Counter-Strike's Hidden Gamemodes 

“Apart from Frankie” That was such an unexpected throwback.

finally, phoon

A small correction for 01:14: The huge message there is actually the rules, first option means "Yes, I have read it and accept" and the second is the opposite. When you got kicked from the server, it was because you did not choose any option, or you accidentally pressed "2" to switch weapons after you shot. The kick message says "You did not accept our rules."

"apart from frankie" nice lol

I also really enjoyed deathrun maps where CTs need to reach the end of a parcours while terrorists trigger deadly traps to hinder the CTs from reaching their goal

I love the SLIDE game mode. Basically surf but on a flat surface. Very interesting, played it a lot in CS:S! :D

Zombie Escape for life! Literally, as I've dedicated about 11 years of my life to this mode already 😄 it would be great to see it officially supported one day, but I hope that Valve, at that point, keeps the many options and customizeable plugins and stuff open for community servers to keep exploring with. They would basically have to 'hire' or at least consult the biggest server owners and regulars to get a good insight in what makes Zombie Escape so fun! Thanks for bringing it up in the video 😉

Honestly Surf Deathmatch is another underrated one. Imagine moving at lightspeed, whilst scoping with an awp to shoot other people moving at light speed. Its also surprisingly easy because its difficult for people to change their direction in mid-air or on a surf ramp, so shots like that are really consistent. Or sneaking up behind people with a shotgun in mid-air near the speed ramps I remember absolutely dominating in surf ski nova, its just this limiteless perpetual surf playground of sorts with the occasional speed ramp.

I've spend many many nights on those surf servers, would be really cool to see them get more popular again without too many plugins

3:28 "No player can really use it to get a speed advantage anymore, apart from Frenkie" *Now that's a blast from the past*

There's no need to surf, bhop etc to become official because Valve has already okayed Momentum Mod which will hopefully be the officially *unofficial* one stop shop for all movement related gamemodes.

Jailbreak was awesome. Sometimes you spawned into a cell where you could break the wall and hide to get into the weapon chambers. When you started shooting chaos erupted and the other prisoners tried to get their chance. If it failed, some of the prisoners had to go into a gas chamber. The nice part about this game mode are the creative games in the map that you had to win in order to survive while it was intense to maintain the order as a policeman.

Does anyone remember Deathrun? I swear I spent more time playing that than regular CS:S.

As a KZ dev, I'm glad to see the game mode mentioned

I really love watching SoadY1911's zombie escape videos. It struck me when he stopped making videos 4 years ago, but now he's returned, I can see how the zombie escape servers are evolving in the current years.

I'm honored that you showcased my surf_rookie when talking about surf-mode in Counter-Strike. I really appreciate it :-)

Jail Break is so nostalgic for me. I used to spend dozens of hours goofing around with other people. I get it why someone wouldn't like it, though. It is quite bizarre, especially when you don't know the players.

Absolutely love zombie escape and jail break. I spent so many nights in the same 2 servers playing these 2 modes a few years ago. It was so much fun and the community was, especially on the jailbreak servers, aboslutely great, with majority of people being regulars there.

Great video! I personally think the custom community has changed since I was active in it during 2015-2017, with them feeling a lot more lifeless today. Also, not sure if this was an Australian thing, but combat surf was super popular here, even more so then standard surf. Death run also was popular for a while during 2016, but has since faded into nothing and I haven't seen a server running it in yeats

VIP was a brilliant mode. Lots of nostalgia playing Oilrig, Tundra, Riverside and Highrise but Philip forgot about the Escape mode (es_). A mode where all the terrorist have to either kill all the CTs or go to the escape zone in order to win. The mode was unbalanced because terrorists wouldn't be able to buy guns and after a few rounds, all players switch teams. The glitch when players swap teams is that they spawn in the next round with the weapons they last used if they stayed alive of course. Fun mode.

"apart from frankie" careful philip you might have to do another serious apology video again

The best part is becoming a regular on a custom server and making friends with the other regulars. Some of the best friendships I've ever made started on CS:S Zombie Run maps, and then into Garry's Mod TTT and Deathrun... Those were the days.

what i trully miss the most about this is a feeling of beeing a part of something once you settle for a server of your choice. I used to frequent a semi normal defuse maps server with a lot of regulars and after couple of weeks of playing everybody would say hello to me when i joined and i would actually recognise who these people were even if they had changed their nickname. It was a very nice community everyone would ask if anybody knew something about the players that didn't show up for a longer period of time clearly missing them. It made this game about cold blooded killing actually heartwarming.

