CS Help. Big time.

[Buzzsaw]

Right. I'll get down to buisness.

I play CS:Source. Some of you may have seen me around. But its really bugging me. I seem to be dying so easily and quickly in rounds. I play hundreds of rounds, but still i suck.

Sometimes i go on a killing spree, but then i die and then i go back to dying again. But i feel like i am over using the 'auto-buy' feature. I just can't find the right weapons for me. I quite like the Night-Hawk though.

What i really what is somewhere i can practice firing weapons of targets or a map that gives me unlimited money and and a few targets, stationary and moving. I find it useless to practise against realy players and i find my self using the comabt knife against a concrete wall.

Can anything help me? 'Coz its really annoying me now. I wanna get gooood!

[Lewiji]

Well you could start your own server with console command

mp_startmoney 16000

And then add some easy bots.

What I do is aim at teammate's heads after the initial rush, don't shoot but just aim at stuff, it helps you get used to the speed etc.

The thing is, especially with an automatic weapon, you have to take your time. It's a lot harder to kill while moving, especially running. Take your time to move, crouch, shoot, move, take cover, etc.

[BeverlyHillHobo]

I agree with what Lewiji said but also take time to shoot. Don't just shoot for the hell of shooting because you just end up missing and dying and if you do manage to kill someone you end up a clip down. Like Lewiji once said in some other thread, at the start of each round aim up your crosshair with one of your teammates heads so you get the height of the models then train yourself to be able to move the crosshair back to that height so you can get headshots. Also don't rush into things just because you get stuck somewhere. Think about the map, are there any ways to bypass your enemy or even better is there somewhere you can sneak up from and shoot them from somewhere they aren't looking. Just browse around servers, in the long run it's better learning against actual intelligence (maybe this doesn't apply to ALL servers but some) then A.I seeing as even the hardest bots have their habits of choosing the same ways. Also stick with a teammate every so often and don't run off on your own trying to 'save the day' because most of the time you end up encountering too many enemies and die. A teammate can cover you if you need it, take out any enemies you haven't seen, hold a position while you flank the enemy or even die before you and show you that the enemy are behind you. Also don't be afraid to try out guns, they all have their advantages and disadvantages. No gun is TOTALLY useless, you just need to know what its assents and their liabilities. For example I used to loathe the MAC and TMP for their atrocious accuracy but as I've played and used the TMP/MAC I've found out they're excellent guns for close range attacks e.g. Italy in the appartment or in any small area.
Just play about on servers and test out your aiming. It's the best training you can have. As for trying guns I'd go with what Lewiji said and start your own server and set the money to 16000 and just buy guns you don't try regulary and try them out in different places.
Goodluck!

[Buzzsaw]

Without going off topic, do i have to buy a server or can i just get some freebie one?

[CRISPY]

I seemed to have a problem with aiming. The only time I got any kills was when I was running with the m4 and got lucky and also with the famas looking weapon.

[Nocashvalue]

Kapow.
I'm okay-ish, and basically all I did was take things slowly (think grolsch), and play on 16-manish servers to start off with. This gives you a chance to hide amidst the other 7 of your team, so you can just get the odd hit in now and then, and a couple of kills. As far as weapons are concerned, just piss about with them all and see which you prefer :D

[Bloopo]

The thing that helped me most is to learn how to do controlled bursts at short/medium range. If they are two feet away, full auto with everything you've got :p

[Nocashvalue]

Alos, the use of e or q (can't remember which) must come in handy, as it autoswitches to your 2ndry weapon, I believe.
As you can see, I am not very well learned in this technique :P

[Timmeh]

I'd suggest starting on a map with nobody on... mp_startmoney 16000 and buy some guns you'd regularly use... try at different ranges, test the recoil on them, test running and firing with different weapons, go check the bullet marks in the wall... just find out what works.

When it comes to playing, I suggest to play with some extremely good players and play a lot. I'm not going to lie, it's gonna hurt, you'll be raped into next week and back for a few weeks, but slowly you'll find yourself able to kill them every now and again... and soon you'll find yourself matching them. Go on a regular server and you'll be able to metaphorically piss all over everyone :)

[Buzzsaw]

Thanks guys, i'm trying new weapons more. It annoyed me when i was doing well and had a god Kd ratio, and then the auto team balance came in, i went over to the CT's, and i just started getting raped. I think i am getting slightly better though, not alot.

