I've always said that heaven for me would be living in one of these old source community maps, doesn't matter if it's CS, TF2, or Gmod. The vibe they give off just makes me feel at home and at peace.
Played CS religiously starting in high school from Beta 7.1 2000. Parents lived out of town and I was stuck with 56K dial up until I moved out in 2009. I got good at playing on dial-up and would regularly get kicked and banned, it was definitely a running joke with my friends. Had my rotation of regular servers and chatted with many of the same people for years. Had the pleasure of meeting many local people as well. Most of us have parted ways, found our own path in life, started working, having families, etc. You don't realize in the moment how much of an impact something as small as a video game could make. Sometimes I boot up 1.6 now and then, mess around on a populated server but also find an empty one and just wander around. It's such a mix of emotions remembering the good old days and also seeing so many empty servers with nobody there playing in them.
That was me back in the day of Battlefield 3. It made me laugh every time I got kicked for being at the top of the leaderboard. There wasn't much else to do after school since my parents were split, working their own jobs, gas was 5 bucks a gallon, and all the friends I did have lived on the other side of the county, and many of them were in the same situation. Playing online games was the only way we could do things together. Now I think the peak population is 300-600 people a day, but thankfully the Venice Unleashed server mod allows for PvE bot play. Still, it's not the same.
I still vividly remember sitting down for the first time on my pc when i was 6 1/2 years old playing cs 1.6 on my older brother's PC. He was teaching me the controls on fy_pool_day. Few years later I found out about Unreal Tournament 1999. CS and UT99 were my absolute favourite games. the dnb and jungle OST of UT99 stuck with me for a long time, and so did the genuine and friendly maps and communities of CS. now, after experiencing both the ups and downs of life, here i am, at 23 years old, just came home from work, reminiscing about the good old days when i didn't give a single damn about anything and my life consisted of going to school and playing CS. It was a truly different time back then. I still miss it, but im definitely proud of experiencing it because we can't go back in time. That's what made it special. while i'm just stuck in waiting mode, waiting for my friends to come home from work so we could go to the gym, i saw this in my feed because i'm subscribed to you and because i had given a like to your fy_hotel & fy_swimming_pool mixes. You bet your sweet ass im slapping this on them earbuds during my workout session. Thank you for the nostalgia, I hope you have a nice day my friend.
nice story bro. i had most of my 20s playing CS and grinding on entrepreneurial stuff, now im in 30s and life is weirdly back to simpler times, I'm grateful to not have accidentally had a kid or something cus I can chill and play cs with 0 worries if I want to now the hard work is done. When I was younger I remember loading up CS1.6 portable version on a USB stick and bringing it in, waiting for any IT lessons with substitute teacher. We basically passed the USB stick round and copied the files, before I knew it half our accounting lesson was playing 4v4 on fy_snow. great memories, different times as u say^^
@@eightbo 32 m here. Same as you, played Cs 1.6 when we had IT lessons. No kids either. I lived my 20s partying and doing drugs lol. Now I work some random jobs here and there and most of the guys I went to school with started to work programming, then bought houses, cars and here I am listening to this DnB telling some random dude a story.
Dude reading this almost made me cry. I never played CS back in the day (I didn't get into multiplayer games until I was like 10 with TF2, maybe a little earlier than that with Classic minecraft), but I'm the same age as you and currently working as a software engineer. The vibe that this kind of music and these kinds of graphics gives me just brings me back so strongly to my first days using the computer when I was like 6 on Windows ME/XP and trying to figure out how to load different CDs of 2D games from the 90s, having no idea what I was doing and just trying my best to figure it out.. Now I have a computer that could render a Pixar movie from back then and my education has taught me how every step of the way works from logic gates on silicon to the no-code Gen AI solutions that modern devs use to create textures, rigging, and animations. Part of me really misses the magic that I felt back then not knowing how anything worked and just being amazed by the fact that the little tan box could make things like this possible. Software was also so much more free and open back then. Sure it was like the wild west with way more ransomware and viruses than I see today, but at least it was feasible for someone to modify their own Windows environment without having the resources of a major corporation behind them. What I wouldn't give to be able to time travel and spend a day in 2006 with what I know now...
