hey, whats the best way to get better at source, i wanna improve aim reaction times etc. Everyone says just play lots, but play what? some say deathmatch, others aim maps etc. What is the fastest way to train.
(I have a merc Zboard, Razer Deathadder 2 gig ram, 8800gt and a 2.4 dual core, and settings for source, like sensitivity, resolution etc. would be appreciated)
Read other people's advice on gotfrag, imitate pros sensitivity and settings and gears.Alright i'll let you in on this one : The PERFECT sensitivity for cs is 2.32 on 400 dpi , PERFECT RESOLUTION is 640 x 480 , The fastest way to train is by reading tips .
I did look for guides on training etc. but i couldnt find any, maybe a link? Is there a topic on guides or something? no.5 I have a rougly 0.7 KPD, and want to improve it, is there something wrong with that?
I don't have 1.6 :P and it is not so polular in south africa, an also, what about the people who say 'don't play deathmatch, play aim maps etc. there is just soo much advice on this topic, i dont know which to follow
Lol what a load of bull - 2.32 is a horribly slow sensitivity and you may think im just making argument but thats coz sensitivity is OPINION. 2.32 is your opinion it doesnt make it perfect.
640x480 is a horrible old rez that people only used to get fps in the old days. the half-life engine runs on 800x600 so you are only crushing the native rez, never mind the source engine which the highest or native rez should always be used.
also the fastest way to learn is not readiing tips rofl. so by that a tip could be "aim at the head to get a headshot" - yeah ok. the only way to get good is to play. play the competitive maps against good tactical players. nuff said.
You can't improve reaction times. You can eliminate factors that slow reaction time, like concentration, how tired/awake you are and whether you are using a food or drink to calm you/give you a buzz. It is a scientifically proven fact that chemicals like caffeine and taurine that give you a buzz, actually reduce reaction times, "it is better to be tired than wired!". This is because reaction times are in the same family as acceleration in sprinting. The speed you can run at can only be improved or reduced by 10% through training or lack thereof. It's the same with reaction times. The easiest test of your reactions is to get a friend to drop a 12" ruler between your finger and thumb at a random time, and the zero inch mark is in line with your finger and thumb. Any result below 3" is amazing, below 5" is good, below 7" is fairly good. If you get above 9" your reactions are poor.
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#1 if you want to get good at source, watch 1.6 demos for ingame smarts and deathmatch 1.6 (it requires more aim, as in source the head area is almost like the 1.6 hitboxes when someone has a knife out, basically their heads are tilted forward and theyre rather larger.)
as far as settings go: the ideal resolution would be 640x480 as the closer you see something, the faster you react to it. however, lcds are bad at low resolutions so I have to recommend 1280x1024 (native lcd resolution)
as far as your deathadder goes, it performs best @ 1800dpi / 1000hertz http://www.esreality.com/files/placeimage.. I suggest you lower your windows senstivity to 3/11, which brings it to 450 dpi without degrading the performance of the mouse. sensitivity-wise, it comes down to preference, yet, i would suggest as low as possible as long as you are comfortably able to make a 180. - there are also a few launch commands, which I cant remember off the top of my head but im sure you can easily find them. also, im not really sure if you need them in source as the game doesn't have default acceleration unlike 1.6.
if u start of using a low sens, u get into the habit of flicking and wobbling ur aim where as if u start of with a relatively high sens, like 3.5 or 3 and then gradually slow it down u will find tracking ppl easier and placing ur aim on ppl easier.
use really slow mouse movements on dm for like 30 mins (not low sens, just slow movements) because if u are flicking and going really fast all the time, ur brain doesnt have time to process the moves and to store them in ur "muscle memory or "motion memory"
just play for fun and u will get better sooner or later.
however if u wanna get to top u should start playing sports irl. u have ever wondered why not many pro gamers are fat, its cos they are athletes. sports give u reactions and hand eye coordination. all muscle memory crap is bullshït, many pro gamers change their sensitivity daily and still remain at top. A good player can play with whatever humanly possible settings meaning sens is not too low (>2) or too high (<10), and with and without accel.
source is not skill friendly game, maps are too narrow so aiming is easy, flashes are random, no skill required like in 1.6. all that matters is teamplay and experience (knowing positioning etc.), skill gap is narrow.
frod sick aim and awp aim, same sens for like 2 years he change when he came to source. f0rest sick aim, changed his sens like 3 times in about probs 4 years storm same sens for bout 4 years aswell.
try cleaning ur teeth with your other hand. its really hard to start off. untill ur brain processes the movements and ur muscle memory is there, then u can do it faster.
if u play an instrument u will understand muscle memory, that is how drummers can drum so fast, MUSCLE MEMORY.
i can see what u say bout top players still being good with pretty much any settings. but go on dm with 5 sens for 10 mins then go on with 1 sens for 10 mins then go on with ur normal settings u been using for ages for 10 mins.