Around 2015, minigames (mg maps) were my main gamemode. I played on a server called Sourcecode which had auto bhop permanently on which added so much complexity to the game, knife kills while bhopping were especially fun. That server had such a solid community with so many regulars. Minigames are like Warioware but in counter strike. I loved that you had to be good at a range of things as not all minigames involved combat.

You forgot the Warcraft mode, where you choose a race (for example ogre or human) and have special skills. Also Tennis mode where you're on a tennis field and throw only grenades at each other

Some personal favourites from cs 1.6: deathrun (by far the most fun), zombie builder(dont know if this was its actual name, but you had a few minutes to manually build a base before the zombies spawned), paintball(you have paintball guns that shoot actual projectiles), surf.

My gateway into FPSs was a minigame server back in cs:s, got so many good and fond memories of that time, also made some very dear friends i still talk to today ! Thanks for making that video, took me back to great times :)

At 3:45, seeing Spiderman, Elsa, a humonculous mass of 3 soldiers together along with the CS models is such a raw image that makes me miss the old days where some CS 1.6 servers with custom skins.

I miss deathrun or minigames! The battle ship was fun and so was this bus one lol! Good ol’ days!

1:16 he got kicked cuz he didnt accepted the server rules listed in Turkish but thats just a way to keep foreigners out of the server in a way so listing it as "power hungry" isnt quite right here but i dont blame him for not knowing a language lmao

Holy shit that Frankie joke killed me, been years since I have heard that holy moly. Thank you kilks, been around for years brother and absolutely still am blown away by each installation you release. Thanks again. :)

I was a Jail Break freak in 1.6. Family and friends played this day and night and it was unforgettable. We're still talking about it today.

1:16 in this clip you actually got kicked for not accepting the written rules (I assume you tried to quick switch by pressing 2 which resulted in you pressing option 2. don't accept). I just wanted to let you know, that's all

Man this is so much flashback to pre-broadband days. the discussions at 11pm-3am and random all chat discussions about life and making 20 man towers in 1.3-1.5. I miss community servers.. they really were a community back then.

I've put more time into these gamemodes than into the originals. great video showcasting the most fun I've had with this game.

Gave me some good nostalgia! I was missing the HNS modes tho, they were my favorites at the time... so many hours on "hns_floppytown", And those witchcraft jumps you've mentioned in the video? Had to master them to get better there, actually made you sick at the game movement in general.

I quit Counter-Strike this year after 8 years of playing. And it makes me sad, that the new generation of players needs to be reminded that CS is so much more than matchmaking with all it has to offer. But I feel like the benefit of official matchmaking, even thou it was an important step forward, takes away the focus from those other activities. You are just not invited as much to look further. What I am missing the most are the gungame servers. I just loved to hop on a random server with eg. Simpsons mod installed and just play for 15 minutes. The benefit beeing, that every server had totally different maps. I feel like that totally died down, or at least the community interested in such things did.

vip was the coolest for me, having only a pistol and nothing else excites me even more back then, swarm of teammates there just to protect me 🥺 feelsspecialman

Zombie mode was MY CHILDHOOD!! it was awesome in CS 1.6, but it completely died after Nexon release their atrocity of a game :(

8:53 Jokes on them Philip is a man of culture.

"apart from frankie" LMFAOOOOO NEVER CHANGE

I just love the fact that these gamemodes and communities have been alive for as long as I remember, especially from early days of Source as that's what my fondest memories are from as when I played 1.5/1.6 I was way too young to remember lmao, the fact ze, mg, jb, surf etc. are still goin is class

I appreciate the visibility! Big surfer/surf fan

Haven't tried CSGO in a while, I'll definitely try some of these! Thanks for the video

I wish zombie modes were official, maybe introduced in future operations. With an operation theme wrapping it, this could be one of the greatest operations we’ll see. Still sad they released the current operation without official surf modes

Man, I really love this custom servers, custom gamemodes, and custom maps. This is what a true sandbox game is to me. I love the freedom we have to enjoy the game however we want!

god damn you are good making videos! keep it up! i have learned so much from your videos, it is so pleasant to watch and listen so precise explaining. nostalgic vibes after this clip. also good intro for new player

As someone who has grown up on minigames, deathrun, jb, zombie, bhop etc.. it brings great nostalgia and joy from all the memories.

