Trick Jumping For Scouts in Team Fortress 2

I was planning on having an article written up for tricky spots a scout can go on key maps in TF2… but after seeing this video, I’m pretty sure my job has already been done by someone else!

The scout video tutorial shows you a mix of useful and novelty, so try to retain the useful ones for match time.

If you have any other links to scout jumping, post in comments!

How to Get Headshots – Perfection Training

Getting headshots in Counter-Strike, DOD, COD4 or even TF2 doesn’t come easy. It takes years of practice, a fast machine capable of providing smooth game play and finally… skill. Yet, even then, there are guys who seem to have all of the above and still can’t get consistent headshots. Here’s why:

The golden concept: What you practice, you get good at.

Remember that.

If your idea of practice is to jump on a public server and get as many kills as fast as possible… then you’re only harming yourself in the long run. Pubbing does not build skill.

Why?

Because on public servers, you’re matched up against mediocre players. So even if you miss a lot of your shots, as long as you shoot first, you’ll usually end up winning the battle.

Unconsciously, you train yourself to shoot first without aiming. That becomes part of you… even if you don’t want to. If you’re used to playing with the “shoot first, aim second” because you play on pubs a lot, then that’s what you’ll AUTOMATICALLY do even in match situations.

As I previously mentioned, what you practice, you get good at… even if it’s something that doesn’t help you.

The solution: Instead of going for as many kills as possible, go for the highest level of accuracy that you can possibly achieve. Make every single shot count, and always aim for the head. If you’re playing Counter-Strike, make sure that every single kill you get is a headshot, and that you don’t waste a single bullet. When aiming, take as MUCH time as you need to hit the head, even if it means dying in the process.

Concentrate on that, and you’ll be practicing perfection.

After a while, you’ll re-train yourself to automatically aim for the head before shooting. You’ll become a human aimbot.

A fair bit of warning, the first time you try this, expect to die. You’ll be taking a lot more time to aim than usual, so it will throw your rhythm off and consequently, you won’t get kills that you would of normally gotten by spraying. However, with practice, the time it takes to aim will decrease and your headshot percentage will go up.

Eventually, you won’t even have to think of it and you’ll naturally spend the required time to aim for the head. If you ever find yourself slipping and start shooting too quickly, make sure you do this exercise again!

So remember, if you practice shooting quickly, that’s what you’ll do in the match.
If you practice perfection, you’ll be accused of cheating because you got too many headshots! Life’s tough.

Quake Live

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Fragging Fundamentals Review

If you’re anything like me, you’re always looking for new ways to improve your game. I’ll find myself running around on empty maps at 2am, trying to find new tricks, new tactics, new ledges and ways to outsmart my opponent. I’ll get really excited when a new mouse comes out, and I take a serious look at any product that will improve my game.

So you can imagine when, out of no where, I learned about a new book written specifically for advanced FPS gamers called Fragging Fundamentals.

My first thought was… Really?! Someone knows we exist!

But then I was doubtful… what could a book possibly teach me that I didn’t know? A lot apparently…

When I opened it for the first time, I was shocked by the sheer amount of content, 147 pages crammed with diagrams, setups, attack positions, training exercises, tactics, tricks… basically everything you could possibly know about FPS gaming, written out in a concise, easy to understand way.

The question remains… did I learn something? Well, yes. A lot. I learned the real mechanics behind gamers, the difference between what makes a good player and what makes the best player. I learned why some players can play for years and still be at the same level… and others can improve immensely within a few months. I learned how to improve my aim even more, how to set up my mouse properly for the game I was playing.

I can’t possibly list all the things I learned, I’m still kind of letting it all sink in. I’ll be re-reading it shortly a second time, it’s THAT good. I rate Fragging Fundamentals a 9/10 because it’s by far the best book on first person shooters and it showed me how to improve my game when I didn’t think it was possible anymore.

http://www.fraggingfundamentals.com

** Update: I re-read it, and applied the aiming techniques. Wow, don’t expect miracles, but it really works. My aim is DEFINITELY improving.

*** Update: Ok, I can see a noticeable difference between before and after, I’m hitting more headshots than I ever thought possible.

EVGA’s Scouts ONLY TF2 Tournament

EVGA, one of my favorite video card companies, have organized a fun looking TF2 tournament. The tournament is basically a giant scout only Deathmatch on arena maps.

My first impressions… well, it’s going to be interesting!

Although I don’t really know how well the tournament is going to go, it seems promising. Hopefully they’ll be doing some testing beforehand to make sure all the stats are registering properly.

The gist of it? Just sign up, log on to the EVGA server and kill as many people as you can on Nov 1st.

The winner gets a brand new EVGA GTX 280 which is the only prize that is worth fighting for IMO.
I’d like to praise EVGA for throwing this tournament… it shows that they are really close to their customer base.

Go check out the tournament!

N0thing But Headshots at NoobFlicks

Once in a while comes along a video that just MAKES you want to play so badly. It inspires you to achieve greatness and reminds you why you love to game. This year, this video is the Counter-Strike montage of N0thing.

I rate it 10/10 for having non-stop action, insane skill, a great soundtrack and great editing.
View it at Noobflicks here.

Cold Hands – Do They Affect Your Game?

As winter approaches, you may start to notice that your hands are colder than usual when you are gaming, especially if the ambient room temperature drops during the colder seasons. What most gamers don’t realize is that cold hands do affect your gaming performance.

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The Art of Bluffing

The bluff. One of the most underutilized strategies in FPS games is bluffing. Misleading your opponent is often the best way to gain the advantage over him and I encourage players to do it as much as possible. In advanced matches such as Counter-Strike or COD, it can be as subtle as making a footstep so the other team hears you coming in one direction. More commonly, it will consist of you ‘accidentally’ showing yourself so the opposing team thinks you’re going in a certain direction.

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Move Faster as a Soldier in Team Fortress 2

Getting additional distance from rocket jumps in TF2. One of the key factors in many TF2 maps is getting to key locations faster than your opponent. In push maps especially, getting to the middle point first allows the team to capture faster and gain control of the map. We all know that the soldiers in TF2 are among the most useful and powerful classes in Team Fortress, but unfortunately they are slow. Here’s how to get your soldier moving faster than a scout on fire.

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Welcome to ClutchKills.com, Advanced Gaming Strategies

Welcome to our brand new site, we’re really excited to have you here and we have a lot of good things coming up shortly. Right now, we’re going to concentrate on building the site for a few days and then we’ll have enough material to do a proper launch!

So if you’re here right now, reading this, please know that this site is going to transform in front of your eyes!

Expect a lot of video, tutorials and just plain fun.