by J_Th4ng » Tue Oct 20, 2009 9:20 am
Back in the day, I made a post for CODWaW, that concerned all of the things that we should be doing, outside of clan practices, in order to improve our COD skills in a competitive manner.
Now, with the recent announcement of the lack of dedicated server support in MW2, it seems that COD4 is going to be the flavour of competitive COD for some time to come. With that in mind, here are a few suggestions that I'd like to make, so that we can get upskilled in the Promod COD4 methodology as quickly and effectively as possible.
1. Avoid Hardcore servers - The gameplay mechanics are completely different in Hardcore mode. Try and avoid this if possible
2. When you're jumping on to a public server for some COD, join the [grrr] COD TS channel first. That way, and of your clan mates that plan on a little gaming can find you and joint eh same server. You can then help each other by means of advice (if on the opposition team), or planning moves (if on the same team).
3. Play Search and Destroy as much as possible. This game mode is what is played competitvely, this is what we should be playing. Yes, TDM can be fun, but it's not really going to help your competitve COD skills. When doing this, stick to weapons and perks that are available in promod
4. There are a few promod public servers out there (IIRC, the SGS Tactical servers run promod). Try and play on these as much as possible. Observe how other people play, and learn those all important 'first nade spots'.
5. Once you have got reasonably comfortable with your style of play, try joining pickup games. Pickups are like clan matches, but they are open to all. Basically people join an IRC channel, and sign up for the next pickup. Once ten people have signed up, team captains are chosen, they pick teams, and a match is played. This must be the best way to learn the clannie dynamics. Details of the IRC channel and joining instructions should be available on SGS.
Guys, if we are going to compete seriously in COD, we need to be doing the above as much as possible. We are two years behind in this game, so we have a lot of catching up to do. I'd like to see everyone doing these things on public servers a few times a week if possible, whenever we don't have organised praccies/clannies.
One other thing that we need to do is to pick specialised roles, and practice these as much as possible. For example, one role that we desparately need is a sniper. I see that Daz has taken this on for the moment, but it would be good if we could get a couple of people practicing this role and honing their skills. If we can't find top notch snipers from within our ranks, we may well have to recruit for this position down the line. Think of this role as one that could almost guarantee you a place in the starting line-up if you need an incentive.
Anyway guys, that's about all I can think of for now. Anyone got any other ideas?
Back in the day, I made a post for CODWaW, that concerned all of the things that we should be doing, outside of clan practices, in order to improve our COD skills in a competitive manner.
Now, with the recent announcement of the lack of dedicated server support in MW2, it seems that COD4 is going to be the flavour of competitive COD for some time to come. With that in mind, here are a few suggestions that I'd like to make, so that we can get upskilled in the Promod COD4 methodology as quickly and effectively as possible.
1. Avoid Hardcore servers - The gameplay mechanics are completely different in Hardcore mode. Try and avoid this if possible
2. When you're jumping on to a public server for some COD, join the [grrr] COD TS channel first. That way, and of your clan mates that plan on a little gaming can find you and joint eh same server. You can then help each other by means of advice (if on the opposition team), or planning moves (if on the same team).
3. Play Search and Destroy as much as possible. This game mode is what is played competitvely, this is what we should be playing. Yes, TDM can be fun, but it's not really going to help your competitve COD skills. When doing this, stick to weapons and perks that are available in promod
4. There are a few promod public servers out there (IIRC, the SGS Tactical servers run promod). Try and play on these as much as possible. Observe how other people play, and learn those all important 'first nade spots'.
5. Once you have got reasonably comfortable with your style of play, try joining pickup games. Pickups are like clan matches, but they are open to all. Basically people join an IRC channel, and sign up for the next pickup. Once ten people have signed up, team captains are chosen, they pick teams, and a match is played. This must be the best way to learn the clannie dynamics. Details of the IRC channel and joining instructions should be available on SGS.
Guys, if we are going to compete seriously in COD, we need to be doing the above as much as possible. We are two years behind in this game, so we have a lot of catching up to do. I'd like to see everyone doing these things on public servers a few times a week if possible, whenever we don't have organised praccies/clannies.
One other thing that we need to do is to pick specialised roles, and practice these as much as possible. For example, one role that we desparately need is a sniper. I see that Daz has taken this on for the moment, but it would be good if we could get a couple of people practicing this role and honing their skills. If we can't find top notch snipers from within our ranks, we may well have to recruit for this position down the line. Think of this role as one that could almost guarantee you a place in the starting line-up if you need an incentive.
Anyway guys, that's about all I can think of for now. Anyone got any other ideas?