[Twatybollocks]

Well you could start your own server with console command

mp_startmoney 16000

And then add some easy bots.

What I do is aim at teammate's heads after the initial rush, don't shoot but just aim at stuff, it helps you get used to the speed etc.

The thing is, especially with an automatic weapon, you have to take your time. It's a lot harder to kill while moving, especially running. Take your time to move, crouch, shoot, move, take cover, etc.

In addition, go into console and set sv_cheats 1 and sv_showimpacts 1. Now you can clearly see where your bullets hit so you can practice short, medium and long bursts of fire with all the weapons and get a good idea on how each one performs.

Personally I keep on meaning to practise myself up to getting more headshots but then in matches I find myself still panicing and just hitting anywhere lol!

[Fozma]

Yeah that was my problem with CS, i'd just panic and start strafing towards cover while spraying them with everything i had. Eventually i'd get annoyed and wouldn't give a shit if someone was shooting at me - it was only then that i stopped panicking and started firing in short, controlled bursts. Trust me, even when your health is plunging towards single figures, just stay calm and keep tapping the mouse button.

If you can't do this, its always fun to save up and nab one of the heavy machine guns - nothin' like laying down some heavy cover fire for your team mates.

[Lewiji]

A tip that saves my life a lot:

If you're spraying or bursting, keep track of your bullet count. When you have 10 or so bullets left, switch to pistol and shoot at them, take cover. They'll think you're reloading and run round-with your last 10 bullets you should easily take them out, especially as they're moving and you're crouched and stationary.

A lot of people hate on CS for having brainless players, and it's true, there are some. But to win, you have to use psychology, you have to put yourself "in their shoes".

[Dick Champion]

Here's my advice;

Ignore the scores, that will come once you've got the hang of things. They really don't matter at all. The only thing the score board is good for is to tell you who's alive or dead. If you must know, look at the scores at the end of the map or when you're dead.

Learn the maps; learn where people camp; learn the choke points; learn the angles; play each map until you can navigate around them with your eyes closed.

Learn the weapons; learn the spray patterns; learn how accurate they are at different ranges; learn how many bullets are on target when you burst fire; learn when to use your knife; learn that flashbangs are your friends; learn how best to deploy smoke grenades; learn that the Desert Eagle is the best weapon in the game (I think that's called the Nighthawk in source); learn the size of the target areas on the player models; learn that the head target grows slightly when you crouch; learn which weapons to rush in with and which weapons to sit back a little with; learn to mix it up a little, don't just use the same weapon every round.

Q is your friend. Always keep track of which weapon is in the quickchange slot and use Q regularly.

Do not reload until you have to. I have a habit of reloading far too much, it always gets me killed. On the other hand, I regularly get 5 or 6 kills with the deagle before having to reload. Ammo is like gold, don't waste it and you'll save money for better weapons later on in the map.

Get some good heaphones and USE YOUR EARS. Visualise the map in your head and work out by the sounds you hear roughly where everyone is. A good player will know by ear exactly when someone is going to come round a corner. People often don't realise how much noise they make. Reloading or changing weapons makes an awful lot of noise, not just running. Bear this is mind, you never know who's listening.

Pay attention to what your teammates are doing. Keep one eye on the radar and learn to know exactly where your teammates are by the position of the blips.

Run only at the begginning of a round, or when you know you're covered by your teammates or surrounding obstacles.

Don't play on servers you win on regularly, play amongst people who are much better than you and watch how they play. You'll improve much faster. Winning round after round will not make you improve. If you're on the winning team too much, swaps sides at the first available opportunity. Also, most maps are unbalanced in favour of one side; join the most difficult team wherever possible. eg; on dust2 play as ct and on aztec play as t.

Get a decent headset and communicate with your team using the microphone. If nobody is communicating, suggesting strategies or following any that you suggest, go to another server. Find players who don't mess around too much and befriend them.

CS is a funny old game, sometimes you play well, other times you just don't. Don't panic or get angry at yourself or any other player. If you find yourself getting nervous or worked up for any reason, take a break to calm down. You'll make fewer mistakes when you're concentrating.

If you die, you die. Don't worry about it and think about the next round. If you make a kill, don't gloat or lose concentration, most of the time you'll end up with a bullet in the skull.

