*picks a few cobwebs off the Tips/tricks section*

Right, lets start with the basics:

Check ALL corners: Regardless of whether they are usually 'occupied/camped', this could be the difference between life and specing.

Learn where people camp: How many times have you been killed and thought to yourself "I bloody knew someone would be there.... Camping sod!". Do yourself a favour, remember these spots and if in doubt, throw a flash.

Flash FTW!!!: A well timed and placed flash can easily get you a kill or more;
1. If you are approaching a doorway, drop the flash just round the corner of it, bounce it off the doorframe if possible, most people who likely to have tents set up behind doorways will be close enough to get a full flash
2. If you are being chased around a corner, turn and face the corner, drop the flash just after you turn it. The enemy shouldn't see it get thrown and will run into it... leaving you a good few seconds to avoid there hopeless spray and pick them off with ease.
3. NEVER aim the flash directly at an enemy, trying to hit them... yeah a flash kill would be cool, but if you miss, they wont be flashed and you'll have turned around to avoid the flash... you'd die .
4. Simplest point, Never leave spawn without one (two if you have money to spare*

OMFG I'M FLASHED!!!1one!: if you are surrended by teammates... dont fire... many a needless ragdoll have been wasted due to nubs spraying when flashed. A few options;
1. If you know the layout of the map well, find somewhere to camp it out.
2. If you know where the flash came from, adjust your aim and fire away... the second the flash begins to wear off you will be able to see something moving (
WARNING: You will be called a haxor if it works )
3. If you don't know where it came from and can't find somewhere to hide... jump and strafe like a total noob, the more disorganised the movement the better, if you don't know what you're doing it's hard for an enemy to predict it. A moving target is much harder to hit.

That sounds familiar: Hear the click of a flash or a HE grenade, panicking like crazy? GOOD! You should all recognise the different noises the grenades make when hitting a wall or floor (if not, create a server and get tossing)
IF... It's a flash grenade, if you know where its coming from you could save yourself alot of hassle, I only use 2.1 sound but it gives me an indication of what direction i should turn. Make sure you get close to a wall, this should give you a bit extra protection against it. Chances are in open combat you will see where the flash is coming from, just just turn your back and hope it doesnt go to far. If you have seen the flash go high, turn and crouch, if it's low, turn and jump. Every little bit helps.
IF... Its a HE grenade,these are thrown faster than you can run so don't run with it, run past it if possible, if not strafe. HE 'nades are more visible when thrown than a flash, or smoke, so if you hear one have a quick scan around... then leg it. Hiding behind a box, or getting round a corner can take alot of the effect away, sometimes stopping you getting hurt at all. In the past I've been hit in the face with a 'nade, ducked behind a box and taken no damage.

Fire in the hole: PRACTICE THROWING THESE THINGS BEFORE TKING!!!!
WARNING: Pisses people off
Good maps to practice being a good tosser are;
de_subway_2: The vents at the top of each spawn are a good target for practicing on.
de_clubdome_b2: Again, The vent at CT spawn is a good target from the floor near the barrels.
cs_Italy: close combat, lots of corners, good practice for flashbangs, make sure you have some bots on your create server.
Grenades are the one weapon I would call myself a pro with (type ?foxx into SBG and you get 'nade master') So for this section, I honestly do know what i'm talking about.
ALWAYS make sure you have enough time to throw a grenade before being shot to hell. It takes roughly the same time for a HE nade to explode as it does to be able to shoot again, bear this in mind for close combat nades.
NEVER aim low and run backwards when throwing... trust me (insert suicide here).
NEVER aim at an enemy in close combat with a nade, aim for the feet, that way it won't come back at you (suicide 2)
ALWAYS check your radar before throwing round a corner/doorway/etc
(TK-tastic)

For: Long Distances: run with the grenade when releasing, travels a good extra 50% further. Don't aim too high or it'll go boom before it reaches anything.
Mid Distance: This is the easiest distance to kill people at, if the person is running, predict where they'll be in 3 seconds, then release. If they're stationary the job is alot easier... press and release.
Close Combat: Throw the grenade behind your target, or if theyre far enough away to get minimal damage, aim at their feet.

