I thought counter-strike was a free HL mod? Maybe I am wrong.
So all you need is a copy of Half Life from somewhere and then download the mod and use The All-Seeing Eye to look for internet games. Couldnt be easier.
I dont understand exactly what you mean by pirating something thats free.
I thought you had to have a valid serial to play it online? I have a piratted Half-life with serials, but there not valid for online play. If I bought half-life and used its serial it would work, but who really wants to go buy half-life?
I think some Geoshock members were discussing this a while back. I ahve 2 original copys of HL and i keep loosing the fucking serial. I found a working offline serial but as my net connection sucks (800+ ping??) i didnt bother.