Essential Strategy

How to Use the Scoreboard Effectively

The Counterstrike Scoreboard Take this for example, say you’re pubbing and are distracted by something that needs your immediate attention (your car is being jacked ...read more

Practice against Bots

Practice against bots When you haven’t played Counter-Strike Source in a while, I find one of the best ways to bring your aim up to speed ...read more

Customize your Counter-Strike

After playing for a while, many players seek the ability to customize their game to something they are more comfortable with. From custom sprays, sounds, ...read more

How to Choose a Game Server

Why your provider is important? Many different aspects of thought go into choosing a ‘home’ server- how many players you enjoy, what maps, what style of ...read more

Common Faq for Counter-Strike Source

Thanks to Remmiz from the Steam Forums! Q-I got hit from 2 feet behind me! Whats up with that? A-Models and hitboxes are not always where you ...read more

How to defend

This is a more general topic and could probably be applied to most games, but I’m going to focus on CS:S. Defending is a surprisingly ...read more

How to Pubstar: Rushing – The Basics

Go speed racer, go! You want to get in the enemy’s nest as quickly as possible, catch as many off guard as you can, and put ...read more

How to Spot a Real Counter-Strike Hacker

For the Admins or server regulars, this guide is here to help you stop the one thing that happens more often than banning a hacker. How to spot someone who is just good, and is NOT hacking! ...read more

How to deke a pro

Sick of getting your head perforated every round? When it comes down to facing off against someone of equal (or greater) skill, it really comes down ...read more

Take your pubs “to the next level” through ESEA

ESEA What? E-SportSea has a great program that allows you to join scrims on the fly with the best players in CS 1.6 or Source. What ...read more

Don’t forget about the radar

A quick intro to the radar So many players ignore Counter-Strike’s most powerful Hud readout, the radar system. When utilized properly other players will think you’re ...read more

A good sound video tutorial

Sound is important While browsing through Counter-Strike videos on You-Tube i stumbled across a user named “GuideCSS1″ who has a bunch of training videos which are ...read more

How to control your recoil

“Only Noobs Spray” Spraying is generally frowned upon, in fact if people see you do it, they’ll immediately call you a Noob. In most cases this ...read more

Being one with the Shadows

Introduction to Shadows Shadows are a nifty addition to Counter-Strike Source that many players do not take advantage of. When i talk about shadows, I’m not ...read more

Introduction to Angles

What are angles? The term “angle” in Counter-strike is used to define one’s line-of-sight in the game. The better your angle, the better line-of-sight you will ...read more

Stop missing your flickshots

For those of you who missed the article back in October of last year, David “deLiGHT” Light from professional gaming team, “Chicago Chimera”, wrote a ...read more