the world's most successful game MOD by selling over 9 million retail copies worldwide. The game also inspired further world records as SK Gaming entered the record books for becoming the first ever gaming clan to legally bind their players to a clan.
Counter-Strike has become the backbone of competitive eSports, and on its tenth birthday, it seems only right we should salute a lowly mod that became an international success, and one that continues to stand the test of time.
So what are your earliest Counter-Strike memories?
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REPORT BY LEWRANCE
Sophie "inzane" Regnér talks of the sacrifices she made to pursue her Counter-strike career, how the game has impacted her social life, and where she sees herself in the future.
FULL NEWS
Sophie 'inzane' Regnér, one of the Pink Zinic ladies, has decided to leave school due to being unable to concentrate fully, and is now working as a model alongside her role at Pink Zinic.
Pink Zinic have confirmed their attendance at the upcoming DreamHack Summer Qualifier in an attempt to have a shot at qualifying for the 100,000 SEK tournament.
Zinic.insane: "I was 10 when i tried it [CS], and i couldn't stop"
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REPORT BY DANIEL DOCKEN
SK Insider is back and we are happy to announce that with the reunion of our exclusive content, we bring back monthly prizes for the most active players on our Insider servers. This month, we are going to give away 30 days of free SK Insider for top five as well as a brand new Icemat Siberia Neckband provided by SteelSeries
RELATED NEWS
We are happy to announce that we brought back the old APP system, and we are going to give out prizes to the most active people on our Insider Servers as we did back in the days. A short reminder to the people, who might have forgotten how this used to work: APP points are being gained by playing on the private servers of SK Insider. So all you have to do is to massively play on our servers, no matter if it's a serious gather or just some random deathmatch action.
We are going to give out hardware and other great prizes to the top five players of our APP ranking for the upcoming months. This time it's going to be an Icemat Siberia Neckband headset for the first place and the usual 30 days of free SK Insider for all five top ranked players.
With the release of this news, the APP System will be activated on all Insider servers and You will be able to fight for the first place on our Servers. More information on how to win prizes and about the tournaments we are going to host will be announced soon so stay tuned!
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This week's 1on1 interview is a special edition. Michal "Carmac" Blicharz sits down with SK Gaming's CS player Robert "RobbaN" Dahlström to talk about everything. With one exception: not a word about esports.
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SK Insiders' first tournament in 2009 was held last Sunday with an entertaining final on de_dust2 with Aim41 beating Banks and Blaster to get more than $200 in hardware prizes* report by hassam sohail*
FULL NEWS
The first successful SK Insider tournament was played this weekend and we congratulate all winners and participants.
Aim41 got to play Banks and Blaster on de_dust2 in the final, they managed to beat them with an impressive 16:08 and therefore won the first SK Insider tournament in 2009. Read more to see what Aim41's backbone _NIKITA had to say and make sure you check out the HLTV demo in case you missed the match.
Aim41_NIKITA:
" I really liked the tournament because it was possible to play 2on2, in my opinion it is more exciting to play in a team instead of a normal 1on1 tournament. It is sad though that there weren't enough teams in the tournament, we just had to win 2 matches to get the prices. I think we could impress all the spectators with our impressive teamplay in the finals. The servers were great without a doubt. Yeah and the administrating was also great.Would be great if more teams will participate in the next tournaments."
