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The real experience comes from being a silver and MMing with the double-AK and above goons. You learn a lot, very quickly. Goonmans have (had?) a small pool of players, so there was a limit to how much you could learn beyond the basics. Plus (some?) goons are (were?) sensitive about their precious MM rank and will be quick to let you know how you can stop screwing up their match.
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I got kicked because I didn't have a mouse and was using a xbox controller.  e; of course my name WAS Xbox 420 Funtroller
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Jul 6, 2014 14:55
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Yeah I think it's pretty difficult to over-state just how wide the skill gap is from silvers to eagles.
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Jul 6, 2014 14:57
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NTT posted:I got kicked because I didn't have a mouse and was using a xbox controller. congrats
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Jul 6, 2014 14:58
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NTT posted:my name WAS Xbox 420 Funtroller More like xbox 420 funTROLLer, amirite?
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Jul 6, 2014 14:59
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Necc0 posted:Yeah I think it's pretty difficult to over-state just how wide the skill gap is from silvers to eagles. I think it's wider than that tbh. 
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Jul 6, 2014 15:12
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ShittyPostmakerPro posted:More like xbox 420 funTROLLer, amirite? You guys are so mean to me   I need a moderator!
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Jul 6, 2014 15:42
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VelociBacon posted:So just was playing a competitive match, we were losing around 14-6 or so, and then someone admin slayed everyone on the other team immediately when the round started until we won. Was this in matchmaking? Share the MM demo link please. The console errors are normal/unrelated to admin slaying and I've seen them in my own games sometimes.
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Jul 6, 2014 16:19
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Yeah it looks like you pasted the log after the admin kills happened.
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Jul 6, 2014 16:21
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8bitlawd posted:So I thought that because I sometimes scrubbed people in my Silver lobbies that I was actually half-way decent if not pretty good... but as luck would have it playing some goonman has quickly made me realize that I'm actually not. That in reality, I'm just a newborn tadpole swimming into a sea of hardened, jaded, serving triple life sentences in a max-security aquarium before breaking lose by strangling the attendees through a coordinated push through long, sharks. Yeah I played one yesterday before I had to ditch and I was awful. But it was a really good time, everyone was really helpful and we had a chance to win, probably would have if I had played any better. I'm looking forward to playing more and getting better!
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Jul 6, 2014 17:04
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Wezlar posted:Yeah I played one yesterday before I had to ditch and I was awful. But it was a really good time, everyone was really helpful and we had a chance to win, probably would have if I had played any better. I'm looking forward to playing more and getting better!
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Jul 6, 2014 17:06
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Coleman posted:You guys that have only played a game or two should post the name you play in game with so (the regulars) can know who you guys are, that way if there's something more constructive to elaborate on we/they can match name to tag. Oh yeah, I play as Pretty Falco.
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Jul 6, 2014 17:09
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I'm HonchoBoncho, same steam avy as this one. And yeah if im in a lobby feel free to tell me stuff to improve. One thing I've noticed are that some of you guys are pretty good with grenade placement... is that something that came with experience or is it a matter of memorizing the right spots to throw or whatever?
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Jul 6, 2014 18:57
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8bitlawd posted:One thing I've noticed are that some of you guys are pretty good with grenade placement... is that something that came with experience or is it a matter of memorizing the right spots to throw or whatever? Mostly the latter. But knowing how the grenade physics works is always helpful. Google 'de_dust2 smokes', 'de_interno flashes' etc and there will always be some youtube videos which can help.
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Jul 6, 2014 19:05
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8bitlawd posted:I'm HonchoBoncho, same steam avy as this one. And yeah if im in a lobby feel free to tell me stuff to improve. It's 50/50 I'd say. Half of it is situational in having the timers / distances / physics down to reflex for random situations while the other half is knowing really advantageous and specific spots that you play regularly. The second type grenades are usually your opening smokes / entry flashes and there are TONS of videos out there demonstrating them.
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Jul 6, 2014 19:13
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Grenades are awesome because if you know where the enemy is, you can really wound the poo poo out of them without any danger to yourself.
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Jul 6, 2014 19:16
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Larry Parrish posted:Grenades are awesome because if you know where the enemy is, you can really wound the poo poo out of them without any danger to yourself. Counterpoint: Team flashes.