Play regularly. I stopped for about 6 months and it took about a month to get back to form.

That's about it, really. I think I've covered most things. It's a lot to take in, but you'll get it if you practise enough. A good hour or two once or twice a week should be sufficient. Playing too much can be bad, especially if you're not playing well. You'll end up getting pissed of too much.

Hope that helps.

EDIT - Oh yes. I forgot to say FLANK FLANK FLANK FLANK FLANK FLANK FLANK. kthxbye.

[Twatybollocks]

Another thing to bare in mind, if you're getting owned time and time again it may be because they are cheating in some form or other. The game has no official anti-cheat system in place at the moment.

Don't get worked up about it or start accusing anyone who seems to be 'too good'. Just try your best, keep on practising and one day (soon hopefully) Valve will release Vac2 and (again hopefully) keep on updating it. This won't stop all the cheats but it should stop a lot of them and when that happens you will probably be surprised how good you have actually become!!

When they released the Beta a few weeks ago the activation command was leaked and loads of servers became 'Trusted'. Now it turns out there was no anti-cheat logic running just connectivity code, but no-one knew this at the time. I went on a few of these 'trusted' servers and it was the easiest set of games I've ever played!!

Edit - Oh and I forgot to say, "FAP FAP FAP FAP!" :eng101:

[Lewiji]

learn that the Desert Eagle is the best weapon in the game (I think that's called the Nighthawk in source)

Noooooooo!

Desert Eagle is a rubbish weapon. It's slow, it's got too few bullets, it's loud, it's inaccurate...

Learn to use the USP or .228 compact instead. They have more bullets, they're not hugely loud so they don't give away your position, they're as accurate as a pistol gets and they shoot at a high rate. If someone charges at you with a deagle and you have a USP, it's easier to kill them than you-you shoot doubly as fast, so you have many more chances to get good hits in.

Also, yes deagle is powerful, but it has a slow rate of fire that cancels this out, meaning it's usually quicker to kill someone with a USP. People always say "but I get loads of headshots with deagle!". Try using USP for a few rounds and see how well you do!

[Twatybollocks]

I must admit I love the Deagle. Up close and personal it is rather poop but I can't believe how good it is at longer distance shooting.

I haven't really tried the others but I'll be sure to try them out more for a better comparison.

[Lewiji]

USP is probably the best weapon in the game-I took down explosivo a few times with only a USP when he had an AWP. Also you can get headshots quite easily just by tracing someones head as they move and firing once, a lot easier than a deagle headshot.

[Buzzsaw]

Thanks for all the help guys, i'm gonna have a try now. I'll update this to see how i got on :)

[Dick Champion]

I've never really gotten on with the USP. Doesn't suit me, I suppose.

The reason I prefer the deagle is that the firing pattern doesn't change when you're running or jumping. If you get a feel for it, you can get pixel perfect headshots at pace. This means that you can jump round a corner and level a shot between someone's eyes before they even have a chance to react. The only thing that is annoying is the clip size, but as I say, I can get 5-6 kills from one clip if I'm on form. As long as you stay calm, it aims true.

[Buzzsaw]

Well, i've found for terrorists, IDF Defender + compact pistol thing work, and for CT's, FAMAS and the same compacty thingymabobbin.

[Bloopo]

Here's my advice;

EDIT - Oh yes. I forgot to say FLANK FLANK FLANK FLANK FLANK FLANK FLANK. kthxbye.

Yeah, you can normally catch about 3 people by surprise by going the other way to the bomb site in de_dust (the one with the bendy corridor and boxes), instead of charging in the front and getting j00r azz awped.

[Lewiji]

I've never really gotten on with the USP. Doesn't suit me, I suppose.

The reason I prefer the deagle is that the firing pattern doesn't change when you're running or jumping. If you get a feel for it, you can get pixel perfect headshots at pace. This means that you can jump round a corner and level a shot between someone's eyes before they even have a chance to react. The only thing that is annoying is the clip size, but as I say, I can get 5-6 kills from one clip if I'm on form. As long as you stay calm, it aims true.

Yep true-It is deadly if you hit. But it doesn't forgive if you miss-usually you're pretty much dead then :p

[Dick Champion]

True, but then that's the case most of the time in cs, unless you get the jump on someone.

