Counter-Striker

plural Counter-Strikers

1. A player of the Counter-Strike series of video games.

   Think you’re a hardcore Counter-Striker? Well, there are certainly different ways to measure up, whether with proficiency on a sniper rifle or blind luck with an AK-47.

   2001 January 27 – February 2, Kevin Cheung, “Net Gamer”, in Icon (The Sydney Morning Herald), number 65, page 18

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   Unlike Counter-Strike’s bomb diffusal or hostage rescue missions, or Unreal’s Domination and Capture The Flag levels, Deus Ex Multiplayer suffers from a lack of variation in game objectives. If there were a computer each team had to hack into, or a civilian under house arrest that one team must assassinate or escort to safety, there would be enough here to court Counter-Strikers away from their screens.

   2001 July, Richie Shoemaker, “Deus Ex Multiplayer”, in PC Zone, number 104, page 93

   CS was also one of the first games to use client-side prediction, making for a smoother dial-up experience. Counter-Strikers are less likely to feel the need to upgrade to broadband.

   2003 April, Bennett Ring, “Death to Counter-Strike”, in Atomic, number 27, page 065, column 2

   The gameplay is literally the exact same thing. And that’s just it—after two years, Counter-Strikers expected that a sequel would offer new weaponry and equipment, and, above all, an engaging single-player game.

   2004 March, Four-Eyed Dragon, “Counter-Strike: Condition Zero”, in GamePro, number 186, page 68

   Smelling victory amongst the gunpowder Graeme started shooting off his mouth. “True Counter-Strikers like me don’t even count kills unless they’re headshots or a knife in the back of the nut…”

   2004 April, Computer and Video Games, number 271, page 24

   There was no mention of it in his email, but if what you’ve said about Half-Life 2 is also true of Men Of Valor, Chris may like to wind down his system to its default settings and try again. I’m not overly hopeful, as the problems with the game seem to be across the board, but thanks for the suggestion. If it doesn’t help Chris, it may well help out a beleaguered Counter-Striker.

   2005 July, Phil Wand, “Dear Wandy”, in PC Zone, number 156, page 124