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This year's catalog of GDC s included some Counter-Strike: "Community Level Design for Competitive CS:GO" a series of words that are alarmingly Building Crown") were doing the in'.

I'm still writing up my notes and recorded audio from the presentation, which I'll share soon in a separate story. After the , though, I pulled Garozzo and Snelling in front of a camera to get them talking about the state of CS:GO's esports scene and the immortality of de_dust2, likely the most-played map in the history of gaming.

Evan Lahti
Evan Lahti
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Evan's a hardcore FPS enthusiast who ed PC Gamer in 2008. After an era spent publishing reviews, news, and cover features, he now oversees editorial operations for PC Gamer worldwide, including setting policy, training, and editing stories written by the wider team. His most-played FPSes are CS:GO, Team Fortress 2, Team Fortress Classic, Rainbow Six Siege, and Arma 2. His first multiplayer FPS was Quake 2, played on serial LAN in his uncle's basement, the ideal conditions for instilling a lifelong fondness for fragging. Evan also leads production of the PC Gaming Show, the annual E3 showcase event dedicated to PC gaming.