#39, players like neo(best player in the world btw), cogu, get_right etc.
frod and storm are trash compared to players like neo, and i bet f0rest could change his sens to anything between 2-6 and still shoot heads like always.
and yes, i can get almost same score in dm, dm is ridiculously easy. it takes about 60 seconds to get used to new sens.
#38 i agree that working out is good for you disagree with everything else
#39 nothing is hard, you simply know it or you dont. try solving a rubiks cube without ever having done it before, its not hard, you simply do not know it at first. but once you grasp the 5 basic algorithms it is simply a process of execution. (some can do it within 10 seconds and some within a minute, thats when practice comes into play)
to touch up on your left hand example, i can get 70 on average in this game with my right hand http://www.reflextest.net/reaction/letter.htm i can get around 50 on average with my left however, when i first began with my left hand (a few days ago actually) i would get 45 at most and less than 40 on average, that wasnt because it was hard or challenging, it was simply a matter of adaption. this applies to drawing with your other hand, writing, playing fps etc.
this can correlate with more physical actions, such as doing pushups, it is not a matter of something being hard. it is simply a matter of adaption.
i agree that if you want consistent results than you need a consistent setup and schedule, however, change is not a bad thing if you want to excel.
as far as "sick aim" is concerned than you cannot bring up any cs player, raw reaction as well as accuracy can be found in faster games such as q3, a more appropriate example would be cypher. the fundamental element of cs is coordination and teamwork. while shots may over an extended amount of experience start to look amazing in cs (look at recent demos of neo playing ramp) it is not because of a raw talent, it is an accumulation of experience.
in either case i would recommend something like lumosity.com if you want to waste your spare time productively, cs is one sense or another is like wow, a virtually mindless consumption of time. some may bring up the argument that it is a good tool for social interaction but I would definitely disagree.
actually i reread what ferris said, and hes not that bad. only the fact that hes saying that you can change your sensitivity very often is not true. try keeping a steady sensitivity you are comfortable with. dont keep changing your sensitivity because you need your muscle memory for flick/reaction shots.
they are right about 1 thing dont go straight to low sens start a little high then go lower dont change a sens u find comfortable it will mess with ur BRaIN
basic thing is go 5 vs you with bots on a CAL map and set them to hard then set auto balance to 0. and then just sharpen your listening and reaction times, and then set sensitivity cause your playing with bots so mess with your settings cause score doesnt really count cause its not in a ranked server
1. watch 2-3 PoV Demos of Amateur and Semi Pro / Pro Players 2. Play much CSS:DM and normal Public 3. Read gotfrag forum and talking with your teammates about new strats
CS:S training
(I have a merc Zboard, Razer Deathadder 2 gig ram, 8800gt and a 2.4 dual core, and settings for source,
like sensitivity, resolution etc. would be appreciated)
goes like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dU9-fN1Az0
2.own
Don't you have to pay for that?
I heard that pickups also improve ur game, is that true?
ya hear MOE?
640x480 is a horrible old rez that people only used to get fps in the old days. the half-life engine runs on 800x600 so you are only crushing the native rez, never mind the source engine which the highest or native rez should always be used.
also the fastest way to learn is not readiing tips rofl. so by that a tip could be "aim at the head to get a headshot" - yeah ok. the only way to get good is to play. play the competitive maps against good tactical players. nuff said.
This is because reaction times are in the same family as acceleration in sprinting. The speed you can run at can only be improved or reduced by 10% through training or lack thereof. It's the same with reaction times.
