Help writing a wikipedia page

Hey there,

I am looking for people who have been surfing for a long time and know a lot about the history of it. I want to make an exhibition on surfing maps, but need some background info...

I was hoping people here could help me with this. I thought it would be nice and handy to collect the info in a Wikipedia page, since that also does not yet exist for surfing as a game mode.

Any info about the origins of surfing, changes in map making, or whatever is useful information!

Also see the post on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/SkillSurfin...ikipedia_page/


EDIT! :
Ok I have set up a Google Doc :) since there apparently already was a Wiki page but it got deleted (http://deletionpedia.org/en/Counter_Strike_Surf)

Disclaimer: I am a surfing noob, and English is not my native language so could really really use your help!!:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1...it?usp=sharing

You can only suggest edits by making comments, I will make sure I implement the suggestions and maybe gradually add people as editors with 'can edit' privilege.

I know the origins of surf fall somewhere in CS 1.6 around 2003 / 2004 when players realized they could slide for short periods of time on the angled roofs of buildings. After playing around with the air_accelerate rates, early crude maps such as surf_ski and surf_egypt began to pop up.

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Originally Posted by evolv

I know the origins of surf fall somewhere in CS 1.6 around 2003 / 2004 when players realized they could slide for short periods of time on the angled roofs of buildings. After playing around with the air_accelerate rates, early crude maps such as surf_ski and surf_egypt began to pop up.

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one of my first experiment with surf is on cs_assault on cs 1.6. On the ct spawn point there is a building surrounded by an angled edge where you can perfectly surf on it ^^
there are some invisible part in the B site on dust2 that can be surfed to reach spots that are originally impossible to reach solo.

I'll continously edit this post if something pops out of my head ;)


here are other classic maps that i've played on cs 1.6 : surf_ninja, surf_greene, surf_x, and many more !

Thanks a lot already! Very cool, I did not know this :D

So surfing did start in CS (not some other game)?

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Originally Posted by evolv

I know the origins of surf fall somewhere in CS 1.6 around 2003 / 2004 when players realized they could slide for short periods of time on the angled roofs of buildings. After playing around with the air_accelerate rates, early crude maps such as surf_ski and surf_egypt began to pop up.

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Someone on Reddit is saying that surfing started before 1.6, and that it started in Quake.. What are your thoughts on that?
https://www.reddit.com/r/SkillSurfin...ikipedia_page/

Yes. I believe surfing started on quake as a bug

someone on reddit.. SOMEONE ON REDDIT?

http://www.world-surf.com/e107_plugi...topic.php?1226
History of surf from the creator himself apparently. Found by googling "cs surf history".

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Originally Posted by Troy

http://www.world-surf.com/e107_plugi...topic.php?1226
History of surf from the creator himself apparently. Found by googling "cs surf history".

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ffs, I feel like an idiot never having included ´history´ in my searches :facepalm:. BUT THANK YOU!!!!

I know you want to make the page mostly on surf maps, but I think it would be interesting if you include information on the best surfers and how they rose and fell over time.