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How to play FPS games if you’re over 30

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Re: How to play FPS games if you’re over 30

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Post by xboxnolifes »

josefresco wrote: post #24
snarfy wrote: post #7

I play Unreal Tournament 2004, Unreal Tournament 4, Quake Champions, and Fortnite. I'm 47 years old. I'm by no means the greatest aim, but I can hold my own against semi-pro players, players that typically compete for money in tournaments. I'm often accused of being a bot. some tips: 1. Good equipment. I have 240fps monitor and wired gaming mouse. I thought I had it good with 60fps monitor but it makes a world of dif…

> Your mouse sensitivity should be very low. > Use your elbow and shoulder only for aiming. What in the WHAT?!? As a fellow 40+ year old gamer, who's played more Q3A and UT4 AND Counter-Strike than I'd care to admit, I've never heard or scene this strategy. You must be very entertaining to watch with all the ...flailing about! UPDATE: I watched some YT videos of competition and while there's no "flailing" there's def…

You've never heard about using low sens and arm aiming? That's basically every counter strike player I've ever met or pro I know about (plus every other tactical shooter with low slow enough movement).

Re: How to play FPS games if you’re over 30

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Post by subjectsigma »

Xeoncross wrote: post #14

All I want to know is where are the servers with the adults on them? I have enjoyed the more realistic FPS, but the kids running around everywhere just cussing at everyone or using aimbots kind of kills the fun.

I am 100% resolute in my opinion that turning off comms in online games and treating your teammates as if they were really advanced bots improves every game. If I want to play a game with someone I will call my friends on Discord and ask if they want to play. nearly every game I play has a workable ping system so if I am playing with random players, that's how I communicate. Otherwise I don't want or need the validation or opinions of randoms.

The small funny moments of friendship you might get from that is drowned underneath a torrent of racism, sexism, spite, anger, and random nonsense that is draining and, maybe more importantly, seriously distracting. Nearly every serious player I know will full mute even their friends during intense moments requiring mechanical skill.

If you are 30+ and play competitive games to meet new people you are in the wrong place.

Re: How to play FPS games if you’re over 30

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Post by anarticle »

Hiya, 40s COD player here, you'll notice a lot of groupthink in shooters where players get very predictable. That is where your old head pattern recognition comes into play and you can exploit that play style. With proxy voice chat now, mind games get even crazier. I would use this very often in Rust to trick players into doing things, or faking them out with other tactics.

If you don't want to play with those kinds of players there are tons of other shooters, Hell Let Loose and Squad come to mind as slower more team oriented games.

Re: How to play FPS games if you’re over 30

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Post by josefresco »

xboxnolifes wrote: post #31
josefresco wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Your mouse sensitivity should be very low. > Use your elbow and shoulder only for aiming. What in the WHAT?!? As a fellow 40+ year old gamer, who's played more Q3A and UT4 AND Counter-Strike than I'd care to admit, I've never heard or scene this strategy. You must be very entertaining to watch with all the ...flailing about! UPDATE: I watched some YT videos of competition and while there's no "flailing" there's def…

You've never heard about using low sens and arm aiming? That's basically every counter strike player I've ever met or pro I know about (plus every other tactical shooter with low slow enough movement).

No, and I've been playing CS since Beta 3 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Re: How to play FPS games if you’re over 30

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Post by adrift »

josefresco wrote: post #24
snarfy wrote: post #7

I play Unreal Tournament 2004, Unreal Tournament 4, Quake Champions, and Fortnite. I'm 47 years old. I'm by no means the greatest aim, but I can hold my own against semi-pro players, players that typically compete for money in tournaments. I'm often accused of being a bot. some tips: 1. Good equipment. I have 240fps monitor and wired gaming mouse. I thought I had it good with 60fps monitor but it makes a world of dif…

> Your mouse sensitivity should be very low. > Use your elbow and shoulder only for aiming. What in the WHAT?!? As a fellow 40+ year old gamer, who's played more Q3A and UT4 AND Counter-Strike than I'd care to admit, I've never heard or scene this strategy. You must be very entertaining to watch with all the ...flailing about! UPDATE: I watched some YT videos of competition and while there's no "flailing" there's def…

Arm aiming is the way.

