In Sept/October 2001 I applied for a job as an IT Assistant and the response to me sending in my CV, I was asked if I played CS and if I had any tips. At the time I had only really played Tribes so I couldn't offer any advice at all, I was still pleasantly surprised to hear that I could potentially be employed by someone who also plays PC games (it seems crazy now, but it was unheard of back then!).
So, despite an almost sarcy comment to my potential boss' boss, I got the job. Yay
Anyway to get to the point, my CS playing boss was no ordinary CS playing boss, it was Clingy! Less than a week had passed before I was given a CD containing two of the most important bits of software at the time, Counterstrike and 3DMark 2001 SE.
I worked with Cling0r for almost 3 years before going to Uni (something he actually helped convince me to do!) and it was always fun, well, except for the bit where I was made to do work and stuff. 10 years have almost passed since I first played counter strike, 10 years!!! Back then, I had a dialup connection and the fact my work place had ISDN connection capable of 16kb/s really impressed me!
So 10 years have passed since I first played CS and as I joined some random server (a Russian one I think?), I wondered if I would be able to play without making a fool out of myself? Will I remember the controls? Oh god will I remember the buying shortcuts?!?!?!
B 4 2 B 6 B 8 2 B 8 4
Without even thinking I typed in the above, ran through DE_DUST 2, crawled round a few corners, killed 3 people before being killed myself. Instantly I was reminded of GSV and everything that has happened since then
No I'm not crying, there's something in my eye.
. I remember the interview well. I thought, what numpty puts he plays computer games on a CV