Counterstrike "No Error" Messages

I have 19 computers in my apartment (and you wonder how I can have so much trouble with the stuff,) so naturally one of them is running as a dedicated Counterstrike server. Of course, most of these computers are Pentium II machines, meaning that CS:Source is somewhat out of the question. And seeing how I can't stand Steam with a passion, the version of CS running on the server, as well as all these machines, is CS 1.0.0.5. And it turns out that this version has some of the most peculiar error messages.

I begin by submitting to you the following message that seems to be rather commonplace in running the server.


"NET_SendPacket ERROR: NO ERROR"
There is an error, but the error is that there is no error. If this confuses you, it's for good reason, as the extension of this logic goes as follows:

• If there is no error, then that is an error
• To rectify this error, an error must be created
• The very fact that "no error" is an error creates an error whenever there is no error
• This "no error error" then solves itself, creating a lack of error
• There is then no error, which is an error

If you think that's a bad error message, then you'll love this one. Sadly, I don't have a screenshot of this message, but there's a story.

It all started on a Friday night. Between 6 and 10 people had shown up for the biweekly LAN party, and we were getting ready for fun. Over the past few months, we had played Starcraft into the ground and were looking forward to trying something new; Counterstrike. I had spent the day prior installing the game on all desktops, and the better part of an hour getting it installed on the various laptops people brought. Finally, we are ready to play, so I fire up CS and try to create a server. Instead of creating a server though, the following window pops up:


cs1005.exe

The version of Half Life: Counterstike that you are using is out of date. However, there is no newer version available.

____
| OK |


That was it. No suggestions on remedy, no abort/retry/fail option, nothing. A message saying that the newest available version was out of date, and all I could do was acknowledge the message.

Eventually I reinstalled CS on that computer and the problem solved itself, but we had quite a laugh in the process.