Did anyone play CS? I started playing in 2002, back in college years. It was CS 1.6.

Just tried CS2, reflex is slower when you're getting older 😄

Edited January 17, 20251 yr by History

1 hour ago, History said:

Just tried CS2, reflex is slower when you're getting older

I never played Counter Strike, but I've learned over the years with other games that age and experience (and treachery!) defeat youth and enthusiasm (and reflexes) every time. 😄

I had to get really good because at the time I was playing first person shooters I was on dial-up Internet with about 175 ms ping times.  Competing against kids with 20 ms pings.

Anyway, you'll get better with practice.

Hook

I played it, along with things like Call Of Duty. After being called a 'gay camping noob' once too often, I burst into tears and left.

38 minutes ago, Paul K said:

After being called a 'gay camping noob'

I used to have some fun hunting campers. Not because I thought camping was bad, it's just that they usually made themselves an easy target. If the trash talkers were any good, they'd be camper hunting themselves. I had no complaints whatsoever about campers.

If you spent much time camping yourself, you had a good idea of where good camp sites were. See? You're ahead already. 😄 

Oh yeah... ignore the trash talkers. It's just a form of social engineering.

Hook

I started playing CS in the late 2000s, mostly Source then a little of GO, and now I’m back at it with CS2. My aim and reactions definitely aren’t what they used to be, but honestly, understanding map flow and pre-aiming corners help balance things out. It’s funny how muscle memory sticks around even if speed drops off a bit. I still get outgunned by younger players sometimes, but outsmarting them is more satisfying anyway.

On 6/16/2025 at 8:57 AM, Wartonic said:

I started playing CS in the late 2000s, mostly Source then a little of GO, and now I’m back at it with CS2. My aim and reactions definitely aren’t what they used to be, but honestly, understanding map flow and pre-aiming corners help balance things out. It’s funny how muscle memory sticks around even if speed drops off a bit. I still get outgunned by younger players sometimes, but outsmarting them is more satisfying anyway.

Also if you’re into skins or trading at all, you might want to see details about which AWP skins are hot right now in CS2 and how trading’s evolved. Always cool to stay in the loop on what the community’s after these days.

I see it's been a while since you've posted, but I just wanted to ask—did anyone here end up jumping back into CS lately, maybe CS2? I'd love to hear how the transition felt from the older versions. Also curious if any of you bring over that same competitive mindset into flight simming, or if it's two totally separate vibes for you.

I played casually for years and came back recently too—was wild to see how different it feels now. I offloaded most of my old skins at https://skin.land/sell-skins/csgo/ since half of them were gathering dust and I wanted to start fresh. Ended up with some decent credit to gear up again without spending extra, which worked out nicely.

Edited October 13, 2025Oct 13 by Twinkleben