article: the gulf

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Guest author EjeKt sent us an interesting article about his CS experience in the country known as the United Arab Emirates. This country is next to Saudi Arabia and Iran. Here's a tidbit:

A friend of mine mentioned there was a Starbucks in the mall in Al-Ain. Once I scouted it out, I had it made. I'd head up there after a morning of language training, pull out the books, and get to work.



So after I got over the jet lag, I grabbed a taxi, shot the shit with the Afghani driver in my broken Arabic (Me American ... How are you ... What city you from ... I want to go to center of town ... Thank you), and passed briefly through the 115 degree weather on my way to the cool environs of the Mall. Once inside, I followed the directions a friend had given me, made my way upstairs, sat down in the Starbucks, and I got to work. I was editing a paper I wrote about the Bedouin nomads in Saudi Arabia when something caught my attention. I heard crickets. Yeah, crickets -- lots of them. And these were crickets I had heard before. I thought about it for a minute, and then I had it: de_aztec.

Catch the rest of this true story right here. Thanks for the article, EjeKt!

[Simplex]

Edited by [user="3327"] @ [time="1036764760"]

Proof that mailbags can be productive.



Actually, this was an entertaining article on how other people play CS. I found it interesting.



(debating if I want to say it or not...)



(still debating...)



(Nah... I shouldn't do it... it'd be immature.)



Just as long as this story wasn't taken from a guy who went to the UAE to play checkers



(wait... damnit.)

[Anist]

This was a great read, i lived in Saudi Arabia for about 5 years and you have it dead on. The filthy rich little kids are everywhere, and they have no control because its a male dominated society and the Matowers[religious police] will give you a seeing to if you look at em the wrong way. Saudi is much stricter but surprised you had the guts to shoot the little buggers in CS. And you found a taxi driver that spoke Arabic!!! Wow. [ this is an amazing thing honest ]

[LeRaldo]

This was a very interesting article... I enjoyed reading it!

[Dangki]

As articles go this ones different, which is a nice change.

[chainz]

I did'nt read everything..? ^^

[Wintermute]

nice article - dodgy bit at the end about how the way they play cs is an indicator of how a war would be, but hey, the rest of it made up for that

[SinaC]

Very nice, one of the best CSN features I've seen in a while. It would be great if you continued to write for us.

[rigid_mongoose]

This article was great.

I think that it's cool that CS is even down in those countrys.



Great article keep em coming



*KA | 5inister

[JaNkz]

word, this guy seem a bit anal to you guys?

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Excellent article. Much appreciated a tale from the real life scenario, and especially from such a country as the Saudi Arabia that I know nothing, or little about.



Hope that you will again post a article for some good reading EjeKt !



REgards from the cold nORTh of NorWay c",)

[TychoCelchuuu]

chainz wrote..

I did'nt read everything..? ^^

And here we have the Counterstrike community....



Nice article though.

[Eagle25]

nice article fun read!

[jrod5029]

Don't worry about that bit about the Emiratis being good soldiers. I doubt spoiled rich kids who've never worked a day in their life would make good soldiers... who also suck ass at Counter-Strike.



Good article. A+.

[Jsunu]

Hmm that article seem have described pubs :P