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I just had a game where my teammates didn't have the guts to do anything remotely risky. For example, if we'd agree on rushing B on Dust 2, I'd throw a smoke and 2 nice pop flashes, shout let's go and start running in. 5 seconds later I'd either have the site or be dead but everyone else in my team would still sit tight in the tunnel. 
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If you are rushing b and throwing 3 grenades before you leave the tunnel you are not actually rushing b.
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Mar 5, 2014 23:34
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Smol posted:I just had a game where my teammates didn't have the guts to do anything remotely risky. For example, if we'd agree on rushing B on Dust 2, I'd throw a smoke and 2 nice pop flashes, shout let's go and start running in. 5 seconds later I'd either have the site or be dead but everyone else in my team would still sit tight in the tunnel.
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Mar 5, 2014 23:39
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You don't have to stop to throw them. I copied it off one of Adren's videos. http://youtu.be/9LkmWXSpr14
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Mar 5, 2014 23:39
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Smol posted:You don't have to stop to throw them. I copied it off one of Adren's videos. Nah this is a great setup(all of Adrens videos are) your team was just crap because you were MMing. Goonman more, 75% of the players are mostly terrible and won't help you but at least it's not 100%. What I like to do with a good B spawn is enter then tunnels, make a quick left behind the pillar and throw a flashbang deep off the lefthand wall. It catches the CT entering B early enough that he should be blind and if not he'll usually be caught up at the doors. mcvey fucked around with this message at 23:49 on Mar 5, 2014 |
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Mar 5, 2014 23:47
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mcvey posted:Nah this is a great setup(all of Adrens videos are) your team was just crap because you were MMing. Goonman more, 75% of the players are mostly terrible and won't help you but at least it's not 100%. The problem with goonman is that the server is in Chicago (I think). Don't want to ruin the game for everyone with 150 ping.
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Mar 6, 2014 00:06
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It is. Where are you located?
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Mar 6, 2014 00:14
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Awesome Welles posted:It is. Where are you located? Finland. Edit: Just had my first decent matchmaking game of the day. The others didn't have mics, but we worked decently as a team and I even had some nice 1v3 and 1v4 clutches (still waiting for my first MM ace  ). Can't wait to play at levels where this happens more than once per day.
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Mar 6, 2014 01:03
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Can you not pay the $3 directly for the pass anymore? Am I stuck adding $5 worth of funds just to make a $3 purchase?
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Mar 6, 2014 02:35
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Can you put the same sticker on the same gun multiple times?
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Mar 6, 2014 03:08
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Pr0phecy posted:Can you put the same sticker on the same gun multiple times? yes.
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Mar 6, 2014 03:14
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newbies dot gif
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Mar 6, 2014 03:23
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Got a spare Operation Pheonix ticket thing if someone needs it, add me : http://steamcommunity.com/id/lljkSMA/ e: gone!! StabMasterArson fucked around with this message at 03:55 on Mar 6, 2014 |
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Mar 6, 2014 03:35
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It seemed like a good idea at the time!
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Mar 6, 2014 03:51
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No gif for the Man of Knife + 2 kills from da back Chi?
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Mar 6, 2014 04:24
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I finally got ranked and I'm a gold nova 4, should I be sad/happy I don't know what that means
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Mar 6, 2014 06:03
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Wowporn posted:I finally got ranked and I'm a gold nova 4, should I be sad/happy I don't know what that means I don't think there's really a superior starting point. That said, I started out at the same rank, I'm a sheriff now, and I've gotten a game or two away a few times from eagle mostly solo queue so you can rank up through  . The first 10 games aren't really indicative anyway. Or MM as a whole for that matter. 64 tick sucks and teams are so inconsistent. Don't take it as a measure of your true skill. I've seen ESEA main players as double ak's and poo poo.
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Mar 6, 2014 06:52
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BEACH I'M A NOVA 1 WE'RE EQUALS NOW
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Mar 6, 2014 08:11
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PelvicThrust posted:I've gotten a game or two away a few times from eagle mostly solo queue so you can rank up through How do you know this?
