Hello all, thanks for reading. I just wanted to go over a few things that might help you improve your CSGO play. A lot of these are general things, but they are essentials and will help you in the long run. The first thing I'd like to say is that CSGO is different in many ways than most FPS games, it has very precise variables that can alter how you play the game. If you're new to the game the best advice I can give you is slow the fuck down. Most new players try run and gun tactics similar to maneuvers you'll see in COD and BF, but CSGO is different, that shit doesn't work here.
Rule number 1: The walk key is your friend, by default it's shift, you probably discovered it wanting to sprint only to find out it slowed you down? Well let me tell ya, the stealth approach will take you further than a loud approach. Utilize your walk key and call it out to team mates if you plan to approach silent, no point in walking if 4 others are running around like the apartment above your bedroom.
Rule number 2: Crosshair placement, I see it frequently that people will slightly lean their camera forward as they run. If you keep your crosshair at head height constantly, you'll be surprised on the amount of headshots you'll pick up. This is especially true when peaking/pieing corners or when others are.
Rule number 3: Team play games without a team is tough, always be supportive of your team. If it's to much just mute them, but DO NOT start bad mouthing them because what little cooperation you did have is now gone, or if you're the top fragger on your team but your bottom frag is having a real tough game just offer them encouragement let them you got the trade because of them, etc.
Rule number 4: Have a mic and use it. We do not have time to read in the bottom of the corner of the screen during a fire fight. It's even more frustrating when someone types most of the game, only to be wearing a mic the whole game. If you're not comfortable talking on the mic, then only speak when it's crucial. CSGO isn't a chatty game, if you aren't making calls then just remain quiet and listen for footsteps etc. But you need to make calls, YOU NEED TO MAKE CALLS. Calls are more important than frags, because if you don't get that kill and your team can't trade because you didn't give them the intel it makes for a bad round.
Rule number 5: Know how you want to peak, where you want to peak before you do it. So the technique you will for forever use to turn a corner in a shooter from now on will be pieing a corner. What that means is aim directly at the corner that you wish to turn (head height always, that's rule 2) and make a wide turn, keeping your crosshair on that corner will allow you to easily flick shot someone since you will facing them head on with proper aiming. The best part to pieing a corner wide rather than sharp is you get more room to maneuver as you need. How many times did you go flying around a corner to meet 3 enemies that lit you up? Trust me when I tell you to pie a corner from now on.
When you peak understand where the enemy could be after you expose yourself to them, this mainly comes down to map knowledge. But if there's always someone in palace, or window, etc. When you peak the corner be head height for where you want to focus and pop out and take the shot.
Rule number 6: Don't spray, ever. Honestly, unless you only use that 1 gun, try to avoid spraying. It's worth knowing spray patterns but working on learning how to 1 shot with your AK from across the map will do you a lot more than knowing how to spray. Spraying, even with knowing spray patterns, can come down to luck. There's never absolute certainty that all over your shots will be on point even with having perfect muscle memory for that spray pattern. But learning how to to tap out a few shots at a time will help you overall with any gun you pick up.
Fascinating post - thanks @callmejeffe .
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