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Blitzkrieg0
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States13132 Posts
June 02 2015 17:09 GMT
#441
Is there any indication if you have a drop available when you level up?
I'll always be your shadow and veil your eyes from states of ain soph aur.
amazingxkcd
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
GRAND OLD AMERICA16375 Posts
June 02 2015 18:25 GMT
#442
On June 03 2015 02:09 Blitzkrieg0 wrote:
Is there any indication if you have a drop available when you level up?


nope
The world is burning and you rather be on this terrible website discussing video games and your shallow feelings
Blitzkrieg0
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States13132 Posts
June 02 2015 18:35 GMT
#443
On June 03 2015 03:25 amazingxkcd wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 03 2015 02:09 Blitzkrieg0 wrote:
Is there any indication if you have a drop available when you level up?


nope


The operation features says there is though ^_^
I'll always be your shadow and veil your eyes from states of ain soph aur.
Nagisama
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada4481 Posts
June 02 2015 22:36 GMT
#444
On June 03 2015 03:35 Blitzkrieg0 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 03 2015 03:25 amazingxkcd wrote:
On June 03 2015 02:09 Blitzkrieg0 wrote:
Is there any indication if you have a drop available when you level up?


nope


The operation features says there is though ^_^

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Calendar"Everyone who has accomplished more than you has no life; Everyone who has accomplished less than you is a noob." | Elem: "nagi is actually really smart"
Blitzkrieg0
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States13132 Posts
June 02 2015 22:47 GMT
#445
On June 03 2015 07:36 Nagisama wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 03 2015 03:35 Blitzkrieg0 wrote:
On June 03 2015 03:25 amazingxkcd wrote:
On June 03 2015 02:09 Blitzkrieg0 wrote:
Is there any indication if you have a drop available when you level up?


nope


The operation features says there is though ^_^

[image loading]


Awesome thanks.
I'll always be your shadow and veil your eyes from states of ain soph aur.
amazingxkcd
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
GRAND OLD AMERICA16375 Posts
June 03 2015 15:04 GMT
#446
oh damn i was wrong. Didnt notice that
The world is burning and you rather be on this terrible website discussing video games and your shallow feelings
-Celestial-
Profile Joined September 2011
United Kingdom3867 Posts
June 03 2015 17:38 GMT
#447
Just going to quote this because I'd still appreciate any thoughts here. Although admittedly its not exactly "simple" as a question:

On May 30 2015 01:57 -Celestial- wrote:
On a question that just came to me now from posting in the QQ thread: If a good chunk of your team (i.e. at least 2 or 3) unnecessarily buy in a round that your team REALLY need to be ecoing because they're not listening is it better to go all-in on the silliness and buy or save to get the full buy yourself next round? Bearing in mind that odds are they won't be able to full buy next round themselves but are likely to just spend all their money anyway?
"Protoss simultaneously feels unbeatably strong and unwinnably weak." - kcdc
Nimix
Profile Joined October 2011
France1809 Posts
June 03 2015 17:58 GMT
#448
I'd say buy at least kevlar and a pistol, your money will be useless the round after anyway and at least you'll be able to do something if you pick a weapon up or manage to fight at close range. It's not ideal but it gives you a chance to win the round given how strong pistols are.
xxsaznpride
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States506 Posts
June 04 2015 01:08 GMT
#449
What should I be paying to exactly when watching demos and pro VODs (on the level that would benefit me in solo queue)? Generally, I look for spots people check and sit in to watch certain positions, grenades, and how/when people rotate based on what the other team is trying to do (on a terribly basic level). Is there anything else I should be doing?

I'm MG2 and trying to get better, if that sort of info helps at all.
“Life is too short to embrace a woman I don’t love. I also think a woman’s life is too short to be embraced by a man she doesn’t love.” | CSGO: Cure Moonlight
Souma
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
2nd Worst City in CA8938 Posts
June 04 2015 05:47 GMT
#450
Well, as a solo queuer you should focus on being as impactful as possible so you can carry your team even if they are a bunch of nubs.

