https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCWKPVvkm9Q
"Counter-Strike has been played for 25 years, and the success of the initial Half-Life modification is incredible: millions of people play CS, and professional players can now even make a living from it. We look back at 25 years of Counter-Strike – at the beginnings and the first beta versions, when no one knew how big the whole thing would eventually become. At the heyday of Counter-Strike 1.6, the duels with Counter-Strike: Source, and the less successful Counter-Strike: Condition Zero.
Furthermore, we look at the transition to Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and the rise to one of the most popular esports titles in the world: at IEM in Cologne, thousands of people come to the Lanxess Arena every year to cheer on the best Counter-Strike players in the world. Counter-Strike 2 is, of course, also a topic in the documentary.
We don't want to forget what makes Counter-Strike what it is: the clans, the community, the subculture. The Counter-Strike community is creative, as it has repeatedly shown – whether it's creating new maps, fragmovies, or entire CS films like A Gamer’s Day or The Cheat Report. The documentary also reports on LAN parties.
25 Years of Counter-Strike: THE Documentary was created by Tobias “MC_T” Frey and is completely ad-free.
The following legends are featured in “25 Years of Counter-Strike: THE Documentary”:
- Minh "gooseman" Le (Counter-Strike-Erfinder)
- Fatih "gob b" Dayik (mousesports – BIG Clan)
- Emil "HeatoN" Christensen (SK.swe – Ninjas in Pyjamas)
- Filip "NEO" Kubski (PENTAGRAM – ESC Gaming – FaZe Clan)
- Abdisamad "SpawN" Mohamed (SK.swe – Ninjas in Pyjamas)
- Jonas "Johnny R." Bollack (mousesports – a-Losers)
- Christopher "GeT_RiGhT" Alesund (fnatic – SK Gaming)
- Michael "neo" Mitrega (mousesports – a-Losers)
- Navid "Kapio" Javadi (mousesports – ALTERNATE aTTaX – CGN Esports)
- Nikola "NiKo" Kovač (Falcons – G2 – FaZe)
- Nemanja "huNter-" Kovač (G2 Esports)
- Dan "apEX" Madesclaire (Team Vitality)
- Jan "mooN" Stolle (ALTERNATE aTTaX – TAMM)
- Danny "fRoD" Montaner (compLexity – u5)
- Patrik "cArn" Sättermon (fnatic)
- Gabriel "FalleN" Toledo (compLexity – SK – FURIA)
- David "CHEF-KOCH" Nagel (ALTERNATE aTTaX – HFD)
- Benjamin "paN" von Mulert (ALTERNATE aTTaX – SK)
- Manuel "approx" Zeitz (ALTERNATE aTTaX – mousesports)
- Benjamin "Kane" Reichert (Schroet Kommando)
- Ralf "Griff" Reichert (Gründer ESL und Schroet Kommando)
- Michele "zonixx" Köhler (mousesports – BIG Clan)
- Philipp "hazz" Mohr (mortal Teamwork)
- Taki "Scorp" Lau (TAMM – mTw – SK)
- Christian "puCSt" Pust (mousesports – Schroet Kommando)
- Cengiz "django" Tüylü (mousesports)
- Jan "Swani" Müller (G2 Esports – FURIA – ALTERNATE aTTaX)
- Ádám "torzsi" Torzsás (mousesports)
- Melanie "beyoNd*" Gutsche (Catz, ALTERNATE aTTaX, mousesports)
- Louise "AurorA" Thomsen (Les Seules – SK.Ladies)
- Marc "silent" Wachsmuth (OCRANA.ATI – Team64.AMD)
- Michael "kaLa" Weickert (Videoproducer Neo – The One, mousesports-Videos)
- Oliver "hossa" Keller (mTw – ALTERNATE aTTaX)
- Denis "denis" Howell (mousesports – Sprout – esport player foundation)
- Christian "Lenz" Lenz (BIG – mousesports – esport player foundation)
- Timo "Spiidi" Richter (mousesports – Sprout – ALTERNATE aTTaX)
- Alexander "TheSlash" Müller (SK Gaming – ESL)
- Markus "CountFloyd" Klinge (Erfinder des PODBots)
- Dominic "slam" Sommersperger (E-Sports-Kommentator)
- Duncan "Thorin" Shields (E-Sports-Journalist)
- Chris Fries (Sprecher FBI-Team in CS:GO)