The Mediocre Gamer has learned...
Getting early kills will get you into the groove early, and disrupt the other team's focus--don't feel bad about taking the cheap shot, as you can see, it pays.
Friday, December 31, 2010
A Nifty First Blood Trick on Firing Range
If you're starting from "A", sprint out to the right and toss a grenade over the sandbag defilade--it's worked wonderfully at least three times. On this particular clip, I'm a little long on the toss and kill a guy making his way behind the trailers. I ended up going 30-4 this game. Enjoy!
Thursday, December 30, 2010
In-Depth Analysis: Gun Battle 4 vs. 1 With Claymore Bait
Here's a clip from a game of domination on Firing Range I played today. My good buddy Brian is one of the OPFOR in this clip (I won't say which one). :) As soon as the engagement was over, I realized it was a textbook example of a few things I've been talking about in previous posts, but particularly Post 6: Gun Battles--Know When To Fold 'Em really rings true.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fe7oVayTwzk&feature=player_embedded
The Mediocre Gamer has learned...
1. Be a hard target 100% of the time
2. Use flash grenades not only to debilitate the enemy, but locate him as well.
3. If you don't think you can win a gun battle, fall back and reset so you have the advantage--but before you go, leave a little present in the form of a claymore.
The result of this battle:
Me: 3
Them: 0
Finished the game out 22-7, not my best, not even my best on the day, but not half-bad for a mediocre gamer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fe7oVayTwzk&feature=player_embedded
The Mediocre Gamer has learned...
1. Be a hard target 100% of the time
2. Use flash grenades not only to debilitate the enemy, but locate him as well.
3. If you don't think you can win a gun battle, fall back and reset so you have the advantage--but before you go, leave a little present in the form of a claymore.
The result of this battle:
Me: 3
Them: 0
Finished the game out 22-7, not my best, not even my best on the day, but not half-bad for a mediocre gamer.
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Post 5: Gun Battles--Know when to fold 'em
Compared to Modern Warfare 2, Black Ops gives a much better opportunity to escape a gun battle that's not going your way. Determining if disengaging should be on your mind, even if you seemingly have the advantage.
There are some seriously vicious players online, who's accuracy is uncanny. If you get in a gun battle with them, you're almost certain to lose. If the enemy has a bead on you, and you don't have a real idea of where he's shooting from, you should seriously consider bailing. But before you do, toss a flash or stun grenade in the direction of the shooting to determine his location. if you get a hit marker, toss a grenade and maybe pick up a blind kill.
But before you duck around the corner and hit the sprint...
Leave a little present in the form of a claymore somewhere on the approach where you were hiding. If he's bloodthirsty for kills, he'll come in for the deathblow, and you'll get the last laugh. I do it all the time, and it works beautifully. :)
The Mediocre Gamer has learned...
Tucking your tail between your legs protects the family jewels, and therefore should never be ruled out as a tactic. Sticking out a gunfight when you're losing just isn't smart.
There are some seriously vicious players online, who's accuracy is uncanny. If you get in a gun battle with them, you're almost certain to lose. If the enemy has a bead on you, and you don't have a real idea of where he's shooting from, you should seriously consider bailing. But before you do, toss a flash or stun grenade in the direction of the shooting to determine his location. if you get a hit marker, toss a grenade and maybe pick up a blind kill.
But before you duck around the corner and hit the sprint...
Leave a little present in the form of a claymore somewhere on the approach where you were hiding. If he's bloodthirsty for kills, he'll come in for the deathblow, and you'll get the last laugh. I do it all the time, and it works beautifully. :)
The Mediocre Gamer has learned...
Tucking your tail between your legs protects the family jewels, and therefore should never be ruled out as a tactic. Sticking out a gunfight when you're losing just isn't smart.
Clip of the week (12/28): The Art of the Ambush
I'm LOVING the theater mode on Black Ops--being able to load it straight to youtube is the icing on the cake, though I wish they'd give you a HQ option, or at least allow a clip longer than 30 seconds. Anyway, here's a clip I made of one of my favorite ambush locales on Jungle. Enjoy! Like! Subscribe!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6_7nZUS94E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6_7nZUS94E
Saturday, December 25, 2010
Post 4: The Grinch Who Stole Your Care Package
The care package, the gift from Santa Claus himself falls from the sky, and you can just make out the emblem of that blackbird on the top, you race toward the box and dive behind it like a kid at the christmas tree on Christmas day. The progress bar moves forward..."oh boy," you think, "my first blackbird!" and...as soon as your excitement comes, its ripped from you as you're shot in the back by the guy who was watching you the whole time...
The mediocre gamer has learned...
Stay away from care packages. Some would disagree, but here's my reasoning.
1. It's not worth it.
This isn't Modern Warfare 2. Care packages in Black Ops rarely get you anything above a counter-spy plane, even after a hardline pro re-roll. You're much better off running a Napalm strike.
