"Oh god no": Counter-Strike's creator on million-dollar payday speculation

Metastack published a video on X, interviewing Counter-Strike's creator, Gooseman. In the video, Metastack's interviewer asks the creator of Counter-Strike a series of true-false questions regarding some of the biggest speculations and rumors floating around the community to this day. The interview starts with Gooseman instantly denying the million-dollar pay day speculation. The community believed that Gooseman was paid millions when Valve took over Counter-Strike but he quickly debunked it.

Here are all the speculations that Gooseman debunked or backed up-

• Million-dollar payday for creating Counter-Strike: False

• Played Counter-Strike with Gaben: False (Gaben was into Dota)

• Left Valve in 2006: True (Left after CS 1.6)

• Designed Dust2: False (Designed by David Johnson)

• Invented recoil patterns: True (Unintentional)

• Created the first in-game economy in an FPS: True (To balance weapons; increase strategic depth)

Check out Metastack's full video here: