By John Cabal
Perhaps you're new to the Call Of Duty: Black Ops world and are looking for a quick path to the top. You're like a young Luke Skywalker, desperate to leapfrog your training with Yoda and go straight into killing your Dad. Or maybe you are stuck in that third prestige rut and want to take your game to the next level. Wherever you are, here are five advanced tips that will tender quick results: no light sabers required.
1. Switch from semtex to frags! One of the biggest differences between playing public matches and using the MLG Variant Ruleset is that a lot of the explosive elements of the game have been removed. You don’t have to worry about grenade launchers, claymores, or RPGs. The only thing allowed that goes boom is your lethal weapon of choice. Many players prefer the semtex grenade because it takes less precision and timing to throw than a frag grenade. However, what most players don’t realize is that the frag grenade does approximately a quarter more damage than the semtex. Under the Variant Ruleset, making the most out of your one explosive can make the difference between getting the kill (or double kill) and merely hurting your enemy and revealing your whereabouts to them.
2. Watch your radar like your life depends on it! Because it does! The more aware of your surroundings you are, the more effective you will be. A sure sign of a noob is a player who stares intently at the action taking place directly on their screen and is oblivious to what's going on around them. If you are new to the game, it may take some time to get in the habit of glancing at your radar every few seconds, but the initial frustration you will experience will be far outweighed by your eventual ability to have tingling Spidey senses about everything happening around you. The most obvious information offered by the radar is of course when your enemy is shooting an unsilenced weapon, but there is much more information just waiting to be gleaned. By using the radar to know where your teammates are, for example, you can often gain a general sense of where the enemy will be.
2. Watch your radar like your life depends on it! Because it does! The more aware of your surroundings you are, the more effective you will be. A sure sign of a noob is a player who stares intently at the action taking place directly on their screen and is oblivious to what's going on around them. If you are new to the game, it may take some time to get in the habit of glancing at your radar every few seconds, but the initial frustration you will experience will be far outweighed by your eventual ability to have tingling Spidey senses about everything happening around you. The most obvious information offered by the radar is of course when your enemy is shooting an unsilenced weapon, but there is much more information just waiting to be gleaned. By using the radar to know where your teammates are, for example, you can often gain a general sense of where the enemy will be.
If there isn’t a lot of action at the moment, and you see that your team is spread effectively over 3/4ths of the map, you can be pretty confident that a good portion of the enemy will be spawning in that unoccupied quarter. Then you can get yourself in a good position to pick them off or charge head first towards the enemy, catching them off-guard. Your friends may have whined about screen-watching when you were playing split-screen Goldeneye on your 64, but now, it's radar-watch or be killed. You should also keep a close eye on the bottom left corner of your screen, where it shows who is killing and being killed. Whenever a teammate dies, it's in your best interest to glance around and take note of where the skull pops up; then you’ll know that there is at least one enemy in that direction. In a close game of Search and Destroy, being the team that takes advantage of everything going on around you will make the difference between bitter defeat and triumphant victory. So keep a close eye on your radar, and in no time, you'll be a rock star.
3. Learn the maps like the back of your hand! There is no shame in spending time in a private lobby and doing your homework. If you watch the pros play on the MLG Pro Circuit, one of the first noticeable things that sets them apart is their knowledge of the terrain. Find those great vantage points. Learn the angles, learn where to throw your grenades and have them land exactly on that bomb site. Discover that car that you can lay undetected behind and still see across the whole map. Learn the major choke points on each map where the majority of the action takes place. Having equipped yourself with this knowledge, spend time making use of it! Whatever you do, do not be the guy that just runs around mindlessly, map after map, always wondering why they are not seeing significant gains in their skills and results.
