Counterstrike, and de_dust specifically, are perhaps single-handedly responsible for the rise of the "Internet Cafe culture" in many countries around the world.

Counterstrike, and de_dust specifically, are perhaps single-handedly responsible for the rise of the "Internet Cafe culture" in many countries around the world. My high school years were consumed by it. After getting off from school at 3:30 PM, we would head to an Internet Cafe and play Counterstrike until 6 or 7, or however long before our parents called the cafe's phone line one by one to ask the owners to tell us to come home for dinner! We also played Quake 3 for a while, but it didn't hold our interest the way Counterstrike did.