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Thryd
Profile Joined March 2012
86 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-01-20 09:04:39
January 20 2015 09:03 GMT
#81
lol nvm someone already answered =D
xxsaznpride
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States506 Posts
January 20 2015 09:25 GMT
#82
Is there a Teamliquid clan or something I can join? I'd rather go into comp 5s with TL players than general pubs 'cause I feel like TL players, by sheer virtue of being TL players, will communicate and cooperate at all.
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Souma
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
2nd Worst City in CA8938 Posts
January 20 2015 09:30 GMT
#83
Your best bet would be to add players around your rank from this thread: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/cs-go/475722-the-players-club

We also have a Steam group but no one uses the group chat anymore.
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icystorage
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Jollibee19350 Posts
January 21 2015 04:33 GMT
#84
Dust 2. Im CT going A long holding a doors on the corner looking at the a doors.

T with AK sidesteps and dinks me for 3-4 consecutive rounds. i manage to get a few rounds off but he always dinks me when he peeks. I want to know where i go wrong.

Do i adadada?
shoot faster?
prefire?
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Nagisama
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada4481 Posts
January 21 2015 04:39 GMT
#85
On January 21 2015 13:33 icystorage wrote:
Dust 2. Im CT going A long holding a doors on the corner looking at the a doors.

T with AK sidesteps and dinks me for 3-4 consecutive rounds. i manage to get a few rounds off but he always dinks me when he peeks. I want to know where i go wrong.

Do i adadada?
shoot faster?
prefire?

If this is right at the beginning of the round, I'd try to prefire the corner. If that doesn't work, don't be holding that angle, maybe ADAD to peek it, if you see him, throw a flash over the top of the corner, and then peek when it pops to catch him blind.

If you're not confident in your shot, you can quickly try to throw nades into the doors as you get there, but not peek the angle. That way, he peeks, and just sees a nade flying towards him and takes ~20-40 dmg.

Unfortunately, it's also dependent on spawn positions. If he got lucky and got the fast spawn a few rounds in a row, and you didn't, he should be able to get there before you can. Unless you get the closest spawn yourself, but you'll only beat him by about a split second.

Hope that helps.
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icystorage
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Jollibee19350 Posts
January 21 2015 04:45 GMT
#86
I actually nade the door then hold the angle just waiting for him. Every time im the first one to arrive but he just side steps and dink me. Ive been thinking if crouching wouldve made a difference but ive been told to never crouch in lower levels.

i didnt assume he was cheating though, jsut that he was really good. confirmed at the end of the game he was 3 ranks above me.
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Souma
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
2nd Worst City in CA8938 Posts
January 21 2015 04:52 GMT
#87
Change positions always. Keep him guessing. If you wanna hold corner and peek, just do a quick peek and if you see him, throw a flash over.

But don't stay in the same angle all the time. Always gotta find new angles to play.

Long A is incredibly difficult to hold by yourself. If you wanna hold corner by yourself, always easier to just AWP.
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icystorage
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Jollibee19350 Posts
January 21 2015 04:54 GMT
#88
what other positions should i have went to? pit? car? i wanted to keep the angle because it gave me the option to retreat to ctb or A site
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Souma
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
2nd Worst City in CA8938 Posts
January 21 2015 05:23 GMT
#89
There are a lot of positions. Pit, blue bin, up close at barrel, back at elevator, on site. Can even go up to the door if you smoke off double doors first so they don't see you.
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icystorage
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Jollibee19350 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-01-21 05:30:11
January 21 2015 05:27 GMT
#90
yeah but just as i said it leaves me no alternative but to die if ever they rush me or is it a good thing as long as i kill >1? in regards to pit barrel and blue box.

what i dont like with settling onsite (A) in the beginning is that i have a hard time covering myself. it's either i expose my self from long or cat.

if i have a teammate covering A doors then covering cat would be pretty easy
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Souma
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
2nd Worst City in CA8938 Posts
January 21 2015 05:38 GMT
#91
Well if you're the only one watching long A that means someone should be watching cat, so you shouldn't be worried about exposing yourself there.

If you're holding an area alone you can never just sit in the same position, that makes you such an easy target for terrorists. If you're in pit you can retreat back into pit, throw some flashes and peek back out. At barrel/blue bin you're just hoping to catch people off-guard and kill at least two.