4. Watch your controller sensitivity! When you feel ready to really step up and test yourself in the murky waters of elite, MLG Variant Settings tournament play, you must be ready to play with the big boys. If you're still wearing your training wheels, you'll be booted right back to public matches. When you are new to first person shooters, your fingers can only keep up so fast with the action going on around you. No one expects you to have your sensitivity set on 10 by your third week of play, but if you want to be a pro, you must actively test yourself. Set a goal for yourself; every week, or two weeks, or month, you are going to bump up your sensitivity one notch. This will force you to adapt and will quicken your reaction times. In tournaments, you cannot rely on your claymores and grenade launchers, so the best players are the ones who will win the most firefights because they can move and turn the fastest while being able to still accurately aim and kill.
5. Learn your play style and play within your limits! A new player may watch a live feed of tournament play and see that a large contingent of pro players are using Lightweight and Marathon. This same player may immediately equip these perks and a sub-machine gun and start dashing around the map at breakneck speed. The problem is that this player may not be ready to do this. They may be stuck on tip #4, and will need to build up their reaction times so that they are able to sprint around with their head and trigger finger on a swivel. Conversely, you may have elite skills but be too comfortable sitting back and going 12-1 from your safe spot, when you could be a game-changer who’s running around going 25-5. People have different personalities. These personalities will shine through in how they play video games. Don’t try to be somebody that you’re not. If you sit back and honestly evaluate your own skills and experience, you may find that you either need to slow down or speed up your game.
There are no shortcuts to becoming an advanced Black Ops machine of death. It takes practice. However, players that make a conscious decision to improve their skills by implementing some of the tips discussed above will get there a lot faster than the lab rat who repeatedly rams his/her head into the same wall over and over again. And nobody likes headaches.
3. Learn the maps like the back of your hand! There is no shame in spending time in a private lobby and doing your homework. If you watch the pros play on the MLG Pro Circuit, one of the first noticeable things that sets them apart is their knowledge of the terrain. Find those great vantage points. Learn the angles, learn where to throw your grenades and have them land exactly on that bomb site. Discover that car that you can lay undetected behind and still see across the whole map. Learn the major choke points on each map where the majority of the action takes place. Having equipped yourself with this knowledge, spend time making use of it! Whatever you do, do not be the guy that just runs around mindlessly, map after map, always wondering why they are not seeing significant gains in their skills and results.
4. Watch your controller sensitivity! When you feel ready to really step up and test yourself in the murky waters of elite, MLG Variant Settings tournament play, you must be ready to play with the big boys. If you're still wearing your training wheels, you'll be booted right back to public matches. When you are new to first person shooters, your fingers can only keep up so fast with the action going on around you. No one expects you to have your sensitivity set on 10 by your third week of play, but if you want to be a pro, you must actively test yourself. Set a goal for yourself; every week, or two weeks, or month, you are going to bump up your sensitivity one notch. This will force you to adapt and will quicken your reaction times. In tournaments, you cannot rely on your claymores and grenade launchers, so the best players are the ones who will win the most firefights because they can move and turn the fastest while being able to still accurately aim and kill.
5. Learn your play style and play within your limits! A new player may watch a live feed of tournament play and see that a large contingent of pro players are using Lightweight and Marathon. This same player may immediately equip these perks and a sub-machine gun and start dashing around the map at breakneck speed. The problem is that this player may not be ready to do this. They may be stuck on tip #4, and will need to build up their reaction times so that they are able to sprint around with their head and trigger finger on a swivel. Conversely, you may have elite skills but be too comfortable sitting back and going 12-1 from your safe spot, when you could be a game-changer who’s running around going 25-5. People have different personalities. These personalities will shine through in how they play video games. Don’t try to be somebody that you’re not. If you sit back and honestly evaluate your own skills and experience, you may find that you either need to slow down or speed up your game.
There are no shortcuts to becoming an advanced Black Ops machine of death. It takes practice. However, players that make a conscious decision to improve their skills by implementing some of the tips discussed above will get there a lot faster than the lab rat who repeatedly rams his/her head into the same wall over and over again. And nobody likes headaches.
Source: MLG Network News
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