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Counter-Strike: TAO-CS released

By: ronald kim - Published February 01, 2008 at 3:33 AM EST - Writer Archive
compLexity's Ron "Rambo" Kim releases "ebook" on the art of Counterstrike.
Dallas, TX -- January 31, 2007 – compLexity's Ron "Rambo" Kim in collaboration with Ognian "steel" Gueorguiev and Duncan "Thorin" Shields has produced and released a comprehensive guide to Counter-Strike. TAO-CS, or The Art Of Counter-Strike to give it its full name, comes as an ebook with over 200 pages of content and over 50 minutes of video footage. The guide's content covers all aspects of competitive Counter-Strike 1.6 and does so in a fashion which makes it appropriate for helping all levels of CS players, from beginner to intermediate to veteran to professional. Videos include footage culled from unreleased POV demos, big money matches from both player's careers and are accompanied by voice-over narration explaining and elucidating the lessons contained within each sequence.

Ron "Rambo" Kim rose to international fame as a member of X3 taking 2nd at CPL Winter 2001 and battling NiP in arguably CS' greatest final. From there he founded Team3D who went on to become the first salaried North American CS team in history. Winning CPL Winter 2002, placing 3rd at CPL Summer 2003 and winning gold medals at the 2004 and 2005 WCGs the team set themselves apart as one of the world's premiere teams and at the forefront of North American CS. The latter part of his time in Team3D saw him placing 4th at ESWC 2006 and 2nd at the WSVG finals in NY. From being named MVP of CPL Winter 2002 to winning everything in Source in 2007 with his new team, coL, Rambo has remained one of North America's elite players from the early betas to now.

Co-collaborator Ognian "steel" Gueorguiev shot to fame when his team, LnD, emerged out of nowhere to win the gold medal at the 2001 WCG in Korea. From there he helped method and co in GX to overturn some epic games against mTw and Spacebar to place 7th at CPL Summer 2002. Having attracted the attention of 3D he joined up with the Americans and promptly won CPL Winter 2002 making him the first Counter-Strike player to capture both WCG and CPL titles. Showcasing a more conversative style of play his disciplined colt bursting won him fans the world over.

To get a taste of what TAO-CS is all about interested observers can view the guide's index, watch a trailer showcasing it (produced by Militia and ClanWars director Daniel "tfg" Frome) and read quotes from some of Counter-Strike's big name players (fRoD, ksharp, method, gore, Hanes, lurppis, bl00dsh0t, bit and more) giving their opinions on this valuable learning resource.

Visit www.tao-cs.com for more details.

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Good investment Ron, looks great but ill pass : ^ ).
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aren't you like 3 weeks late?
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looks very interesting TBH. wont pay 30$ for it though :/
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apparently it takes 3 weeks to publish a story now :)
wing it
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this is the source section, why post a 1.6 guide traitor (jk jk)
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we sourcies have juansource
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my brother bought it it's pretty nice.
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"fRoD doesnt cheat" "#7 online/north america, you do the math" -qu4kE_
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this is old, and is it leaked yet lol?
LEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEROY JENKINNNNNNNSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
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anyone know the password?
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The only tip you'll ever need is "Stop posting on IRC" As said by Matt Stevenson.
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:)

This comment was edited at 02/01/2008 6:02 PM
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If it was cheaper, I'd probably buy it
BLACKHAWK
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good job Rambo I have already immersed myself in the 200 + pages just skimming through and now hopefully when I have time I can thoroughly read it just for fun and enjoyment :D
#EG #gotfrag
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Great guide by great players.

Get back in the 1.6 scene, guys!

This comment was edited at 02/01/2008 7:51 PM
Get up, get famous. Play hard, go pro.
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overpriced imo
f*ck affirmative action
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sounds amazing
Be nice.

Really great guide, I got it a week ago and I'm still not through reading it because there's so much to learn. A lot of advanced concepts explained in a really clear way. The videos are the icing on the cake when you get to learn from real rounds that happened at cpl and whatnot.

Thanks Rambo!
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yo, link to the leaked one ?
Fucked up, got ambushed, zipped in.

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#19 good stuff

i doubt they would #21, i think that would upset Jason and that's not good for CGS if he gets upset at them
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I bought it a few weeks ago.. and really, only after reading the first few pages I improved my weapon-use pretty efficient. I'm a noob, so I guess that even the most basic stuff got me thinking haha.

thanks a lot Rambo and Steel + Thorin... I'll be reading this often most probably. really does what you wrote it for.. decreasing the time of the learning curve..!

For those kids who can't afford 30 fckn dollars.. seriously just go ask your mum like you would when you wanted that awesome starwars figure.

-Will
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#23 your a noob stop flaming
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#21 I'm sure Rambo asked CGS before hand and they allowed it (Not a like a stupid aZn other person who, even though was denied, did it anyway.)
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cgs is a joke.
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Any leaked ones yet? I know i got that other guide of a torrent once it was leaked lol
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It has nothing to do with source.

It's an awesome guide. Buy it!!!!
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just get naked
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#19 you're so cool -.-
Its good to be bad!
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It really is a great guide. I love the videos
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Pathetic ploy to sell more copies re-announcing this three weeks later, nice try.
i play cz and make movies rofl
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I really hope this is for 1.6 cause in source rambo is one of the worst players on cevo p/coL

Very high priced IMO, but at least it has videos.
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Just purchased it myself earlier yesterday, since its 3 in the morning. Hope to be able to read it soon.
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mm i'll just have my brother crack it like i did with the lethal guides..took him 1 minute..and those lethal guides are worthless if you have any common sense on how to play the game btw
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how you going to compare lethal to rambo...
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overpriced
the quality of the ruleset is equivalent to the quality of the game
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#38 i second that

wish it didn't contain 20 pages of info about rambo and steel :|
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just purchased it today! so far it's a good read, nice work. i personally believe that the price matches the amount of time and work put into this project.
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hahah yeah #21

any big reviews on this yet?
sup bro
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yeah there is already a leaked copy of this. good guide for beginners, wouldve been nice to have this out 3-4years ago.
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I thought it said taco-cs and i got all excited
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It's a good read but I mean, nothing REALLY amazing. It was well put together and everything, and has some interesting points that I learned, but nothing to great. I would recommend this for a new gamer and whatnot, but I mean, if you've been playing cs for like 4+ years, don't bother.
#club-germany
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Absolutely amazing guide.

It's a great guide and for those of you source players, it will help you out also. I mean the book is about 1.6 but, take this into content; mill is the same map, the ingame play is the same etc.

Buy it its an awesome guide!!!!
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sounds pretty gay you guys take cs wayy too seriously
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if you are a decent player then this is nothing more then a refresher for your mind. Nothing new, nothing wtfbbq-pwn.
Si Teh Bu0mb OLOLOL
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it sucks, wasn't worth it and i got every page and video for free, it was just a waste of time, on every page they re-word "If you see someone, shoot them before you die"
surely.

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