25 Album Indonesia Terlaris Sepanjang Masa

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Menentukan 25 album terlaris sepanjang sejarah dunia musik Indonesia bukanlah hal gampang. Jujur saja, tak ada data yang valid tentang berapa jumlah angka penjualan sebuah album yang laku terjual.

Lalu bagaimana mendapatkan 25 album terlaris ini? Pertama, kami menanyakan ke beberapa perusahaan rekaman, album apa saja yang angka penjualannya tinggi. Soal angka penjualan ini, kami tanyakan juga ke beberapa wartawan musik senior yang paham benar lika liku dunia musik lokal. Cara lain, lewat penelusuran pustaka. Semua artikel musik, terutama yang berhubungan dengan angka penjualan album.

1. Bintang di Surga (2004) - Peterpan

Inilah album yang paling banyak terjual sepanjang sejarah musik Indonesia. Bintang di Surga laku 3 juta keping, rinciannya, sekitar 2,7 juta album laku di dalam negeri, sisanya terjual di negara tetangga seperti Malaysia, Brunei Darusallam dan Singapura. Fenomenalnya, album sebanyak itu terjual di tengah angka pembajakan yang makin menggila.

2. Ningrat (2000) - Jamrud

Album ini terjual sampai 1,8 juta keping. Angka penjualan ini bukan tanpa makna. Dibandingkan generasi pendahulu mereka yang sama-sama berkubang di blantika musik rock, mulai Super Kid, Staccato, AKA, Rollies, hingga God Bless, tidak pernah membuat catatan penjualan sebesar itu. Rekor penjualan album rock tertinggi hanya bisa dicapai "Semut Hitam" God Bless yang terjual di kisaran 300-400 ribu keping.

3. Sesuatu yang Tertunda (2001) – Padi

Ini album kedua Padi yang amat fenomenal. Bayangkan, dalam waktu 14 hari, album yang memuat hit "Semua Tak Sama" dan "Kasih Tak Sampai" ini laku sebanyak 450 ribu keping. Setahun lebih dari waktu rilisnya, album ini laku sampai 1,8 juta keping. Melihat jumlahnya, ini album dengan angka penjualan tertinggi yang pernah diraih Padi. Sekedar informasi, album perdana Padi laku sebesar 800 ribu keping.

4. Bintang Lima (2000) - Dewa

Di album "Bintang Lima", Dewa hadir dengan vokalis baru bernama Once serta dramer Tyo Nugros. Kala itu banyak yang pesimis kalau Dewa bakal bisa sukses. Namun ketakutan itu tak terjadi, album tersebut malah meledak. Albumnya terjual sebanyak 1,7 juta kopi. Sampai kini, rekor penjualan ini tak bisa ditandingi album Dewa lainnya. Bintang Lima mengandalkan hit sarat lirik bermuatan cinta seperti Separuh Nafas, Cemburu, Risalah Hati dan Dua Sejoli. Sukses album ini tergolong cepat. Dalam 3 bulan album ini saja terjual lebih dari 700 ribu keping. Lewat album ini, Dewa meraih penghargaan Ami Sharp 2000 untuk kategori Penyanyi/Grup Terbaik, Album Terbaik dan lagu Terbaik (Roman Picisan).

5. Kisah Klasik untuk Masa Depan (2000) - Sheila on 7

Awalnya, banyak yang pesisimis, album kedua Sheila ini bakal mengulang sukses. Tapi ramalan itu berhasil mereka jungkir balikkan lewat tembang Sahabat Sejati, Bila Kau Tak Disampingku, Sephia dan Just For My Mom yang menghuni album Kisah Klasik Untuk Masa Depan Sheila on 7 malah lebih sukses dari album perdananya. Buktinya, di Indonesia album ini terjual 1,7 juta keping atau 11 platinum. Album perdana mereka laku sebanyak 1,3 juta keping. Di Malaysia album ini menjadi Top Best Sellers. Tak heran album ini tercetak dalam Hits of The World Majalah Billboard. Oh ya, salah satu lagu di album ini, Sephia, saking populernya dijadikan sebuah judul sinetron.