Do you guys actually use decks to mix tho? A lot of it sounds computer generated with fairly poor mixing transitions. I enjoy the mixes for the selection, I'm just genuinely curious
So one of my long term goals, 10 to 20 years out is to create “low poly glasses”. It sounds silly, useless and might be impossible. But I would love to put on a pair of glasses to make corners sharper and turn colours into low poly textures. Might be a mix of ai object recognition not sure but we may have that tech in the near future. Yeah super niche and I just wanted to share.
havent played cs in over a decade, havent listened to dnb in about as long but the youtube algorithm seemed to think I needed this in my life today. i kind of agree. dope shit dude.
I cannot thank you enough for posting these. DnB is one of the few genres I can listen to and be at inner equilibrium so I can get shit done. Long live DnB, may the horizon only get bigger.
aint goin nowhere brother, havent mixed since the pandemic myself and each upload you do brings me some sort of creative push. keep it up man, this may be your best work yet
YES YES YES more source ambient PLS, always i've heard intelligent/jungle i think of surf maps that felt so spacy and liminal, and not just maps but the whole HL and Portal saga, just sublime atmospheric stuff from Valve
Elysian Fields is a favorite of mine that I hadn’t heard in forever. Was pleasantly surprised to hear it again. Everything else in the mix is great too!
really nice visuals, reminds me of the old Unreal Tournament levels kind of vibe of colour mood edit: where's the picture from? be cool to know who the artist or programmer is.. really nice vibe to the tunes the way your selection is building is really nice.. thanks for doing this and posting it for us.. i hope you have a good one
Bro I listen to these mixes all the time, I love the dnb and the source engine aesthetic and would massively appreciate if you could make some wallpapers, they look amazing!!
Hi how are things!! I love your art... I listen to these mixes very often... I wanted to know what game is the one you always play in the background... I suspect it's counter strike but I'm not sure. Greetings from Argentina!!
mostly bedroom djing modern dnb stuff for some time, however when doing these mixes, i just pick some tracks and stick them together in a software and some portions with real dj gear :)
Listening to this throughout the house to get me going for a big college football game today, UF vs UM. Go 🐊! 😁 Edit: also it's 9:45am here, there's nothing quite like some DnB in the morning for breakfast! 😁
![Hank Chill™ - [Atmospheric Drum and Bass Mix]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/geL0UVnSfvQ/mqdefault.jpg)
I've always said that heaven for me would be living in one of these old source community maps, doesn't matter if it's CS, TF2, or Gmod. The vibe they give off just makes me feel at home and at peace.
I get you, but they are also really off putting.. They are the pinnacle of liminal spaces
love those liminal space vibes, they really give off an unique feeling! thanks for listening mate 👊
So damn true, i remember that strange feeling when joining an empty map, i was feeling so lonely but stayin to discover the map and messin around ...
Holy shit I was just saying the exact same shit to my friend last week.
I think for me it would be being on an endless surf map, just watching the world pass by
hope you enjoy my new mix
fire!!!
@@filipus098thanks mate :)
Glad you're still kicking, been looking forward to your next one!
@@StevoBortzLevel99thanks brother 👊
glad you’re back
Played CS religiously starting in high school from Beta 7.1 2000. Parents lived out of town and I was stuck with 56K dial up until I moved out in 2009. I got good at playing on dial-up and would regularly get kicked and banned, it was definitely a running joke with my friends. Had my rotation of regular servers and chatted with many of the same people for years. Had the pleasure of meeting many local people as well. Most of us have parted ways, found our own path in life, started working, having families, etc. You don't realize in the moment how much of an impact something as small as a video game could make. Sometimes I boot up 1.6 now and then, mess around on a populated server but also find an empty one and just wander around. It's such a mix of emotions remembering the good old days and also seeing so many empty servers with nobody there playing in them.
just love getting nostalgic vibes and old memories from music / videos. really appreciate your comment mate 👊 keep it up
is that,,,..light_environment2 Holtzboy?
