Being both a Source player and a member of a community largely based around Counter-Strike: Source, it is hard not to notice the almost constant flow of communal negativity. As a community, we have made up our minds about the growth, function and life of Source.
 
Apparently, it is dead; I am not so convinced.

Counter-Strike: Source, to put it truthfully, is an online gaming phenomenon. When it was first released on January 7th 2004, it exploded off store shelves and into the PC’s of hundreds and thousands of whiny, lonely teenagers.

After its initial buying craze died down, it steadily grew till about 2006/2007, where it boomed again with the giant Championship Gaming Series (CGS) competition. Regrettably, CGS was made well before it’s time, and after the Series' demise, CS naturally slowed in its growth; however there is still a steady rise in its playing populace today.