6. Langkah Baru (2005) – Radja

Lewat album inilah, Radja mendominasi blantika musik di tahun 2005. Alasannya gampang saja, penjualan album yang digawangi Ian Kasela (vokal), Moldy (gitar), Seno (dram) dan Indra (bas) paling ciamik dibanding grup musik atau penyanyi yang merilis album tahun itu. Totalnya, band ini sukses menjual 1,3 juta album. Sepanjang tahun 2005, tak ada penyanyi/grup band yang mampu menjual album sebanyak ini.

7. 07 Des (2002) - Sheila on 7

Ini album ketiga Sheila on 7. Di album ini, anak-anak Yogyakarta ini masih membuktikan ketangguhannya. Buktinya, album ini terjual 1,3 juta keping. Sukses album ini terhitung mengejutkan. Pasalnya, album ini cuma mengandalkan 1 hit, Seberapa Pantas. Seberapa Pantas dijadikan sebagai theme-song sinetron "Siapa Takut Jatuh Cinta?" Seandainya Sheila punya banyak hit, angka penjualan album ini pasti lebih besar dari 1,2 juta keping.

8. Cinta Rasul 1 (2000) - Hadad Alwi

Kalau ada album rohani yang angka penjualannya menembus angka 1 juta keping, pastilah album Cinta Rasul 1. Persisnya, album ini terjual 1,3 juta keping. Si empunya album ini adalah Hadad Alwi. "Saya nggak pernah menyangka semua itu bisa terjadi. Cuma bermodal konsep sederhana, komunikatif, dan nuansa isinya penyegaran rohani, ternyata album ini disambut antusias oleh masyarakat," ujar bapak 1 anak yang memulai olah vokal dari pesantren ini.

9. Cintailah Cinta (2002) – Dewa

Album Cintailah Cinta terjual sekitar 1,04 juta keping. Cintailah Cinta memuat hit Pupus. Pupus bukan satu-satunya hit di album ini. Masih ada Arjuna, Mistikus Cinta, Kasidah Cinta dan Kosong. Menyimak album ini, Anda bakal menangkap suasana klasik. Wajar saja, pasalnya di album ini Dhani (kibor), Once (vokal), Andra (gitar), Erwin (bas) sengaja ingin menciptakan sound ‘60-an. “Kami ingin penggemar kembali ke era 60-an, dimana saat itu The Beatles masih berjaya,” ceplos Dhani. Suatu kali, album ini sempat terganjal masalah lantaran lagu Arjuna Mencari Cinta dianggap mencontek.

10. Alexandria (2005) - Peterpan

Kalau ada album soundtrack paling laku, barangkali Alexandria. Album ini mengalahkan angka penjualan album soundtrack "Ada Apa dengan Cinta?" Garapan Melly Goeslaw dan Anto Hoed maupun "30 Hari Mencari Cinta" milik Sheila on 7 yang terjual di kisaran 600 ribu keping. Total penjualan Alexandria mencapai angka penjualan 1 juta keping.

11. Sheila on 7 (1997) - Sheila on 7

Vidni, Vidi, Vici. Datang, lihat dan menang. Kalimat itu barangkali cocok buat menggambarkan kehebatan Sheila on 7 di percaturan musik Indonesia. Lewat album perdananya, Sheila on 7, kala itu Eross (gitar), Duta (vokal), Adam (bas), Anton (dram) sekarang diganti oleh Bryan, dan Sakti (gitar) berhasil meraih angka penjualan 1 juta keping. 6 ratus ribu di antaranya diraih cuma dalam waktu 6 bulan. Itu artinya, dalam sebulan mereka sukses menjual 100 ribu keping. Lucunya, beberapa bulan sebelum mereka sukses, band ini sempat sesat ketika mencari kantor perusahaan rekaman Sony Music (sekarang SonyBMG). Mereka nyasar ke Tangerang, ke pabrik yang memproduksi alat-alat elektronik bermerek Sony.

