Have fun.
Play some team modes.
Take a clan.
Or take a break.

I've seen few low-skill tdm clans recruiting here.

"Take a clan" lol'd.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcP4oxbbJuA#t=2m43s

Ye man.

:')

There's a story behind that line. I was talking to strenx about how he had learnt some russian and started fucking around talking some rus. I asked him what he knew he told me, mostly quake shit and insults. So I asked him to go and harass cypher so I could film him and his reaction.

Cypher, avek and strenx have some real fun together in lans, was a cool thing to witness and a very good surprise

I would like you to answer to the questions "Why do you play QL? And why do you want to become better?"

I want to play QL in order to improve my gamesense and general thought process aswell my aim for Reborn.

I've talked with people that have said that it's pretty much Quake 5 in the latest build, of course the end product is gonna be nothing but similar, still pracitcing QL will be the best training there is atm

Yes but why do you want to be prepared when reborn comes out?
Do you want to go pro?

Yes, I'd love too.

It is just now that I've understood the actual effort it takes, I don't believe it is too late as a 17 year old, probably 18 at release, but I really want to try.

There's absolutely no way you will achieve anything on it. Remember the thousands of players that are better than you in QL will also play Reborn, so you are to the very least 2 years late to the party considering lan finishing spots.

Have you noticed it is literally the same guys owning all important duel games since ever? Add to "the mercenaries" (as tony calls them) that people from other games will come if the game becomes mainstream and prizes are good enough, so there's people that have a decade of experience in grand finals.

And I don't see why anyone that's not on the scene would treat this as a viable income source in 2013+. Even if you win everything you will be way better off working or studying.

If you think that you can't do this and keep thinking about "thousands of players that are better than you" then you surely won't.

From my observations it's not "literally the same guys" owning all important duel games. With each new game there is a group of new players who were below pro level before in other games but made a big effort when the new game came out and jumped into tournament circuit.

Don't listen to me or megaman just inquiry the situation yourselfs. How others did it and what are your chances. You need to be smart if you wanna be a progamer :)

Just don't make it your primary career goal please. You are too old for such things. You can make it your primary hobby goal if you want and find few months for intense practice when the game actually comes out.
Nobody guarantees that there will be any tournament circuit for reborn.
As megaman said - even if you win everything you will be way better off working or studying but if you really want to try go for it. Just make sure it's your hobby project not career plan.

On the second thought if you don't enjoy playing ql then maybe it's time to reevaluate your hobbies. There are countless other cool things to do in a few years if you start now.

roflmao ... "reborn" ... no gameplay footage out there, you know nothing of the game, the developer has not shipped any previous titles, etc.

Dude, it's not like 2GD has been keeping his mouth shut about ideas etc. as I mentioned in another post, I've talked with people and gathered a lot of info.

I don't know the final product, but I do know how it is sort of going to look. Stop being so negative.

the faster you learn NOT to look forward to a quake substitute, the better, play quakelive, have fun enjoy, when reborn comes out, have alook, but be ready to go back to quakelive, don't get ur hopes up. I'm not saying reborn is gonna be bad, i just don't think it's gonna be a quake substitute.

2GD is the man behind BLC. Sorry for bump :PppPp

You should probably download cheats, it's the fastest way to improve and you'll get tons of attention from the community.

and you will also have tons of motivations after being banned for a year or two!

This! You really want to contact Sanchez who I believe still gives overpriced lessons and 1on1 training over the red phone (Skype for you and me!) He claims if you don't dramatically improve after 3-4 lessons he will quit teaching (Aimbots are included in the hourly rate)

Practicing Quake Live will not help your performance in Reborn.

How come you are so sure?

In short, because they will be different games. They might share similarities, but the skills you are seeking to improve will not coalesce in Reborn as they do in Quake Live. If you're going to play Quake, I suggest playing it for fun and not as a chore, or you will find both games ruined in the long run.

This is so untrue. They might be 2 different FPS games, but there's something called hand-eye coordination, timing (I'd be surprised if it didn't matter in Reborn), basic thought process... practicing your brain to you know think while you're only using your reflexes and hand-eye coordination to aim. It is all something you practice while playing quake. That is, if you are somewhat serious about it and not just running around in CA like a headless chicken.

But I agree that it's good to take it easy :)

It's absolutely true. There may be a very generic correlation to all FPS games with inherent aspects such as aiming, but practicing one game to heighten skill in another is asinine.

