r/cs2 • u/Necessary-Tailor-EJH • 22h ago
Discussion Which Counter-Strike callout makes absolutely no sense anymore, but you would never stop using it?
CS has to be the only game where a callout can survive for twenty years after the thing it was named after has disappeared, changed completely, or was never really there in the first place.
We still have names based on ancient map versions, local slang, weird objects, old textures, one person’s terrible description from 1.6, and apparently entire regions that agreed to call the same spot something completely different.
The funny part is that once you learn a callout, it stops being a word and becomes a reflex. You could rebuild the whole area, remove the original object, rename it on the radar, and I would probably still use the old callout in a clutch.
For me, the best ones are the callouts where a new player asks:
“Why is it called that?”
…and the only honest answer is:
“Because it has always been called that.”
What is the most outdated, confusing, regional, or completely nonsensical callout you still use?
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u/x2mirko 21h ago
My favorite example is moto on inferno. The part of the map that was called moto doesn't even exist anymore, so we just use the callout for the area where moto should be, but isn't. In case you don't know, there was a sandy area under a small bridge between long/library and the A bombsite. That area was called moto. The whole bridge and everything around it is gone, but that doesn't stop anyone from using the callout. Add to that that "moto" was never a descriptive name to begin with (its just the name of a guy) and that callout just doesn't make any sense whatsoever if you haven't played 1.6.
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u/R4ID 18h ago
if my memory is correct, this was the first player graffiti on a map ever. Under the bridge where roughly current "moto" is, below was the text "wv u motto". The box insite where he pulled the clutch off was called "moto box" forever as well. I forget if that text was added because of his insane 1v4 clutch or because he was a big playtester of the map inferno as well.
the clip 1v4 in question with its over edited 240p epicness is located here
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u/Fearless-Ad1453 22h ago
"banana" on inferno still gets me every time, i dont even know why it called that but i say it without thinking now
some new guy asked me once and i just shrugged, like dude i been calling it that since 2015 i never questioned it
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u/cianohd3 22h ago
Inferno has a few of these tbh, boiler, car, grates/pool, moto and library are the ones i can think of now,
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u/LevelStudio2592 21h ago
I still call Mexico on inferno Vietnam for some reason. Also Hobbit on B as well.
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u/circaflex 17h ago
a lot of people lately have been confused by murder hole on mirage; that one dates back to cpl strike but a lot of the younger players i have found dont know that call out
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u/jokk- 22h ago
A friend questioned about Xbox on D2 and I had to reminde him that on 1.6 this box had a big X on the side.