Counter-Strike/YMMV

• Abridged Arena Array: de_dust. Fricken de_dust. Don't forget about de_dust2!
• And the Fandom Rejoiced:
  • The announcement of cross platform play between Play Station 3 and PC/Mac versions wasn't initially well received, due to the perception that Play Station 3 players would be at a disadvantage due to the controller. Then keyboard and mouse support for that version was announced. At the same time, however, some PC gamers were happy to play against Play Station 3 players for a very certain reason.
    
    Unfortunately, cross platform play has been cancelled due to patch support concerns. Since console patches require certification by Sony or Microsoft and a not-insignificant sum of money (Tim Schafer said it costs around $40,000 for one Xbox 360 patch), this means PC players would be hamstrung by Play Station 3 players regarding patches.
  • On another note, the chickens are back in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.
• Broken Base:
  • Which is the real Counter-Strike, 1.6 or 5.2? If you know what that means, chances are you have a strong opinion about it and have voiced that opinion (coupled with a threat) on a gaming forum.
  • Every intermediate version got this as well, to a lesser extent.
  • Also there is/was lots and lots of debate over how different weapons compare to each other. This even resulted in one clan doing an extensive study on this back in the day, which almost held up to scientific standards... it didn't help.
  • Specific mention should be made to Counter-Strike (original, although most of the time its 1.6) vs Counter-Strike: Source. Many 1.6er's claim Counter-Strike: Source is only for noobs and idiots (due to the weakening of wall-spamming and the overall less intense recoil of Source), while many Source fans say all 1.6 players are "Stop Having Fun!" Guys and believe 1.6 is a buggy and un-polished game and think 1.6 focuses only on Competitive Gaming and nothing else.
• Complacent Gaming Syndrome:
  • Good luck finding a server running a Valve-created map other than de_dust2 in the remake.
  • Easy enough. cs_office, de_train, cs_assault. More and more servers are now using custom maps, but most still fall back on de_dust2. In zombie maps, it's often one of the "lila" or similar maps. Two extremely popular custom maps are fy_iceworld and fy_snow, where guns spawn on both sides of an incredibly tiny map.
• Ensemble Darkhorse: The chickens on cs_italy. They were removed from Counter-Strike: Source, but are coming back in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.
• Game Breaker: The AWM was long considered one (and still is, even after nerfing). A later addition that gets this treatment is the semi-automatic sniper rifles.
• Germans Love David Hasselhoff: Brazilians fucking love this game.
  • Germans, too.
  • And Romanians.
  • And Filipinos.
  • Don't forget the Koreans!
  • And Australians. The entire 'gaming net cafe' industry here came into being around 2000 because of this game. It lasted about 5 years before reductions in cost and speed of broadband internet, dedicated ISP gaming servers and reductions in the cost of computer tech made playing at home viable.
• Hilarious in Hindsight: Regarding Counter-Strike: Neo (the Japan-only oriented spin-off of Counter-Strike, changing the art style towards a much-more Animesque style), it's existence tickles the funny bone of every Counter-Strike fan who watched the older Counter-Strike parody videos before the website went down for good. One specific vid discussed ways to make Counter-Strike relevant to younger gamers by making the game more anime style, full of Kamahameha-style laser blasts, so the game can appeal to Pokémon and Dragonball Z fans. Keep in mind that the video was made in 1999, right when the Pokemon and anime craze hit the U.S. the hardest. The video's doubly ironic these days, since the Modern Warfare games (inspired by Counter-Strike) grabbed that exact age demographic on consoles a decade later.
• Paranoia Fuel: Nippers old abstract maps. There's a head flying around the map and it screams at you on contact. Even more is Nippers Opus, Having a screamer when you go onto a certian building.
• "Stop Having Fun!" Guys: Also qualifies as Tier-Induced Scrappy. There are a portion of servers that ban the AWM, the auto sniper, the auto shotgun, the CT shield, and they're usually the same maps that cycle between de_dust2 and cs_office. Enough of those servers exist that, in any other situation, use of the contrary will result in the regulars letting you know of their disgust with your choice, generally with an ample amount of expletives to accompany said disgust. Though that might be in some cases a matter of "Start Having Fun Guys" as many a player find AWM users make it very hard to turn a corner without getting killed instantly.
• They Changed It, Now It Sucks: Whenever Valve does anything at all to the game, complaints a-plenty may arise.
  • And then Counter Strike: Global Offensive was announced, featuring new gamemodes, grenades, guns and a taser of all things. Nothing new has been added to Counter-Strike since 1.6. The fanbase is not happy.