I play Counter-Strike 2 most nights, and I can’t say I’ve found anything particularly Zen about trying to clutch a 1v4 after my teammate on A-site dies to his own molotov and proceeds to shout expletives in Russian while I try to listen to enemy footsteps. But who am I to say? Not a Buddhist, that’s for sure—and certainly not a Buddhist monk. If I was, then perhaps I’d be able to handle it all a little better like this chill dude (via Ohnepixel).Assuming the translation of the Dasheng Studio mini-documentary provided by X user nealCS is correct (and thank you, Neal), the monk, who in the video goes only by the “Master”, kept Counter-Striking after joining the order: “Why would I cut off a good thing?” Damn straight.Apparently, he’s been playing Counter-Strike “from the very beginning”, which was before he became a monk and when he was in elementary school. Before the Chinese-local version Perfect World launched, his peak rank was Legendary Eagle Master (LEM)—which coincidentally was mine, too, back in the day, although I like to pretend it was Supreme since I almost got there. “Then,” he says, “I got older, couldn’t remember the positioning anymore, and my aim got soft too. So I stopped playing ranked after that.”He’s keen on emphasising just how positive playing CS2 can be: “The communication, exchange, cooperation with teammates… that feeling is really great. It also helps with your own personal growth. You’re not a lone wolf. You have to consider the…
