@Arkandel said:
Look, I don't play multiplayer FPS. The reason is that I suck at them; my twitch reflexes are just slow enough for assorted teenagers across the globe to effortlessly shoot me in the head. There's nothing wrong with the games themselves, I'm just not that good at them.
You should play with me sometime. I used to game semi-professionally, when the Cyberathlete Amateur League was still a thing; my mains were Counter-Strike and BF1942.
I used to be in a clan, then I progressed to becoming clan leader, until my parents convinced me that videogame tournaments would never actually become a thing.
Now that Major League Gaming and Twitch Championships are a thing, I feel really dumb for listening to them. Just a fad, they said. It'll never last, they said. Had I followed through and gone pro, you could have been hearing about Cirno, instead of Jonathan Fatal1ty Moron.
However, on the other hand, I'm 25 years old and I destroy the anuses of teenagers and small children in Battlefield 4, Call of Duty, and so on, from experience borne of playing Counter-Strike for five hours a day everyday when I was 13.
Unless I'm facing up against a clan of 4 or 6 people all working in team tactics with each other, I'm just leaving a ruthless trail of kids and teenagers with gaping anuses in my wake.
And don't let's talk about what happens when I'm high on stimulant-like drugs or amphetamines and I decide to play some FPSs. I turn into a robot - an Unmanned Weapons System that exists only to destroy mankind.
My kill/death ratio is usually good, with a 2:1 or 3:1, and when I really get cracking, I stand on 4 kills to 1 death, or 4:1. Occasionally I'll get through a match without dying once, but these are, as you said, kids and teenagers, not pro leet MLG dudes.
Anyway, it's not really about reflexes. It's about tactics. I can teach you my moves so that you can also destroy people's anuses.
EDIT:
I'll give you a few tips:
- Do not run around in the center of the map. Stay at long range, unless you're using an SMG in a close-quarters map. Your targets should be no more than dots in your gunsights. And if your reflexes are as bad as you imply, you have no business using an SMG. Stick to Assault Rifles, Designated Marksman Rifles, or Sniper Rifles.
- Don't squeeze your trigger in a death-grip. Squeeze off a few short bursts at a time. Ideally, you should only be releasing 1-2 bullets per squeeze.
- Do not let people see you. Staying out of sight gives you a huge tactical advantage.
- Stay behind cover. Move from cover to cover, always keeping a solid wall or object between you and the enemy.
- Crouch or go prone as often as possible.
- Hold your position. Don't go towards people - let them come to you. Shoot them as they approach.
- Grenades are useful for scaring or damaging the enemy, especially if they are behind cover.
- Get high. Height is an advantage.
- If you absolutely must run around, run behind another guy. Protect that guy - but it's not important that you do so. Basically, you want the enemy to shoot him instead of you, but in an ideal situation, you can protect them from being killed.
- Check your corners. Look left, look right.
EDIT2:
You know how people always say, "Videogames don't make you a better shot in reality!"
Well, when I turned 21 and started buying real-life firearms, I found that I was quite proficient at shooting them in the range. I was also familiar with the basic methods of gun handling.
I'm not trying to imply that I am Citizen-Soldier Extraordinaire, Solid Snake, or anything. Just some food for thought.
