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i always liked the original prodigy. i find the concept of "hidden facility in a giant remote mountain" to be extremely interesting to this day, because i'd imagine the view to be majestic, just staring at a mountain range on a platform in the middle of nowhere with no sounds other than the flow of the wind (which also relates to me always playing this map alone or with my brother bc no one plays it seriously)

Holy shit I havent seen de_prodigy since 1.6 . It's like visiting an old family home. Crazy.

I disagree about the physics props in source. It makes the game more fun even though less competitive.

I miss all the old school maps like de_prodigy, de_chateau etc. Maybe it's the nostalgia speaking but these maps were fun to play imo, I wish they'd bring them back. Just have 1 or 2 servers running with all the classic, old school maps on rotation.

I'm korean, and i remember playing prodigy map in cs 1.5 when i was in 10s. To me, It was funniest map of cs ones and I loved the dark feel of it. I am dying to playing it someday.

Opening the door through the blue screen is most likely a remnant from Half-Life doors. In HL sometimes you open doors by interacting with that screen, sometimes you just press E on the doors

Oh man the nostalgia , I remember I used to play this on condition zero with bots , this was the map I played the most on my dad's laptop with a crappy small mouse , the vents in this map are also so weird , there is no way that something like this would be implemented in cs now , but it was fun back then for me

De_prodigy was and still my favorite map I have ever played in CS, it saddens me that I won't see it in csgo or future cs versions :(

i remember countless hours on CSS's prodigy and most of the action happened on the cliff side and vents because vents are dark and fun

They should definitely add a classic map pool for us old heads. Like CPLmill, CPL fire, cobble, etc. These are some really great maps And would add interesting gameplay and dynamics back to the game

Prodigy's setting reminds me a bit of the wingman map Maginot!

I played so much of prodigy in 1.6 I remembered the bots behaviour every round and knew where they are going.. I spent around 1000hours of playing cs with bots

I do wish CSGO would add maps like prodigy back into the game. Keep the comp pool clean of them but let them exist in like casual or something. Always liked maps like Prodigy, Tides, Chateau, Pirenesi, Italy, Havana & Port from source.

Really loved the random mention of Chillin beating Ken for 2004! Hahaha.

I used to load up prodigy in a local game and walk around the map reminiscing of the good times I had playing it in the past.

Matches on Prodigy was something else. Nice video.

Prodigy's setting reminds me a bit of the wingman map Maginot! Nice video Penguin!

Thanks for putting up a minimap this video, it helps a lot

i was a CZ player and played this map about 10x every week for 4+ years in the community server i would play in. it was a really fun map (this was around 2003-2007)

I just realized that this map theme was likely inspired by the maginot line fortifications. You guys should check the community wingman map "Maginot"

I miss this map. It was a lot of fun. And it was very popular even in CS:Source. People played it all the time.

As a melee and csgo player and watcher your vids are great and the small melee bits added warms my heart

loved the video, enjoy your break!

I loved Prodigy exactlybecause it wasn't a polished, perfect map. It felt unique, and i never really bitched about a map being CT sided. You just needed that one entry moment where you could swarm the map with your teammates, and when that happened prodigy was like a cool hide-and-seek experience.

I love your videos, they are chill, thoughtfull, and your voice is sweet. Keep it up!

I used to love playing prodigy on CS Source community servers. It may not be a great map for 5v5 competitive play, but in the old days on the big 32 player servers it was so much fun.

I played a lot on prodigy , especially that place where the bots fall off and go "Aaahaaaah"

Take your time! Love your videos

Nice to hear that you'll chill for a week. Good video.

i miss this map sooo muchhhh it's sooo cozy and soft perfect for a casual game mode

love your content mate

Chillin beating ken literally changed melee forever - love the little melee cameos you’ve been adding 🙏

Prodigy's setting reminds me a bit of the wingman map Maginot! :) Great map btw

always good when my favorite csgo youtuber uploads

I could see prodigy making a return in the future as a hostage map

It's still a great classic CS map that goes back to the very beginnings of this series. Lots of cool little tunnels and corridors. Nostalgia!