IF... you run into a full room armed with a grenade... you won't have time to switch back, take one for the team Throw it where the most enemies are, remember it's a team game, 60-80 damamge to 2 or more enemies is better than 100 to one.
Remember kiddies... windows will shorten the distance of a grenade by a considerable amount, so shoot 'em first.
Practice throwing them against door frames, window frames, off objects like cars on some maps (campers in the van on cs_twilight... get it in the van and they're doomed )

Spray and Pwn!: Hated by players everywhere, the best close combat weapon of all, trusty p90!! *applauds*
Back in the day, when i first got CS the M4 was faster and a bit more vicious, rather than the mini sniper rifle, sans sight, that it's become now.
The p90 has taken over from the old M4, with very little recoil other than side to side, its the perfect close range weapon... and easy as hell to get a headshot with. (just make sure you have a strong pistol for distances)

Run AT people at close range and make sure your aiming high, head and chest is much better than nuts and kneecaps.

MMMMMMMM4: If this gun were a woman....

I have a fair few kills with my trust M4... but only 3 of them have come from an unsilenced M4. Moral of the story is; Power is nothing, without accuracy. maybe an unsilenced M4 can kill in one shot to the chest at mid range, but a silent one can kill in one shot to the head still.

GOLDEN TIP OF THE DAY!!!
When fighting close or mid range with a silenced M4, aim for the neck... recoil will do the rest. for close range with an unsilenced M4 aim for the chest, aim for the stomach at mid range combat.

Fancy pissing off a sniper? move in a disorganised manner, always aiming towards the sniper, but dont shoot, wait for the BOOM > crouch > aim for the head (been 60 and 120 feet the cross hair when crouched should be accurate enough to hit the head atleast once if you pop out a quick 3 shots) BOOM M4 HEADSHOT and one pissed off sniper.

I'll post a few tips on camping and headshots later

Excellent tips there.. made me laugh as well.

Here is one tips that ppl dont take note off..

Ears.. you have 2 of them, listen where ppl are coming from and how many footsteps you can hear. This is vital in a clan match. If you can crouch low (against a wall is good) and hide away, listen for where they are coming from and where they are going. Once you have an idea which way they are going let your team know, always better to surround the enemy and take them down, than you take just one of them out rambo style.

And as Loaf said, its a team game. Make sure in matches you win as a team.

Loving your work.

More more more please!

Some nice tips, ok for noobs but not pros like myself, like i never use an m4 with a silencer, and you dont seem ever to use an AK, which is my weapon of choice, but we all have our own prefrences

Great tips Foxx

Small tip from myself as SD said about sounds.

When joining the server check which team Foxx is on and MAKE SURE your on it This applies to Pug as well

good stuff there blud, i too prefer the ak pug, its like a third arm to me, not that i have much coordination but 40/50 % of my klls with it are headshots

cant wait for more tips!

please tell us how you do those bloody annoying headshots!

[KM] BlackFoxxOlaf wrote:

Fancy pissing off a sniper? move in a disorganised manner, always aiming towards the sniper, but dont shoot, wait for the BOOM > crouch > aim for the head (been 60 and 120 feet the cross hair when crouched should be accurate enough to hit the head atleast once if you pop out a quick 3 shots) BOOM M4 HEADSHOT and one pissed off sniper.



bastard

OMFG HAXOR (one shot headshots)
Ingredients:
1 Deagle (or glock on burst fire)
1 Bullet
1 Corner/Doorway/Something to hide behind
1 Guillible Victim

If you get into a close combat gun fight and like me, have sprayed away all your precious bullets and haven't done any damage... Hide around the nearest corner (etc etc). get right against the wall with the cross hair just off the wall facing the corner (etc etc). 9/10 times the person you are fighting will reload and come after you, everyone wants that kill after all. Aim roughly where you believe head height is, this comes with practice (olaf suggests bots on easy). The second you see the gun come round the corner... shot over 50% of the time you well get them with the first bullet and if not you've got an advantage over the enemy, because unless they are aiming at you through a wall you wil see them first.