To that end, when I'm trying to learn, what I usually pay attention to the most while watching pros are: how to entry frag/work picks, how to handle 1vXs, useful smokes and flashes, how to solo defend sites, and how to play aggressively CT side to catch opponents off guard.

If you need me to elaborate on any of those elements lemme know.
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Nimix
Profile Joined October 2011
France1809 Posts
June 05 2015 10:14 GMT
#451
Learn to entry frag alone, because even in le and above people still suck terribly at going by pairs as T and revenge fragging, even when they are right behind you when you start pushing. You kind of have to take sites alone in soloqueue most of the time. As Ct, focus on positioning yourself accordingly to where your mate goes, or tell him where you want him, as he will probably not setup a decent crossfire or bait. These and improving aim help the most in mm in my opinion.
Torte de Lini
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Germany38463 Posts
June 07 2015 13:53 GMT
#452
[image loading]

Was this guy hacking? He kept getting disconnected
https://twitter.com/#!/TorteDeLini (@TorteDeLini)
Nagisama
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada4481 Posts
June 07 2015 15:06 GMT
#453
Doubt it. Was he top fragging? getting unexplainable headshots or tracing heads through walls? Hard to tell from SS, could just be computer issues.
Calendar"Everyone who has accomplished more than you has no life; Everyone who has accomplished less than you is a noob." | Elem: "nagi is actually really smart"
Torte de Lini
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Germany38463 Posts
June 07 2015 15:19 GMT
#454
On June 08 2015 00:06 Nagisama wrote:
Doubt it. Was he top fragging? getting unexplainable headshots or tracing heads through walls? Hard to tell from SS, could just be computer issues.


He couldn't even play. He kept getting D/Ced from setup/warm-up period. Russian and everything.
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Issor
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States870 Posts
June 07 2015 22:21 GMT
#455
On June 08 2015 00:19 Torte de Lini wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 08 2015 00:06 Nagisama wrote:
Doubt it. Was he top fragging? getting unexplainable headshots or tracing heads through walls? Hard to tell from SS, could just be computer issues.


He couldn't even play. He kept getting D/Ced from setup/warm-up period. Russian and everything.


can't tell from just a screenshot, but there are many reasons for a vpk file to not match what it should. prob just needs to verify game cache or reinstall
xxsaznpride
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States506 Posts
June 08 2015 19:18 GMT
#456
-> To that end, when I'm trying to learn, what I usually pay attention to the most while watching pros are: how to entry frag/work picks, how to handle 1vXs, useful smokes and flashes, how to solo defend sites, and how to play aggressively CT side to catch opponents off guard.

WarOwl did a video on working picks, but I kind of still don't get it. Let's say I pick mid on Inferno. Either they're going to go 2-2 on A and B or stack a site 1-3/4-0 and go for a retake. Standard play dictates that, say for A site, they'd defend from angles that can be held with just two people... like, I dunno, one watching wrap from library and one watching boiler/drop from graveyard...or something like that, right? But it also means I can smoke library and boiler and go for a two-pronged B take while watching the flank from that canopy near CT spawn or something.

This is how I generally think it out, at least. If you could expand on this further, I'd appreciate it.

Entry fragging I more or less understand: I play support going in and, if the entry's checking one spot, I'm checking something else while trying to keep him in my periphery so that, if he dies, I can see which direction the kill shot came from and go for the trade.

>how to handle 1vXs
I put my head between my legs and kiss my butt goodbye.
Well, for real, I play it more like a DM and just constantly turn around and check everything, always assuming that some jerk is ready to trade if I kill his teammate.

>smokes and flashes
Yup.

>how to solo defend sites
Play passive; fall back and wait for team; retake. Or channel my inner Sparkles and attempt a ninja.

