No AWP and Molotovs? This is how crazy CS:GO pros played ten years ago

Counter-Strike with out Molotovs and just one AWP in the whole sport? What appears unthinkable right now was fully regular ten years in the past. A take a look at the finals of Dreamhack Winter 2013.

Do you continue to keep in mind Dreamhack Winter 2013? It was the primary main in CS:GO, launched in August 2012. As we speak, you’ll be able to most likely solely smile in regards to the gameplay on the time.

The YouTuber TheWarOwl took one other take a look at how Counter-Strike professionals performed ten years in the past, just some weeks after the final main in CS:GO. He stumbled throughout some humorous particulars. We record them for you.

Dreamhack Winter 2013: A finale filled with nostalgia

The finals of Dreamhack Winter 2013 noticed the 2 Swedish groups Ninjas in Pyjamas and fnatic face off.

NiP was performed by the likes of present Heroic coach Xizt, GeT_RiGhT and f0rest, who most not too long ago stood in for fnatic throughout this yr’s Intel Excessive Masters in Dallas.

The fnatic lineup on the time consisted of JW, SCHNE1DER, flusha, pronax and Devilwalk. The quintet lastly secured their first main title after three maps. On the second map, Inferno, nevertheless, they suffered defeat. TheWarOwl watched the demo of this very match.

Molotows weren’t but CS:GO meta

Whereas it’s arduous to think about CS:GO with out the Molotov right now, the incendiary grenade acquired just about no consideration again then. These days, it’s typically utilized by terrorists on Inferno, for instance, to keep away from hazard from the boiler or the center early within the spherical, however ten years in the past gamers most well-liked to make use of HE grenades.

The rationale for this needs to be apparent: Molotovs have been first carried out by Valve in CS:GO – however the professionals, who on the time got here primarily from CS 1.6 and CS:Supply, most well-liked to fall again on the tried and examined.

The truth that the value for the Molotov was decreased from $500 to $400 just a few weeks earlier than the Main didn’t change this.

Nonetheless with out loss bonus: Gamers entered each duel

Watching high-level Counter-Strike as of late, it’s clear that relying on the bomb spot, state of affairs, and financial system, when you’re outnumbered and a bomb is positioned, the decimated opponent will determine to safen their weapons.

This was completely different then too.

So through the first half of the sport on Inferno, there are a number of scenes the place the NiP gamers are nonetheless attempting to win the spherical regardless of being clearly inferior.

Why? As a result of the financial system was very completely different again then and it wasn’t price conserving the weapons.

Within the outdated days, when you misplaced the spherical, you solely acquired $1,400. The now acquainted adjustments to the financial system have been solely launched in 2018 or 2019. On the identical time, nevertheless, this additionally meant that with an account steadiness of $2,300 after a misplaced spherical, nothing was purchased again then – whereas these days, relying on the loss bonus, higher pistols are generally purchased in such a spherical.

AWP was hardly used

Are you able to think about knowledgeable Counter-Strike match with just one AWP that’s purchased on the finish of the map?

In all probability not. However that’s precisely what occurred between NiP and fnatic again then. It wasn’t till the second half, when fnatic was enjoying the counter-terrorists, that JW picked up the sniper rifle.

For the file, we’re speaking a couple of model of the gun that was considerably extra highly effective than right now. Motion velocity was hardly restricted (this was solely modified in 2015). As well as, you could possibly transfer at full velocity when capturing from a crouch. This nerf brought on loads of criticism from the professionals on the time.

As we speak we’re including Anubis to the Energetic Obligation map pool. Dust2 has been eliminated. We’re additionally making changes to the M4A1-S and the AWP: https://t.co/SDjg8uaXs2 pic.twitter.com/1h6YMkw0Mb

– CS2 (@CounterStrike) November 18, 2022

And: {A magazine} of the AWP nonetheless had ten rounds at the moment. A dream for each AWP participant these days!

Counter-penalty was not obligatory in CS:GO

In fact, the design of the maps and the mechanics of the sport have been very completely different. For instance, who remembers the invisible skybox on the A-Spot on Inferno

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This allowed a participant on the CT aspect to attend hidden there till the opponent tried to plant the bomb. Not solely as soon as previously this might need brought on huge surprises and even moments of shock.

What can be noticeable: Up to now it was just about doable to shoot whereas working. The gun’s recoil and spray have been solely modified over time, making it essential to goal way more exactly and to face whereas capturing (or at the least to work with the well-known counter-strafing).

Valve has at all times discovered the appropriate means

By the adjustments over time, Counter-Strike: International Offensive has developed into the sport all of us love right now. Would it not have rapidly disappeared from the scene if the builders hadn’t made common changes? In all probability.

Valve, nevertheless, has managed to nearly at all times discover the appropriate means. That’s how right now’s meta has developed and formed the sport. It will probably proceed with Counter-Strike 2 

And who is aware of? In 2033, once we look again at this yr’s ultimate of the BLAST.television Main in Paris between Group GamerLegion and Heroic, possibly we’ll smile about it too.