List some pointers on being a good FPS gamer.

[MBrown]

All of you good FPS gamers post some pointers and keys to being a good FPS gamer.

 

[StevenYoo]

shoot straight.

don't die.

i like my mouse sensitivity kinda low for most games. you get more control, IMO

 

[Eureka]

There are different type of FPS's.

Most importantly, don't think. Gaming should be an extension of you; when someone talks to you from behind, you turn your character, not your body.

Norm

 

[dighn]

choose a comfortable control scheme and play enough til the movement is second nature
always keep moving(strafing is usually very effective), unless it's a game like CS where movement decreases your accuracy
aim for the head if you have a really good chance of hitting it, else the torso

 

[BespinReactorShaft]

Headshots

Circle strafe

 

[akubi]

buy a gamer's mouse

 

[Fenixgoon]

optical mouse, comfortable chair and keyboard, surround sound preferred (though not a necessity by any means)

 

[MBrown]

Originally posted by: akubi
buy a gamer's mouse

They make gamers mouses? Does it make that much of a difference?

 

[Eureka]

usually more comfortable, and higher sensitivity.

Norm

 

[dighn]

Originally posted by: MBrown

Originally posted by: akubi
buy a gamer's mouse

They make gamers mouses? Does it make that much of a difference?

usually better tracking for quick movements

 

[blurredvision]

The SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT thing to remember if you want to be the best at an FPS game, you MUST know the map inside and out. This takes time, but you absolutely need to know the best vantage points for your weapon of choice, which in turn will give you an idea of where the enemy will be also. If it's a game like CS:S where you play match after match, you need to know where your enemies will be at the beginning of the match, and where the surviving ones most likely will be going after the opening firefights. You need to know the quickest route to your objective also. You need to know the less traveled paths when you don't want to be caught. You need to learn enemy camping spots so you don't run by a dark corner without looking, or you don't run straight through that door with a sniper 80 feet down the hallway or across the empty lot.

It's all about knowing the map.

 

[gorcorps]

Like everything else it's just practice. There's no secret, you just play a lot and you'll get better.

 

[Abhoth]

Like gorcorps said, play lots ..... plenty of practice! Know the maps ... run maps backwards, run around backwards and know where you're going ... practice more.

 

[BFG10K]

Always keep moving and mix it up with up jumping, strafing, dodging, etc.

 

[Molondo]

In DoD (day of defeat) I always set my sensetivity depending on the weapon, if its high recoil/automatic, i use high sensativity. if its one shot killer , set as low as you feel conftarable. and burst fire ^^ of course strafe.. .and for gods sake don't prone.

Its hard to say, nearly every big fps shoter has a different engine to it, i suppose the general tip you would recieve is strafe and set up short cuts

 

[tenner]

when i played cs back in the 1.5 and 1.6 days a really great tip was to lower the sensitivty on your mouse, lower sensitivity = more control of your aim. g luck

 

[jj2005]

get a really good gaming mouse like logitech mx510 and just practice, practice, PRACTICE!

 

[Modeps]

Practice and the ability to take insults after you become so good that people think you are cheating... A wicked fast pipe would also help to avoid the HPB syndrome.

 

[Triforceofcourage]

If you want to become a good FPS player you must gain 300 pounds, stop showering, and never talk to a girl again. Only then will you be 1337.

 

[xanis]

Find a CS-playing Asian to teach you. Asians generally stay up until 2am playing CS and Warcraft, and they are almost always good at FPS games. Otherwise, try turning down your mouse sensitivity. That's good for better control.

 

[stnicralisk]

Find someone who is doing very well at the game you are playing in a server and spectate them. Youll notice that they have a good idea of where the enemy might be and by watching them you will learn good spots to find cover or weapons and often in many FPS there are ways to get to good spots that many players dont know about. You can learn the map faster when you are watching someone who already knows it IMO because you are running around like a rabbit with its head cut off trying to figure out where to begin or which way to go.

 

[Malladine]

Originally posted by: Xanis
Find a CS-playing Asian to teach you. Asians generally stay up until 2am playing CS and Warcraft, and they are almost always good at FPS games. Otherwise, try turning down your mouse sensitivity. That's good for better control.

what? don't listen to this dude, final answer is: p r a c t i c e

oh and a major factor is confidence, mainly not losing it.

 

[Stuxnet]

Originally posted by: Xanis
Find a CS-playing Asian

LMFAO

 

[fishbits]

Setting graphics so that you have an acceptably smooth framerate even in a heavy firefight, not just when tooling around the landscape solo. I like to throw in some insta-gib practice for quick reaction and shooting. I'm a mediocre FPS player though.

 

[skace]

Keep your FPS smooth, the smoother the better even if you have to turn off a lot of settings. Know what configuration settings are available to you.

Get a good pair of headphones and test to make sure you can hear everything around you. Make sure you can identify which direction a sound is coming from and test this theory a few times.

Reconfigure your controls as much as possible, never accept the defaults. If you use a key and that key seems awkward you need to change it to something you can hit faster. Also, sometimes you can do things original that work really well. IE, In CS I had a really great mouse wheel setup. 1 tick of the mousewheel upwards would make my character run permanently and 1 tick of the mousewheel down would make my character walk permanently. This was done using aliases (alias mwalk +speed / alias mwalk -speed). This saved me having to hold keys down / etc.

Make sure your mouse sensitivity fits you perfectly. Try aiming at random objects and see how long it takes you to pinpoint them exactly.

Never stop moving.