I just played a few maps using the usp and I must say I'm beginning to like it. You can empty half a clip into someone before they even aim at you. Nice.

[Timmeh]

Deagle has one use and one use only and that is to accompany another weapon so if your spray gets too wild or someone gets too close when you're holding that nice big sniper rifle you have some short-range stopping/finishing off power. Otherwise, my favourite pistol in the game is the glock. I'm perfectly serious too, by technicality, burst-fire's as powerful as a pump action shot gun with a much greater likelihood of catching someone in the head. Learn to use the glock and the un-silenced USP. That way you needn’t spend money to have a gun you like on an eco round :D. I know plenty of people who'll buy a deagle on an economy round... deagle + ammo + $1000, which in all honestly is way more than it's worth.

There's a very bizarre idea amongst new players that silenced guns are better... this really isn't the case, there are some tradeoffs... but bad ones. Silenced guns fire slower and with less accuracy and more recoil. Un-silenced guns have better registry on people, less recoil and fire faster... the only bonus of a silent gun is that sometimes it's harder to hear where you're being shot from... it's not much of a trade-off really.

Learn to awp.

Everyone'll hate you for it but do it anyway.

I awp-whore and I'm not gonna lie about it... you can make people cry round after round. There are 2 techniques I use for AWP'ing. I don't know if these'll work for you, but I guess either they will or you'll find your own method. Until now I've never really named them, but I guess I'll call them the wait and the flick.

Waiting is easy. You point your awp at roughly chest/groin height (which does more damage than the chest incidentally) at an appropriate corner and wait. Unsuspecting bastard #137 runs around the corner and looses his kidneys.

Flicking is a lot harder, I've been playing CS for... uhh... 6 years ish, since beta 4 and this took most of them to perfect (though awping's a lot easier in source). Basically you sit still, zoom once and wait. This is better for covering 2 angles, like 2 doors. Aim your crosshair in the middle, due to the nature of CS recoil and reg, it makes it easier than you'd think to flick your mouse onto someone, fire once and flick back to where you were in one smooth movement so it looks like your aim's barely moved. I do it a hell of a lot, it looks like aimbot which is funny, but it's most defiantly the best way to cover two doors.

[Twatybollocks]

Deagle has one use and one use only and that is to accompany another weapon so if your spray gets too wild or someone gets too close when you're holding that nice big sniper rifle you have some short-range stopping/finishing off power. Otherwise, my favourite pistol in the game is the glock. I'm perfectly serious too, by technicality, burst-fire's as powerful as a pump action shot gun with a much greater likelihood of catching someone in the head. Learn to use the glock and the un-silenced USP. That way you needn’t spend money to have a gun you like on an eco round :D. I know plenty of people who'll buy a deagle on an economy round... deagle + ammo + $1000, which in all honestly is way more than it's worth.

There's a very bizarre idea amongst new players that silenced guns are better... this really isn't the case, there are some tradeoffs... but bad ones. Silenced guns fire slower and with less accuracy and more recoil. Un-silenced guns have better registry on people, less recoil and fire faster... the only bonus of a silent gun is that sometimes it's harder to hear where you're being shot from... it's not much of a trade-off really.

Learn to awp.

Everyone'll hate you for it but do it anyway.

I awp-whore and I'm not gonna lie about it... you can make people cry round after round. There are 2 techniques I use for AWP'ing. I don't know if these'll work for you, but I guess either they will or you'll find your own method. Until now I've never really named them, but I guess I'll call them the wait and the flick.

Waiting is easy. You point your awp at roughly chest/groin height (which does more damage than the chest incidentally) at an appropriate corner and wait. Unsuspecting bastard #137 runs around the corner and looses his kidneys.

Flicking is a lot harder, I've been playing CS for... uhh... 6 years ish, since beta 4 and this took most of them to perfect (though awping's a lot easier in source). Basically you sit still, zoom once and wait. This is better for covering 2 angles, like 2 doors. Aim your crosshair in the middle, due to the nature of CS recoil and reg, it makes it easier than you'd think to flick your mouse onto someone, fire once and flick back to where you were in one smooth movement so it looks like your aim's barely moved. I do it a hell of a lot, it looks like aimbot which is funny, but it's most defiantly the best way to cover two doors.