12. Madu dan Racun (1986) – Bill & Broad

Tembang Madu dan Racun pernah begitu populer di medio 80-an. Konon saking populenya, album yang memuat lagu yang dibawakan grup musik Bill & Broad, vokalisnya bernama Ari Wibowo yang gemar memakai topi pet dan kacamata hitam ini terjual lebih dari 1 juta keping! Buntut dari kesuksesan ini, Bill & Broad kebanjiran tawaran manggung di mana-mana. Tampang Ari Wibowo dkk, dengan dandanan khasnya menghiasi halaman-halaman banyak media cetak. Puncaknya, lagu ini dijadikan judul film. Film besutan sutradara Abdi Wiyono ini dibintangi Lia Waroka, Nurul Arifin, Ekki Soekarno, dan Rico Tampatty.

13. Tak Ingin Sendiri (1985) - Dian Pisesa

Di era ‘80-an penyanyi-penyanyi solo bagai cendawan tumbuh di musim hujan, jumlahnya begitu banyak. Salah satunya adalah Dian Pisesa. Nama Dian Pisesa melejit setelah menembangkan "Tak Ingin Sendiri." Berkat tembang ini, album bertajuk sama terjual sampai 1 juta keping. Berkat lagu ini pula, Dian dianggap sebagai salah satu penyanyi populer di zamannya. Album "Tak Ingin Sendiri" diproduksi oleh perusahaan rekaman JK Records.

14. Kalangkang (1988) - Nining S. Maeda

Album daerah angka penjualannya tak terlalu dahsyat. Tapi di tangan Nining S. Meida, fakta itu tak berlaku. Lewat album berlanggam pop Sunda, Kalangkang, berhasil meraih angka penjualan 1 juta album. Pencapaian ini sampai kini sulit dicapai oleh album tradisional lain.

15. Air (1998) - Joshua

Album perdana Joshua bertajuk "Cit Cit Cuit". Diluncurkan Maret 1996 (waktu itu usia Jojo baru 3 tahun 4 bulan), album "Cit Cit Cuit" terjual 400 ribu keping. Ini angka yang fantastis buat penyanyi anak-anak seperti Joshua. Album kedua, "Kapal Terbang", yang dirilis Maret 1997 oleh Selecta Record, juga maraih angka penjualan memuaskan. Nah, album ketiganya, "Air", meledak. Album ini terjual 1 juta keping.

16. Sarjana Muda (1981) - Iwan Fals

Album ini bisa dibilang awal karier Iwan Fals di dunia musik Indonesia. Setelah kontrak dengan ABC records selesai, Musica rupanya mencium bakat besar Iwan. Musica lantas teken kontrak dengan Iwan Fals. Album perdana Iwan Fals bersama Musica Studio’s benar-benar dikerjakan secara serius. Lihat saja musisi pendukungnya bukan orang sembarangan. Music director dikerjakan oleh Willy Soemantri, didukung oleh Amir Katamsi, Luluk Purwanto dan Idris Sardi menjadi bintang tamu mengisi suara biola pada lagu Guru Oemar Bakrie. Begitu beredar, album ini langsung menjadi pembicaraan masyarakat Indonesia yang pada saat itu kenyang disuguhi lagu dengan nuansa cinta mungkin kaget mendengar lirik lagu Iwan Fals yang bernuansa sosial. Album ini meledak di pasaran, hampir seluruh stasiun radio menjadikan lagu Guru Oemar Bakrie pada puncak tangga lagu mereka. Album ini menjadi titik awal perubahan warna musik Indonesia. Lagu yang ada pada album ini adalah Sarjana Muda, Guru Oemar Bakrie, Bung Hatta, Doa Pengobral Dosa, Si Tua Sais Pedati’, Ambulance Zig Zag, 22 Januari, Puing, Yang Terlupakan, Bangunlah Putra Putri Pertiwi. Album ini terjual sampai 1 juta keping.

