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de_chateau is a fairly
popular
Bomb/Defusal map in the
first-person shooter game
Counter-Strike.
The map
The map consists of a two-story house, presumably a
chateau, where both Terrorist and
Counter-Terrorist forces begin outside the home on opposite ends.
It's evident that the home has already been attacked with
explosives, probably by an earlier group of Terrorists who were
foiled in their attempt to reach one of the main bombing
objectives, and so now a second wave is sent in to finish the job.
In the game, the Terrorists enter the home through a shallow creek
or moat that in one direction takes them to the garden marked as
Bombsite A, or in the other direction takes them into the home
through a wine cellar that leads to a square room marked Bombsite
B. One of the unique points of this map is that both bombsites are
open vertically and bordered by two levels, meaning that somebody
planting/defusing the bomb at either site could be interrupted from
an enemy shooting on their own level, or shot at from
above.
Analysis
This is the only bomb/defusal map <!--that I know of-->in
the official
Counter-Strike: Source map list where
the Terrorists can rush to a bombsite (Bombsite A) and get there
before Counter-Terrorist forces. That means with a well-executed
rush, the Terrorists can get the bomb planted and move into a
defensive position before the Counter-Terrorists arrive. However,
while being able to reach the garden first, the Terrorists don't
have quick access to the second-story windows bordering the garden.
Counter-Terrorist forces can rush to those higher windows and even
if the Terrorists get there first, they can snipe at their
defensive positions from above.
Bombsite B is more complex, due
to the fact that it is completely surrounded (all 4 sides) by two
levels of hallways shrouded in shadows. Counter-Terrorists can
reach this bombsite first and plant a few gunmen in the corners to
suprise their opponents.
References
" The CS Maps," The
Official Counter-Strike web site"Counter-Strike" (computer
software), Minh Le and Jess Cliffe, 1999, [642]See also
Counter-Strike Counter-Strike
maps List of Counter-Strike maps
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