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Counter-Strike
A free mod whose deterministic spray patterns became the invisible skill curve of competitive FPS.
Mechanics this game introduced
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Mechanics it built on
Ideas Counter-Strike inherited rather than invented — each traceable back through the ontology to a root.
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1999
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