PRIZE WINNERS
Placed 1st : AIM41 - 2x SteelSeries 5Hv2 headsets + 30 days of SK Insider
Placed 2nd : Banks and Blaster - 2x SteelSeries Qck+ mousepads + 30 days of SK Insider
Placed 3rd : GRIZZLY - 30 days of SK Insider
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We are happy to announce that we finally bring back SK Insider tournaments starting next Sunday, 14th of June 2009 at 2PM CET. The first tournament is going to be held in Counter-Strike 2vs2 mode. Read more to find out what great prizes we will be offering and how to sign up. (report by ronald)
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The Cyberathlete Professional League (CPL) launched today the Championship Finals website at http://www.TheCPL.com/finals/. The CPL 2006 Championship Finals, taking place Wednesday, December 13 to Sunday, December 17, 2006 at the landmark Hyatt Regency hotel in Dallas, is primarily sponsored by AMD and ATI, and co-sponsored by Pizza Hut, BenQ, Plantronics, Razer and Insomnia365. The event will host two PC tournaments for Counter-Strike 1.6 and Quake 3, and offer $150,000 in cash prizes. The
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GameCenter will be hosting their first Counter-Strike: Source tournament beginning August 27th and ending the following day on the 28th, at which eight teams of five will be competing for $2,000 in prizes. Registration will begin on August 25th at 5pm Pacific time.
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The Cyberathlete Professional League (CPL) has announced that registration for the upcoming Counter-Strike team tournament is now in progress. The tournament is sponsored by Razer and features US$15,000 in prizes. The event is being hosted as part of Babbage's CPL $100,000 tournament. Players that wish to participate must first obtain a registration number for the event from the official CPL web site, and then register at the Counter-Strike tournament web site.
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[UPDATE] Technical problems cause event organizers to scrap their previously announced $160,000 BYOC competition. Valve denies Steam problems were the cause.
they may be able to frag opponents with their eyes closed, but the world's top gamers probably didn't see the cancellation of the Cyber X Games' Counter-Strike tournament coming.
It all started last Thursday when hundreds of international Counter-Strike players gathered in Las Vegas to compete in the Cyber X Games' bring-your-own computer (BYOC) tournament. Originally scheduled to be a double elimination competition for teams of five players, the top prize for the event was $100,000, with second and third places netting $25,000 and $10,000, respectively. Total prize money: $159,500.
However, the event was beset by problems even before it could kick off. According to a report on Gotfrag.com, tournament PCs were not set up in time for the beginning of the event. Subsequent cabling issues caused further delays.
However, things got worse. On Thursday evening, Valve's Steam service shut down for four hours. Officially, the outage was caused by a "device failure on our network following a power outage," but Valve director of marketing Doug Lombardi told GameSpot Steam was also also the subject of a denial of service attack. The timing of the outage compounded the problem, since Valve had released a Steam update on Wednesday night which the hundreds of competitors in the tournament needed to download.
As a result of the technical issues, only three matches were played on the first day of the tournament. Throughout Friday night morning a group of gamers helped CXG organizers rework the competition's network. However, on Saturday morning, gamers reported that a problem with Steam made it impossible for competitors to join the local LAN tournament servers.
As a result, only two games could be played at any given time. Given that 50 Counter-Strikes games were yet to be played, CXG CEO Joe Hill decided to cancel the established tournament. According to a release provided by a CXG publicist, the new tournament series "was shifted to shootout matches after access to Vault's Steam authentication service was found to be inconsistent."
"That is not accurate," said Lombardi said of the accusations levelled at Steam. "We did not experience any down time with Steam on Saturday." Lombardi denied charges that Valve employees attending the nearby Consumer Electronics Show refused to help CXG employees. "No one from Valve attended CES," he said. Lombardi also pointed out the Steam update was only 400k, not the 3MB some reports had claimed.
While the cause of the Counter-Strike tournament cancellation is in dispute, its fallout is not. The event was replaced by seven $10,000 winner-take-all exhibition matches and an all-star match between two teams assembled from top American and European players. Three $2,000 matches were later added to help appease understandably upset competitors. Sadly, technical and organization problems continued to plague the event, forcing the cancellation of all $2,000 matches and the all-star game. In all, only seven matches were completed before the event was shut down.
Ironically, further problems awaited the 22 teams--many of which had flown in from Europe--excluded from the exhibition matches. According to a member of A-Losers.MSI, a German team invited to play in a cancelled $2,000 match, CXG officials initially told all C-S team members that their "expenses will be completely compensated." However, one hour later, the A-Losers were told that only their hotel costs would be partially reimbursed. The team members raised a question many others are now surely asking, "what will happen to the $160,000 prize money for the CS tournament?"