Re: How to play FPS games if you’re over 30

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Post by spywaregorilla »

josefresco wrote: post #24
snarfy wrote: post #7

I play Unreal Tournament 2004, Unreal Tournament 4, Quake Champions, and Fortnite. I'm 47 years old. I'm by no means the greatest aim, but I can hold my own against semi-pro players, players that typically compete for money in tournaments. I'm often accused of being a bot. some tips: 1. Good equipment. I have 240fps monitor and wired gaming mouse. I thought I had it good with 60fps monitor but it makes a world of dif…

> Your mouse sensitivity should be very low. > Use your elbow and shoulder only for aiming. What in the WHAT?!? As a fellow 40+ year old gamer, who's played more Q3A and UT4 AND Counter-Strike than I'd care to admit, I've never heard or scene this strategy. You must be very entertaining to watch with all the ...flailing about! UPDATE: I watched some YT videos of competition and while there's no "flailing" there's def…

It's also very handy if you want to draw a nice looking circle. Much more accurate.

Re: How to play FPS games if you’re over 30

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Post by keithnz »

josefresco wrote: post #24
snarfy wrote: post #7

I play Unreal Tournament 2004, Unreal Tournament 4, Quake Champions, and Fortnite. I'm 47 years old. I'm by no means the greatest aim, but I can hold my own against semi-pro players, players that typically compete for money in tournaments. I'm often accused of being a bot. some tips: 1. Good equipment. I have 240fps monitor and wired gaming mouse. I thought I had it good with 60fps monitor but it makes a world of dif…

> Your mouse sensitivity should be very low. > Use your elbow and shoulder only for aiming. What in the WHAT?!? As a fellow 40+ year old gamer, who's played more Q3A and UT4 AND Counter-Strike than I'd care to admit, I've never heard or scene this strategy. You must be very entertaining to watch with all the ...flailing about! UPDATE: I watched some YT videos of competition and while there's no "flailing" there's def…

it's the way to go, small keyboard, big mouse pad.

Re: How to play FPS games if you’re over 30

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Post by yamtaddle »

shortstuffsushi wrote: post #5

Is this intended for people new to FPS? I've been playing since early teens, coming up on 32 now... still consistently in the top while playing the handful of shooters I play. Perhaps it's because I'm not playing the twitch shooters though? I mostly play Battlefield.

IDK about pro-level and such, but for normies, it's been my experience that knowing levels really well is way more important than reflexes or any of that. Learning the right "flow" for movement through a level such that you are usually looking the right way to line up a quick shot on the next target, and that you're rarely blindsided, is the key to at least mid-level success, and can narrow the gap between fast, young players and older ones (though of course having faster and/or more precise reactions is still an advantage).

Re: How to play FPS games if you’re over 30

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Post by Shared404 »

bovermyer wrote: post #27
Xeoncross wrote: post #14

All I want to know is where are the servers with the adults on them? I have enjoyed the more realistic FPS, but the kids running around everywhere just cussing at everyone or using aimbots kind of kills the fun.

This is why I don't play Call of Duty or other similar games. Overwatch and its successor/patch Overwatch 2 have had less toxicity compared to other FPSes I've played. And I've almost never encountered a cheater.

> Overwatch and its successor/patch Overwatch 2 have had less toxicity compared to other FPSes I've played. And I've almost never encountered a cheater.

I've played OW off and on for years now, and have only seen two cheaters. One was using wallhacks (could see them tracking me back and forth behind a wall on the killcam) and one had incredibly blatant headsnapping (Genji with the worlds fastest sensitivity turning 180 degrees and landing a perfect headshot, repeatedly).

A pretty good track record. Unfortunately, the monetization in OW2 has put me off. Hopefully that gets fixed eventually.

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