Door Stuck is a viral 2007 Counter-Strike 1.6 clip where a player, griefed by his teammate into a door frame, panics and yells "door stuck" and "please" over voice chat before both get killed. The 34-second video grew into one of gaming's most quoted audio memes, spawning remixes, a Valve-approved CS:GO sticker, and a decade of references across the FPS community.
Origin
On September 22nd, 2007, KinetiK001 uploaded the original clip to YouTube from a match played on the cpl_mill defuse map during an ESEA pub game[1]. He later explained in a Reddit AMA that he happened to be doing a test recording with Fraps capture software when the round unfolded, which is why the moment was preserved at all[1].
The trapped teammate opens the round singing lyrics from Snoop Dogg's "Drop It Like It's Hot," tries to push through a doorway that KinetiK001 is blocking, and quickly realizes he can't move, at which point the now-iconic shouting begins[1]. Urban Dictionary entries logged the line "DOOR STUCK! DOOR STUCK! Please! I beg you!" as a direct quote pulled from the 2007 video, which is roughly how fans have transcribed the audio ever since[3].
- Platform: YouTube (Counter-Strike 1.6 clip) / Reddit and Steam (viral spread)
- Creator: KinetiK001
- Date: 2007
Overview
Door Stuck is a 34-second Counter-Strike 1.6 clip in which a counter-terrorist teammate gets wedged into a door frame by his own squadmate and panics into voice chat, shouting "door stuck" and "please" before an enemy kills both players[1]. The audio is what carried it: the rising panic, the polite "please," and the singing that opens the round all made the line instantly quotable inside the CS community[3].
The griefer behind the camera is YouTuber KinetiK001, and the trapped player, known online as iambackk, was later identified as ESEA competitor jrbsn (Jordan Robinson)[1]. Over the following decade, "DOOR STUCK!" grew from a niche CS 1.6 gag into a broader gaming reference, quoted in remixes, mashups, and eventually a Valve-approved sticker inside Counter-Strike: Global Offensive[2].
How It Spread
Remixes started early: on April 16th, 2009, YouTube user migichua1 posted a "DOOR STUCK REMIX" that pulled tens of thousands of views, and KinetiK001 himself posted a 10-year anniversary remix on January 14th, 2018[1]. In late 2017 and early 2018, YouTubers DeSinc and crispfluid used the clip as the punchline in wider crossover memes such as "Door Stuck / Pick Up That Can" and a Drake-themed "Where's the Door Hole" edit, pushing the reference outside the pure CS audience[1].
Valve itself effectively canonized the meme in 2019. On September 11th of that year, Steam user Hoxton submitted a "Door Stuck" sticker to the CS20 workshop contest and opened a promotional Reddit thread in r/GlobalOffensive that racked up thousands of upvotes[1]. Valve added the sticker to CS:GO on October 18th, 2019 as part of the CS20 Sticker Capsule, tied to the same update wave that introduced the game's WATCH menu for competitive match history[2]. Prominent CS YouTuber 3kliksphilip then posted an upscaled 60 FPS version of the video on March 2nd, 2020 and followed up on May 23rd, 2020 with a documentary-style recap titled "The Story of Door Stuck"[1].
The meme kept mutating into new formats. In July 2021, a Friday Night Funkin' mod group led by modder Speedz released "FNF VS Door Stuck (Counter Strike Mod)," and a playthrough uploaded the same day pulled well over half a million views inside five days[1]. In July 2022, KinetiK001 revealed that a copyright troll had claimed the original video, saying he would rather set it to private than let the claimant profit; the news drove the hashtag #SAVEDOOR to trend on Twitter as CS fans rallied around him[1].
How to Use
People typically quote Door Stuck by dropping "DOOR STUCK! DOOR STUCK! Please! I beg you!" into voice chat the moment they get wedged in a doorway, blocked by a teammate, or caught in any tight-corridor death in an FPS[3]. The audio is often clipped into montages, soundboards, and edits over unrelated footage where a character is physically or metaphorically trapped, and the CS:GO sticker gives players a way to place the reference directly on their in-game weapons[2].
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Door Stuck?
Door Stuck is a viral 2007 Counter-Strike 1.6 clip in which a player, griefed by his teammate into a door frame, screams "door stuck" and "please" over voice chat before both die in the round[1].
Where did Door Stuck come from?
YouTuber KinetiK001 uploaded the 34-second clip on September 22nd, 2007, recorded with Fraps during an ESEA pub match on the cpl_mill defuse map[1].
What does Door Stuck mean?
The phrase is a direct quote from the video, used to describe being physically wedged in a doorway or blocked by a teammate, and it entered gaming slang as shorthand for that exact panic[3].
How do you use Door Stuck?
It's typically shouted or clipped in during moments of doorway griefing in FPS games, and Valve added an official "Door Stuck" sticker to CS:GO in October 2019 so players could paste the reference onto their weapons[2].
Is Door Stuck still popular?
It stayed a fixture of Counter-Strike culture through the 2010s, with 3kliksphilip's 2020 retrospective and a 2021 Friday Night Funkin' mod keeping it in circulation, and a 2022 copyright dispute drove the #SAVEDOOR hashtag on Twitter[1].