Another C-S team member vented his anger in the Valve forums: "We flew over to Las Vegas expecting a really great time. We came home tired and disillusioned," read the C-S player's post. "Gotfrag neglected to mention the incredible amount of hostility that permeated the halls of the arena as we received word that the event was cancelled." The player posed another question that will be likely asked in the wake of the Cyber X Games debacle--"What happened to the fun in gaming?"
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Wemade Fox wins the Korean CS Qualifier for the Intel Extreme Masters Continental Finals Asia CS in Chengdu, China. Their victory over Lunatic-hai kr wasn't at risk at any time in the grand final. Nevertheless Lunatic Hai played good, especially enemy had some outstanding moments probably in his last game ever.
In the previous match Lunatic eliminated SEOULJINHWA in an extremely thrilling match. The CGS team already had 15 rounds and Lunatic was almost out of money when enemy killed three opponents with five shots of his deagle. This moment enourmusly pushed the team and gave them the momentum to win after two overtimes.
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Lums Presenting Dota and CounterStrike Tournament with cash money of almost 90,000 RS. The tournament will go on for 3 days and will be held in Lums facility.
There are some details that I will be posting soon.. for the time being here is what we got! Teams from all over Pakistan are invited and it is going to be huge. Registration for the tournament is Now Open!! Keeping in mind that there’s a CAP for tournament teams so register as soon as possible if you want to participate.
Counter-Strike CAP: 20 teams
Schedule:
Friday, 28th of March ‘08 : Check-In 1800-2100
Opening Ceremony: 2130-2330
Pool I & II Matches: 0000 onwards
Saturday, 29th of March ‘08
Pool III & IV Matches: 0900-1700
Quarter Finals: 1800-2200
Sunday, 30th of March ‘08
Semi Finals: 1000-1400
Finals: 1500-1800
Closing Ceremony :1900-2000
Dinner & Entertainment: 2000 onwards
Rules, Prize Money & Entry Fee:
Entry Fee:
Entry for CounterStrike and Dota teams is 2500 RS while each team can bring as many substitutes but they will have to pay for that so basically it’s 500 RS per person.
Prize Money:
Total Prize money is 90,000 RS for both games. Team winning the tournaments will get 30,000 RS as first prize and 15,000 RS for runners up.
Rules:
Dota Rules
Competition method: 5v5
Tournament structure: To be decided
Game version: 1.21
Map version: 6.48b or the latest stable version
Game mode: Extended league mode (-ap will be typed in game)
*Banned heroes: Storm Spirit, Templar Assassin, Sacred Warrior, Faerie Dragon, Dark Seer, Pit Lord, Undying, Geomancer
Match Length: 75mins max (Applies to group stage only)
*If the time limit is reached, the winner would be decided on the basis of points where a kill = 1 point, tower = 3 points, each barracks = 5 points.
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he CPL has announced its largest Counter-Strike 1.6 tournament, Offering 300,000$ in prizes.A total of 256 international teams will compete at the CPL 2006 Summer Event for a record-breaking $300,000 in cash prizes. These prizes will be distributed among the top 64 teams, with $90,000 going to the winning team
BYOC and competitor admission fee is $100 per person until January 1, 2006, and then increases to $125. Spectator passes are $25 per person. Teams can immediately register online at thecpl official site.
