The C4 is the explosive objective in Counter-Strike, first introduced in the original game in 1999 and carried through Counter-Strike: Global Offensive in 2012. In a match the Terrorist side plants it at a site, an announcer states the bomb has been planted, and the beeping signals how long the Counter-Terrorists have to defuse it. Clips of the sequence spread through gaming videos, streams and soundboards, and the accelerating beeps became shorthand online for any situation that is about to go badly wrong.