Counter-Strike: I suck

[johnnq1]

well for 15 bucks, i grabbed a copy of css, dod, and deathmatch. i absolutely suck at source. i just don't get the weapons and accuracy crap. i'm so used to ut 2004! any servers out there i should try? maybe with YOU in it?

 

[Inspector Jihad]

aiming in css is a crapshoot, headshots are seemingly random and the hitboxes are terribly off.

as for advice, i'd say crouch when shooting and fire in bursts of 3 or 4 shots.

 

[Howard]

In any FPS, maximize your area of fire while minimizing your exposed angles.

In CS, when in doubt, flashbang. When in doubt, walk, unless there is a lot of background fire. When you go around corners, face the direction where you think the enemy will most likely be by strafing. Always keep your magazine ammo maximized when not in a danger zone. Acclimatize yourself to your pistol; if you run out of ammo, you can switch to your sidearm to keep up the pressure (or cover yourself while you make it to a hiding spot), but it's better to make those shots count.

 

[ch33zw1z]

Originally posted by: Inspector Jihad
aiming in css is a crapshoot, headshots are seemingly random and the hitboxes are terribly off.

as for advice, i'd say crouch when shooting and fire in bursts of 3 or 4 shots.

sounds like johnnq1 isn't the only shitteh player you'd advice is good though, that's one way to play!

 

[uli2000]

I only really started playing CS:S last year. The thing I found the most help was practice. I liked learning on gungame deathmatch servers because the action is fast, and since you dont have to buy guns, you get alot of practice with each gun. My clan has both gungame and gungame deathmatch servers if you want to give it a try.

75.126.53.16:27015 Oldbastardsclan.com Dallas GunGame DeathMatch Server
75.126.13.136:27015 OldBastardsClan.com Dallas 100 Tick GunGame Server

 

[olds]

Moved from Off Topic

 

[johnnq1]

Originally posted by: Inspector Jihad
aiming in css is a crapshoot, headshots are seemingly random and the hitboxes are terribly off.

as for advice, i'd say crouch when shooting and fire in bursts of 3 or 4 shots.

so it's NOT just me???


thanks for the help everybody. howard, i understand first person shooter dynamics, i just don't understand how this game works! it took me about 30 minutes to figure out war rock...probably 3 for ut2004...maybe 1 for quake.

i'll try out these servers, thanks!

 

[potato28]

Make sure to cover yourself when you reload. Get used to using a pistol and the aiming with almost every other gun should come easy. Don't use the MG or P90 until you can shoot well with an AK, M4, or SMG.

 

[Inspector Jihad]

all you clowns add yourselves to the steam friends list. there is a thread on it in the PC Gaming forum.

 

[Finnkc]

if you want to get skillz quick do what all the CS Pros do ... play Gun Game mods. Few months of Gun Game and you will clean 90% of people. just type gg in the filters box and hit it!

 

[johnnq1]

well now i have no problems finishing at the top of each gun game (sometimes i come out the best!).


there's something i've noticed. after i leave a server, i lose internet for about a minute. i'm unable to join any servers, and google doesn't load either...i don't exactly lose a connection, but it's like my latency shoots up to a million! is something wrong?

 

[GZDynastar]

Well, i think asking for advice on how to play strizzy is a lot like reading a manual on how to hit a baseball. You really cant learn "that" much. Just join servers and keep playing. I've been in the cs community since the first beta was released in 1999 and I'm still learning.

GG servers are a great way to learn the weapons, thats very true.

We have a noob friendly server at 208.100.36.17 join if ya like.

 

[danEboy83]

grade A advice here,

Your first 2 shots are going to be accurate if you're standing still, if you're not standing still only your first shot will be accurate.
So it's better to shoot when you are in a still position, but this also makes you an easier target, so you have to learn how to take a couple of shots then quickly strafe and come to a sharp stop and take some more.
However, if you're at a close distance no amount of strafing is going to save you, so here's what you do.
You aim your first 3 shots at your opponents head, then you drag down the cursor to the middle of his stomache, the recoil will either give you more head shots or light his chest on fire, which is both acceptable.
Keep in mind you want to be a moving target.
Pro players can feel the rythmn of an opponents fire and will do his/her best to time attacking and defensive maneuvers accordingly. Strafing parallel to your opponent will make you a difficult target to hit, so you want to keep that in mind to. You want to take corners at an angle that makes you parallel to any wood be opponents shooting at you.

If you need practice aiming, use a USP only and aim only for the head. You will die lots! But the practice is good.

As for camping around corners, try to find textures on the walls or objects that are the same height of your opponent's head. And also lead off away from the corner the amount of space you think is necessary to time a head shot, this all has to do with reflexes. If you have a 1.5 second reaction time, try to imagine how far the opponent will get if he/she came around the corner at full speed, then place your cursor there at head level, and the do the 2/3 shots to the head then drag down technique.

