Tutorials: Cant Find Any Online Server In Counter-Strike?

You cant find any on line server in your Internet tab and always getting just this error "Could not contact master game server to retrieve server list"!
If yes this tutorial can solve this problem. Usually it happens when CS cant connect to the Internet, so all what u need to do just check your internet connection and be sure that Firewall doesn't block your Counter-Strike application.
But last Valves's (summer 2009) steam update makes almost all Non-Steam servers invisible in the server browser, even though they are still up. So if you want make all that servers visible again you must download css.setti.info 's masterserver list. What is the masterserver?

Masterserver is a server which tells clients (that's YOU) what are the IP addresses of game servers (CS:S, CS1.6, TF2, ...). What you need to do is change the default MasterServer IP address to Setti MasterServer IP address. To do that follow the instructions.

The servers which Setti MasterServer shows are listed at http://css.setti.info/servers/. You can add more servers by submitting them to the form at the server submit page.

After installing masterserver, the servers at Setti will be listed in the in-game server browser. For Steam the servers are found in Servers window. So everything works just like normal, but the servers are fetched from Setti.

Install Instruction:
Remember to backup your original copies in case you want to revert. And routinely once a month update your masterserver.vdf from this site.
1. Copy MasterServers.vdf to config\ directory
* Standalone: C:\games\Counter-Strike Source\platform\config\MasterServers.vdf OR
* Steam: C:\Program Files\Steam\config\MasterServers.vdf
2. Make MasterServers.vdf read-only
* Right-click over MasterServers.vdf, select "Properties" and check "Read-only"
Download:

Remember to make the file READ-ONLY!

Making the VDF read-only prevents your game or Steam from overwriting it in some cases.

Updating MasterServer.vdf for any gametype (CS:S, CS1.6, DoD:S, TF2, L4D ...) should work. All HL and HL2 game mods use the same kind of server query mechanism.

Steam server browser also works with Setti Masterserver. After patching Steam's Masterserver, all HL1 and HL2 based games launched through Steam will use Setti Masterserver. For example Team Fortress 2 and Left 4 Dead work through Steam.