How to improve at playing FPS

[elven]

jumping makes it harder to hit you for non pro gamers
also in unreal tournament it's better against rocket launchers etc seeing pro's don't aim at the person but at the ground beneath him (or the walls next to him)
jumping (double jumping) helps alot then

also it makes it harder to headshot you by a small amount
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[Amon]

Every First Person Shooting game has it's own specialties, tricks on how you can become better at it. Generally speaking you won't get better if every time you get killed you will give up and go do something else. Practice is the key in every First Person Shooter game.

Every game requires you to have a set of skills. For example in Quake 3 Arena the most valuable skill is Strafe Jumping which isn't that easy to learn. I played Quake 3 for some time and mastered Strafe Jumping maybe after a couple of months. Or lets take Counter Strike. You have to know how to shoot from at least eight different types of weapons. In games like Counter Strike it is better to duck when you shoot, it is stupid to jump when you get shot at etc.
You can learn all of that maybe in a month, after that comes hard practice. I know because I was addicted to Counter Strike once.

Knowing the map you are playing on is very important in team shooters as well as when playing a duel. When playing as a team it is very important to know where your spot is. In games like Counter Strike there are names for different parts of the map so teammates can communicate and tell the enemie's location quickly. It is important to know where on the map is a higher chance of you getting killed so you must be most careful when reaching those spots.

How to become better at FPS:
Know your map.
Know your opponent.
Don't give up.
Practice, Practice, Practice.

Qzsd confused me too. I have never seen an azerty keyboard in my life.

[Xtreme $niper]

[clpo13]

Ironic that they discourage jumping when shot at for being unrealistic yet they also discourage camping. I mean, if you're getting shot at in real life, are you going to run around in the open or take cover until you have a chance to get somewhere safer? I always hated getting booted for camping in AA, mostly because camping is part of the strategy when you're on defense...
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[axyjo]

I would say that practice makes perfect. Also, I nth what many people have said: KNOW YOUR MAPS.

Its also useful if you get a high fps, cause then your computer wont lag locally. Also, use sound cues such as footsteps.

[bman212121]

[clpo13]

Yeah, that part is unrealistic. It's hard enough to aim a gun while standing still, let alone moving. You don't have crosshairs in real life.
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[agus]

First, I want to say that I suck in any FPS.

I like using weapons which can 1 or 2 shot other players, so with my poor accuracy I have the chance of being lucky and killing the rest of the players.

Then I'd just go jumping everywhere (and if I can spare ammo, shooting) until I find another player. Then i just jump from side to side shooting to where he is-will probably be until me (most of the times) or he die/s.

The only FPS where I was good was GunZ Online, where I could just fight with a sword and a shotgun killing everyone.

[LP-SolidRaven]

Counterstrike is also fairly easy. Just get the M4A1 use the silencer (else they'll find you quick) and fire in short bursts at their head. A very good chance you'll get a headshot within seconds.
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[Rampage]

One more key that nobody mentioned is to try playing with people over Internet or LAN. In the beginning bots will be hard and even when you learn how to beat them you will realize that you suck against real people.

[darksfear]

A major problem in fps games is hacking.
Sure that guy is good, always ends up with a score of 10-1, but is he so good that those 10 kills were all headshots? doubtful...

With all the undetectable hacks, who knows whos cheating or not, from what i can see, the only way to counter that, is to start cheating too.

So that pretty much ends the game, because everyone is hacking, i'm talking about Counter Strike by the way.

I never got the hang of being good at fps games, i am more of a thinker, so i do better at real time strategy games. I still play fps though, but just to have a break from rts, and just to relax after work etc.