I'd love to become good with the AWP or the Autosniper but I'm simply poo at it and can't understand how people become so good witht these weapons. First of all I feel exposed so I think my confidence suffers when I equip it because I know if someone comes around a corner while I'm aiming far away then I'm dead. If I have an AK I can spray and stand a chance of getting the kill.

Also when I do see the enemy they have a tendancy to move a lot! The inconsiderate gits won't keep still and they have the audacity to shoot back! So I die and feel like I've wasted money. I know I should probably try to use it more but I have more fun with something standard like a colt!

[Quantam banana]

this sounds like an interesting game, is it free?

[Timmeh]

this sounds like an interesting game, is it free?

Umm... kinda.

If you have half life 2 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00009ATWC/026-9386584-0114832) it's free.

Worth buying though :)

Twaty... if you want, I'll be doing a bit of training with DiA... including sniper practice. If you like, you can join in too :) more the merrier and so on! (Same to anyone else who fancies it... I'm training up the clan I'm in sometime soon, but I guess there's no harm in a few more people joining... then at the end we'll probably play a quick 24-round practice clan war). Obviously DiA will have first pick, but we might as well fill up the server!

[Huh?]

I prefer the scout much more in Source in comparison to AWP. Faster, lighter and you can get one shot kills with it in Source. Much better sniper rifle to use instead of the AWP...and people won't hate you!

[Timmeh]

You can run faster holding a scout than you can a knife :eng101:

Scout is good, but I'm an AWP-whore at heart :(

[Lagmeister]

Personally Im pretty good with the scout, I tend to be able to hit people at very close range, unscoped, and then finish them off with a pistol, its rather handy to be able to do as usually one hit to the chest with the scout will either kill you or leave you so badly wounded that one shot from the usp will finish you, having said that you have to hit them in the head or chest or the gun is useless.

[Twatybollocks]

Umm... kinda.

If you have half life 2 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00009ATWC/026-9386584-0114832) it's free.

Worth buying though :)

Twaty... if you want, I'll be doing a bit of training with DiA... including sniper practice. If you like, you can join in too :) more the merrier and so on! (Same to anyone else who fancies it... I'm training up the clan I'm in sometime soon, but I guess there's no harm in a few more people joining... then at the end we'll probably play a quick 24-round practice clan war). Obviously DiA will have first pick, but we might as well fill up the server!

yes, yes, yes please! Let us know when!

[Huh?]

Umm... kinda.

If you have half life 2 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00009ATWC/026-9386584-0114832) it's free.

Worth buying though :)

Especially the Steam version! :D

[Timmeh]

Especially the Steam version! :D

blatent advertising ;)

[BeverlyHillHobo]

Twaty... if you want, I'll be doing a bit of training with DiA... including sniper practice.
Oh dear god.

[Buzzsaw]

Whenever i sue teh Scout, i can't seem to find the exact play to kill them in one shot. Is it the head or somewhere else?

I might take part in that sniper practise - let us know when!

[Lewiji]

Head, some parts of back and high chest will get 1hk. Scout is a great 2 hit kill weapon though, people are predictable. You can easily hit someone, dive for cover, cock, scope, pre-aim and uncover and kill before they know what hit them. Speeeeddyyyy

[BeverlyHillHobo]

I love the scout. Just take your time with it and keep your crosshair at head height a bit in front letting them run into it assuming they don't know you're there. And if they're running at you take your time while they're still far away, leave the panicing until you miss and have to run for somewhere further away. I switch between USP and Deagle. Lately Deagle's been my choice though.
Whyplash, the glock does rule on burst fire doesn't it :D.

[Lewiji]

When sniping, always aim slightly ahead of someone if they're running. The server will generally award more hits this way. If your ping's 58, then the server will recieve your shot 58ms after you've fired. If the enemy's ping is 20, then they are also 20ms behind the server. By shooting ahead, there's more of a chance that the server will see the shot hitting them directly.

Lag compensation helps, but it isn't always perfect, hence a lot of the "hitting, seeing blood but no damage done". Valve's netcode isn't hugely efficient in Source.

[Bloopo]

When people are running, dont try to hit them in the head, if you are pretty inexperianced at sniping, there is a 90% chance you will miss, if you aim for the body there is about a 70% chance you'll hit. And remember, always take cover when you are doing something!

