Play A LOT, I mean...at least one hour a day. Arrange a week where you only play with a certain type of gun so you can become good with it (not the awp, you can become "good" with that in about 10min) But you will be pleasantly surprised when you can down an m4 with a desert eagle. Use radar A LOT, find good tactical positions that make you hard to see to enemies, but you can see them clearly. An example of this would be in d2 when ct's decide to rush through long a, you stay crouched behind the car in t spawn and shoot through the window (thanks css crouch height update

Never stop and wait for enemies, always keep moving. Use a mic, no one will really read what you say about enemy positions. Use flashes, nades, smoke, all the time. Play on one map a lot, learn it like the back of your hand, then move on to the next map. Learn where people awp from, and smoke their position so they cant see. (example: middle double doors in d2, smoke those, then you can rush short a) Dont play on servers that have a ton of poeple, it only slows down your learning, and forces you to either camp, or die when rushing. Deathmatch is good for practicing reflexes, and getting the hang of any gun you want. I play on d2 a lot, and I know exactly where to bounce off every grenade, where everyone camps, pretty much everything. If you get spotted by an awper, use flashes, smoke to cover your movments. Usually, if they are rushed, they panic and you can kill them off easily. If you see someone run behind a wooden box, follow them with your crosshair and keep shooting through the box. I find it that its almost an instinct for most to throe a grenade at the cover that you run behind, so if you run behind a corner for cover...run FAR away from it, 50% of the time, you will have a grenade following you. Another thing about this...this is a perfect time to kill the person that is throwing the nade. Run behind the cover for 1 second, as they see this, they will be taking ou ttheir grenade, and throwing it. During this time, you can run out, and shoot them while they cannot defend themselves. Remember, no one likes an awp whore, and no one likes a camper, dont do it. Another neat trick is when you run into an enemy in close combat, they will automatically try to shoot you somewhere from the waist up. Use this to your advantage, and Right when you see them, crouch so they will be shooting over you. Thseo few moments that they are confused and aiming down...will give u a change to plant a few in their face. NEVER JUMP WHEN SHOT AT! this gives them a BETTER chance of hitting you because you are following their recoil. You can camp...but only when its to complete the objective (camping the bomb sites when ct, camping with the bomb, or camp with the hostages.) Lastly, play during a time of day when you have the most energy. Personally, Im better between 7pm-12am than before. Get a good night of sleep, if you dont get this, caffiene wont help much.
sry for the lack of organization...I just typed whatever I was thinking. Hope that helped
