Counter-Strike: Source's win conditions

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cs maps

On a cs_ (Counter-Strike) map, the Counter-Terrorist team can win by either

1. rescuing (all) the living hostage(s), or
2. eliminating the Terrorist team,

whereas the Terrorist team can win by either

1. staying alive until the time is up, or
2. eliminating the Counter-Terrorist team.

This has some interesting consequences:

• If the Counter-Terrorist team rescue at least one hostage, they can kill the remainder of the hostages, and will win (FBI tactics).
• If all the hostages have been killed, the Counter-Terrorist team's first way of winning (rescuing hostages) is now impossible, yet the Terrorist team still has both of its options available to it. The round is then essentially a timed deathmatch: the CTs must kill the Ts before the time is up, or before the Ts kill them.

de maps

On a cs_ (Destruct) map, the Counter-Terrorist team can win by either

1. defusing the bomb,
2. staying alive until the time is up, or
3. eliminating the Terrorist team,

whereas the Terrorist team can win by either

1. planting the bomb and having it detonate, or
2. eliminating the Counter-Terrorist team.

This has one interesting consequence: if the bomb is disposed of somehow, the Counter-Terrorists' first way of winning (bomb defusal) is now impossible, as is the Terrorists' first way (planting the bomb and having it detonate). Like before, this makes the round into a timed deathmatch, only this time it is biased in favour of the CTs: the Ts must kill the CTs before the time is up, or before the CTs kill them.