17. Hati Yang Luka - Betharia Sonata

Di era 80-an, penyanyi solo amat berjaya. Salah satunya Betharia Sonata. Lewat tembang "Hati Yang Luka", mantan istri Willi Dozan ini menguasai pasar musik lokal. Buktinya, album keluaran Musica Studio's ini laku sampa 1 juta keping. Kepopuleran lagu ini membuat Obbie Mesakh, si pencipta lagu "Hati Yang Luka", tertarik membuat lagu sekuelnya. Lagu balasannya berjudul "Jawaban Hati Yang Luka". Obbie Mesakh yang mendendangkan lagu itu.

18. Dingin (1979) - Hetty Koes Endang

Hetty Koes Madewy dikenal dengan nama Hetty Koes Endang, mulai menyanyi sejak berusia 10 tahun. Sebagai anak bekas komandan pangkalan angkatan udara, ia sering diminta tarik suara di lingkungan pangkalan udara, juga di sekolah. Ayahnya dahulu penyanyi keroncong. Karier Yeyet, begitu panggilannya, dalam dunia rekaman dimulai pada tahun 1973, lewat Nada Sound dengan lagu Musim Semi. Nama Yeyet melejid di dunia hiburan setelah melantunkan tembang "Dingin" karya Rinto Harahap. Album ini kabarnya laris sampai 1 juta album.

19. Hati Selembut Salju (1983) - Jamal Mirdad

Jamal Mirdad menggebrak pentas musik lokal bermodal singlenya "Hati Selembut Salju". Gara-gara album ini, album Hati "Selembut Salju" terjual sampai sekitar 1 juta keping. Sebagai penyanyi pop manis (sweet), Jamal bertahan hingga tahun 1986. Di kemudian hari Jamal membawakan lagu-lagu jenaka, antara lain berjudul "Jamilah" yang juga sukses, Siti Julaiha dan Baru Lima Menit. Tahun-tahun berikutnya, Jamal lebih konsen di dunia akting. Pada tahun 1992, ia mendirikan perusahaan PT Citra Wiwitan Film, dan tampil sebagai pemain dalam film produksinya "Ramadhan dan Ramona" dengan lawan main istrinya sendiri, Lydia Kandou. Film tersebut meraih Piala Citra pada FFI 1992 sebagai Film Terbaik, Sutradara Terbaik Chaerul Umam, juga untuk 2 pemeran utamanya, Jamal dan Lydia. Namun setelah itu Jamal kembali ke jalur musik. Baru bermain bareng Lydia lagi dalam serial sinetron Cinta di Awal 30 (1998).

20. Sidney 090102 (2002) - Jamrud

Meski tak sedasyat album Ningrat, Sidney 090102 punya pencapaian lumayan hebat. Album yang digarap Azis dkk di Australia ini terjual sampai 1 juta keping. Ada banyak lagu hit di album ini. Beberapa di antaranya Naksir Abis, Kau dan Ibumu, Halo Penjahat, Selamat Ulang Tahun, Telat 3 Bulan dan Waktuku Mandi. Di album ini, lirik Jamrud makin terkesan vulgar dan nakal. Tak heran, kalau album ini menuai banyak protes. “Buat saya (protes) itu wajar. Sebuah karya pasti ada pro dan kontranya. Tapi yang jelas saya cuma menangkap sesuatu yang terjadi di sekeliling kami,” ujar Aziz yang diangguki Krisyanto (vokal), Ricky (bas) dan Herman (drum).

