Private Counter-Strike: Condition Zero servers, pay by the hour
Spin up a Counter-Strike: Condition Zero dedicated server by the hour. Classic CS with first-class bots that fill the server, Bomb Defusal and Hostage Rescue on every stock map, friends join by IP, ready in ~5 minutes.
Deploy a Counter-Strike: Condition Zero dedicated server
measuring latency...Group ping test
Bots fill the server
Condition Zero's AI plays the objective, so the game is never empty. Bring one friend or nine, the bots make up the numbers.
Every classic map built in
Dust2, Inferno, Office and the rest, Bomb Defusal and Hostage Rescue. Everyone already has them, so nobody waits on a download.
Private server, no VPN
Public IP from the start, password it for your crew. Friends just connect to the IP, no port-forwarding.