After hearing so many stories from friends about the legendary game, I wanted to try it myself. The first few hours of playing CS 1.6 were a total blow to my self-esteem. I couldn’t control my spray at all, and the local veterans were landing headshots the moment I popped around the corner. A technical issue also popped up right away. On the first random servers with auto-connect, the ping was off the charts, and the server list showed weird ads instead of a normal list. I started digging through forums to figure out how to fix it. The guys advised me to switch to a clean client with a built-in master server, free of junk. I downloaded it again from https://csget.me/ , and it helped resolve the search issue. The lag on European servers became normal, and the game finally ran smoothly. The technical issues are resolved, but the question of gameplay remains. How can a newbie adapt to this tough gameplay? I would compare the game to the Dark Souls series. I die a lot, but that's why the joy of victory is greater. I don't want to give up.