21. Naluri Lelaki (2006) - Samsons

"Naluri Lelaki" merupakan album debut Samsons. Album ini memuat 12 lagu yang dikemas dalam tempo medium dan mellow yang sebagian besar bertutur tentang cinta. Musik yang ditawarkan Samson dalam "Naluri Lelaki" adalah pop yang dibalut campuran jazz, rock dan alternatif. Mereka menggabungnya dengan porsi yang lumayan enak untuk dinikmati oleh pendengar musik. Samsons go public lewat kidung bertajuk "Naluri Lelaki". Band ini makin melejit setelah singel kedua, "Kenangan Terindah" dirilis. Total album debut Samsons sudah mendekati angka 900 ribu keping.

22. Melayang (2005) - Ungu

Tak salah Ungu memberi judul album anyar mereka Melayang. Buktinya, baru 2 bulan beredar, album ini dirilis 11 Desember 2005, angka penjualan album ketiga Ungu ini langsung melayang ke angka 300 ribu keping. Kini, lebih dari setahun dirilis, angka penjualannya sudah melewati angka 950 ribu keping. Bahkan ada yang menyebut album ini telah laku 1 juta keping.

23. King of Metal Dhank Dhut (2002) - Alam

Munculnya alam di jagad musik Indonesia jadi fenomena unik. Di tengah-tengah dominasi band-band besar, Alam sanggup mencuri perhatian. Hebatnya, ia menarik perhatian publik lewat langgam dangdut yang kala itu tak begitu dilirik. Modal Alam menarik perhatian penggemar musik lewat lagu bertajuk "Mbah Dukun" yang menghuni album King of Metal Dhank Dhut. Lagu ini dikemas dalam irama rock dan dangdut. Sebenarnya, ini bukan hal baru, jauh sebelum Alam muncul, sudah ada Rhoma Irama dengan Soneta yang duluan mengusung langgam ini. Namun berbeda dengan Rhoma, Alam mengusung rock dangdut yang liriknya ringan dan lucu. Saat di puncak kepopulerannya, lagu ini kerap terdengar di angkutan umum, rumah-rumah di gang padat di Jakarta, sampai di kanal khusus musik MTV. Menurut Alam, albumnya itu sudah terjual sampai 900 ribu keping. Namun, ada yang menduga album ini sudah terjual sampai 2 juta keping.

24. "Lain Dunia" (1999) - Padi

"Lain Dunia" merupakan album debut Padi. Album ini diluncurkan pada tahun 1999. "Lain Dunia" diusung dengan basis musik rock. Dengar saja lagu berjudul "Terlanjur" yang sarat dengan beat menghentak. Atau dalam "Di Sini Tanpamu" dan "Beri Aku Arti", dimana isian gitar maupun gebukan drumnya sangat dinamis. Irama rock dengan sajian nuansa modern disajikan dalam satu nomor andalan berjudul "Sudahlah...!" dengan reffrain yang mudah diingat serta eksplorasi total sound gitar pada bagian interludenya, menjadikan lagu ini sangat menarik dan berkarakter. Di lagu "Begitu Indah", Padi mampu tampil memukau dengan balutan musik britrock lewat aransemen rapi antara gitar dan drum. Kepiwaian Padi mengeksplorasi musik semakin nyata dalam penampilannya di lagu berjudul "Maha Dewi", dimana mereka secara ekspresif tampil dengan sentuhan musik irish melalui beat-beat musik yang ditampilkan dengan hitungan 6/8. Jangan heran, dengan komposisi musik yang apik ini, "Lain Dunia" terjual sampai sekitar 800 ribu kopi.

