Beginners and Counter Strike

Do you think that counter strike is as threatening to beginners as others make it out to be? I remember playing it for the first time and not doing half bad, and to this day I still get plenty of kills every game.

I remember the WC community being very evil to beginners. I lost all my first 8 online games (winning\losing is being tracked!) and most of the times my allies were jumping in their chairs mad.

If people make mistake with random-allies\friends, usually the others are raging at their mistakes shouting things like "NOOB". Some would leave (making the beginner automatically lose, 1v2 isn't easy)

So I expect the CS community to be as harsh as the WC one. It's also obvious that playing with teamates that regularly die,that you can't trust,is very frustrating.

I find the CS community is very cut-throat but at the same time when you can get on a mic and talk with them, most of them are really fun and good natured. Sure there are always a few bad apples in the game but you'll find that anywhere in life.

THE CS community has been my home since before 1.3 and I always come back to it in the end.

I started playing CS Source, played one game, asked what the best weapons were and tips for maps etc, they said "just dont be a noob", then I lost a one on one with a player and got called a noob, they said there was no excuse for losing it, I knocked the game off, played against bots ever since.V4LENT1NE

OH NOEZ, one server was mean to you and so the only obvious thing to do is quit! /emo

Ya it is, I've been playing CS (and now CSS) on a regular basis for over4 years and I say that I'm still learning, so u figure. But if u can get the machanics and score a few kills, u'll see it's the most rewarding shooter out there (and the best one of all time for me).

I'm planning on getting CS:S (along with HL2 + a couple of other steam FPS's) tomorow after my last exam (yay!), I need something to keep me busy for 3 months, and that seems like the best way to do it. I'm not new to online FPS's, so hopefully it shouldn't be too bad for me.

The thing I love most about the game though which is great for beginners are all the different types of mini-mods.

Look at gungame. The rounds are fast and it helps you get familiar with each and every weapon since you have to kill someone with them as you advance. The fy_ maps are small and fast too, with you mastering the individual main weapons you pick up from the start. Then you have deathmatch with practically no respawn at all. Then you have surf... my gawd do I love Counter strike surfing...

[QUOTE="V4LENT1NE"]I started playing CS Source, played one game, asked what the best weapons were and tips for maps etc, they said "just dont be a noob", then I lost a one on one with a player and got called a noob, they said there was no excuse for losing it, I knocked the game off, played against bots ever since.ArcticSnake

OH NOEZ, one server was mean to you and so the only obvious thing to do is quit! /emo

Never said I quit, I said I play against bots, when I get better I will go back, problem?

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[QUOTE="V4LENT1NE"]I started playing CS Source, played one game, asked what the best weapons were and tips for maps etc, they said "just dont be a noob", then I lost a one on one with a player and got called a noob, they said there was no excuse for losing it, I knocked the game off, played against bots ever since.V4LENT1NE

OH NOEZ, one server was mean to you and so the only obvious thing to do is quit! /emo

Never said I quit, I said I play against bots, when I get better I will go back, problem?

Yepz. PLaying against bots isn't going to help you all that much in the long run. Bots are told to think a specific way, they shoot in specific ways, so on so forth. Online is obviously different. People don't follow that same rail, and the difficulty ranges throughout in a server as everybody is on their own pace and level. I do urge you just keep searching for those golden servers. Kind of lame that you stopped playing a multiplayer game because of one server. Though the one positive thing about bots is the loyal team play :).

It can be, if your playing seasoned players (but there are tons of servers so you could easily just find another one) and just learning the ropes can be quite frustrating. But, then again CS is by no means a complex shooter by today's standards and is mostly run and gun. I just feel sorry for casual gamers getting into a game like America's Army since hardly anyone plays it anymore and the people who do are every experienced and not the mention the complexity of the maps and the lack of servers. And fps's by design are not nearly as complex as other genres so it shouldn't be hard for anyone to play an fps and not have fun, unless they are just averse to the genre.

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[QUOTE="V4LENT1NE"]I started playing CS Source, played one game, asked what the best weapons were and tips for maps etc, they said "just dont be a noob", then I lost a one on one with a player and got called a noob, they said there was no excuse for losing it, I knocked the game off, played against bots ever since.V4LENT1NE

OH NOEZ, one server was mean to you and so the only obvious thing to do is quit! /emo

Never said I quit, I said I play against bots, when I get better I will go back, problem?