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Mar 6, 2014 14:36
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some of the AK's need to come out of the woodworks and MM. I've let my rank fall enough its time to get back on that horse.
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Mar 6, 2014 15:07
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Wowporn posted:I finally got ranked and I'm a gold nova 4, should I be sad/happy I don't know what that means Solo matchmaking actually becomes fun when you get to ranks where having nova teammates is unusual
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hello internet posted:Solo matchmaking actually becomes fun when you get to ranks where having nova teammates is unusual
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Mar 6, 2014 16:24
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Eyke posted:some of the AK's need to come out of the woodworks and MM. I've let my rank fall enough its time to get back on that horse. Sorry. I just discovered Dark Souls so it may be a while.
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Mar 6, 2014 19:11
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Necc0 posted:Sorry. I just discovered Dark Souls so it may be a while. I won't hold it against you then. That game was fun, though I never did do the pvp. But those around AK should wake up tonight to do some MM. preferably after work is over. Or we can just make goonmans die again a sad angsty death.
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Mar 6, 2014 19:14
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Just deliberately abandoned a game of MM for the first time. Someone ditched the bomb on the pistol round and we had to go back and get it. We ended up losing and the team starts talking about how we've lost the game already. Then once we get guns one guy starts smoking our side of mid every round to gently caress with our AWPers. The last straw was when I got a kill long, start to push up and die to find that my team has turned around and run off. Meanwhile our bomb carrier is on the other side of the map trying (and failing) to chuck the bomb out of bounds. Basically what I'm saying is gently caress solo queueing, I'm done for awhile.
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Mar 6, 2014 19:39
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I recommend buying a Stattrak Tec-9 or Deagle , or maybe a UMP or some poo poo and just playing some gimmick MM for a while. It's very relaxing.
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Sorry to Rahl and the goons I was matchmaking with. My comp crashed (Steam loves to kill it for whatever reason) and I only had one game left in me anyway.
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Mar 6, 2014 19:51
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Eyke posted:I won't hold it against you then. That game was fun, though I never did do the pvp. I've been solo dropping as Master Guardian 2 almost every night. What's your name on steam?
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Mar 6, 2014 20:30
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Necc0 posted:How do you know this? There seems to be a definitive number of consecutive wins that causes you to rank up at certain areas. Double AK to badge is 3 consecutive wins (and that seems to be the norm for a lot of ranks). I've been told that badge to eagle is a big jump, it was either 7 or 8 consecutive wins, I can't remember. Getting a loss seems to mix up that formula a bit.
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Mar 6, 2014 20:40
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Salt Fish posted:Did someone say match making? I reqlly really really want to watch the demo of this. Watching replays of good players pooping on bad players and carrying feeders are like gold when it comes to learning how to improve.
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PelvicThrust posted:There seems to be a definitive number of consecutive wins that causes you to rank up at certain areas. Double AK to badge is 3 consecutive wins (and that seems to be the norm for a lot of ranks). I've been told that badge to eagle is a big jump, it was either 7 or 8 consecutive wins, I can't remember. Getting a loss seems to mix up that formula a bit. I've been sitting at DMG for over 200 hours played. Got de-ranked to double-AK for 2 of those hours at some point. I truly think you need to play with at least 3-4 players in MM regularly to get past badge, or get lucky. Can't solo-queue grind this poo poo.
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hello internet posted:I've been solo dropping as Master Guardian 2 almost every night. What's your name on steam? Eyke, I've been in chat lately when I can play or am around. deetee posted:I've been sitting at DMG for over 200 hours played. Got de-ranked to double-AK for 2 of those hours at some point. I truly think you need to play with at least 3-4 players in MM regularly to get past badge, or get lucky. Can't solo-queue grind this poo poo. I feel like aim can take you to DMG and after that you have to start knowing when to move or not to. Basically start being more of a team player. Any synergy you have with players will make that easier. though lately I just run and gun retarded with a negev for fun, Sometimes when I was higher up I felt like I was a little behind in rotations, or I shouldn't have.
