LINE TEST

Learn about the 'LINE TEST' in Counter-Strike: Source. This guide explains how to check readability and provides an introduction to CS:GO basics, weapons, and maps.

This section of the guide is a simple test to ensure the document is readable in your web browser without requiring sideways scrolling. If you can read the following line of characters without scrolling, then the document is displayed correctly:

abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyza

Introduction

This guide is written by WildSnivy (SnYves) and aims to help new Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) players get acquainted with the game. It covers the basics, introduces weapons and game mechanics, and provides an overview of the competitive (Active Duty) maps. The current Active Duty map pool includes:

• Cache (de_cache)
• Cobblestone (de_cbble)
• Dust II (de_dust2)
• Inferno (de_inferno)
• Mirage (de_mirage)
• Overpass (de_overpass)
• Train (de_train)

The author is a physics student and a member of their university's CS:GO e-sports team, with experience in playing and shoutcasting.

Copyright and Contact Information

The guide is original work, with any outside information cited. The author has zero tolerance for unauthorized selling of the guide but permits printing and sharing. For questions or comments, readers can email the author, replacing '(at)' with '@' and '(dot)' with '.', and including "CS:GO" in the subject line. The author requests respectful communication, avoiding flames, insults, excessive profanity, poor grammar, non-English languages, requests to join social networks, or questions already covered in the guide. Unreadable emails will be discarded.

Version History

• 1.0: First submission. (8/17/2015)
• 1.1: Grammar and spacing fixes. (9/16/2015)
• 1.11: Updates for Operation Bloodhound and Zeus. (10/7/2015)
• 1.2: Winter Updates, added YouTube links for bomb planting positions. (12/17/2015)