I actually quit SC to play CS and I kinda regret it, but it was fun at times. I was really competitive and I was even on a LAN team with friends and we played in local LAN tournaments. The highest I ever got was CAL-M/CEVO-IM, but my team died in 2006 after real life commitments. All I gotta say is that playing CS online is really random since people run around with default rates, which gives them lucky kills. CS on LAN is where it's at because rates and commands are locked and there's no lag, so the registration is at its best.
The teams I would recommend watching:
- mTw
- fnatic
- SK.swe
- EG.USA
- MYM
- x3o
- compLexity (before they switched to CS:S)
- Team 3D ( same as above)
- eSTRO
- Lunatic-hai
- wNv
- X7-Hacker
Players to watch:
- enemy (Lunatic-hai)
- mal (Lunatic-hai)
- okju (Lunatic-hai)
- solo (eSTRO)
- Jungle (wNv)
- Sakula (wNv)
- savage (wNv)
- f0rest (fnatic)
- walle (SK.swe)
- Get_right (clanless I think)
- zet
- mSx (emuLate)
- Neo (MYM)
- zonic (mTw)
- Sunde (mTw)
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