In 1997, a group of students gave birth to something that would become a world-famous phenomenon, Counter-Strike. Counter-Strike is an online, team-based first-person shooter. In this game, both teams (terrorists and counter-terrorists) compete against each other using various team-specific weapons and try to achieve victory by achieving team-specific objectives. Counter-terrorists must rescue hostages, protect personalities and protect bomb sites from terrorists. While the terrorists must prevent the rescue of hostages, assassinate personalities and destroy bomb sites. Counter-Strike hosts a wide variety of real weapons that are used today in similar situations, scary, huh? Each player in the game has their own budget and can purchase weapons, ammo, and equipment (like Kevlar armor and grenades). Players earn money by achieving their specific goals and defeating their opponents. There are five main weapon categories for players to choose from: shotguns, submachine guns, assault rifles, sniper rifles, and machine guns. Each of these categories has its own strengths and weaknesses and a player's choice can mean the difference between victory and defeat. Shotguns are extremely powerful close-range weapons. There are two shotguns to choose from in Counter-Strike, the M3 Super Shotgun and the Bennelli XM Auto Rifle. Both of these weapons are best used in close-quarters combat, although their use has seen some success in mid-range situations. Shotguns are extremely powerful and are loaded with a deadly 12 gauge shell that can land on the opponent in two shots or less. The shotgun's rate of fire is significantly lower than that of the automatic rifle...... middle of paper ...... very quickly, and with such a large magazine, the Para is a very deadly weapon. This weapon can be fired fully automatic, but inaccurate, it provides very effective suppressive fire, to improve accuracy, burst fire is recommended. As can be seen, the player has a number of choices when selecting his primary weapon in the game counterattack. All weapon classes are good for something different and outperform all others in their own areas. Shotguns for close combat. Submachine guns for close-range domination. Assault rifles for medium and long range conflicts and for taking down armored targets. Precision rifles for extreme ranged engagements. And machine guns for excellent support and suppression fire. Each player makes a different choice and wields each weapon differently, making the counterattack full of surprises..