The easiest test of your reactions is to get a friend to drop a 12" ruler between your finger and thumb at a random time, and the zero inch mark is in line with your finger and thumb. Any result below 3" is amazing, below 5" is good, below 7" is fairly good. If you get above 9" your reactions are poor.
if you want to get good at source, watch 1.6 demos for ingame smarts and deathmatch 1.6 (it requires more aim, as in source the head area is almost like the 1.6 hitboxes when someone has a knife out, basically their heads are tilted forward and theyre rather larger.)
if you want to build your reaction try:
www.missionred.com
www.reflextest.net
www.quakelive.com (basically q3 in a browser)
as far as settings go:
the ideal resolution would be 640x480 as the closer you see something, the faster you react to it. however, lcds are bad at low resolutions so I have to recommend 1280x1024 (native lcd resolution)
as far as your deathadder goes, it performs best @ 1800dpi / 1000hertz
http://www.esreality.com/files/placeimage..
I suggest you lower your windows senstivity to 3/11, which brings it to 450 dpi without degrading the performance of the mouse.
sensitivity-wise, it comes down to preference, yet, i would suggest as low as possible as long as you are comfortably able to make a 180.
- there are also a few launch commands, which I cant remember off the top of my head but im sure you can easily find them. also, im not really sure if you need them in source as the game doesn't have default acceleration unlike 1.6.
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toolbags
use really slow mouse movements on dm for like 30 mins (not low sens, just slow movements) because if u are flicking and going really fast all the time, ur brain doesnt have time to process the moves and to store them in ur "muscle memory or "motion memory"
however if u wanna get to top u should start playing sports irl. u have ever wondered why not many pro gamers are fat, its cos they are athletes. sports give u reactions and hand eye coordination. all muscle memory crap is bullshït, many pro gamers change their sensitivity daily and still remain at top. A good player can play with whatever humanly possible settings meaning sens is not too low (>2) or too high (<10), and with and without accel.
source is not skill friendly game, maps are too narrow so aiming is easy, flashes are random, no skill required like in 1.6. all that matters is teamplay and experience (knowing positioning etc.), skill gap is narrow.
tell me wat TOP players change there sens daily.
frod sick aim and awp aim, same sens for like 2 years he change when he came to source.
f0rest sick aim, changed his sens like 3 times in about probs 4 years
storm same sens for bout 4 years aswell.
try cleaning ur teeth with your other hand. its really hard to start off. untill ur brain processes the movements and ur muscle memory is there, then u can do it faster.
if u play an instrument u will understand muscle memory, that is how drummers can drum so fast, MUSCLE MEMORY.
i can see what u say bout top players still being good with pretty much any settings. but go on dm with 5 sens for 10 mins then go on with 1 sens for 10 mins then go on with ur normal settings u been using for ages for 10 mins.
which one u get best score with?
frod and storm are trash compared to players like neo, and i bet f0rest could change his sens to anything between 2-6 and still shoot heads like always.
and yes, i can get almost same score in dm, dm is ridiculously easy. it takes about 60 seconds to get used to new sens.
i agree that working out is good for you
disagree with everything else
#39
nothing is hard, you simply know it or you dont. try solving a rubiks cube without ever having done it before, its not hard, you simply do not know it at first. but once you grasp the 5 basic algorithms it is simply a process of execution. (some can do it within 10 seconds and some within a minute, thats when practice comes into play)
to touch up on your left hand example,
i can get 70 on average in this game with my right hand
http://www.reflextest.net/reaction/letter.htm
i can get around 50 on average with my left
however, when i first began with my left hand (a few days ago actually) i would get 45 at most and less than 40 on average, that wasnt because it was hard or challenging, it was simply a matter of adaption. this applies to drawing with your other hand, writing, playing fps etc.
this can correlate with more physical actions, such as doing pushups, it is not a matter of something being hard. it is simply a matter of adaption.
i agree that if you want consistent results than you need a consistent setup and schedule, however, change is not a bad thing if you want to excel.
as far as "sick aim" is concerned than you cannot bring up any cs player, raw reaction as well as accuracy can be found in faster games such as q3, a more appropriate example would be cypher. the fundamental element of cs is coordination and teamwork. while shots may over an extended amount of experience start to look amazing in cs (look at recent demos of neo playing ramp) it is not because of a raw talent, it is an accumulation of experience.
in either case i would recommend something like lumosity.com if you want to waste your spare time productively, cs is one sense or another is like wow, a virtually mindless consumption of time. some may bring up the argument that it is a good tool for social interaction but I would definitely disagree.
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1. watch 2-3 PoV Demos of Amateur and Semi Pro / Pro Players
2. Play much CSS:DM and normal Public
3. Read gotfrag forum and talking with your teammates about new strats
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