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Tuesday: CS BUZZ NOW — the top 5 stories from the past seven days, ranked by Buzz Score. We read the threads, we count the noise, we make the call. Then we publish it and let you tell us we got it wrong.

Friday: CS BUZZ RETRO — one story from CS's 27-year history per week. A moment, a controversy, a result that still gets argued about. Put into context and told properly.

CS BUZZ is the twice-weekly newsletter for the Counter-Strike community — NOW for what's buzzing this week, RETRO for the moments that made the game. We want you to participate to make it more buzzing. And if you do you have the chance to win!
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Reply with your answer. Our editorial team reads every entry and picks the standout answers. The best ones win a headset. There's no random draw — we choose winners on the strength of their answer. So make it a good one. (And don't worry, "good" doesn't mean long — a single sharp line beats a rambling essay.) Your answers do double duty: they enter you to win, and they help us decide what to cover in RETRO. The moments you care about are the ones we want to write about.
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