This is definitely one of the most important videos you've ever made regarding CSGO. There is sooooo much out there to discover, I personally have 90%+ of my 4500 hours in custom maps (KZ specifically)

Ty for making this video. It's quite a shame how small the community scene has become. One of the things that made me fall in love with cs is how I could play every evening something different even though I was playing the same game. Nowadays it's almost exclusively about competitive and the big variance of the fun and casual game modes is lost.

Thank you for featuring my map in Zombie Escape mode. I really appreciated

I had so much fun in jail and zombie escape maps! Nostalgia hits hard

We're still chillin in KZ 1.6. There's just something about it...

"apart from frankie" oh you philip ;)

Prophunt is probably my favorite game mode here. Even in TF2 it was just wonderful

In Greece we had some really big surf and Jail break servers! When you learn jail break and start knowing the rules and the players better it can become one of the most fun game modes :)

Philip having to explain a server browser to zoomers is incredibly depressing

Regarding zombie modes, i would also like to point out Base Builder mode which in 1.6 involved building your own base using many custom props, planks and surfaces you could reposition around the map. I don't know if it has an implementation in csgo yet HnS or Hide and Seek mode is and extension of bhop/surf/kz modes where CTs have to chase down the Ts with their knifes around the play area. Maps are not linear like Deathrun of KZ/Bhop and involve more ladders, high buildings, trick jumps designed to give you the opportunity to outsmart you opponent until the clock runs out. We also had Furien mode, the Ts play as high hp zombies that are invisible while stationary. They can also climb walls and freeze in different spots. The CTs usually run around the map with limited ammo trying to either survive or kill them. Also, Deathrun mode, but it's always been pretty popular so it needs no further introduction

Probably put in close to 4000 hours into kz since 2013. Im not among the best, but it's quite a nice feeling joining a kz server and being able to complete most maps, and mostly in a top 50-100 time.

Those minigame servers were great. So many memories and lots of cool songs + people found in those servers back then.

“Apart from Frankie” Phil does not forgive and he does not forget 😭😭😭

Custom servers is what kept Counter Strike alive all these years. When they die, Counter Strike dies with 'em... Thanks for the video, Philip!

I loved playing football/soccer in CSS. Have a fond memory of playing on a full server on New Year's day and having a blast. Deagle + headshot only servers where I met some of the German CSS pros... What a time that was.

Dude this makes me feel old. My first CS experience was 1.6 cs_assault on a friends CRT monitor back in 2003...

Deathrun (dr_), Minigame (mg_) and Poolparty: Are we a joke to you? :c

I used to love playing hide and seek mode back in the day. Loads of maps with such a ludicrous amount of hiding spaces that the seekers could almost never find anyone, but when they did it was all the more fun. I remember once me and my friends found a glitch where if all of the seekers knifed one seeker to death, the seeker could spectate all the hiders. I think the fun of a lot of these games comes from the novelty and community rather than the balance or gameplay. Kinda reminds me of gmod servers.

I've got 3k hours in Bunny Hop Servers across 3 different games. CSGO, CSS, and Garrys Mod, surprisingly, where I originally found out about it. I can't help but appreciate someone finally shining a spotlight on a small, but unbelievably resilient community of people who just, love to jump. Thanks Philip, from your resident W-Only player.

There was hunger game servers, essentially a survival/battle royale mode much before the battle royale was this mainstream. It was great forming alliances and trying to survive and explore the big maps.

I wish Surf was still as popular as it was around 2016

Dude I played a on a prison break server for like an entire summer between seventh and eighth grade. It was terrible for my social life, mental health, and all around well being. It was a fairly tight knit community, and despite the people being pretty degenerate, teaching me pretty awful borderline 4chan level behavior, and shitting on me because I was 13/14, I enjoyed myself on there. Again, it was terrible for me and partially contributes to a lot of my less desirable traits, but I feel weirdly nostalgic whenever I think about it...

