how did we get soooo good

Originally posted by grog_grog i miss the spectator option of  PC / other games, I learned a lot that way.

i will agree with that.  i've watched PC players who posted videos on youtube and i learned so much in terms of flag running.  it's mindboggling how much you learn from just "watching". you learn speed boosts, jump timing, escape tactics.  a ton of things. 

we didn't drop jukes cuzz he was bad, we droped him cuzz he was annoying!!
"Rican u got your mic on??......Rican, you on?.........you there Rican??...........you on now?......
can you get your mic on Rican?........Rican, whats up?..........got your mic on buddy?" LOL

i miss the spectator option of  PC / other games, I learned a lot that way.

more like how did i get so bad? haha

Originally posted by DEMON_ON_SLAUGHT connOr

ConnIE, in fact

I think most of us that get better do so because we are competitive and hate getting schooled.

I started back when playing Q2 DM.  I got pretty good at it and thought I was the **** and got bored.  So I tried this weird "Capture the flag" option or add on whatnot and immediately got my a** handed to me.  As we all know, pubs spam with DM holds no candle to strategy and facing folks off one on one.  That sorta pissed me off and it took me a while to figure out that "running straight forward and shooting like mad" wasn't a very good strategy.



I think there's a whole thought process shift from the linear DM based approach to understanding the whole reality of a fluid combat situation.  It's also much hard to play.

Then I got ok at pubs CTF and played some private games and again got tooled.  a lot of "wtf? how did they do that / move so fast/ do that trick / i never knew...".  And then you go look up the move online, or watch a vid, and practice it offline.

Then you start talking real matches with 4 on 4 and real strategy and again its a new thing.

Its definately a given to know who the great players are and what they do to become it. Its like if your a great player your friends with a lot of the other great players cause they like to play with competition which results in you playing with great players all the time which in turns makes u way better.

Once u get it down, its there. Getting it down is the problem and getting there is just a step along with many others. Not everybody started out as a noob, anyone that had played past Unreals or FPS's and was any somewhat competetive then they probably started out UT3 not owning everyone but definately showing early signs of being one of the few great players.

Its amazing how far the competition is off in this game, and as long as we continue playing the same way it will only get worse, not better.

A lot of players play this game and leave ASAP. Some that have ambition start to play with the greats and get better and don't mind to loose every freaking time. They will be the ones that get better.

The ones that play their sad little UT3 deathmatches everyday will get better, but only so much. I feel I'm stuck in the game playing the same players all the time, so therefore I'm only going to get better or stay the same.

Even in the PUGs and stuff, its always the same oh group of players and this is why I feel its so hard for a new player to get good these days. Face it, us good players stick together, we might rival each other but we still stick together.

That's how we all got soooo good...

connOr

i usually play with contoller , sometimes kb/m hardly ever though, and sometimes i play with mouse and controller .....mainly controller only though... sensitivity full and turn accel full

Originally posted by DEMON_ON_SLAUGHT im currently trying to help vajohn out but it is difficult for people to stop jumping back out with low health n not to chase you when you have more helath and armor and especially not to rush in when youve only just got the shield belt

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I'd probably suck at teaching.
RemY had this topic open about teaching people duel a while ago, I think he's too busy lately though to help people.

KaL1 is controller, not sure Greeny.

Originally posted by DEMON_ON_SLAUGHT great minds think alike lol n do u mean thirll kill valjonie i heard you rampaged him n so did bev loln would i improve if i moved 2 kb/m or mouse n controller???

kbm is probably a bit easier if you bother to get used to it, although your movement might get worse with it