BYOC and competitor admission fee is $100 per person until January 1, 2006, and then increases to $125. Spectator passes are $25 per person. Teams can immediately register online at the cpl site
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COUNTER STRIKE 1.6 WORLD WIDE IPS
Cablenet
200.37.130.5:27015
CGF Online
200.62.166.226:27015
Craftnet
200.62.179.21:27015
Craftnet MR
200.62.179.20:27015
Fastnet
200.62.178.186:27015
Magdalena
200.62.166.3:27015
Marina
200.62.138.98:27015
Nobots:
200.62.137.50:27015
MR Marina (con password)
200.62.138.98:27016
PGM
200.121.171.42:27015
PGM MR
200.121.171.42:27016
San Luis
200.62.142.142:27015
Speedy 1
games1.speedy.com.pe:27015
Speedy 2
games2.speedy.com.pe:27015
Speedy 3
games2.speedy.com.pe:27016
Speedy MR 1
games2.speedy.com.pe:27017
Speedy MR 2
games2.speedy.com.pe:27018
Ip : cs1.ezgames.net.id:27015
Ip : cs1.ezgames.net.id:27016
Ip : cs1.ezgames.net.id:27017
Ip : cs1.ezgames.net.id:27018
Ip : cs1.ezgames.net.id:27019
Public EzGames
Ip : cs2.ezgames.net.id:27015
Ip : cs2.ezgames.net.id:27016
Ip : cs2.ezgames.net.id:27017
Ip : cs2.ezgames.net.id:27018
Ip : cs2.ezgames.net.id:27019
KINGS Games Center - Galaxy
Server 1 : cs1.kingscomputer.net:27015
Server 2 : cs2.kingscomputer.net:27016
Server 3 : cs3.kingscomputer.net:27017
Server 4 : cs4.kingscomputer.net:27018
Server 5 : cs5.kingscomputer.net:27019
Server 6 : cs6.kingscomputer.net:27020
Server 7 : cs7.kingscomputer.net:27021
Pub-Vivagamers
[WCG] Pub-1 Vivagamers cs1.vivagamers.com:27015
[WCG] Pub-2 Vivagamers cs2.vivagamers.com:27015
[WCG] Pub-3 Vivagamers cs1.vivagamers.com:27016
[WCG] Pub-4 Vivagamers cs2.vivagamers.com:27016
[WCG] Pub-5 Vivagamers cs1.vivagamers.com:27017
[WCG] Pub-6 Vivagamers cs2.vivagamers.com:27017
[WCG] Pub-7 Vivagamers cs1.vivagamers.com:27018
[WCG] Pub-8 Vivagamers cs2.vivagamers.com:27018
[WCG] Pub-9 Vivagamers cs1.vivagamers.com:27019
[WCG] Pub-10 Vivagamers cs2.vivagamers.com:27019
War-Vivagamers
[WCG] War-1 Vivagamers cs8.vivagamers.com:27015
[WCG] War-2 Vivagamers cs8.vivagamers.com:27016
[WCG] War-3 Vivagamers cs8.vivagamers.com:27017
[WCG] War-4 Vivagamers cs8.vivagamers.com:27018
[WCG] War-5 Vivagamers cs8.vivagamers.com:27019
[CSDM #1] Vivagamers cs5.vivagamers.com:27015
[CSDM #2] Vivagamers cs5.vivagamers.com:27016
[CSDM #3] Vivagamers cs5.vivagamers.com:27017
[Soccer Jam] Vivagamers cs5.vivagamers.com:27020
Server Kotak
KoTaK Server #1 : 203.84.154.2:27015
KoTaK Server #2 : 203.84.154.2:27016
KoTaK Server #3 : 203.84.154.2:27017
KoTaK Server #4 : 203.84.154.2:27018
KoTaK Server #5 : 203.84.154.3:27015
KoTaK Server #6 : 203.84.154.3:27016
KoTaK [CSDM] : 203.84.154.2:27019
KoTaK [SoccerJam] : 203.84.154.2:27020
The IdGamers
Pub-1 202.149.90.19:27015
Pub-2 202.149.90.19:27016
Pub-3 202.149.90.19:27017
Pub-4 202.149.90.19:27018
[CSDM] 202.149.90.19:27019
uNo Public Server
uNo Public Server 202.182.52.26:27015
uNo Clanwar Server 202.182.52.26:27016
MediaNet Server
Medianet 202.169.224.56:27015
Medianet Clan War 202.169.224.56:27016
Medianet VAC Secure 202.169.224.56:27018
Server CS Cakra
Pub-1 202.133.3.4:27015
Pub-2 202.133.3.4:27016
Pub-3 202.133.3.4:27017
Pub-4 202.133.3.4:27018
