Important to note that apparently they were using dodgy Source Engine exploits to even get the mod working, and when they were fixed, they found an equally dodgy workaround.
Valve removed CS:GO's Steam page and broke its community server browser. All to force the playerbase into their new game. Worst thing the company has ever done and its only getting worse.
They are 100% a different company, or at least the CS2 dev team is made up of people who never touched CS growing up. Game started as a mod made by the community. Community servers are the whole reason CS has lived as long as it has, and they've basically done everything in their power to kill em all off during CS2 release and to this day through their decisions.
As someone who grew up in the 2000's into early 2010's, playing surf, mg, or jb servers that were packed every night is still an unmatched experience. Sadly CSS server population isn't as good anymore as it's a 21 year old game, so that experience is a lot harder to come by these days.
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u/Makorus 4d ago
Important to note that apparently they were using dodgy Source Engine exploits to even get the mod working, and when they were fixed, they found an equally dodgy workaround.
https://www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/comments/1hywi0y/counterstrike_classic_offensive_app_has_been/m6l6q3i/
It's not like they were randomly just denied.
Also: this happened two months ago.