The second episode of Behind The Play is up and this time we’ll be looking at the classic competitive FPS game Quake Live. This episode will give you a variety of lessons useful for understanding professional matches and improving your play. I also recommend watching this pro match for more details. Here is a summary of the main points:
- Calculate your advantage
- Learn the timings; use sound to determine pickups
- Break the map into sections you can control
- Have a game plan prepared prior to a match
- You can sacrifice yourself to level the playing field
- Beware of snowballing
- Delay timings to gain/regain advantages
- If disadvantaged, maintain a close gap if possible
- Everything is a trade off, if I get X, he/she gets Y
- What does he/she know? What does he/she know that he/she knows I know?
- Be offensive when exploiting mistakes
- Be defensive when ahead
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