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Jul 6, 2014 19:27
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I'm kinda unsure what to buy on pistol rounds. Armor is good because it means I live longer, but that means I can't get another gun or a good grenade, just like a decoy, and I have $100 that gets wasted. Getting like flash + smoke + HE is kind of hard for me to use because encounters don't last that long. I could do either the $500 pistol and a grenade, or the $300 and two grenades, but that seems like a big waste if I die. Plus the thread's general advice seems to be to try to do well with the starter pistols. At my level, lots of people buy pistols first round, so armor doesn't help a huge amount and I'm at a disadvantage if I stick with the starter pistol.
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Jul 6, 2014 19:52
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You aren't really at a disadvantage with the starter pistol because a headshot is still a 1hk. The only pistol you should really consider buying is a five-seven CT side. Also having an extra $100 or $150 left over when you buy armor isn't a bad thing. edit: pistol round buys are personal preference, I like to just do armor T side, and kit+HE nade CT side.
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Jul 6, 2014 20:01
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They all typed kill in console to lose rank and said wtf just to gently caress with you lmao
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Jul 6, 2014 20:14
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Coleman posted:You guys that have only played a game or two should post the name you play in game with so (the regulars) can know who you guys are, that way if there's something more constructive to elaborate on we/they can match name to tag. Might be good to start a spreadsheet in Google docs or something to keep track of everyones names. That way Shogunner doesn't embarrass himself with another meltdown over me slaying him at the end of a lovely match  Also, Insertion is entertaining as hell and is a cool twist on hostage maps. Black Gold is still horrendous.
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Jul 6, 2014 20:24
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Ricky Bad Posts posted:They all typed kill in console to lose rank and said wtf just to gently caress with you lmao  I misread the post and thought that guy's team was getting slayed
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Jul 6, 2014 20:34
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astr0man posted:edit: pistol round buys are personal preference, I like to just do armor T side, and kit+HE nade CT side. I do armor CT side and Mac10 T side.
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Jul 6, 2014 20:50
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New gun $$$ talk: Now that dual berettas are 500$, I've been buying them CT side along with a flash or smoke to see if it works. It doesn't, they are still such horrible guns I just get myself killed every time. The scout @ 1700$ really is a great buy though. Of course it's map and position dependant, but even if you only get one hit off, you've done enough damage that round to atleast help your team out. A lot of players don't expect the buy either. The XM1014 @ 2000$ just makes it even juicier, as you still get 900$ per kill. It really is a great money maker, and with the small boost to its spread, it is even deadlier. Remember that this is the best shotgun vs. armour, and you can very often out-duel riflers even at midrange unless they shoot your face first. WAMPA_STOMPA posted:I'm kinda unsure what to buy on pistol rounds. Armor is good because it means I live longer, but that means I can't get another gun or a good grenade, just like a decoy, and I have $100 that gets wasted. Getting like flash + smoke + HE is kind of hard for me to use because encounters don't last that long. I could do either the $500 pistol and a grenade, or the $300 and two grenades, but that seems like a big waste if I die. Plus the thread's general advice seems to be to try to do well with the starter pistols. At my level, lots of people buy pistols first round, so armor doesn't help a huge amount and I'm at a disadvantage if I stick with the starter pistol. I have a weapon guide by round in the OP, which isn't outdated....yet. Generally you should just stick with the starter pistols, and aim for the head. Sounds like lovely advice but it's true, (almost) every pistol will OHKO faces without armour. There's no blanket correct answer on what to buy with it, since grenades and armour are map/position dependant, but if you are lower ranks I would honestly just buy armour everytime. Forces bad players to hit headshots on you, and gives you more time to hit them. Pistol rounds are the most important rounds in CS. And hitting heads with pistols is the most important skill. Plus if you manage not to get hit you can buy a helmet next round for a cool 350$. Daeno fucked around with this message at 21:07 on Jul 6, 2014 |
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Jul 6, 2014 21:04
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8bitlawd posted:So I thought that because I sometimes scrubbed people in my Silver lobbies that I was actually half-way decent if not pretty good... but as luck would have it playing some goonman has quickly made me realize that I'm actually not. That in reality, I'm just a newborn tadpole swimming into a sea of hardened, jaded, serving triple life sentences in a max-security aquarium before breaking lose by strangling the attendees through a coordinated push through long, sharks. And yet.. even if Goonmen are "Great White Sharks" there are much larger predators in the aquarium. 
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Jul 6, 2014 21:40
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Daeno posted:New gun $$$ talk: How does the nerfed tec9 now compare to what it was pre-patch?