2. A care package disrupts your killin' groove.
As soon as you get your care package, you get so excited to see what will fall from the sky, you forget the task at hand, go racing to a corner of the map where you're (seeminly) alone, and miss your chance at other kills.
Stick to the killstreaks that will help you immediately--spy planes, counter-spy planes, RC-XDs. Don't let the Grinch steal your care package this Christmas.
The mediocre gamer has learned...
Stay away from care packages. Some would disagree, but here's my reasoning.
1. It's not worth it.
This isn't Modern Warfare 2. Care packages in Black Ops rarely get you anything above a counter-spy plane, even after a hardline pro re-roll. You're much better off running a Napalm strike.
2. A care package disrupts your killin' groove.
As soon as you get your care package, you get so excited to see what will fall from the sky, you forget the task at hand, go racing to a corner of the map where you're (seeminly) alone, and miss your chance at other kills.
Stick to the killstreaks that will help you immediately--spy planes, counter-spy planes, RC-XDs. Don't let the Grinch steal your care package this Christmas.
Friday, December 24, 2010
Post 3: Know Thy Maps
Through many backstabbings received, and teabags thereafter, that in order to have a shot (literally), you've GOT to know you're environment and use it to your advantage. 98% of the time, the place you don't want to be is out in the open. 99% of the time, you the place you don't ever want to be is where the enemy will expect you to be.
Learn the maps.
Every player has a favorite barrel to hide behind, a favorite corner to wait for unsuspecting knife victims, or a favorite window, that after being broken, you can juuuust slide over enough to see the enemy's spawn point. Find your own (because they're likely someone else's as well).
Learn the objectives
In objective-related games such as demolition and domination, learn where the bomb sites are, the many routes to approach them, and (most importantly) the many defensive positions along each route that the enemy will be using to defend the points. When on defense, move between these points as the guys on offense switch they're advances.
The mediocre Gamer has learned...
98% of the time, you don't want to be out in the open. 99% of the time, you don't want to be where the enemy will expect you to be, and 100% of the time, you never want to be the easy target.
Learn the maps.
Every player has a favorite barrel to hide behind, a favorite corner to wait for unsuspecting knife victims, or a favorite window, that after being broken, you can juuuust slide over enough to see the enemy's spawn point. Find your own (because they're likely someone else's as well).
Learn the objectives
In objective-related games such as demolition and domination, learn where the bomb sites are, the many routes to approach them, and (most importantly) the many defensive positions along each route that the enemy will be using to defend the points. When on defense, move between these points as the guys on offense switch they're advances.
The mediocre Gamer has learned...
98% of the time, you don't want to be out in the open. 99% of the time, you don't want to be where the enemy will expect you to be, and 100% of the time, you never want to be the easy target.
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Post 2: You Are Not A Baby Buffalo
As the countdown for the beginning of the round ticks down, you ready your thumbs to press the right joystick down...your marathon perk enabled...you can taste that first blood....but instead you get to watch the replay of the first blood in a kill cam. Now, you set your sights on the Payback, but it's like the guy new exactly what you had on your mind...a few more tries, and you're 1-4, rocking a 0.25 kill/death ratio.
The Mediocre Gamer has learned...
The shortest distance between two points is a line, and that line leads to your inevitable (and immediate) death. At least until you can improve your reaction skills and your aim, high traffic areas = high deaths. Mediocre gamer, consider the path less traveled.
The Mediocre Gamer has learned...
The shortest distance between two points is a line, and that line leads to your inevitable (and immediate) death. At least until you can improve your reaction skills and your aim, high traffic areas = high deaths. Mediocre gamer, consider the path less traveled.
Post 1: The Mediocre Gamer
72 kills, 7 deaths, two chopper gunners, 1 kennel of attack dogs unleashed. If you're the average player, this sounds nothing like your typical game. More than likely, you're on the poopy end of that stick. Every death you can't help to get excited at the prospect of a new opportunity to get that payback kill, only to have the same result: watching yourself in another killcam.
This blog is the story of the mediocre gamer, beyond the baby buffalo, but certainly no Wings of Redemption. Perhaps you can empathize. Perhaps you can laugh at the mediocre gamer, but statistically, odds are, you're more likely to be more like me than woodysgamertag.
I'm not a professional gamer, but I am a survivor. I'll be posting critiques of my own games, including real tips & tricks that a mediocre gamer like you and I can put to immediate use.
This blog is the story of the mediocre gamer, beyond the baby buffalo, but certainly no Wings of Redemption. Perhaps you can empathize. Perhaps you can laugh at the mediocre gamer, but statistically, odds are, you're more likely to be more like me than woodysgamertag.
I'm not a professional gamer, but I am a survivor. I'll be posting critiques of my own games, including real tips & tricks that a mediocre gamer like you and I can put to immediate use.
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