25. Keseimbangan (2003) - Ari Lasso

Bersolo karier jadi pilihan tepat buat Ari Lasso. Tekadnya comeback sebagai penyanyi solo setelah didepak dari posisinya sebagai vokalis Dewa 19, mendapat respon pecinta musik. Buktinya, album pertama ayah 3 anak ini, "Sendiri Lagi" (2001) terjual lebih dari 500 ribu keping. Fantastis kan? Tahun 2003 Ari meluncurkan album keduanya bertajuk "Keseimmbangan". Walau sempat diragukan, album yang memuat lagu Rahasia Perempuan, Cinta Sejati dan Hampa ini ternyata berhasil menyalip "Sendiri Dulu". Album Keseimbangan kabarnya laku di kisaran 800 ribu keping.

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Counter-Strike (commonly abbreviated to CS) is a tactical first-person shooter video game which originated from a Half-Life modification by Minh "Gooseman" Le and Jess "Cliffe" Cliffe. The game has been expanded into a series since its original release, which currently includes Counter-Strike: Condition Zero, Counter-Strike: Source, Counter-Strike: Anthology and Counter-Strike on Xbox. Counter-Strike pits a team of counter-terrorists against a team of terrorists in a series of rounds. Each round is won by either completing the mission objective or eliminating the opposing force. The latest incarnation of the game, Counter-Strike: Source, is based on the Source engine developed for Half-Life 2.

The game is currently the most played Half-Life modification in terms of players, according to GameSpy.[2]

Counter-Strike was developed first as a Half-Life modification. Therefore named "Half-Life: Counter-Strike". The original version was a 3rd-party Half-Life modification, but since then it has grown into a commercial mod and later advertised as a separate game in itself. It still uses and runs on the Half-Life game engine and is based on its unchanged structure.[3]
Counter-Strike is a first-person shooter in which players join either the terrorist or counter-terrorist team (or become a spectator). Each team attempts to complete their mission objective and/or eliminate the opposing team. Each round starts with the two teams spawning simultaneously, usually at opposite ends of the map from each other. A player can choose to play as one of eight different default character models (four for each side, although Counter-Strike: Condition Zero added two extra models, bringing the total to ten). Players are generally given a few seconds before the round begins (known as "freeze time") to prepare and buy equipment, during which they cannot attack or walk/move (a player can still take damage, having the player drop from a certain height during freeze time was the only way somebody could control the players starting "HP"). They can return to the buy area within a set amount of time to buy more equipment (some custom maps included neutral "buy zones" that could be used by both teams). Once the round has ended, surviving players retain their equipment for use in the next round; players who were killed begin the next round with the basic default starting equipment.

Standard monetary bonuses are awarded for winning a round, losing a round, killing an enemy, being the first to instruct a hostage to follow, rescuing a hostage or planting the bomb.

The scoreboard displays team scores in addition to statistics for each player: name, kills, deaths, and ping (in milliseconds). The scoreboard also indicates whether a player is dead, carrying the bomb (on bomb maps), or is the VIP (on assassination maps), although information on players on the opposing team is hidden from a player until his/her death, as this information can be important.

Killed players become "spectators" for the duration of the round; they cannot change their names until they spawn (come alive) again, text chat cannot be sent to or received from live players; and voice chat can only be received from live players and not sent to them (unless the cvar sv_alltalk is set to 1). Spectators are generally able to watch the rest of the round from multiple selectable views, although some servers disable some of these views to prevent dead players from relaying information about living players to their teammates through alternative media (most notably voice in the case of Internet cafes and Voice over IP programs such as TeamSpeak or Ventrilo). This form of cheating is known as "ghosting".
Development
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Mods and scripts

Though Counter-Strike is itself a mod, it has developed its own community of script writers and mod creators. Some mods add bots, while others remove features of the game, and others create different modes of play. Some of the mods give server administrators more flexible and efficient control over his or her server. "Admin plugins", as they are mostly referred as, have become very popular (see Metamod, AMX Mod and AMX Mod X). There are some mods which affect gameplay heavily, such as Gun Game, where players start with a basic pistol and must score kills to receive better weapons, and Zombie Mod, where one team consists of zombies and must "spread the infection" by killing the other team (using only the knife). There are also the Superhero and Warcraft III mods which mix the first-person gameplay of Counter-Strike with an experience system, allowing a player to become more powerful as they continue to play. The game is also highly customizable on the player's end, allowing the user to install or even create their own custom skins, HUDs, sprites, and sound effects, given the proper tools.
Cheating

Counter Strike has been a prime target for exploitation by cheaters since its release. In-game, cheating is often referred to as "hacking" in reference to programs or "hax" executed by the user.