Hope this helps. -Dan

 

[danEboy83]

lesson #2 ..

know the maps and the terrain!!

you have to know common camping spots, common sniper spots, how long does it take for an a spawning CT or T to get to a certain part of the map, can you beat them to that spot? also when it comes to team play, back your team mates up, move with them at the hip swat style, it's called baiting but swat teams really do this. also in large public servers, firefights tend to break out at commons spots. save your grenades and flashbangs for these occassions
if you're fighting against more then one player, never move in with out a flash bang, other wise just hang back. a lot of these things are just common sense, but in the hype of the game you tend to forget these things.

 

[Juno]

always rule #1, study maps and find strategies.

man, when i see the words, counter-strike. i feel so old now. i've been playing since cs beta (spring '00.)

 

[Inspector Jihad]

i thought cs has been around longer than 2000

 

[GZDynastar]

June of '99 I think. All I remember was that August I was playing it with all my dorm mates in college.

 

[bonkers325]

its been a long time since i've played CS... i quit during CS 1.6

accuracy is different for each weapon, but the burst patterns are pretty much the same. if you fire 2-3 bullet bursts from any of the machine guns, those shots will be pretty accurate. headshots are 50/50 luck, usually you get them when u dont even try (if u are bursting correctly - the recoil will bring your xhairs up to head level), but you can get HS easily if u have a second or two to aim for the head.

the only weapons that are useful (from what i remember!) are the mp5 (sub-machine gun), m4a1 and ak47 (rifles). any of the pistols and sniper rifles are good, some are just more powerful than others

 

[JAG87]

as an 8 year cs 1.6 veteran, I can only give you one piece of advice. get good with the AK.

the AK is by far the best gun in the game. once you master the AK, every other gun is easy to use. You will find that its hard to refrain from going full auto with the AK, because it feels powerful, but you will quickly learn to burst with the AK because you will die a lot if you keep the trigger down. what you have to learn is how to burst with the AK. the 2-3 bullet burst is good, but its not the best. you want to shoot 4-5 bullets with every trigger pull with the AK. after the 5th bullet, your hitting birds even if you drag your mouse down to keep the recoil down. after you get good with the AK, you will be godly with the M4 or the MP5 for example. even your deagle skills will improve. but you will quickly run back to the AK, even though its the most challengine to use. nothing can give you more advantage then a 7.62mm round and a 1 bullet headshot. dinks are nice, but competively its the kills that count, not the dinks.

being good with guns and aim will not get you far in cs though. learn to WALK. running is the biggest mistake you can make. you do short running dashes when you hear guns fire because your enemies will not hear you, but you walk at all other times.

and last but not least, you have to know the maps you play like the inside of your pockets. it gives you a prefire advantage, because you will know the most played spots and you will be ready to fire if you see an enemy.

do these 3 things, and you pretty much master the game.

 

[zerocool84]

MP5 FTMFW!!!!!

 

[johnnq1]

thanks for the great advice everybody, especially jag and daneboy! you're all right about the first 2-3 shots being accurate. i noticed that some guys fire a 2 or 3 shots, then walk left or right and shoot again...i had no idea why! that's a stupid way of portraying accuracy...wouldn't it make sense if i just stopped firing for a split second and stay crouched for my next 2-3 shot burst? (instead of strafing left or right and shooting)

 

[JAG87]

Originally posted by: johnnq1
thanks for the great advice everybody, especially jag and daneboy! you're all right about the first 2-3 shots being accurate. i noticed that some guys fire a 2 or 3 shots, then walk left or right and shoot again...i had no idea why! that's a stupid way of portraying accuracy...wouldn't it make sense if i just stopped firing for a split second and stay crouched for my next 2-3 shot burst? (instead of strafing left or right and shooting)

that makes you an easy target. while your bursting sitting on your ass, I can just take a 4 bullet burst, and if you are still not dead, I quickly strafe and take another 4 shot burst. unless you can follow my head pixel by pixel as I strafe, guess whos gonna die

remember, 4-5 rounds per burst, and quick strafing. and always come to a stop before you fire. a quick tip for you: hit the opposite strafing key to immediately stop your strafe and fire. so if you are strafing left (pressing A), you want to hit D (while A is still pressed) and click mouse 1 at the same time. As soon as your burst is done, release A and strafe to the right, and repeat

this works really well with an AWP... :evil:

 

[johnnq1]

i figured this crap out just a few minutes ago! i kept wondering why i was missing...and i just realized i wasn't missing! the "damage" system in this game is a little ridiculous...i mean 5-10 shots with a pistol and people LIVE? i'm learning this burst crap....sniping is pretty simple what's your steam name?

 

[AVP]

it may take a bit to get used to but this will help your enormously as you get better at aiming. Put Cl_crosshairscale 3500 into the console. It will make your crosshair little larger than a dot. This helps you focus in on someone's head for headshots and instead of the crosshair simply getting bigger, you can see it move as your fire. My headshot rate is rather large using this technique.


Oh and if you don't have the console enabled you have to do it from the welcome screen options, I do not think that is available once as a game is loaded up.

 

[johnnq1]

hmm every time i try to play insurgency it tells me my map differs from the server's map. why?