Editing Counter-Strike (video game) (section)

===Controversy===
The game faced scrutiny in [[Germany]] after being linked to the [[Erfurt school massacre]] in 2002 after it was found on the computer of the perpetrator, Robert Steinhäuser. Politicians, including [[Günther Beckstein]], and media outlets, particularly [[Bild]], then regularly referred to the game as {{Lang|de|Killerspiel}} {{Gloss|killer game}}. Calls for banning violent video games intensified, with politicians like Beckstein advocating for penalties against players. Media outlets like Frontal 21 on [[ZDF]] often portrayed players negatively.<ref name="index">{{Cite web |date=October 23, 2010 |title=''Counter-Strike'' |url=https://www.schnittberichte.com/schnittbericht.php?ID=923471 |access-date=February 25, 2025 |website=Schnittberichte.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Schmidt |first=Christian |date=June 23, 2009 |title=''Counter-Strike'': Ein "Killerspiel"? - Counter-Strike und die Verbotsdebatte |trans-title=''Counter-Strike'': A "Killer Game"? - ''Counter-Strike'' and the Ban Debate |url=https://www.gamestar.de/artikel/counter-strike-ein-killerspiel-counter-strike-und-die-verbotsdebatte,1956953.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171129075727/https://www.gamestar.de/artikel/counter-strike-ein-killerspiel-counter-strike-und-die-verbotsdebatte,1956953.html |archive-date=November 29, 2017 |access-date=March 16, 2025 |website=[[GameStar]] |language=de |page=2}}</ref> In 2002, Germany's [[BPjM]] considered indexing ''Counter-Strike'' but ultimately rejected it, concluding that the game's objectives could be achieved without violence and that its communication aspects were beneficial. Chancellor [[Gerhard Schröder]] criticized the decision as irresponsible.<ref name="index" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Klös |first=Oliver |date=November 22, 2006 |title=Killerspiele - Die üblichen Verdächtigen |trans-title=Killer Games - The Usual Suspects |url=http://www.heute.de/ZDFheute/inhalt/23/0,3672,4078743,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070115020654/http://www.heute.de/ZDFheute/inhalt/23/0,3672,4078743,00.html |archive-date=January 15, 2007 |access-date=March 16, 2025 |website=[[ZDF]] |language=de}}</ref>

A Brazilian federal judge, Carlos Alberto Simões de Tomaz, ordered a ban on the sale of ''Counter-Strike'' and ''[[EverQuest]]'' in October 2007 arguing that the games "bring imminent stimulus to the subversion of the social order, attempting against the democratic state and the law and against public security."<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.kotaku.com.au/2008/01/brazilian_government_bans_counterstrike_everquest_fun-2/|title = Brazilian Government Bans ''Counter-Strike'', ''EverQuest'', Fun|date = January 19, 2008|access-date = April 1, 2014|website = [[Kotaku]] Australia|last = McWhertor|first = Michael|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140407070436/http://www.kotaku.com.au/2008/01/brazilian_government_bans_counterstrike_everquest_fun-2/|archive-date = April 7, 2014|url-status = dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/80757-Brazil-Bans-Counter-Strike-EverQuest|title = Brazil Bans ''Counter-Strike'', ''EverQuest''|date = January 21, 2008|access-date = April 1, 2014|website = [[The Escapist (magazine)|The Escapist]]|first = Andy|last = Chalk|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140407100734/http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/80757-Brazil-Bans-Counter-Strike-EverQuest|archive-date = April 7, 2014|url-status = live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.computerandvideogames.com/179980/banned-in-brazil-counter-strike-and-everquest/|title = Banned in Brazil: ''Counter-Strike'' and ''EverQuest''|date = January 21, 2008|access-date = April 1, 2014|website = [[Computer and Video Games]]|last = Bishop|first = Stuart|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141008114605/http://www.computerandvideogames.com/179980/banned-in-brazil-counter-strike-and-everquest/|archive-date = October 8, 2014|url-status = live}}</ref> The order began to be enforced on January 17, 2008, but [[Regional Federal Courts|regional federal court]] order lifting the prohibition on the sale of ''Counter-Strike'' was published on June 18, 2009.<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 June 2009 |title=Justiça libera venda do game ''Counter-Strike'' no Brasil |trans-title=Courts release ''Counter-Strike'' game for sale in Brazil |url=http://g1.globo.com/Noticias/Games/0,,MUL1199747-9666,00-JUSTICA+LIBERA+VENDA+DO+GAME+COUNTERSTRIKE+NO+BRASIL.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006091104/http://g1.globo.com/Noticias/Games/0%2C%2CMUL1199747-9666%2C00-JUSTICA%2BLIBERA%2BVENDA%2BDO%2BGAME%2BCOUNTERSTRIKE%2BNO%2BBRASIL.html |archive-date=October 6, 2011 |website=[[G1 (website)|G1]] |lang=pt}}</ref>