That was me back in the day of Battlefield 3. It made me laugh every time I got kicked for being at the top of the leaderboard. There wasn't much else to do after school since my parents were split, working their own jobs, gas was 5 bucks a gallon, and all the friends I did have lived on the other side of the county, and many of them were in the same situation. Playing online games was the only way we could do things together. Now I think the peak population is 300-600 people a day, but thankfully the Venice Unleashed server mod allows for PvE bot play. Still, it's not the same.
nothing will ever beat old school 1.6 ... i miss it being populated and competitive
me in CS and Battlefield 2....late 90s early and mid 2000s....nothing like it
I still vividly remember sitting down for the first time on my pc when i was 6 1/2 years old playing cs 1.6 on my older brother's PC. He was teaching me the controls on fy_pool_day. Few years later I found out about Unreal Tournament 1999. CS and UT99 were my absolute favourite games. the dnb and jungle OST of UT99 stuck with me for a long time, and so did the genuine and friendly maps and communities of CS.
now, after experiencing both the ups and downs of life, here i am, at 23 years old, just came home from work, reminiscing about the good old days when i didn't give a single damn about anything and my life consisted of going to school and playing CS. It was a truly different time back then. I still miss it, but im definitely proud of experiencing it because we can't go back in time. That's what made it special.
while i'm just stuck in waiting mode, waiting for my friends to come home from work so we could go to the gym, i saw this in my feed because i'm subscribed to you and because i had given a like to your fy_hotel & fy_swimming_pool mixes. You bet your sweet ass im slapping this on them earbuds during my workout session.
Thank you for the nostalgia, I hope you have a nice day my friend.
really love those old times, especially the vibes and music from old games, it truly has its own magical touch
really appreciate your words
nice story bro. i had most of my 20s playing CS and grinding on entrepreneurial stuff, now im in 30s and life is weirdly back to simpler times, I'm grateful to not have accidentally had a kid or something cus I can chill and play cs with 0 worries if I want to now the hard work is done.
When I was younger I remember loading up CS1.6 portable version on a USB stick and bringing it in, waiting for any IT lessons with substitute teacher.
We basically passed the USB stick round and copied the files, before I knew it half our accounting lesson was playing 4v4 on fy_snow. great memories, different times as u say^^
@@eightbo 32 m here. Same as you, played Cs 1.6 when we had IT lessons. No kids either. I lived my 20s partying and doing drugs lol. Now I work some random jobs here and there and most of the guys I went to school with started to work programming, then bought houses, cars and here I am listening to this DnB telling some random dude a story.
Dude reading this almost made me cry. I never played CS back in the day (I didn't get into multiplayer games until I was like 10 with TF2, maybe a little earlier than that with Classic minecraft), but I'm the same age as you and currently working as a software engineer. The vibe that this kind of music and these kinds of graphics gives me just brings me back so strongly to my first days using the computer when I was like 6 on Windows ME/XP and trying to figure out how to load different CDs of 2D games from the 90s, having no idea what I was doing and just trying my best to figure it out..
Now I have a computer that could render a Pixar movie from back then and my education has taught me how every step of the way works from logic gates on silicon to the no-code Gen AI solutions that modern devs use to create textures, rigging, and animations. Part of me really misses the magic that I felt back then not knowing how anything worked and just being amazed by the fact that the little tan box could make things like this possible.
Software was also so much more free and open back then. Sure it was like the wild west with way more ransomware and viruses than I see today, but at least it was feasible for someone to modify their own Windows environment without having the resources of a major corporation behind them. What I wouldn't give to be able to time travel and spend a day in 2006 with what I know now...
We should collaborate on a mix mate! Love your stuff, glad you're back! More people need to listen to this channel
YES!
Omg, its firewalker 🥰
omg, PLEASE MAKE THIS HAPPEN!
I agree🎉
Do you guys actually use decks to mix tho? A lot of it sounds computer generated with fairly poor mixing transitions. I enjoy the mixes for the selection, I'm just genuinely curious
When Elysian Fields came on, I knew this was the work of a man of culture.
Great, great mix!
Thank you so much for featuring my track "Nebula" on to your mix! This makes me really happy so thank you very much! :D
love your ep, its really good! keep producing awesome bangers 👊
@@nookie. Absolutely! Thanks so much! 🍻
@@tkdpll cheers!
It's a really neat song. Thank you for making this :)
@@Corvolet5 Thanks so much!