Don't try and do it to me though, I won't fall for it.

And my fast reactions..... come from Red Bull, A bit of caffiene never hurt anyone (don't prove me wrong )

haxxor!! lol

...redbull should also be banned as a proformance enhancing drug, urine tests for olaf!

This is what I was after buying - am I in the wrong place

Hubby

^^^^ that's my candidate for post of the week

Just for hubby

Well fancy that, didn't hit a thing: Wanna know how to kill many a person with a p90 and not take a single bit of damage; employ knife tactics.

KNIFE TACTICS!!!: I'm taking no credit for these, I learnt my knifing skills from the master Pug. When in a knife fight... DON'T run head on into the target, run and strafe at the same time, this way you'll be able to attack the enemies side. If you catch the enemy on the side while right clicking on your mouse, you'll dish out 65dmg and won't receive any yourself. If your lucky enough you might be able to catch them on the back... instant kill. (unless your against Pug then you can just die lol)

How the hell did he get there?: For those people without Frog's jump script or who don't know fully how to jump higher/further, here are a few quick tips
°Crouch at the very top of your jump; this gets you the extra little height you might need
°For longer jumps: One way to increase a jump length is to actually jump sideways, but ive found that if you press crouch when your on your way down your legs will go up, allowing a little extra distance
°Need practice: Try searching for xc(extreme climbing) maps, they are designed to test your jumping ability and can be very frustrating, until you've got the knack
Use your teammates to your advantage, if you can't reach a height, ask one of them to be a base to jump from. They DONT have to be crouched for you to jump on them either, if you use the 'jump and crouch' technique, you can very easily get on them. If one person isn't tall enough... get two, the only limit is the height of the map... have fun, make towers

"Piss off spiderman!": Hee hee, i got this comment before because of my recently adopted abilty to fall from a great height and take no damage (in some situations). This can be really handy for getting around a map faster. (i.e. de_piranesi and the bridge)
Quite often, if you jump from a height and look up with your mouse and press forward while against a wall, it will slow you down just enough to reduce damage. Or if there is a slope on the way down, go with the slope and press which ever strafe button is going towards the slope, DON'T press forward, it'll just make you drop. if you press the strafe button and hit the slop right, you can slide down without damage.
°Use surf maps to practice the latter technique

Changing direction mid air: Can be useful for getting around ledges, or to get to places you can't normally get. when in midair, if you want to turn to the right, hold the right strafe button and turn your view to aim right. This is more affective than just altering your view. Every little helps.

Bread trails: Are you a witch? Need two kids to fatten up? Follow the bread trail Dumbass!!

The point I'm making is, you can tell alot about where people will be with how the breakable/moveable objects are. So be careful, don't practice your aim on a barrel or knife the glass because your 'arder than it. If you don't leave mess your harder to find. Unless your on SBG then your screwed... everything than can be moved, will have been moved the second the round has begun I'm not paying for new windows.

More later, enjoy

OMFG BONUS POST!!!!

Yeah... I forgot something

Argghhhh *splash* Safe as houses!: No matter how shallow the water, if you land in it from any height, you won't take damage.

A good example is on De_Lost, for those people who have played it. When you blow open the hatch and climb down the ladder there is a small pool at the bottom, a couple of inches thick, but if you jump from the hatch to the bottom, you don't take damage.

*Foxx will not be held responsible for any injuries occuring from people trying this in real life, BE SAFE KIDS, RESPECT WATER*

Im pretty sure if a nade is underwater you never take damage from it either.

Lately my tatic I have been trying is I jump as soon as I see someone (given they are quite close) then try to spin/move in mid air while shooting before finally landing at the openents feet (still shooting), meaning you can chop them down tree style as you can miss from so close while they are still trying to ajust their aim. Also if you do it good enough you can get on top of their head.
Not sure if it actually works / makes it harder for the enemy.

One for the wife - Looking at your stats you have 9 kills with the famas and 8 headshots! Maybe you should try using it a bit more.


Post edited by: [KM]Vietcong Christmas, at: 02/12/2005 12:41