When I'm holding Long A by myself with a rifle I usually smoke off double doors from elevator and then pick whatever position I want. Learning that smoke might help you a lot. Otherwise if you really wanna hold corner, either learn how to quick peek and snipe heads or AWP imo.
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icystorage
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Jollibee19350 Posts
January 21 2015 05:46 GMT
#92
yeah ive been reviewing smokes in dust 2 but it didnt occur to me to try the smoke from elevator thanks
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Souma
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
2nd Worst City in CA8938 Posts
January 21 2015 05:52 GMT
#93
It makes a lot of difference! Try comboing it with a nade or molotov for when they run behind blue bin or sit in double doors. You're going to need to learn some good flashes too if you wanna hold that alone. tbh I much prefer playing two long because it can be a bitch to play alone if you aren't a decent AWPer.
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Nagisama
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada4481 Posts
January 21 2015 06:47 GMT
#94
On January 21 2015 14:27 icystorage wrote:
yeah but just as i said it leaves me no alternative but to die if ever they rush me or is it a good thing as long as i kill >1? in regards to pit barrel and blue box.

what i dont like with settling onsite (A) in the beginning is that i have a hard time covering myself. it's either i expose my self from long or cat.

if i have a teammate covering A doors then covering cat would be pretty easy

I understand that playing the long A corner allows you a path of retreat, which is good to play occasionally, however like you described, don't try to sit at the angle. It's definitely one of the more common angles, and he can come out of those doors pre-aimed for it, and he can see you and just immediately fire, because his crosshairs are already placed. Like souma said, if you want to hold that angle, you'd have to be ADAD peek it.

Other positions that I like to play for long A would be in pit, either watching them come out, or wait til they jump into pit before killing them. Or close by the Long A doors, across from the blue dumpster, and wait for them to come out. Unfortunately, those are, kill and then get killed positions. So ideally, you'd trade yourself for 1-2 of them, ideally 2+.

You can also play 2 long, you'd play the Long A corner and have a team mate play either pit, or across blue dumpster. It sets up a crossfire for T's that are forced to come out of only 1 choke point, and you're shooting them from two different angles.
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Dangermousecatdog
Profile Joined December 2010
United Kingdom7084 Posts
January 21 2015 12:14 GMT
#95
Never stay in the same position expecially when the same guy is just dinking you in that same spot. You don't have to survive, you just have to either delay them long enough or try to kill at least 2. This applies to every position you will ever defend in every map.
RicochetSEA
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
Australia31 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-01-21 16:41:35
January 21 2015 16:41 GMT
#96
On January 21 2015 15:47 Nagisama wrote:
You can also play 2 long, you'd play the Long A corner and have a team mate play either pit, or across blue dumpster. It sets up a crossfire for T's that are forced to come out of only 1 choke point, and you're shooting them from two different angles.


You should ALWAYS have 2 long at minimum. Only reason you don't have 2 long is when you're doing short boost, then you'll probably be playing 2 aggro cat, then 1 site. Solo long is frankly suicide unless you're an awper, then you take the first shot and fall back immediately.


On January 21 2015 21:14 Dangermousecatdog wrote:
Never stay in the same position expecially when the same guy is just dinking you in that same spot. You don't have to survive, you just have to either delay them long enough or try to kill at least 2. This applies to every position you will ever defend in every map.


Good advice here, to switch up your spot every round if possible. In terms of surviving, especially on CT side. If you trade 1-1 on CT, it's a loss for your team. If you do 2-1, then that's good. Anything below 1-1 is terrible. Try having this mentality next time you're solo B on say Ferno. For example you are tribox. Your aim isn't to do damage, rather it's to not take damage and to delay as long as possible. The longer you take to die, the more time your team has to rotate. And hopefully you can trade at least 1-1, if not 2-1.

Another example is B again, on Ferno. This time you're playing coils. You take a few shots, fall back (since you are solo). The goal here now, is to keep control of garden/con. That way, your team doesn't have to retake garden. In effect, you sandwich the T's in B, forcing them to generally push banana as they have no other options unless they challenge you at garden.


TBone-
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States2309 Posts
January 21 2015 21:47 GMT
#97
I don't know much about Liquid's team other than Adren, is there any writeups or info on the rest of the roster?
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amazingxkcd
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
GRAND OLD AMERICA16375 Posts
January 21 2015 21:50 GMT
#98
On January 22 2015 06:47 TBone- wrote:
I don't know much about Liquid's team other than Adren, is there any writeups or info on the rest of the roster?


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Fleetfeet
Profile Blog Joined May 2014
Canada2640 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-01-22 01:51:42
January 22 2015 01:50 GMT
#99
On January 21 2015 13:45 icystorage wrote:
I actually nade the door then hold the angle just waiting for him. Every time im the first one to arrive but he just side steps and dink me. Ive been thinking if crouching wouldve made a difference but ive been told to never crouch in lower levels.

i didnt assume he was cheating though, jsut that he was really good. confirmed at the end of the game he was 3 ranks above me.


Really? People say don't crouch? I'm real fucking awful, but people at my level crouch reasonably frequently and have literally ducked my shots more than once. I also don't tend to crouch ever, but don't consider it a credit, as I'll see pros crouch as they spray. I assume they're doing it conditionally but still...

As for holding long A solo (again, I'm fucking awful) just smoking off doors and popping a shot at anyone rushing through, then falling back to car works for me. You get a chance at a kill when/if they breach, and get intel for your team to rotate if you see more than one.
RagequitBM
Profile Joined November 2011
Canada2270 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-01-22 03:40:11
January 22 2015 03:39 GMT
#100
It's because a lot of the times at lower levels when you crouch, you crouch right into a headshot. While at higher levels where crosshair placement is better and more consistent, throwing in crouching can give you an edge.
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