The CS obsession
One of the biggest obsessions between people, especially males these days apart from gadgets and bikes is probably CS or Counter Strike. Counter Strike is a tactical, first person shooter game and now is available on almost all platforms including PCs, Xbox and has a number of variants.
The game is one where a group of anti-terrorists fight terrorists and each round is one by either completing the given mission or my annihilating the opponents. Players join one of the two teams and try to eliminate the other. All players are given some money in the beginning to buy things, ammunition, guns etc. During the freeze time which is given for players to buy things they cannot attack or be attacked.
This game can be played by a single player and is also available in multiplayer option and is also played on the internet. It is played very often on Local Area Networks (LAN).
Counter Strike is an extremely popular game and there are professional players and leagues formed to play it on a serious basis. People earn money from playing CS and servers hosting it earn a huge amount of money through advertising revenue and sometimes through membership charges. Cheating and violent behavior is known to happen due to CS games. There are number of very well known cheat codes which are employed to considerable effect.
CS has also gained so much popularity worldwide that it has influenced several other games but none of them have been able to match the popularity of Counter Strike. CS has also attracted its own share of controversy and people have blamed disruptive influence on CS saying that it affects the minds of people. CS addicts however remain unfazed through all this and their devotion to the game strengthens day after day.