[Buzzsaw]

Well, i bought a Scout as advised, and performed well (to my standards!). I also used the burst fire on the Glock and loved it!

One slight problem...

As soon as i go on the losing team, my concentration and performance drop hugely. Any reasons/ways to combat it?

[Timmeh]

That's just psychology :) I suggest actually joining the losing team out of choice so you get used to having a struggle... if you have an easy ride you wont get much better really...

[Fozma]

I watched a pro-CS tourny final recently (4 Kings vs AMT) using this program called DemoFreak. Basically when a game is played, the input from every player is recorded and then it replays the game using this data.
You can pick up alot of tips from them. Their team work is absolutely phenomenal, they attack simultaneously and withdraw with lightning speed. Crazy shit i tell yee.

[Lagmeister]

When you start to get better you will find that there isnt much that seperates people skill wise, then the teamwork starts to come into play, also thats where being able to read your oponent becomes an insanely usefull skill to have. I have my moments but I in no way claim to be a master of that skill, it comes after playing good people for a long time, but being able to tell what your oponent is about to do to some degree of accuracy is damnedably helpfull.

[Lewiji]

Do what hobo does and risk your future ability to hear by using headphones on full volume. You'll hear EVERY FOOTSTEP ANYWHERE as he has proved in 1v1, and you'll have a nice ringing sensation after you've finished :p

Also, don't need a program to play .dems, put the .dem into the cstrike folder, and in console type playdemo name.dem

[Timmeh]

Do what hobo does and risk your future ability to hear by using headphones on full volume. You'll hear EVERY FOOTSTEP ANYWHERE as he has proved in 1v1, and you'll have a nice ringing sensation after you've finished :p


Yup :) Always turn your volume up stupidly loud... in CS 1.5 I used to have my volume sensitivity turned up to high I could hear my enemies buying their guns in their spawn :) everyone thought we were hacking because we could always hear which bombsite they'd gone to. Sadly in 1.6 and Source they removed the command :( but sound is still the most helpful pointer you have.

[Twatybollocks]

Well, i bought a Scout as advised, and performed well (to my standards!). I also used the burst fire on the Glock and loved it!

One slight problem...

As soon as i go on the losing team, my concentration and performance drop hugely. Any reasons/ways to combat it?

As Whyplash says, go on the losing team more often. It's easy to win when you've got th best players and loads of cash but going on a losing side gets you used to eco rounds (not buying anything or very little) and makes you get creative (ambushing, blocking certain routes etc) to get some kills. Your concentration should actually go up if you are on a losing side because your aim is to turn it all around.

You can also turn it all around if they are totally disorganised by suggesting some teamwork. Even a simple "Let's all rush A next round" may be enough to turn the tides as at least the whole team (apart from the idiots who say, "Negative" and run off on their own to their dooooom!) is heading for a part of the map together, covering each other etc.

[BeverlyHillHobo]

Do what hobo does and risk your future ability to hear by using headphones on full volume. You'll hear EVERY FOOTSTEP ANYWHERE as he has proved in 1v1, and you'll have a nice ringing sensation after you've finished :p

Also, don't need a program to play .dems, put the .dem into the cstrike folder, and in console type playdemo name.dem
You've only succeeded when your ears ring.
But sound is the most useful thing you can have. All the time on dust I listen for footsteps above me when I go through the underpass. It's so easy to pin-point where they'll be and if you walk they won't even know whats hit them before it's too late.
You probably start to lose when you join the losing team because the people who're backing you up have changed and their behaviors changed. They might have different ways of assaulting bomb sites etc. Or they might be crap players who can't cover you :D.

[Cynic]

My biggest bit of advice is to learn the strategies that work for each situation and to think of what your opponent is doing.

The best way to learn what your opponent is about to do is what he did last time. Figure out the best place and weapon and route to take him down (Or at least hold him up).

Also play unexpected. I can't count the number of time I've killed three or four people just because they didn't expect me to rush them head on or I managed to slip behind them.