Hey man, no reason to feel down about your experience. First of all, those source noobs have no right to call you noob, they are the noobs in the first place for playing this terrible game called source. Most of the source players I know are either failures at 1.6, or 14 yr olds that never knew what 1.6 is. It's laughable that valve spent so much effort on source and yet it hasn't come close to achieving half the success that 1.6 has had.

dude, 1.6 ppl become noobs when they play source, source players become noobs when they play 1.6

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[QUOTE="V4LENT1NE"]I started playing CS Source, played one game, asked what the best weapons were and tips for maps etc, they said "just dont be a noob", then I lost a one on one with a player and got called a noob, they said there was no excuse for losing it, I knocked the game off, played against bots ever since.ArcticSnake

OH NOEZ, one server was mean to you and so the only obvious thing to do is quit! /emo

Never said I quit, I said I play against bots, when I get better I will go back, problem?

Yepz. PLaying against bots isn't going to help you all that much in the long run. Bots are told to think a specific way, they shoot in specific ways, so on so forth. Online is obviously different. People don't follow that same rail, and the difficulty ranges throughout in a server as everybody is on their own pace and level. I do urge you just keep searching for those golden servers. Kind of lame that you stopped playing a multiplayer game because of one server. Though the one positive thing about bots is the loyal team play :).

Playing CS Source online was the first FPS on PC I had ever played, I barely new the buttons, playing against bots has helped me a lot, espeically with weapons, movement and map knowledge.

Come on people, it's a competitive FPS, someone needs the crown, and it's CS. The only way you get better is by playing with better players. No one should take offense by anything anyone says, as it should motivate you to get better. Everyone who jumps in there for the first time is gonna get a reality check, but time along with practice is the key. People need to start growing a harder shell. It's only video games.

lol CSS is not a run and gun. UT and Quake = run and gun, in CSS there's weapon spread -_-ElectricNZ

still arcadey though

Depends on server andskill with otherfps. Some servers have amazing players thatnoobs wouldstand no chance.
Cs however isnt terrible for noobs. The ability to get a kill easily overall helps. timma25

Thats why I see people going 3 and 34, lol. Some people are born natural, I on the otherhand dedicated a lot of time in CS:S (we're talking about Source, right?!) Before I went on my 6+ month hiatus, I was going around 40 and 10, lol. I just got back into it, I'm not great, but I enjoy it. Especially hanging out in longhall with my fellow T's.

About the cs community... First off their is no one mind set in cs. Every server is defferent, from elitest servers, noob servers, hack servers, and public servers theirs a mix of everything.

For anybody whose played games like wc3, the overall mindset is nowhere near as bad. Teamwork isnt as required (in wc3 if u had 1 bad teammate u were screwed), and so if u suck people mostly wont mind.

AS a noob i advise playing regular servers with as little mods as possible to get a feel for the actual game. Deathmatch, gun game and zombie servers are fun but have little to no resemblance of the actual game.

Finally for 1.6 vs scource, the two overally play different. Scource uses a new faster engine, guns shoot/spray faster, and players move faster. Faster shooting means when u spray u have a better chance to killbefore going empty.Some say scource is more noob, but its personal choice. I enjoy playing both, however my pc cant handle scource too well.

what you call a pro on cs1.6, is a n00b at cssource. what you call a pro on cssource, is a n00b at cs1.6ahmedkandil

This just in, any time a pro CS:S team played a pro CS team the CS team stomped them. ex., See: Ksharp vs. Nightfall :roll:

I play Gungame more these days, began to hatewaiting.I think any largely played online FPS is offputting to new players but CS takes the cake. the Recoil can be illogical, these soliders can't fire more than 2 or 3 straight shots and even then you can barely trust the bastards. When CSS first came out it was imbalanced horribly and hs came like magic (ie i shot ur foot bullets hit ur teeth lol).

Unless you stick with cs and learn the recoil behavior of all the guns it can be a pain in the ass, and poeple that have aim still wonder why they've shot outlines of poeple.

I believe that Counter-Strike Source is much forgiving for new players. Aside from learning your objective, which is usually rescue the hostage or prevent/disarmed the bomb as a Counter Terrorist team, or vise versa try to plant a bomb or prevent the hostage rescue there really isn't any pressure for a new person to go with.

Gun and run and have fun. With time you will get better while objective will be the same.

I would recommend going to few server until you find the ones you have most fun with.

Each multiplayer game will give you hard time, one more then other until you get adjust to it. CS or CSS are pretty friendly for newcomers, thought first few times on certain servers you might get yelled at. But hey, you have to start at some point, just tell them it's your first time and you're still learning. :)

mfsa's beginner's guide to Counter-Strike.

1. Install game

2. Pick a server and get into the game

3. Pick your team, select your weapons

4. Get headshotted

5. Get headshotted

6. Get headshotted

7. Get headshotted

8. Get headshotted

9. Get headshotted

10. Get headshotted

11. Get headshotted

12. Quit

13. Buy and install Team Fortress 2

14. Have fun.