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Professional Counter-Strike competition is the professional and semi-professional esports competition of the Counter-Strike series of first-person shooter video games. played primarily in North America, East Asia, and Europe. Since the 1999 initial modification for Half-Life and developed by Minh "Gooseman" Le and Jess "Cliffe" Cliffe, Counter-Strike has enjoyed a large competitive player base. The first major off-line tournaments and leagues for CS included the Cyberathlete Professional League, which was founded in 1997.

Counter-Strike: Source was poorly received by many in the competitive community after it was released on October 7, 2004, despite the game's overwhelming critical and commercial success. The game was simplified from CS 1.6, a change which some believed led to the game becoming more shallow at higher levels of play.