In seventh grade (2003), my friend and I were addicted to Counter Strike. I believe it was version 1.5 — this was before Steam sort of centralized everything. We started hosting a dedicated de_rats game server off of his parents spare computer for our group of friends. Over time, and because "rats" was a relatively niche map, we developed a pretty sizeable following of regular players.
We eventually started charging for "admin" access on the server. Being an admin would allow you to slap, kick, ban users, send game-wide messages, etc. It was sort of a thrill for folks to have that extra power, and they were willing to pay $5-10/mo for the privilege. It also guaranteed you a reserved slot in the server, which could get very crowded at peak hours. The forced scarcity (due to our crappy machine) turned out to be a critical factor. Everything was facilitated by Paypal.
Fast forward a few months, and we had a tidy little business on our hands. We eventually built a dedicated host-machine ourselves, and expanded to support more game servers. This was before cloud-hosting servers were ready available. We called it CounterAdmin.com — it's still on Archive.org's wayback machine.
Hehe. My co-founder on that project is absolutely brilliant and currently works at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He deserves the vast majority of the credit.
Dude I know exactly what you're talking about. I remember getting so salty when I found out these admins that were slapping me around just paid to be an admin on that specific server.
And my first game in counter Strike was in the fifth grade and I was 12 years old then, it was 2001, it only recently appeared, but very quickly began to gain popularity, even now it is one of the best. At the moment I am still connected with this video game, namely on the site csgobettings.com/csgoempire-referr... I use various top platforms for betting and thus make money. When I started doing this, my family was in a very difficult situation, but now everything has changed.
We also can recommend other game according to your needs. Please, check gamble-csgo.com/csgoempire-referra... for new users they offer attractive bonuses.
What was your first ever entrepreneurial venture?
In seventh grade (2003), my friend and I were addicted to Counter Strike. I believe it was version 1.5 — this was before Steam sort of centralized everything. We started hosting a dedicated
de_ratsgame server off of his parents spare computer for our group of friends. Over time, and because "rats" was a relatively niche map, we developed a pretty sizeable following of regular players.We eventually started charging for "admin" access on the server. Being an admin would allow you to slap, kick, ban users, send game-wide messages, etc. It was sort of a thrill for folks to have that extra power, and they were willing to pay $5-10/mo for the privilege. It also guaranteed you a reserved slot in the server, which could get very crowded at peak hours. The forced scarcity (due to our crappy machine) turned out to be a critical factor. Everything was facilitated by Paypal.
Fast forward a few months, and we had a tidy little business on our hands. We eventually built a dedicated host-machine ourselves, and expanded to support more game servers. This was before cloud-hosting servers were ready available. We called it CounterAdmin.com — it's still on Archive.org's wayback machine.
Um, are you sure you're the least technical?
Hahaha I was just about to ask this same thing. Doesn't sound like @peter is non-technical at all. 😜
Hehe. My co-founder on that project is absolutely brilliant and currently works at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He deserves the vast majority of the credit.
Dude I know exactly what you're talking about. I remember getting so salty when I found out these admins that were slapping me around just paid to be an admin on that specific server.
That's an awesome first venture though 👌
And my first game in counter Strike was in the fifth grade and I was 12 years old then, it was 2001, it only recently appeared, but very quickly began to gain popularity, even now it is one of the best. At the moment I am still connected with this video game, namely on the site csgobettings.com/csgoempire-referr... I use various top platforms for betting and thus make money. When I started doing this, my family was in a very difficult situation, but now everything has changed.
We also can recommend other game according to your needs. Please, check gamble-csgo.com/csgoempire-referra... for new users they offer attractive bonuses.
Counter-Strike is a whole epoch! Lately I've been playing CS:GO, and I also periodically open cases on sites from the rating here