My skill in BF3 improves faster playing QL than BF3.

Sounds like trolling. BF3 doesn't require skill.

join #tdmpickup and play tdm, QL will actually be fun to play instead of gruelling away in duel.

tdm is boring and noob, duel is exciting and pro

about noob and pro you are right, about boring and exciting you're not. Duel is even more boring to play than TDM, but watching Duel is more interesting.

in duel there's always action in tdm it's boring because mgfest and no weapons and you have to +back with that mg

at least there's a reason to +back in tdm. people do it in duel regardless rofl

not sure if serious

was writing a serious reply but decided to post this instead

Well watching it is definitely insane, but I can't really see how this was exciting for cooller. Also something like this probably happens <20 times in the whole lifetime of a game.

following the one second youtube search (keyword cooller, nothing more)




both can't happen in team games or in warsow duel for that matter

What exactly are you trying to prove here? I don't get it, my personal opinion is that TDM is boring for both viewers and players and requires less skill than duel while duel is boring to play but interesting to watch. Warsow is interesting to play and watch. Since it's my personal opinion you can't change it by posting random videos I saw years and months ago.

in duel there's always action. Rockets not being fired doesn't mean there's nothing going on, though air rockets are a plus. In tdm there's waiting all the time and can always rely on the team.

Not saying that it is worse than duel but objectively duel is a more active gametype both to play and to watch and ego is involved in it, which makes it addicting. The problem with duel is its beauty cannot be appreciated by the untrained eye like anyone can watching messi play soccer.

A good example of someone that doesn't get it is this. http://www.warsow.net/forum/thread/t/215926#post-215926
To judge an activity you have to play it first. He clearly doesn't and shouldn't be developing a clone of something he doesn't understand the very basics of it, like a 4 year old thinking he is picasso.

you can't see how that's exciting to cooller? :E

Look at his face and reaction then rethink.

...and get insulted by raging poles.

http://www.esreality.com/post/2384432/how-to-practice/

I don't think it is healthy to force yourself to play a video game.

what if he eats salad while doing it?

as long as its not becon salad

potat top3 health viteamin

health vietnamin?

watch fragmovies

try a team mode or play some ca on public where's at least some communication and stuff to rage about going on :)

a brilliant example of dodgy assumptions and paradox: reborn will be a quakeclone with a big competitive scene. by getting good at ql you will have a headstart on reborn. problem is, if reborn is a quakeclone, it will almost certainly die very quickly apart for with those who went all in on it. thus there is no point in playing QL for reborn, because if QL does make you better at it, the skills will be worthless cos RB will not get any attention from anyone outside of QL/ESR, and obviously, if the game doesnt really bear resemblance then the skills dont transfer.

play whatever you enjoy and for that reason alone.

I fail to see the paradox

his intention to play QL to be good at RB, i assume to make bank in the early competitions, is paradoxical, because if RB is succesful enough to have big scene with money to be made, it will necessarily have to be significantly different from Quake, thus his skills wont transfer. If the skills do end up being directly transferable(ie RB is quakeclone), RB will more than likely be a failure and thus not able to attract the interest to warrant prizes making his efforts pointless eitherway.

not really, you're wrong here. playing quake basicly has made me so good at any other fps that im instantly ~top on every server i join in other games. quake just teaches positioning, different types of aim and just pure fps thinking where most other games do not. while the people i play these new fps's with are quite good at that game, they still cant manage at all in quake.

whilst i agree that quake like games cause its players to get a very well rounded foundation in FPS skills that serve them well in other games (i find myself in the same situation, and just out of curiosity, what are you playing now? im playing ns2) it may also be to do with the fact that i am a dedicated fps player for 15 or so years...

in this guys particular case, if he doesnt have a good foundation in FPS already he may get a benefit from praccing QL but he wont be good enough when RB comes anyway and, if however, he already has this foundation, he will likely acquire skills more specific to QL, such as map knowledge like angles, enemy movement patterns etc with the big exception being his dexterity, but that improves by playing FPS in general.

playing FPS games will naturally make you better at them, and i suppose to build simple and more generic skills, QL is a good place to do it, but it does not invalidate my argument.

reborn will be like super mario cart, but with WWII setting

Best way to stay motivated is to stay fit, get plenty of sleep, eat healthy, and play in moderation.

Before you know it your ELO will be 1600.

Hey guys.

