CSS - How to become a Better Player

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In this forum post, I will be addressing ways to become a better Counter-Strike Source Player. The topics I will include here

are: What strageties to use and what guns to buy and why.

Enjoy!


Overview: Counter Strike Source is a first person shooter game that involves many new guns (AK47, Desert Eagle, M4, AWP).

There is a Terrorist and Counter-Terrorist side. The terrorists job is to attack the counter terrorists and get a bomb planted

into a specific bomb site. The Counter-Terrorist side is to defend the bomb the best they can. If the bomb is planted,

their job is to defuse the bomb! The terrorist team will win if the bomb is blown up without being defused or eliminating all

of the enemy players on the opposing team. Counter Terrorists can win by also eliminating the players on the opposing team or

defusing the bomb (if it had got planted). NOTE: If you are wondering which skin to pick, it doesn't necessarily matter,

most commonly chosen are skins 1 and 2 on each side.
Strategies
The first topic will be strategies. Strategies can help a player or ruin a player depending on the right strategy.

First of all, you will have to look at the maps (http://www.counterstrikestrats.com). You can navigate on this website and

look at all of the map overviews there are on that site. Next: GET IN GAME! Load CSS, and get on the maps you want to

practice. You should make sure you studied the overview well. Now, walk around the map on Terrorist and Counter- Terrorist

side. If you want to practice on Counter-Terrorist, you should look and find spots to sit or find "hidey holes". Next, go on

to terrorist (you can also do it vise-versa). Terrorists are going to attack, so you want to find spots to "rush up in" or attack

the counter terrorists. Normally, as terrorists, you want to go around the map and go into side holes and corners. As being

terrorists, you also have to go to the bomb site and get the bomb down. If your wondering about a bomb plant strategy,

there is one! Find a spot in the bomb site to plant. You want to plant the bomb in a corner or something where the Counter

-Terrorist will have to bend down or crouch down to defuse the bomb. This a crucial part of winning the game. After you've

found an appropriate place to plant the bomb, wait until the CT comes, and finish him off!


What to buy
Looking for what to buy? Well go NO FURTHER! There are different guns you want to buy for the two different

sides.
Terrorist: On the terrorist side, there is a variety of guns you want to buy. Normally the first 2 rounds, you don't buy

anything on the terrorist side. Once you have about 2/3,000 you want to invest on a desert eagle . This is a very

powerful pistol. It can eliminate enemies with one shot to the head from far distance. NOTE: If you have over 2k cash, you

want to invest on granades ( flash-bang x2, HE grenade, and smoke grenade) Next, terrorists should buy theAK 47

or CV
(in the rifles section.) This is an even more powerful gun that will allow maximum accuracy when used correctly.

Once you have 6/7k cash, and you want to snipe, buy theMagnum Sniper Rifle (or awp). This gun is very accurate but

only one shot so you have to switch between your knife and back to the awp for a "cock back".
Counter-Terrorist: As a counter-terrorist the first thing EVERY round you buy reguardless if you have money or some money

(150 at the least), you want to buy a defuse kit. As a counter-terrorist you are automatically equipped with a USP 45

. This is already a very powerful gun with only 12 shots and a silencer. For optimal performance, do not use the silencer.

Once you have 1.5/2k, buy a defuse kit and a desert eagle (like Terrorist's). Keep buying the desert eagle and defuse kit

until you reach 4/5k. Once you have 4/5k, buy the MP5 in the SMG section. After that, once you have accumulated

6k, buy a Defuse Kit and an M4A1 . Once you have this bought this is the most accurate rifle in the game, its

normally used for spraying in tight combat situations, but can be used to shoot from farther ranges. Unfortunatley, the

Ak47 has a better job of that, so Counter-Terrorist's must watch for that. Lastley, just like Terrorist, the Counter-

Terrorists can buy the Magnum Sniper Rifle or most commonly named AWP.
Once you aquire all of these guns you can buy guns for teamates in debt and buy a desert eagle to go a long with your deadly

setup!





Hope you enjoyed
iMP
 
Don't mean to rain on your parade or anything but,
this seems to be a guide for newbies, and most of this stuff is already known.
 
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it seems like basic stuff, but yea its a nice place to start
 
what it comes down to is two things when playing css...How good are your strats? and how good is your aim? If someone with good aim is given a glock and the other a deagle with poor aim, 9x out of 10 the person with the better aim will win.

so you ask how do i better my aim fifty? well first find a sensitivity that is good for you. for some of us, this is an on-going process. Once found, you need to realize a few different things. running + shooting is just about inaccurate as anything else. You will sometimes get lucky but most of the time you won't hit anything. so the way to properly shoot is to hit the opposite direction you are moving very quickly. this will stop you immediately and then take 1-2 shots and move again and repeat. with practice, this will improve your aim greatly.

finally good strats will wipe out any time most of the time. really you just have to look over maps and come up with strats on your own.

Hopefully some information was shared that had not previously been known to the readers.
 
Sorry, i've fixed the problem. This was meant to be a beginners guide.. I will soon be posting an advanced guide. I was just making this for help. The advanced one will be posted soon sometime.
 
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Here are a few tips that I do, could help the less fortunate out.

1. Never Lead the Charge!
Always remember to bait your team as much as possible. Running behind a wall of your teammates mean bullets are less likely to reach you.

2. Always Camp Spawn Until 1:30!
Most enemies aren't expecting you to be there.

3. If All Else Fails, Blind Everyone!
Sure, your teammates might get blinded, too. But hey, the enemy can't see either, right?

I hope these tips help you out, a little. I have spent a long time perfecting them.

I love eGO!
 
Great guide for first time players, what you should really work on making is a guide for intermediate/casual players to step up their game as that's how it is with most CS:S players these days. Anyways, nice guide :)
 
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