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starting now! I already played some games on bloodrun vs opponents at my skill level.
I played against 2 french guys (one of them is called izighar, and is a very cool guy, withh pretty good lg :)), and vs jwzr, the german CA prodigy (http://www.foopics.com/showfull/79f44753fea4dd8d125292e98fb91017). I won my game against jwzr 7- -1 :D, with pretty decnt map control, and 62% rail :D. I lost once or twice vs izighar, but won the last one 17-4 or something. I felt pretty focused and had good routine. Actually I played pretty decently. I'm quite proud of myself :D.
I plan to practice on maps like bloodrun, furiousheights, aerowalk and lostworld, and maybe a bit of toxicitty aswell. But no hektik, cause for some reason, I don't really like this map :(.
Don't expect to see me soon at the faceit cups, because if I participate, I'll get destroyed :). I'll ttry to play duel instead of CA on thunderstruck, so that I can lose my bad habits and can start feeling more comfortable at duel.
THE REASONS WHY I DECIDED TO PICK DUEL UP
There are some reasons why I decided to move on from CA to duel.
Firstly, I'm quite frankly tired of all the hate towards CA, I mean, where you're good at CA, it means nothing, people will keep making fun of you as if you were some kind of paralympic retard. ESR is full of these people whom like to trashtalk and troll the CA players. For exemple, when I said there at ESR that I beat ph at CA, most of the comments were trolling and trashtalking. I'm tired of this...
Also, I've always enjoyed watching duels, I mean, when you're good at it, it's a joy to spectate. For exemple watching cypher plays is always a good entertainment. Sometimes I just think "well, I want to be as good as them and start to be famous".
Then I like the fact that duel is very elitist and very hard to play, it's a big challenge if you want to be good at it, and I like challenges :).
And tbh, since strenx left quake for shootmania, there are not many good french duelers left. I can name only 2 : Guismo and gory. But these guys aren't top players, they're just sub-top at best. Not saying that I would rape them ez but quite frankly they're nowhere near the level of strenx. I just want to represent my country as much as I can. My plan is to be as good as people like pavel and maybe even baksteen. But for that, I'll probably need at least 6 months of intense practice, if not more.
Also, there is something that frustrate me a lot at CA :
one day all of a sudden you'll get kind of rapped with no room for improvment. I mean, if you followed my story with jewro and powaah, then you can understand me. Getting owned at 1v1 LG fights all of a sudden is very frustrating. And being owned by a 15yo kid is even more frustrating. In that case, there's not much you can do, I mean, if you lose your LG fights, it's over, end of story. You can practice as much as you want, won't change a thing. If you don't hit 45%LG like this little kid powaah, you're screwed. You can still play in the tunnel @ thunderstruck, but it's so lame and boring, and at 2v2, if you try to play smart, you'll still get destroyed, cause at the end, the one who has the best aim/dodge wins.
But at duel it's different, you can clearly outsmart your opponent, and adapt your playstyle in consequence. Just take a look at rapha, this guy has awesome dodging abilities but that's all. He's not known for his aim or anything, he's just talented, and... very smart. Basically when you play CA and you get owned, it's like playing an ultra performant BOT, you can't do shit, no matter how hard you try. But when you play duel, you can still out-smart this ultra performant BOT, and imo that's what makes it interesting.
For exemple vs someone like jewro, instead of trying desperately to out-aim him with my shaft, I'll try to have better items control, better positioning and so on. Just like how rapha plays, basically.
And last but not least, some people suggested me to play duel, and they were right. I won't have to learn such things as aim and dodging, cause I already have them. I'm not the best aim player in the world but my aim is still very solid, basically I can out-aim ALMOST anyone. And about my dodges, well, a lot of people says that I already got good dodging abilities, so, there again, nothing new to learn!
The only things I'll need to learn is map control, positioning, spawn raping and... the maps.
It's still a challenge and quite difficult, but it's not as if I had very bad aim or something. Forr exemple if you take a look at cOOw, the polish CA player, you can clearly see his potential, this guys already has good aim and can beat people like jewro without too much effort. If cOOw did it, if baksteen did it, then I can do it!