So one of my long term goals, 10 to 20 years out is to create “low poly glasses”. It sounds silly, useless and might be impossible. But I would love to put on a pair of glasses to make corners sharper and turn colours into low poly textures. Might be a mix of ai object recognition not sure but we may have that tech in the near future. Yeah super niche and I just wanted to share.
that would be so awesome!
Praying for your success man. This sounds super creative and An amazing passion project if it comes to life!
levelsio just made your dream a step closer.
Levelsio
havent played cs in over a decade, havent listened to dnb in about as long but the youtube algorithm seemed to think I needed this in my life today. i kind of agree. dope shit dude.
some forgotten memories ;) glad you enjoyed it mate!
I really appreciate that you timed the first drop with the camera motion starting.
had to! :)
Bro... i literally found your channel yesterday...
These tunes will get me through the day at work
glad you enjoy it :)
fy_pool_day was one of my all time favourite maps along with scoutzknives paired with low gravity high airaccelerate. went back recently and loved it
What good musical taste... Good themes and backgrounds that seem crazy to me. I really love these types of mixes
Yo you have TASTE. By far the best mix I've heard in years!
thank you so much man, really appreciate it
I cannot thank you enough for posting these. DnB is one of the few genres I can listen to and be at inner equilibrium so I can get shit done. Long live DnB, may the horizon only get bigger.
These places are a mixture of Perfect Dark and Mirror's Edge, I love this kind of level design.
more dnb? we will be listening
thanks mate
You make the best mixes, for real. I listen to this stuff while driving and it makes it *significantly* less stressful. Thanks for the vibes
thank you man
I'm glad I stuck around, these mixes are a major improvement from your much older ones (in terms of audio quality). Good stuff! :D
thank you for sticking around! glad you noticed the improvement! thanks for listening!
Best thing to come home to after a long day ❤
thank you so much! appreciate it
Thank you I felt very intelligent listening to this 👍
babe wake up, nook droppin the heat again 🥵
been too long, thanks for still sticking around
aint goin nowhere brother, havent mixed since the pandemic myself and each upload you do brings me some sort of creative push. keep it up man, this may be your best work yet
this skybox....Awesome combo of the music and visuals. Well done mate💥💥
thank you so much man
Thank you Mr. Nook for another banging playlist
thank you for listening!
I can't find any other mixes that even come close to the quality and vibe of these. Please nook, make more of them!
YES YES YES more source ambient PLS, always i've heard intelligent/jungle i think of surf maps that felt so spacy and liminal, and not just maps but the whole HL and Portal saga, just sublime atmospheric stuff from Valve
RETURN OF THE KING
thanks man
Incredible beginning 🤝🏼
Elysian Fields is a favorite of mine that I hadn’t heard in forever. Was pleasantly surprised to hear it again. Everything else in the mix is great too!
I like your videos. They convey a pleasant and cozy atmosphere. I listen to them while I work.
glad you enjoy my stuff, thanks man. love listening to intelligent dnb while doing stuff :)
nook returns
idk why i'm just now getting recommended this & i can't believe it's already been almost a year since part 1 and 2 - so psyched ur back!! :D
thanks man!!
new fy_mix just dropped 🔥🔥🔥
thanks for listening :)
i was not expecting the image to begin moving, v epic
thanks man :))
Hell yeah, g is back
proper mix once again
glad you enjoyed it
@@nookie. Cant wait for the next mix pookie
love it bro pls never stop
Wicked tunes, congratulations. Love from London Town ❤😎
thanks mate
absolutely massive
glad you like it :)
oh my god, never give up, please. You help me to studies session's!
Marc Renton - Delusion is an all time favorite nice to see it included
edit: Flowhertz - Nice Try lets go
both are just so good :)
oh my days ive been listening to your mixes while working out, the ones on spotify dont do it for me but yours are perfect!
thank you so much! keep getting them gains x)
Good mix. That image looks like it could be a Hitman 2 Silent Assasin map.
really nice visuals, reminds me of the old Unreal Tournament levels kind of vibe of colour mood
edit: where's the picture from? be cool to know who the artist or programmer is..
really nice vibe to the tunes the way your selection is building is really nice.. thanks for doing this and posting it for us.. i hope you have a good one
thanks! tried to recreate those old aesthetics / vibes :)
made it in the source engine!
glad you enjoy the selection, keep it up
OMG You're back!
