[Alex Murphy]

Players can choose to be 'terrorists' and a 'realistic' sniper rifle is one of the weapons gamers use to achieve their team’s goals.

Or, players can choose to be the 'good guys' and use those same weapons and skills to take terrorists out, which is in fact what the whole plot of the game is about anyway.

[Scott McCollum]

A "good guys" anti-terrorism game is more easily encapsulated in the Tom Clancy "Rainbow Six" line of games. "Counter-Strike" is really more of a free-for-all where experienced players are aware which maps give the terrorists advantage and choose their alligance accordingly.

Much of what the column is based on is the fact that a sniper in the real world cannot cheat with "scripts" and "aimbots" like the lion's share of Counter-Strike players are wont to do.

If you play without those cheats - good, so do I. However, you can't be blind to the fact that there are a whole lot of CS players that DO use all kinds of cheats...