So, all my fans, show some support!
I played against 2 french guys (one of them is called izighar, and is a very cool guy, withh pretty good lg :)), and vs jwzr, the german CA prodigy (http://www.foopics.com/showfull/79f44753fea4dd8d125292e98fb91017). I won my game against jwzr 7- -1 :D, with pretty decnt map control, and 62% rail :D. I lost once or twice vs izighar, but won the last one 17-4 or something. I felt pretty focused and had good routine. Actually I played pretty decently. I'm quite proud of myself :D.
I plan to practice on maps like bloodrun, furiousheights, aerowalk and lostworld, and maybe a bit of toxicitty aswell. But no hektik, cause for some reason, I don't really like this map :(.
Don't expect to see me soon at the faceit cups, because if I participate, I'll get destroyed :). I'll ttry to play duel instead of CA on thunderstruck, so that I can lose my bad habits and can start feeling more comfortable at duel.
THE REASONS WHY I DECIDED TO PICK DUEL UP
There are some reasons why I decided to move on from CA to duel.
Firstly, I'm quite frankly tired of all the hate towards CA, I mean, where you're good at CA, it means nothing, people will keep making fun of you as if you were some kind of paralympic retard. ESR is full of these people whom like to trashtalk and troll the CA players. For exemple, when I said there at ESR that I beat ph at CA, most of the comments were trolling and trashtalking. I'm tired of this...
Also, I've always enjoyed watching duels, I mean, when you're good at it, it's a joy to spectate. For exemple watching cypher plays is always a good entertainment. Sometimes I just think "well, I want to be as good as them and start to be famous".
Then I like the fact that duel is very elitist and very hard to play, it's a big challenge if you want to be good at it, and I like challenges :).
And tbh, since strenx left quake for shootmania, there are not many good french duelers left. I can name only 2 : Guismo and gory. But these guys aren't top players, they're just sub-top at best. Not saying that I would rape them ez but quite frankly they're nowhere near the level of strenx. I just want to represent my country as much as I can. My plan is to be as good as people like pavel and maybe even baksteen. But for that, I'll probably need at least 6 months of intense practice, if not more.
Also, there is something that frustrate me a lot at CA :
one day all of a sudden you'll get kind of rapped with no room for improvment. I mean, if you followed my story with jewro and powaah, then you can understand me. Getting owned at 1v1 LG fights all of a sudden is very frustrating. And being owned by a 15yo kid is even more frustrating. In that case, there's not much you can do, I mean, if you lose your LG fights, it's over, end of story. You can practice as much as you want, won't change a thing. If you don't hit 45%LG like this little kid powaah, you're screwed. You can still play in the tunnel @ thunderstruck, but it's so lame and boring, and at 2v2, if you try to play smart, you'll still get destroyed, cause at the end, the one who has the best aim/dodge wins.
But at duel it's different, you can clearly outsmart your opponent, and adapt your playstyle in consequence. Just take a look at rapha, this guy has awesome dodging abilities but that's all. He's not known for his aim or anything, he's just talented, and... very smart. Basically when you play CA and you get owned, it's like playing an ultra performant BOT, you can't do shit, no matter how hard you try. But when you play duel, you can still out-smart this ultra performant BOT, and imo that's what makes it interesting.
For exemple vs someone like jewro, instead of trying desperately to out-aim him with my shaft, I'll try to have better items control, better positioning and so on. Just like how rapha plays, basically.
And last but not least, some people suggested me to play duel, and they were right. I won't have to learn such things as aim and dodging, cause I already have them. I'm not the best aim player in the world but my aim is still very solid, basically I can out-aim ALMOST anyone. And about my dodges, well, a lot of people says that I already got good dodging abilities, so, there again, nothing new to learn!
The only things I'll need to learn is map control, positioning, spawn raping and... the maps.
It's still a challenge and quite difficult, but it's not as if I had very bad aim or something. Forr exemple if you take a look at cOOw, the polish CA player, you can clearly see his potential, this guys already has good aim and can beat people like jewro without too much effort. If cOOw did it, if baksteen did it, then I can do it!
So, all my fans, show some support!
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