Typical cheats are:

* Wallhacks, which allow the player to see through walls. These work by displaying objects that are normally obscured or replacing opaque game textures with semitransparent ones, allowing the hacker to see enemies before they would normally be in view. As the engine only renders the immediate area around the player, this does not allow a player to see the entire map at once.
* Speedhacks, which give the player increased speed. These work by sending false synchronization data to servers.
* No recoil, which keeps the player's gun shooting straight on the y axis without a kickback by removing gun physics.
* No spread is used to make a player's gun shoot straight along the x axis.
* Aimbots, which helps the player aim at enemies. These work by moving the player's view to anticipate an enemy's position.
* ESP, which shows textual information about the enemy, such as, health, name, and distance, and also information about weapons lying around the map, which could be missed without the hack
* Barrel hack, which shows a line that depicts where the enemy is looking
* Anti-flash and anti-smoke, which remove the flashbang and smoke grenade effect. This branched off the wall hack.

Valve has implemented an anti-cheat system called Valve Anti-Cheat (VAC). Players cheating on a VAC enabled server risk having their account permanently banned from all VAC secured servers.

With the first version of VAC a ban took force almost instantly after being detected, and the cheater had to wait 2 years to have the account unbanned.[4] Since VAC's second version, cheaters are not banned automatically. With the second version, Valve instituted a policy of 'delayed bans,' the theory being that once a new hack is developed which circumvents the VAC system, it will spread amongst the 'cheating' community - by delaying the initial ban, Valve hopes to identify (and ban) as many cheaters as possible. Like any software detection system, some cheats are not detected by VAC, and at times the only effective anti-cheat solution is a human administrator watching an online game. Some servers implement a vote system, in which case players can call for a vote to kick or ban the cheater. VAC's success at identifying cheats and banning those who use them has also provided a boost in the purchasing of private cheats[citation needed]. These cheats are updated frequently to minimize the risk of detection, and are generally only available to a trusted list of recipients who collectively promise not to reveal the workaround.
Release

When Counter-Strike was published by Sierra Entertainment/Vivendi Universal Games, it was bundled with Team Fortress Classic, Opposing Force multiplayer, and the Wanted, Redemption and Firearms mods."[5]

On 24 March 1999[verification needed] Planet Half-Life opened its Counter-Strike section. Within two weeks, the site had received 10,000 hits. On June 18, 1999, the first public beta of Counter-Strike was released, followed by numerous further "beta" releases. On April 12, 2000, Valve announced that the Counter-Strike developers and Valve had teamed up. Counter-Strike 1.0 was released around Christmas 2000. On January 25, 2003, a world wide competition was held by Valve and hosted by Dell. Numerous Dell desktops and laptops were awarded in the competition which attracted over 10,000 participants. The competition was held over a two week period, with the winner ("b0b") being announced on February 15 on Valve's website.[citation needed] On 15 September, the current version, 1.6, was released.

In 2004, Counter-Strike: Condition Zero was released. It contained a single player campaign and bots, as well as other changes.