I would like to see you with 500000 subs or more one day. These videos are so well made. You deserve more

A more accurate title would be "One of Counter-Strike's first defuse maps", as Dust and Nuke were included in the same update as prodigy, beta 4.0 on november 5 1999

I miss Prodigy, Assault, Militia, Oil rig. So many old maps from the best days of CS. Many fond memories of CS, bunny hopping around with a buddy using mac10s, just spraying and praying, goofing around.

Nice vid earned a sub 🤝😎

I like your content very much it's really comfy and neat

holy shit memory unlocked, i have played cs since 1999 but stopped for csgo. i loved this map as a kid

Hey I’ve never been early to these videos but I to love watch them!👍

Prodigy was the first map i ever played on cs. I loved it. So many spots you could wallbang on and the peeking on the bottleneck places was fun as hell.

As a former CAL-I player back in the day, I can say after all the hours put into this game, de_prodigy remains one of the most dynamic defuse maps ever made. The multitude of contact points, distance, and timing made each round unique and variable. Nades felt way more valuable in each part of the map due to a lot of blind spots but the map lent itself well driving close quarter confrontation and encouraged tight coordination with its short distancing. Many a good memories scrimming on this map.

Prodigy’s setting reminds me a bit of the wingman map Maginot!

Damn what a nostalgia trip. When I first started playing 2v2's with my buddy they were always in prodigy. Haven't seen this map in literally over a decade

I remember some late nights in 2003 on this map. Lots of fun pub games on this one.

When playing 1.6 I always try to vote de_prodigy when most likely people vote dust2 over and over or inferno/train/nuke.. I just had a few times to play Prodigy in a 16 or 20-people pub server but it was really fun to camp in the unpredictable corners or sneak via those small paths. By the way I love mountain view. It is low resolution but at that time I still feel it is breathtaking to watch.

playing prodigy on CSS back in the day in fun servers... good times. thanks for the memories. that hallway (6:40) was such a chokepoint i remember trying over and over again to win there and failing because i was but a noob

The true de_prodigy experience was having a teammate take the bomb to outside long hallway, dying, and having the bomb fly off the map

I knew I'd heard the name before but didn't realize which map it was until the cliffside view was shown. I don't think I ever played the map much myself but it brought back tons of memories of old CS frag videos.

I'm pretty sure I've never heard the name before, and I didn't recognize the 1.6 version. The moment you booted up the Source version though, damn, that brings back memories. Not because I played it in Source, nonono, but in Gmod. TTT to be specific.

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Love the content

Keep it up man

New penguin vid. Good day today.

thanks for the trip back

I haven"t even watched the video yet, but I know it's going to be amazing. You're a absolute S tier video maker. please remember people like me LOVE your videos. Keep up the amazing work and remember, we love you and there's no better CS:GO content creator then you.

so many memories, especially falling off the ledge and dying haha

Remember playing this map in WCG quali in my country, was such a fun map.

New Penguin video omgggg

Even though i rarely get to play it with other people, this was one of my favorite CS maps. The 1.6 version with all the half-life textures was really cool

Another banger, keep it up. Hope you're making some money now that you're taking on sponsors

penguin upload hype

When I was a kid I used to look at the skybox on the balcony. There's a single house on top of the hills if you look closely It was so melancholic to me

Prodigy was our favorite map back in the 1.5 and 1.6 days. Me and the homies used to play it for days. That and Quake 2 on The Edge map. Good times o7

damn i loved prodigy and i miss that map, so great to see it's getting a bit of attention these days

Oh dude I loved that map! I couldn't connect the map itself with a name since it kinda faded away, but man it brings back good old memories :D

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One of the problem of porting old "bad" maps to CS:GO is, back in the old days, CS was rarely played in 5v5 teams of similar skilled players. There could be a huge skill gap between the worst and the best player, teams didn't always have equal amount of players, and players could switch sides at any point during the match. This helped to balance a very unbalanced maps. If one side was harder, you could always have more or more skilled players on that side

Didn't recognise this map at all until it switched to Source and I realise it's a map I played hours on in Gmod Trouble In Terrorist Town

Oh man, completed forgot this existed. I must be old

always nice to see a new video in the sub feed

woahh you got a sponsor now? nice!