I don't know if this is my first or second post or something on this site. However, I really want to become better at Quake Live, I want to practice mainly to get better at Reborn who is gonna get released hopefully in 2014 but I just have a hard time practicing.

I don't know how to do it with the best result possible, I don't have any friends

P-P-P-PLAYING QUAKE LIVE, I PROMISE. I HAVE FRIENDS ;_;

I really want to become better at Quake Live

No you don't.

I want to practice mainly to get better at Reborn who is gonna get released hopefully in 2014

That's stupid on at least 3 different levels.

it's an overall struggle to even start the game

what to do when you feel unmotivated to play?

Stop playing the bloody game.

Quit playing quake start playing table tennis! It's like duel without cheats.....unless you 'roid up

and drinking is associated to it, which sadly is a forgotten practice in quake

Is the joke here "ma long wang"?

Why is long wang using western grip?

More like 1v1 CA :P

you live in Sweden and want a motivation to play QL ? what if you live in goddamn Africa where your ping is so bad and your connection cuts off like three times a day ? and more, they shut down France servers and now you are forced to play with 90+ ping ? the only thing that motivate me is the dream of becaming the best Quake player and i think that is enough.

what? they shut down france servers?

They did.

why are we still bothering with ql, when we can do what we want with q3 still :(

quake is a shit game and rail is too overpowered

add friends who play similarly like you in duel and join a team game too

stop playing

well if you really want to become better a good method of staying motivated might be to find ways in which you can track your progress. also find things that you know you need to work on, think about how you should go about that and then come up with routines like doing certain things once every day/week/whatever .. if you keep that up for some time it will get less demanding to overcome your laziness.
then again, as many here have said, if you don't genuinely enjoy playing the game you should probably think about other ways to fill your time.

if u need motivation to play quake...

then...

dont... go pro in cs:go or something...


ql is sweat&tears backed up by feeling of rage after getting raped

Motivation to play a game? Wut?

Well, I understand if someone lacks motivation to do sports, study or work, but dude, motivation to play a GAME? Seriously, wtf?

quake is not just a game, it's a skill you can master

.

hmm, can't tell if you're being ironic or not

honestly just don't play

lulz u alive?

There is actually no sense that I play against you. But you can add me and we may talk over ts so I can help you improve your game. And just play some dudes on the same skill-level and ask them to become QL-friends to practice with. There are, besides a huge amount of idiots, also a couple of nice guys out there.

actually, how to play less?

=:S

Get a life. (no offense :P)

none taken :>

since the aircontrol-thing is broken atm, i have lost interest in this game. i do find quake boring as long its default settings.
only air-control, vampiric damage, instant weapon switching and infinite ammo makes quake interesting to me.

need motivation to let my woman give me more blowjobs

Start raging. I know it might seem like a joke but i'm serious. Me and my friend used to trashtalk at each other all the time and hyping each other up.

This is not working on ice-cold motherfuckers.

It's also not a very good strategy if you want to keep emotions outside of the game so you don't become +fwd noobwhich is why i stopped doing it. Honestly, the best way is to just quit really. Eventually you will get cravings for quake and it will be the best game in the world all over again.

watch some old event footage. maybe some IEM stuff or quakecons/dreamhacks... I always found the tension at top level very motivating

You could try to not have sex or masturbate. In order to suppress your sex-drive, you could try to play quake.

shit man i think that really works. quake kills sex, fuck ye!

Do you know what you and sex have in common?

Nothing.

Maybe he had a few anal adventures here and there.

After all these years changing the cfg abit makes it fun for me , atleast a while :P

Try some game modes like CTF, TDM or Insta - Quake is not about duel only. Its not easy to play duel as a beginner, mostly because of tier slammers...

you realise motivation comes from within? you can only be stimulated to become motivated about something.

cl_timenudge -20

heard it kinda aims for you

hits harder than toxjq in vq3

1) just IMPROVE your skill in quake. (ut, wsw, sm or nexuiz)

jump paths on map
standart and surprise moves

RA 25-50,26-51, #7-#2 .... . MH the same but +10
RA A - it means RA then comes YAL(A) then YAU(B)

watch your demos

2) hmm.. Reborn. Forget this word!

you don't need motivation for a hobby, the hobby motivates you

>Implying it's hard at all to have motivation for something you like

People who like something don't lose the motivation to participate in the hobby. If they do so, it means they no longer like it.

"Need motivation to play QL"

find a hobby that doesn't require advice to enjoy enjoying.