Server BIZ NET
Pub-1 cs1. biz.net.id:27015
Pub-2 cs2. biz.net.id:27015
Pub-3 cs3. biz.net.id:27015
Pub-4 cs4. biz.net.id:27015
Hynobius
PUB-1 203.128.72.233:27015
Pub-2 203.84.154.78:27016
Server Combat
COMBAT PUBLIC : 202.158.39.18:27015
COMBAT CLANWAR : 202.158.39.18:270
Server PrimaWave
Pub-1 202.72.215.29:27015
Pub-2 202.72.215.29:27016
KINGS CS Server 1.6
Pub-1 202.74.73.98:27015
Pub-2 202.74.73.98:27016
Pub-3 202.74.73.98:27017
Pub-4 202.74.73.98:27018
Kings Clan War Server
202.74.73.98:27019
24Hour - GameNet
Pub-1 202.78.199.235:27016
Pub-2 202.78.199.235:27017
Pub-3 202.78.199.235:27018
GilaGames Server
Pub-1 58.65.244.20:27015
FletNet Server
Pub-1 203.77.221.51:27015
Orbicom Semarang
Pub-1 202.75.25.190:27015
cs-mania
Pub-1 202.129.190.13:27015
Pub-2 202.129.190.13:27016
1. Indogamers Public Server
[ Indogamers ] CS [ Server 1 ] IP: 122.144.2.12:27015
[ Indogamers ] CS [ Server 2 ] IP: 122.144.2.12:27016
[ Indogamers ] CS [ Server 3 ] IP: 122.144.2.12:27017
[ Indogamers ] CS [ Server 4 ] IP: 122.144.2.12:27019
[ Indogamers ] CS [ Server 5 ] IP: 122.144.2.12:27020
[ Indogamers ] CS [ Server 6 ] IP: 122.144.2.222:27015
[ Indogamers ] CS [ Server 7 ] IP: 122.144.2.222:27016
[ Indogamers ] CS [ Server 8 ] IP: 122.144.2.10:27018
[ Indogamers ] CS [ Server 9 ] IP: 122.144.2.10:27019
[ Indogamers ] CS [ Server 11 ] IP: 122.144.2.222:27019
[ Indogamers ] CS [ Server 12 ] IP: 122.144.2.222:27020
[ Indogamers ] CS [ Server 15 ] IP: 122.144.2.222:27021
[ Indogamers ] CS [ Server 16 ] IP: 122.144.2.222:27022
[ Indogamers- Redzone ] CS [ Server 6 ] IP: 122.144.2.10:27015
[ Indogamers- Redzone ] CS [ Server 7 ] IP: 122.144.2.10:27016
2. Indogamers War Server
[ Indogamers ] CS [ Blue War ] IP: 122.144.2.222:27018
[ Indogamers ] CS [ Green War ] IP: 122.144.2.10:27017
[ Indogamers ] CS [ Red War ] IP: 122.144.2.12:27018
Pub-01 VivaGamers
IP: cs1.vivagamers.com:27015
Pub-02 VivaGamers
IP: cs2.vivagamers.com:27015
Pub-03 VivaGamers
IP: cs1.vivagamers.com:27016
Pub-04 VivaGamers
IP: cs2.vivagamers.com:27016
Pub-05 VivaGamers
IP: cs1.vivagamers.com:27017
Pub-06 VivaGamers
IP: cs2.vivagamers.com:27017
Pub-07 VivaGamers
IP: cs1.vivagamers.com:27018
Pub-08 VivaGamers
IP: cs2.vivagamers.com:27018
Pub-09 VivaGamers
IP: cs1.vivagamers.com:27019
Pub-10 VivaGamers
IP: cs2.vivagamers.com:27019
CSDM-1 VivaGamers
IP: cs5.vivagamers.com:27015
CSDM-2 VivaGamers
IP: cs5.vivagamers.com:27016
SoccerJam VivaGamers
IP: cs5.vivagamers.com:27020
War-1 VivaGamers
IP: cs8.vivagamers.com:27015
War-2 VivaGamers
IP: cs8.vivagamers.com:27016
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server name server ip
CS 1.6 sxe --------- 60.11.63.116:27015
[ NESMA GS ] CS 1.6 War3FT -------- -- 212.71.35.115:27015
all about fun --------------- 91.197.204.138:27016
mixta server pakistan ------ ----- 95.161.22.66:27017
pro gamrs ------------ 220.247.223.34:27015
american mix -------------------- 87.101.50.42:27015
gn cs 1.6 official ------------- -- 212.16.194.66:27015
zakota international --------------- 222.136.104.215:27015
plaza kings ------------------ 87.120.245.65:27015
on u 4 ----------------------- 82.193.116.28:27015