Counter-Strike was originally played online through the WON gaming service, which was shut down in 2004,[6] forcing players to switch to Steam. The non-Steam version of Counter-Strike (version 1.5) can still be downloaded from sites such as FilePlanet.[7] Due to the closure of WON, part of the player community responded by creating their own WON network, dubbed WON2.[citation needed]

In March 2007, Valve implemented mandatory advertisements through Steam in official maps and in the game's GUI overhead. Customers have expressed frustration with the ads, including an over 200 page thread on Valve's official forums, saying that they violate original terms of service and distract from the game.[8] The thread was later deleted by an unknown moderator.
Main article: Counter-Strike Online

As of February 2008, Counter-Strike Online is only available in South Korea and is now in open beta test. It is being developed by Nexon Corporation with oversight from license-holder Valve Corporation, and is an attempt to increase market share of Valve's games in the Korean gaming market.
Reception

Retail sales of the Counter-Strike franchise as of December 2008:[9]

* Counter-Strike: 4.2 million
* Counter-Strike Condition Zero: 2.9 million
* Counter-Strike Source: 2.1 million

Legacy

Counter Strike is famous for the culture surrounding it, which includes everything from professional gamers and leagues, to excessive cheating and disruptive behavior. Certain professional teams (such as SK Gaming, alternate aTTaX, mousesports and fnatic) have come to earn a living out of it, while other clans and community based groups neither lose nor earn money via member donations which are self-sustaining in return for administrator rights in servers involved in the community.

Counter-Strike remains extremely popular to this day. There are currently professional online leagues supporting Counter-Strike, such as the Cyberathlete Amateur League (CAL), and CyberEvolution, a pay-to-play league. Various LAN tournaments are held throughout the world, with the largest being the Cyberathlete Professional League (CPL), the Electronic Sports World Cup (ESWC), the World e-Sports Games (WEG), and the World Cyber Games (WCG). Championship matches in these events are televised with commentary and analysis.

Half-Life and other contemporary games took full advantage of hardware graphics acceleration in the late 1990s, replacing earlier software-rendered games such as Quake. The continued popularity of Counter-Strike has meant that older video cards such as the 3dfx Voodoo3, ATI Rage 128, and Nvidia RIVA TNT2 remain useful.

There have been a multitude of games claimed by their developers, reviewers and fans to be "Counter-Strike killers," but none have seriously been able to dent its overall popularity.[citation needed] Server statistics in 2002 showed that Counter-Strike servers outnumbered their Battlefield, Unreal Tournament 2003 or Quake III first-person shooter counterparts at least 3 to 1.[10][not in citation given]

However, as criticism of Condition Zero showed, the GoldSrc engine has already been surpassed by several generations of newer engines. Even Counter-Strike: Source has been criticized for not progressing the gameplay enough and failing to take full advantage of the Source engine.[11]

In China's northern port city Tianjin, some police officers have used Counter-Strike as a tool for tactical training. [12]
Controversy
See also: Video game controversy – Brazil

Counter-Strike faced controversy in April 2007 when Jack Thompson, now a disbarred attorney from Florida, predicted that the perpetrator of the Virginia Tech Massacre had been trained to kill in the game, well before Seung-Hui Cho (the shooter) was identified. News sources originally stated that Seung-Hui Cho only played the game in high school, however no video games whatsoever were found in the gunman's dorm room, and there is no evidence that he ever played Counter-Strike.[13][14] Thompson also blamed Counter-Strike for the February 14, 2008 Northern Illinois University shooting perpetrated by Steven Kazmierczak on the day after the shooting. While it is reported that Kazmierczak played Counter-Strike in college, news agencies point out that mental health issues, and not video games, were the likely culprits in the shootings.[15]

On January 17, 2008, a Brazilian federal court order prohibiting all sales of Counter-Strike and Everquest and imposing the immediate withdrawal of these from all stores began to be enforced. The federal Brazilian judge Carlos Alberto Simões de Tomaz, of the Minas Gerais judiciary section, ordered the ban in October 2007 because, according to him, the games "bring immanent stimulus to the subversion of the social order, attempting against the democratic and rightful state and against the public safety".[16][17][18][19]

On June 18, 2009, a regional federal court order lifting the prohibition on the sale of Counter-Strike was waiting to be published.[20]

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