Zombie escape (ze_) is so much fun! I hope that more people will know about it after seeing this video. Gotta keep these servers alive :')

Prison break on css 2013/2014 was the most fun i've had in cs, used to always come home from school and hop on that. Bhop on css was great too

Thanks, Phillip, even a single video like this one helps movement communities a lot

Every time I hear something about the surf mode, I just get flashbacks to the lockdown times, where I would use to play it for hours during class...

My friend moha appeared in 6:20, happy for you man wish you get famous :D

a ze player here! well i dont play csgo but im an avid css fan so just finding out you featured something that i play everyday on a video made me really happy

community maps have always been one of the strongest aspects that contributed to cs's longevity. i still play cs1.6 zombie/escape modes and they still have a massive player base despite the game being decades old.. i have so much fun running from zombies with a jett pack in a game that could be played on a toaster. It just goes to show how the community aspect of video games is very important.

6:27 I put a thousand hours into Gmod's JB mode. It's a lot of fun... When the warden isn't an idiot and has ideas on what to do besides "line up on the wall and we'll do a thing." The main objective for prisoners isn't usually escaping. Rather, they compete to win "Last Request" (LR), essentially deciding what happens on the next day (round). Prisoners can rebel and try to kill the guards, of course, but the games during a day are the main draw. It's a much more social game than others, so if that's not your cup of tea or you can't find a good community then you won't enjoy it.

Man this video is so nostalgic. Used to love playing zombie and surf maps in CS:S. Also $2000$ map is the best

that frankie reference on the bhop section was marvelous

I remember WC3 and Pokemod being huge back in the 1.5 days, had some good times

as_oilrig used to be one of my favorite maps, and I had a blast with VIP mode, including being the VIP (who had a USP only and 200 armor btw). The only thing that sucked about it was when a terrorist could quickly place themselves in a forward area and assassinate the VIP within seconds of the round starting, but that was something you had to watch for. Maybe next you could do a video about older map types that were popular, like rats_ and the nipper houses, along with whatever fun ass maps you can think of.

I loved playing these in CS:S and GMOD! I also enjoyed the custom maps in Half-Life Deathmatch: Source, which inspired me to begin making maps!

I loved VIP mode. as_oilrig was my favorite map back in high school. Thanks for reminding me it exists.

Please, do a part 2, there is so much more, I fondly remember the super power servers on 1.6, I don't remember the exact name, but you could choose a class and by gaining kills over time you could unlock new magic spells and perks.

You forgot deathrun(dr), minigames(mg) or even hide and seek. My god, I've spent countless hours playing those in CSS.

CS:GO was my first Counter Strike game, and I've put thousands of hours in it since 2015. I knew about the usual surf and bhop, but the other ones I'd never really tried for real and I'm excited to join some custom servers now!

I remember hns(hide n seek) being the shit back in 1.6 where people could build bunnyhop tracks with blocks and the hiders had to run or bunnyhop away from the seekers. The hiders would get a nade or a gun with a few bullets to defend themselves against seekers if you managed to successfully reach the end of a track. It was fun and quite challenging since you had to bhop manually with your mousewheel. I havent played CS:GO much but when it came out I thought it would be expanded on greatly, but sadly that never happened.

I just realized while watching this, that I've followed you for like 7-6 years but have no idea how good you are at the game 😂

LOL the frankie mention

Very proud to be running a 1.6 surf/kz/autobhop channel for 11 years now. I never ever get enough of it, it's literally my life.

Ah prophunt. I remember times where basically every online game had at least one server with that mode.

god damn, i miss prop hunt on gmod and css. it was seriously the golden days of source.

Playing casual hostage or defuse modes often lead me to play with more or less, same players. It is still there to some degree

It's like cod4.. Multitude of community made mods, weapons, maps and servers.. Codjumper, zombies, death run, custom skins for player models, sound effects, etc. . Even that save/load your position feature in a map was there in cod4,and so did the prop hunt.

I never really had a chance to play these maps, but they look so sick

Of my 4,000 hours in CSGO, easily 75% is playing kz. By far my favorite game mode.

Since it wasn't on your list, have you ever tried minigame servers, Philip? I've played thousands of hours on these back in the day since there's just so much variety in gameplay that it never gets boring.

Surf has gained attention over the last year and the community is still active. It’s very common to see surf servers with more than 30 people in it and sometimes even 60. The community is still thriving