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Jul 6, 2014 21:42
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Daeno posted:New gun $$$ talk: I've actually been finding a lot of success with them, especially as backup pistols when I have extra money in full buying. I've gotten quite a few kills with them thanks to the extra bullets. You can just spam like crazy, and the recoil isn't that hard to manage.
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Jul 6, 2014 21:48
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Burgo posted:How does the nerfed tec9 now compare to what it was pre-patch? quote:Tec-9 Basically it was hot-fixed back into oblivion.
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Jul 6, 2014 21:49
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Ephedra posted:And yet.. even if Goonmen are "Great White Sharks" there are much larger predators in the aquarium. "Megalodon" is a funny way of spelling Mr. Pink.
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Jul 6, 2014 21:54
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Daeno posted:Basically it was hot-fixed back into oblivion. I see it now as a running HS machine
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Jul 6, 2014 22:09
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Daeno posted:Basically it was hot-fixed back into oblivion. It's such a weird mistake. It looks like they forgot to change RM and and had a bizarre typo on IM. Theres no way they meant to release either of those figures, realised it was OP, came up with new figures in a day and patched. Maybe a build or deployment problem ,it wouldn't have got through QA.
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Jul 6, 2014 23:30
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Not entirely convinced CS:GO has any sort of QA, considering Valve's developer setup and their releases so far. I'm sure there is a sticky note with hastily scrawed pencil markings by gaben on a fridge somewhere with something along the lines of: "[b posted:CS:GOz planz:[/b]"]
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Jul 7, 2014 01:17
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Daeno posted:Not entirely convinced CS:GO has any sort of QA, considering Valve's developer setup and their releases so far. if the few people who posted their total investments into csgo are anything to go by that final 'profit' should be massive 40ft concrete letters
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Jul 7, 2014 02:10
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I don't know why anyone is surprised by hilariously terrible mistakes that Valve lets into their CS:GO patches. Please remember that this is the same dev team that accidentally pushed out a "patch" that actually downgraded everyone who owned the game to the pre-release beta 2 years after launch 
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Jul 7, 2014 02:16
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astr0man posted:Was this in matchmaking? Share the MM demo link please. The console errors are normal/unrelated to admin slaying and I've seen them in my own games sometimes. How do I get the MM demo link? I'm looking at it and right click menu doesn't seem to bring anything up for copying a link or anything.
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Jul 7, 2014 02:18
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VelociBacon posted:How do I get the MM demo link? I'm looking at it and right click menu doesn't seem to bring anything up for copying a link or anything. On the watch page view the scoreboard for your match then click the button to copy/paste the sharing link from the bottom of the scoreboard. Also grips is almost definitely right and if it was only the opposing team dying after they were up 14-whatever on you then they were all just suiciding on purpose to downrank.
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Jul 7, 2014 02:21
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astr0man posted:On the watch page view the scoreboard for your match then click the button to copy/paste the sharing link from the bottom of the scoreboard. Thanks, here you go steam://rungame/730/76561202255233023/+csgo_download_match%20CSGO-b9OBC-FD5DP-662HG-TA9Ab-JFSiA Just the code: CSGO-b9OBC-FD5DP-662HG-TA9Ab-JFSiA It just seemed strange to me because not everyone on that team were playing well at all, it wasn't like a smurf team or anything. It was mostly the top couple people doing all the work, and the admin_slay looking stuff was happening like right at the same time for all of them, seemed like a group command.
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Hey everyone. I've recently started playing CS:GO again after picking it up on release. I played a ton of CS years and years ago, and it's still just as fun as I remember. I've been practicing on deathmatch trying to figure out how to properly shoot things and work on my reflexes/spatial awareness and if anyone wants an extra on their team I'm around pretty frequently. My steam ID is verisimilidude. Feel free to add/message me and maybe we can play together. 
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Daeno posted:The XM1014 @ 2000$ just makes it even juicier, as you still get 900$ per kill. It really is a great money maker, and with the small boost to its spread, it is even deadlier. Remember that this is the best shotgun vs. armour, and you can very often out-duel riflers even at midrange unless they shoot your face first Gotta see if we can get your shotgun account up to DMG now....
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Kinda OT, but what mice do you guys use? Is Razor Deathadder 2013 any good for this particular game (smallish hands, finger grip). My current one is awful and needs to be replaced.
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