Counter-Strike: Source and Garry's Mod are both synonymous with the mid-2000s era of PC gaming. CS:S is a source-based remake of the iconic shooter Counter-Strike, which has since gone on to become a global phenomenon, garnering millions of daily players, and GMod gave us Skibidi Toilet.
Classic Offensive is, sadly, no more.
While Counter-Strike 2 is one of the most popular games in the world now, it seems that time moves in a flat circle, with 2006's Garry's Mod appearing to cause 2004's Counter-Strike: Source to reach its highest player count since as far back as April 2012.
Over the last few weeks, Counter-Strike: Source (and Half-Life 2) content has been added into Garry's Mod. This means that players "no longer need to own those games and have them installed to play on community maps that expect you to have this content," allowing them to jump into custom maps without facing bright pink and dark black stand-in textures if they don't own CS:S,
Thanks to "gracious permission from Valve," this new update has seemingly caused a massive surge in players returning to the 2004 tactical FPS.
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