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Hello TF2 division this is your resident Engineer and bringer of Mini Dooom The Polish offering a small bit of wisdom that seems to be helping a lot of new players who get frustrated from getting killed all the time.
First off for all you players with under 100 hours invested we all were there once and we remember the fight for even reaching a 1:1 KD ratio. So when you are in the server and you find yourself getting crusted by a Heavy, bullet to the brain from a sniper, knife to the back from a spy or even a wave of bullets from an Engie and his mini don't get upset from the unavoidable death.
Instead think of what happened to cause your death. Ask yourself is there anything that could have happened differently that you could have influenced that would have resulted in a different outcome?
Every death is an opportunity to learn how not to die that same way again, by that I mean being unprepared for it. Death is usually an unavoidable fact in the game but after asking these questions enough and looking for the elements that lead up to causing your death you will soon discover the patters of death.
That certain areas are more prone to sniper fire, certain corners seem to always have one spy from the opposing team, that a scout like to flank from this side of the map and an engineer like to setup his building in these spots.
Once you gain this awareness you can then start recognizing the build up and instead of just repeating the same actions that lead to your death try and do things a bit differently. Taking an alternate route to avoid the sniper fire, not showing your back to a corner or turning around every so often to see who is behind you. Avoiding just running off and listen to the sound for a sentry's beep.
From here you will slowly improve your in game habits and not only reduce your over all death but start learning how to counter death. You will learn the personal quirks of how a class is played, what certain weapons will mean in affecting their play/attack style and how you can change yours to counter them and kill them instead.
Many dread seeing my name appear when I join a server and hail or curse my existence because of this. I use the Gunslinger a the mini allows me to be more mobile and thus able to experience more factors that I can change. I cause them to choose between my mini and me. I pick my weapon loadout and change it to address the bigger threats the opposing team has to offer. I'll switch up where I roam and what I do pending the needs of y team and how I not only want to counter my foes but how I wish to attach them.
This is something anyone can do so long as you don't get mad but instead take it as a learning opportunity and try to see how you can change it so you don't die that way again.
First off for all you players with under 100 hours invested we all were there once and we remember the fight for even reaching a 1:1 KD ratio. So when you are in the server and you find yourself getting crusted by a Heavy, bullet to the brain from a sniper, knife to the back from a spy or even a wave of bullets from an Engie and his mini don't get upset from the unavoidable death.
Instead think of what happened to cause your death. Ask yourself is there anything that could have happened differently that you could have influenced that would have resulted in a different outcome?
Every death is an opportunity to learn how not to die that same way again, by that I mean being unprepared for it. Death is usually an unavoidable fact in the game but after asking these questions enough and looking for the elements that lead up to causing your death you will soon discover the patters of death.
That certain areas are more prone to sniper fire, certain corners seem to always have one spy from the opposing team, that a scout like to flank from this side of the map and an engineer like to setup his building in these spots.
Once you gain this awareness you can then start recognizing the build up and instead of just repeating the same actions that lead to your death try and do things a bit differently. Taking an alternate route to avoid the sniper fire, not showing your back to a corner or turning around every so often to see who is behind you. Avoiding just running off and listen to the sound for a sentry's beep.
From here you will slowly improve your in game habits and not only reduce your over all death but start learning how to counter death. You will learn the personal quirks of how a class is played, what certain weapons will mean in affecting their play/attack style and how you can change yours to counter them and kill them instead.
Many dread seeing my name appear when I join a server and hail or curse my existence because of this. I use the Gunslinger a the mini allows me to be more mobile and thus able to experience more factors that I can change. I cause them to choose between my mini and me. I pick my weapon loadout and change it to address the bigger threats the opposing team has to offer. I'll switch up where I roam and what I do pending the needs of y team and how I not only want to counter my foes but how I wish to attach them.
This is something anyone can do so long as you don't get mad but instead take it as a learning opportunity and try to see how you can change it so you don't die that way again.