fariya network --------------------- 91.197.204.138:27015
CS 1.6 | Public Server 24/7 ------------------ 95.168.179.64:27015
Wateen 1337 Server - --------------------58.27.200.112:27015
Sandbox Server 1 – ------------------------- 58.27.200.113:27017
Sandbox Server 2 – ----------------------- 58.27.200.113:27016
Sandbox Server 3 – ----------------------------- 58.27.200.113:27015
Sandbox Server 4 – -------------------- 58.27.200.115:27015
Sandbox Server 5 – -----------------------58.27.200.114:27015
LinkDotNet Counter Strike Servers in Pakistan
Server 1 - ----------------------------- cs16.link.net.pk:27015
Server 2 --------------------------------------- cs16.link.net.pk:27016
Match Server ----------------------------------- cs16.link.net.pk:27017
BrainNet Counter Strike Servers in Pakistan
* DeathMatch Server – ---------------------------203.128.6.231:27015
* Normal Server – ----------------------------------203.128.6.231:27016
* Match Server –---------------------------------- 203.128.6.231:27017
* Match Server 2 -............................... 203.128.6.231:27018
* Match Server 3 - ___________________203.128.6.231:27019
Multi-Net Counter Strike Servers in Pakistan
* Match Server –-------------------------------- 125.209.89.227:27016
* Normal Server – --------------------------------125.209.89.227:27015
Go4B Counter Strike Servers in Pakistan
* Normal Server - -------------------------------203.81.192.26:27015
* Fun Server – ----------------------------------203.81.192.26:27016
MicroNet Counter Strike Servers in Pakistan
* Gaming Server –------------------------------- 58.65.171.54:27015
* Match Server – ---------------------------------58.65.171.54:27016
GamersX Counter Strike Servers in Pakistan
* Normal Server------------------------------ - 115.186.113.224:27016
* Match Server --------------------------------- 115.186.113.224:27015
DreamNet Counter Strike Servers in Pakistan
* Match Server - ---------------------------------137.101.32.30:27015
* Death Match Server – ---------------------------137.101.32.30:27016
* Match Server 3 –------------------------------- 137.101.32.30:27017
* Match Server 4 –--------------------------------- 137.101.32.30:27018
* DreamNET Server 5 –------------------------------ 137.101.32.30:27019
* DreamNET Server 7 –------------------------------- 137.101.32.30:27021
* DreamNET Server 8 –------------------------------ 137.101.32.30:27022
* DreamNET Server 9 – ---------------------------137.101.32.30:27023
* DreamNET Server 10 –----------------------------- 137.101.32.30:27024
* Match Server –----------------------------------- 10.255.255.20:27017
* Match Server – -----------------------------------10.255.255.20:27018
* City-Gold WAN Server Hosted by DreamNet –---------- 137.101.32.30:27050
www.onlinegamesips.blogspot.com Servers in Pakistan
* Satela CS 1.6 Sat-Server ------------------------- 84.32.104.10:27015
* SpeedBit Pro Server ----------------------------- 212.150.123.13:20019
* VirusNet Public Server ---------------------------– 213.35.134.27:27015
* 111.GE Death Match Server – -------------------------93.188.8.188:27015
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