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I have downloaded and tryed to play a few demos from hltv. They arent recognized as an HL file.
] viewdemo serious
Playing demo from serious.dem.
serious.dem is not a HL demo file.
Viewdemo: couldn't load demo serious.de

What is up with this. I have a partner who has the same nfo setup as I and he ...