Why are de_dust and de_dust2 so popular compared to other CS maps?

Why are de_dust and de_dust2 so popular compared to other CS maps?

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dust 1 really isn't, unless something has changed drastically. It was considered shit and unbalanced in both 1.6 and CSS, at least among the people I played with.
As for dust2, it's just a winning design. Memorable, simple, but with tactical depth. Even if professional play of it ends up being a bit overaggressive and "deathmatch-like".

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I remember dust 1 being more popular Unti about 2003
plenty of maps are popular man, it's just happens that dd2 gets played the most because call outs are known from pop culture

A lot of good maps faded until obsuctity like
Assault
Havana
737

fuck even pool day, that was a fun map

legacy map
very well balanced
fun to play, lots of ranges you can engage on
winnable solo vs a whole team if played correctly

autism. my autism however allows me to enjoy the superior cs_office on repeat instead.

oh my god i love the map dust i can pwn so many noobs on it maybe today i'll pwn enough noobs that i can raise my rank in the server from three to one

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the death of assault will forever piss me off. fuck valve for removing it.

>It was considered shit and unbalanced

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These are all cs_ maps, which, unfortunately, faded out due to muh competitive balance.
Matchmaking in GO also killed fy_, surf_ and whatever else.

I don't know, whare i live cs_untitled was the most popular

also I forgot Militia, that was also good

GO killed counter-strike period

will see what classic offensive brings since valve fucked them over

Dust 2 has a lot of interesting choke points which allow for a nice mix of CQC, sniping and verticality. With most maps at a competitive level, it's about general strategies, but Dust 2 has been ubiquitous for so long that there's lots of mindgames teams will play with each other that add a lot of excitements.

Plus considering Counter-Strike was ostensibly made after Desert Storm, and is tangentially related to Delta Force it's only natural that the most played map is in Terrorist Town.

what is atmosphere ?

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dust1 is hilariously T-sided. CT needs to gamble and take heavy risks every round just to get to the bombsites

parroting decades old myth

it's slightly T sided, much less then a lot of maps that overstayed their welcome, it wasn't the best map but it wasn't by "bad" by any means

Let me guess, you need "more".

We need up to date remakes of assaut, mansion, siege, aztec