Iv played cs since 1.3 and pridogy was my favourite man for a long long time. Always thought it was a shame it's just non existent in csgo. It had the coolest atmosphere

prodigy one of the OG goats

I had so much fun scriming this map with my team to prepare for it in CAL

wow i haven't played so much for the last 20 years. I just came here to reminisce those graphics. I remember when i was playing cs with friends during highschool years. I remember so much maps that were classics at this time : prodigy, italy, chateau, militia, assault, office, train, cbble, estate ... and immortals such as dust 2, inferno, aztec, nuke ... such a great game ... now i'm a father of 2, living a life far from video games. It was cool to be a gamer in 2Ks though, i'll never forget

Aaaah prodigy, I miss that map.

Oh maaan THANK YOU 4 REMIND ME of de_prodigy!!! it's a great map and u did a great analysis!

I loved this Map...guaranteed bloodbath every time you play it. you should know this map was used in competitive pools too. I remember a match played by some underdogs called 4kings (British clan I believe) and they gave a heavy favorite a real hard time although I can't quite recall who they played. 4 kings really blew my mind that match, with their unique play style on prodigy

I was talking about cs recently and this as well as de_survivor came up. I loved that map, but no one ever wanted to play it - I know it wasn't exactly good, but it was so neat looking.

Back in the day it was common in games to open doors on different kinds of buttons or control pannels next to doors or even in other rooms rather than walking up to a door and using a hotkey.

de_prodigy was our home map for many months. Really good memories were made on that map. Thanks to the creators of this map. I kinda dropped out of CS at the switch to CS:GO, but I feel sad this map did not get the legendary status of being ported over.

de_prodigy?! Damn, it's been years since the last time I was playing on that map

Damn, it might have been unbalanced, but HE exchange between teams on long is kinda iconic picture.

I played a league match on prodigy back in the day where due to the economy balance in CS 1.3 the most effective strategy on a T eco round was to camp spawn with glocks and wait out the round timer, which back then was 3 minutes. We sat in T spawn for 3 minutes. Good times.

prodigy was propably most intense map in 1.x era, I loved it

loool i was here at 38.2K subs, very well made!!!

In the original map, there's a spot by the hut where you can climb up a rock and exploit a glitch where you can see through the walls, and also swim in the sky to some bullshit camping spots. I used to exploit the shit out of that on public servers back in the day. There was also a spot on the cliff you could jump off and safely land on. You could grab the bomb and just wait out the clock on that ledge to be an asshole, or potentially to save a weapon.

i missing the old prodegy had mutch fun on it

Loved this map…had some great matches on it in CAL. One time in a scrim we were t side and they pushed the long hall and got the bomb down I was able to get it back to a 1v1 and the guy was surfing on the wall on the outside and I surfed down the wall and knifed him right as time was running out. I also remember my friend getting a 4k spray down from those stairs looking down the long hall.

I'm really loving the content here. Feels like a mix between ESCalation's and 3kliklsphilip (I'm just reading captions for reasons though, so can't say anything about the voiceovers). Do a video for Torn if you could, I would love to see your opinion. It's a map that I remember specifically for bad framerates when I was a kid but I really enjoyed playing Torn against bots. I really loved the art style in CZ, I think, but no one ever talks about it. It also had a unique feel to it, and idk, I also remember feeling it is one of the more competitively viable maps among the ones cut out in GO. P.S the best way to make Hostage relevant imo is to give it its own game mode and ranks like Wingman and Danger Zone. Bundling it alongside Defusal only makes it worse, with loads of hackers and longtime Office diehards since regular players rarely give them a chance. If Hostage Rescue and Bomb Defusal are given separate game modes, there's more room for improvement for maps in general. Unrelated to the video, but I just wanted to add this in.

That brings me back.. Not quite as old but remember de_port? and cs_compound.

I remember the buy zone in ct-spawn being really far out and buy time often being very long in 1.1-1.6. That way you could stay in spawn throwing nades for 90 seconds down the corridor.

de_prodigy lore: Prodigy actually has a story that only mentioned in a Alexander Manilov interview. Its called Prodigy because the crator was listening to The Prodigy at the time. The map has its name because of a experimental super AI called P.R.O.D.I.G.Y. that gets attacked by a rival computer firm that hires a mercenary group of terrorists. Also originally prodigys guard house was supposed to have working cameras but it didnt worked because for some reason de_ maps dont let cameras work

The irony is that prodigy would be an amazing casual map for a 10v10 game mode

one of the toughest maps in the esl 3on3 ladder back in the days