It all started back in 1999, in winter, in January. Programmer Min Le, as part of the development team, was involved in the creation of the game Quake 2. However, Min Le did not see any prospects for this game and left this project. He had his own vision of a game of this kind, he wanted to create a game in which the team spirit of the players would be clearly expressed. The choice of game engine was initially settled on a creation from iD Software, but negotiations on its use failed. As a result, it was possible to reach an agreement with the owners of Half Life; Minh Le took the platform of this game as a basis. After some time, a now well-known game was announced - Counter-Strike. Its name has remained unchanged to this day.