- 32 teams for a melb lan was possible.
- iBisQ (melb) mGL existed * so did: iZone, webwarfare;
- lan cafes were full with CS players till the wee hours until the next morning.
locally - 12m - monkeys reined supreme for a short while
- zevier & Milan were the local Melb and EXi talents.
- JaiTud existed.
- NiP / SK existed - yes people idolised HeaToN & his crew.
- PCGAMING published an experts guide to Counter-Strike.
- funCpads were the forefront of mousepads.
- Microsofts v3 was the forefront of mice gear (arguably still is)
- up to 4-5 GameArena & Optus 32 player servers were full.
- no one got upset over light banter.
- admins were not hard to find to run comps
- cheating at lan was punishable by bashing.








