Also a smooth flow mouyse and pad is advised. I'm getting on because my current one sticks when least appropriate

[Lewiji]

Get a steelpad 4D-I have one, it's a beautiful pad. Never slips, it's huge, and deadly accurate. They even provide teflon tape for the mouse feet for smoother movement and less wear on the feet :)

[BeverlyHillHobo]

Yeah, I must get a mouse-mat. I can't count the amount of times I've seen an enemy and my mouse has spazzed out and made me spin on the spot. Also turn your mouse sensitivity up to a quite high setting so if a enemy falls down behind you you'll at least be able to turn around and get a few shots in before you die. It could help a team mate out later on in the game.

[Cynic]

Also realised that unless you or your fellow player are mega Uber eventually you will lose

[Lewiji]

Not too high. Don't have mouse sensitivity over 10 at the very most-I have mine around 6-7, less if I'm sniping. Too high sensitivity = loss of control, loss of accuracy, loss of brain when enemy hits you in the head because you moved your mouse too far.

[BeverlyHillHobo]

I have mine on 11 so I can do uber turns to kill people behind me. I've been using it since I started playing so I'm used to it but I'd recommend about 8-9.

[Cynic]

Adjusting mouse sensitivity is a personal thing that can take some time

http://cstechno.ytmnd.com/

[Lewiji]

On 1.5 I used to use 24 :( What a mistake that was. I slowly turned it down to 6.4 and that's about perfect. Remember it's also affected by Windows mouse speed though.

[Lagmeister]

I usually have it slightly lower than default, its personel preference really

[Buzzsaw]

All i'm doing now is working on my Scout skills (i love hiding behind the car in the CT spawn on Office and raping unlucky bastards as they run thorugh on their usual flanking maneuver!)

[Lewiji]

The best thing to do with a scout is not take your time-usually a quick aim-shoot-flick will give you better shots than a well-placed aim, provided you're not moving (you can't use a sniper while moving. Doesn't work.)

[Twatybollocks]

With regards to the mouse sensitivity issue. Recently I've been hearing about people changing this to improve their game so as you guys have brought it up I thought I'd ask you to ellaborate a bit more.

I've heard if you reduce it slightly then you can get more headshots with rifles and pistols...but how? I mean if you are slower with the mouse then surely that is a bad thing?

[Huh?]

I have mine set about 5.4, I find it easier to snipe with. (Scout).

[Timmeh]

I have mine set in my config according to what gun I'm using along with my rates :p (yeah im that much of a nerd :/)

I use 5.5 for spray-ee guns like smgs, 3.4 for guns where you really need to aim like colt, ak, USP and 1.2 for sniping/deagle... low sensitivity all the way :)

[Lagmeister]

Low sensitivity in general leads to better accuracy, lowering the sensitivity means that your movements dont fly off to the side at the slightest tap, its a common misconception that you have to have your sensitivity high to play, you dont have to, it helps at times, but more often than not you will find it annoying.

[Lewiji]

Yep, also all the mouse speed does is move the mouse more pixels at a time (which is why the mouse isn't just laggy at lower speeds), so technically a lower sensitivity will increase your accuracy. Also when shooting at someone you can make very subtle movements towards the head area without having to move the mouse a stupidly small distance :)

[Huh?]

I always find sniping with a high sensitivity helps me more so, I tend to not magnify in too far and like no-scoping with the scout. With the AWP I do lower it though, but it all depends on personal likes and such :)

[BeverlyHillHobo]

Oh, another tip that I dunno whether anyone's said but buy (gre)nades. Just one HE or a flash because they help immensely. HE is a god at getting people out of cover and can also get the enemies attention somewhere you're not and if you throw a HE in the general direction of the enemy forcing them to duck you can easily escape from being pinned down and sometimes they don't think you've even moved.
Flashbang's are gods when you want to charge someone or like the HE get yourself out of a pinned down position. Just lob one out at them and look the other way then run. Like the HE you can also throw it in a different direction as you're going and surprise them because they expect you to charge in after the flash has gone.

[Lewiji]

Smoke is good for making people stop, if you chuck a smoke they think you've got a sniper there, if you camp a little bit forward from the smoke it'll get em :)

[Timmeh]

Smoke also makes people with old computers lag :D locate the 850mhz player by throwing a smoke and see who drops to 1fps every 5 seconds.

Edit to save double posting:

Awping guide's finished :)

It's far from awesome... made in a day (all the demos are from 2 games :))

Enjoy :)

www.tim.bishopston.com/AWP%20guide.wmv