Amazing mix! Good to have you back bro!
thanks
Would you ever do a B2B with Firewalker? Would be epic
haha would love to! love his channel :)
nook is back!!! lets fucking goooooo !!
thanks mate :)
Mix is insane good thank you
thanks for listening
I so love your vibes, you are amazing!
thank you!
hes back baby!
x)
Very good Mix ! Glad I stumbled upon your channel
Amazing as always 🔥
thanks man
Really cool man dont stop uploading these
thank you
Very nice - thank you for your service
thanks for listening
Thank you bro. Youve shown me so many great tracks. Sporty like a supra is just sublime.
glad you like my selections
no way I was just hoping for another one of these listening to poolday yesterday!
perfect timing :) thanks for listening mate
yessss. you have such a good taste in tracks!
thanks man! appreciate it
Where do you find all your music from? Also the 90s game graphics send me into a beautiful dream world of nostalgia, fun and peace
mostly just digging mixes and searching on youtube and soundcloud :)
i love these old video game aesthetics too!
The new mix has arrived, thank you!
thank you so much for supporting and sticking around man, i really appreciate it
a true master at work
thank you so much dude
Now THIS is a vibe.
glad you enjoyed it!
What a song to start it off😮💨🔥 Perfection!
The drums on Sawteeth - Growing Sprout are absolutely crazy! Great track! 34:58
This is anazing, can I ask what game the images are from?
thanks!
made these visuals in the source engine for my videos :)
Nice opening,listening for the first time!!🤩💘
thank you! appreciate it
Bro I listen to these mixes all the time, I love the dnb and the source engine aesthetic and would massively appreciate if you could make some wallpapers, they look amazing!!
i could try that! thanks for your support man, really appreciate it
Welcome back!
glad to see you man
those clouds on dmt omfg
Fantastic mix. Please give us more ❤
you tha man
thanks for this great mix
thank you!
nailed it ! good upload nook
return of the king
thank you
Your mixes are amazing.
Thanks dude
thank you for listening mate!
hell yeah i've been waiting for this
thanks for listening man
Hi how are things!! I love your art... I listen to these mixes very often... I wanted to know what game is the one you always play in the background... I suspect it's counter strike but I'm not sure. Greetings from Argentina!!
thank you
i fw it! how long have you been djing for?
mostly bedroom djing modern dnb stuff for some time, however when doing these mixes, i just pick some tracks and stick them together in a software and some portions with real dj gear :)
Listening to this throughout the house to get me going for a big college football game today, UF vs UM. Go 🐊! 😁
Edit: also it's 9:45am here, there's nothing quite like some DnB in the morning for breakfast! 😁
hope you had a nice game mate! love some morning drum and bass to get the day going
I think some 2007-2008 roblox maps could work well as backgrounds too, especially with a noticeable day night cycle
havent really played roblox tbh, will give it a look, especially those old maps!
Dope mix 🎶🎶!
thanks :)
Fire 🔥
thank you!
holy hell, first a pool mix, now a resort mix. cruise mix when???
good idea!
I really waited for this! Glad to see you got back =)
thanks for sticking around
love your work nook
thanks
LOVE the render
YOOO NEW NOOK PLAYLIST LETS GOOOOO!!!!!
thanks man 👊
Nice laidback mix😎
thank you
Yess another one
thank you :)
glad you enjoy it
Thanks for another dope video my dude, do you plan yo use other gold source game maps?
How did you record your mix or what platform you use, would be an honor if you can help
just mix these songs together and some portions with dj gear from pioneer and record it :)
sup dude
LET'S GOOOO ❤🔥
thanks for listening and sticking around
Thanks for the feature!
sure man, love this track! keep it up with your awesome music 👊
beautiful, thanks
thank you
This is exactly what I was looking for.
ooooweeee im hooked from the intro babyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
thank you so much man!
@@nookie. biggity bap!
Thx for mix mate. I enjoyed it when played Gran Turismo 3.
Lets goo
Are these actual counter-stike maps? How are you getting the visuals for these fy_ videos?
made them for my videos :)
@@nookie. that's awesome haha, they look fun to play