Ok there has been alot of talk about the AO counterstrike clan which is now taking donations for a dedicated server - either click here or speak to cheyenne

if you havn't heard anything about it check out these posts

about the server and donations
AO Clan

ok now alot of people however aint too familiar with CS - thats not a prob everyone is welcome to join - seasoned veteran or newbie alike

but in order to play you will need :::

either Halflife or CS retail version - you do need legite copies of either of those games as to play online you will need a working CD Key!!

now depending on what you have either halflife or CS retail you will need one of the following as well

Retail upgrade (full)
Retail upgrade (only to be used if you hae retail version 1.4)

if you have halflife not the retail version of counterstrike you will need one of the following

Full mod
Upgrade (only if you all ready have 1.4 installed)

for those of you running it on linux you can get the Full version here or if you have 1.4 then the upgrade here

still not sure what version you need then try the wizard here

all links are form the Official counterstrike website

ok so you have it all set up and patched right up to version 1.5 - great

btw:: do not upgrade to 1.6 as we shall be playing CS 1.5 - 1.6 is still very buggy and 1.5 is the prefered version by most players

but you dont wanna jump right online and get wasted so what next?? well you can have a wee practice by getting POBbot - podbot is an AI bot system that works by the sue of waypoints and can be got here

simply install the bots (after you have everything patched up)
then click on the desktop icon - now choose play CS >> lan game >> create and pick a map and set it up how you like
the default key to bring down the bot menu is = (equals)

still having problems try here...Official FAQ
CS 1.5 readme.txt
you also might want to read the CS manual

for those of you who have never played the game before but have played a FPS before the biggest difference will prolly be the fact you must buy your weapons at the begging of each round as they do not spawn in the map - you can also pick them up from people who have been killed but you cannot carry more than one of each weapon (cept some grenades which you can't pick up anyways)

ok well that should be enough info to get everyone started will be putting full FAQ on clan site soon

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