The Day Solid Snake Played
Counter-Strike
By Bad Ronald

"Okay, now click Play CS, over here."
"Mm-hmm."
"Now, if you want to change your name and your logo, click here."
"Mm-hmm...Otacon?"
"Yeah?"
"What's Eva Unit-00?"
"Never mind that. Just type over it."
"All right."
"Solid Snake. Very original."
"Otacon?"
"Yeah, Snake?"
"I think this is really dumb."
"Oh, come on, Snake, have a little fun once in a while!"
"Smoking cigs and drinking JDs are fun, but you don't want me to do them."
"That's because it's hazarous to your health. Playing Counter-Strike is not."
"I read in a newspaper once that Counter-Strike influnced three--"
"All right, fine, if you don't want to play--"
"Wait, okay, I'll play. Happy?"
"Yeah. Okay, now you should change your logo."
"......... Done."
"A snake. Once again, very ori--"
"Otacon."
"Uhh, err, sorry. Now click done, and go on to LAN games."
"All right."
"..........."
"..........."
"Done."
"Now click this one."
".........."
"Okay, just wait, it'll take a while."
"Mm-hmm...."


Chapter One: Men and their games...
That's how it all started. Otacon was begging me to play this stupid game, and I agreed, just to humor him. It was kind of basic, Otacon taught me the commands, "F1" for menu, "F2" for buying additional primary ammo, "Y" for chat messages, that kind of stuff. After I had it all down on memory, he booted it up and let me play. Now, let me tell you, my anticipation for playing this game was extremely low. I chose to be a Counter-Terrorist, Team SAS, ready run up to nearest terrorist and die so I could just stop playing this damn thing. I glanced at the number roster.

Counter-Terrorists:
McClane
Mr. Floppy
LITLEIDIOT
Solid Snake
The Big PoPo
Terrorists:
Mister X
The Big Loserbowski
YAMASHITA
Hank Evans
Dead

Five Counter-Terrorists and five Terrorists, an even match.
I looked at Otacon, who was behind me, watching in anticipation. I shrugged mentally, getting back to the computer.
Might as well give him a show.
I looked at the screen, which showed me a black gloved hand in front of me clutching a USP. I held down "W", for forward. I paused, realizing that I should have pressed "F1" for a better choice of weapon and ammo.
Oh well.
I pressed the right button on the mouse, seeing another hand come up on screen holding a metal tube and twisting it on top of the USP.
Oh, I get it.
Silencer.
I then held down "W", walking forward, while tracing my computer mouse left and right, looking around while walking. I then pressed down on the mouse's left button, and saw shots fire off from the USP, the action on the USP slamming back, bullet cylinders popping out like popcorn.
"Cheap VR.", I muttered.*
I walked forward, looking around, scanning my surroundings. That is what a trained soldier must do, scan the surroundings of the enemy.
It seemed that I was in the ruins of a town. Everything was painted in a garish orange color, probably the remnants of a mexican town.
I walked straight into an opening into a wall, looking like an opening into a cave. There, I could see several metal crates and boxes, probably put there to hide in.
I kept walking, then stopped. There was a path straight ahead, and another in my left. The boxes were hiding my view of the left one. I decided to go see what was on the left path, when the speakers of the computer blared out, "Fire in the hole!"
At the same time, a message popped out on the screen, "*Enemy* YAMASHITA *Radio*: Fire in the hole!"
What the hell was that supposed to mean?
So the enemy was in the left path? Well, then--
Suddenly, before I could turn there and shoot, the computer speakers gave a huge blast, and the whole screen went white.
The hell?
I walked forward, shooting blindly.
Pow!
The blurred image shook, a blood splatter in the middle. Then the screen went black.
Does that mean--
"You're dead, Snake.", Otacon commented behind me.
A rage welled up inside me, telling me to take out that person called YAMASHITA, the very person who blinded me and had me killed somehow. A cheat code, perhaps?
As if Otacon could read my mind, he said, "It was a flash grenade that he used. You know, like those Stun grenades on your last mission? They use flash to blind the enemy temporarily, then shoot the enemy when he comes out blind. Instead of going forward, Snake, you should backtrack."
The black screen suddenly turned in color, and I saw the mexican town. I went forward.
The hell?
The words, "Free-All mode" was on the screen, and I seemed to be going through walls.
"That, well, that's like dead mode. You're a ghost.", Otacon said.
Oh.
So I'm dead. Big surprise.
"Otacon, how do I get back?", I asked.
"You can't. One group needs to win for the game to start over."
I grunted in response, then searched around in dead mode. I saw three terrorists going forward into a place where the stone-peppered path trailed down, under a bridge, it seemed. I went through the terrorists, and under the bridge, I saw large metal crates. Two of the remaining Counter-Terrorists were hiding behind them, a GSG-9 and a SAS, both aiming forward, lest a terrorist come through they could easily pick them off.
*Enemy* Hank Evans *Radio*: Fire in the hole!
I saw the two remaining CTs react by backtracking, just before a huge white blast blinded them. They got gunned down by the terrorists, each going down in a spray of blood.
"Terrorists win!", the computer speakers taunted, along with the TERRORISTS WIN! words emblazoned on the screen.
I gritted my teeth. The terrorists won't win again. Not if I have anything to say about it.


Before I knew it, I was back in the game. I looked down at the keyboard, pressing "F1". The menu popped up, and making sure I had a sufficient cash, I went ahead and bought a H&K MP5-Navy.
Then I started playing.
Mr. Floppy joins the Terrorists team. The computer bluntly displayed the message of betrayal.
No!
I looked at the roster. Wasn't Mr. Floppy part of the CTs?

Counter-Terrorists:
McClane
LITLEIDIOT
Solid Snake
PoPo
Terrorists:
Mister X
The Big Loserbowski
YAMASHITA
Hank Evans
Dead
Mr. Floppy

He used to be, and now Mr. Floppy had betrayed the CTs. Four CTs and six Terrorists... This wasn't looking good.
I started walking, getting transfixed into the game, though I never forgot my burning desire to pay back YAMASHITA for blinding me and getting me killed at the start.
Like Naomi said, "Men and their games."



*"Cheap VR.", I muttered - The original line is in "Anya's Dream Date?" by Ari. I put it in to make her happy and show how much I like her story, and I got the story idea of Snake playing CS because of her story. How's that for cookies, Ari?
.............
Ok, you got me. I'm just sucking up so I can be put in her story, LoL.

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