>aggressively CT
I'm generally too aggressive for my own skill (lol).
“Life is too short to embrace a woman I don’t love. I also think a woman’s life is too short to be embraced by a man she doesn’t love.” | CSGO: Cure Moonlight
Lycaeus
Profile Blog Joined February 2006
United States1420 Posts
June 08 2015 20:34 GMT
#457
Just to add in my two cents, for the inferno scenario you mentioned, most of your train of thought is accurate. How CT responds to an A pick depends on how busy/active banana and B has been. If that area has been relatively quiet, then in most instances, one of the B players will take up a floating role between arch and CT. This leaves the single B player to hold a more defensive angle within site, not meant to take on the entire team, but rather survive long enough until backup arrives.

Your two-prong B approach is a valid strategy, if your two teams can trade kills (assuming the single CT takes one out), and if it's executed before you give the A CT's a chance to stop the wrap dead in its tracks.

Or, you can just tec9 yolo B every round. /s
gOrdi
Profile Joined July 2012
France17 Posts
June 08 2015 21:11 GMT
#458
How to handle 1vX ?

Well, there's a lot to say about that, but the first advice is to try to stay calm. Don't run around, the more people you face, the more they'll do stupid stuff and you'll be able to get easy frags.

Ask about any information you can get on your opponents : last position, health, guns.

Another important thing is to try to turn, let's say 1v3, into a 1v1v1v1, you don't want to plant the bomb when you're 1v3 most of the time, because they'll come at you all at once. You want to get 1 or 2 guys, and then you plant and play 1v1 or 1v2 in a good position, like pit on inferno.

Be careful with your stuff, most of the time, throwing a flashbang will just give away your position and not help you. Smokes are much stronger, you can play around them.
Souma
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
2nd Worst City in CA8938 Posts
June 08 2015 21:20 GMT
#459
Working picks really just means getting the first one or two initial picks then executing from there. So if you already got the initial pick mid but aren't able to capitalize on it right away, reset and try to find another pick or trade. Remember that there's always plenty of time in a round, and even if there's only 25s left that's still enough to execute and plant.

What you always wanna do while working picks is to gain as much ground and information as you can, then think about the CT's tendencies to plan your next attack. If you've noticed that they like to rotate quickly after a single pick, back off and hit the other site. If they don't budge after a pick, use your numbers advantage to, at the very least, force a trade at another position/gain some map control and use that to your advantage. It varies map to map, opponent to opponent what the best plan of attack is so it's a little complicated to discuss without knowing the exact situation you're in.

If it's something like you mentioned above, where it's on Inferno and you got a pick mid, it's always best to gain as much information as you can from there to start off unless your team's in position to capitalize and just full on take the site before the rotate comes in.

So what I do is, if I get a kill mid, I'll either take it one step further and see if I can clear lane/porch/boiler completely for map control and info, or if I know they like to rotate early, I'll double back towards B and try to take out the solo CT there and secure the site. What people at lower levels tend to do is attempt to full on execute onto a site after the first pick even if the team's not in the proper position to, and they get owned by the quick rotates, especially on Inferno. On Inferno T side, if you're working picks, a lot of times you want to just reset and make the CTs overrotate then work the weaker site, but if the CTs have a tendency to not budge after a single pick then just continue to force trades or execute onto the site where you got the pick.

In a situation where there are two CTs A, hit arch with the main force of your team while you have someone lurk porch, apts or banana. Arch control is highly undervalued in MM and even in pro games (in NA). That should be a huge point of contention as it secures you a massive advantage in which you can pincer the CTs on either site.

However, if you're soloqueueing and your team has 0 coordination whatsoever, then all you can do is just force as many 1v1 aim duels as you can and kill as many as you can, or bait the shiz out of your team and clutch rounds like a star.
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BeeLz
Profile Joined December 2014
Belgium52 Posts
June 09 2015 14:27 GMT
#460
On June 08 2015 00:19 Torte de Lini wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 08 2015 00:06 Nagisama wrote:
Doubt it. Was he top fragging? getting unexplainable headshots or tracing heads through walls? Hard to tell from SS, could just be computer issues.


He couldn't even play. He kept getting D/Ced from setup/warm-up period. Russian and everything.


I've had the same problem several times, it has something to do with sv_pure server settings. Some corrupt file I assume since I play 100% default. always need to verify cache to fix it.
Guess he was just reconnection to avoid MM cooldown.


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