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Eyke posted:Eyke, I've been in chat lately when I can play or am around. My gamesense took me to DMG not my aim. The aim is here now and I haven't lost the gamesense, but it still just doesn't matter. If it truly is 7 games in a row to get to Eagle, there's no way I'm getting 7 games worth of good communicating, actually trying, somewhat decent at the game teammates.
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PelvicThrust posted:There seems to be a definitive number of consecutive wins that causes you to rank up at certain areas. Double AK to badge is 3 consecutive wins (and that seems to be the norm for a lot of ranks). I've been told that badge to eagle is a big jump, it was either 7 or 8 consecutive wins, I can't remember. Getting a loss seems to mix up that formula a bit. This is not how ELO works
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deetee posted:My gamesense took me to DMG not my aim. The aim is here now and I haven't lost the gamesense, but it still just doesn't matter. If it truly is 7 games in a row to get to Eagle, there's no way I'm getting 7 games worth of good communicating, actually trying, somewhat decent at the game teammates. This was just how I felt for my case. I no longer remember names of places since its been years and just a little behind being where I need to be.
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My incessant need to use my growing Stattrak collection in ranked is probably why I'm still Nova 2. 
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astr0man posted:This is not how ELO works I agree, but what I will say is that it has never taken me more than 5-6 consecutive wins to rank up, solo queue, immediately starting from a rank. That of course, is net, so every loss adds another win requirement. By my wholly subjective and flawed estimation, the gap between ranks is around 5 wins against teams of even rank. Another thing I notice is that if you are about to derank, you are much more likely to be the highest/joint highest ranked player on the server, thus giving an easier game, and if you are about to rank up you are playing against equal or higher skill bracketed players. Probably this is mostly confirmation bias though. I ranked from a starting rank of Master Guardian II up to Supreme Master First Class. I also shuttlecocked for quite a while around DMG-Legendary Eagle Master depending on the will of the gods. At the highest echelons a significant amount of games contain a cheater, or team stacks which makes solo queuing pretty untenable. I'd say at around Eagle Master (if you ranked alone) you are either skilled or lucky enough to move onto playing with a proper team. Less stress/more fun. edit: Another thought which I wonder about is that I don't think it can be running a completely normal ELO system because if you derank, in theory you should be able to uprank again in one game, but in practice I never experienced this. I had to win multiple games to gain a lost rank. If it was simple ELO this makes no sense. In my mind it seems possible that each rank has its own self-contained ELO, so like, at Legendary Eagle you might start at 1250 ELO. Each win is worth 10, each loss is worth -10. Win 5 and rank up, and you start at 1350 for Legendary Eagle Master. Likewise, if you lose 5 straight, you derank to DMG and you start at 1150. But also it seems easier to rank back up a second time than it is to move up a rank for the first time, so I dunno what the gently caress 
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Jeza posted:I agree, but what I will say is that it has never taken me more than 5-6 consecutive wins to rank up, solo queue, immediately starting from a rank. That of course, is net, so every loss adds another win requirement. By my wholly subjective and flawed estimation, the gap between ranks is around 5 wins against teams of even rank. I thought the same as you regarding ranking up/down and playing players of higher skill/lower skill respectively (I believe that's the ELO system they use in SC2). The other day I had a game where I played pretty well, and ended up top-fragging. Myself and one other person were the only non-eagles in the game. Yet, I didn't rank up. The next game I was with AK's and DMG's. So I'm not sure that that is how the system works. I wonder if inactivity effects it at all a well? Does the system adjust your rank if you don't play for awhile? e: I have also noticed that if you de-rank it is much easier to re-obtain your previous rank. I also have no idea what the gently caress.
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astr0man posted:If you don't play for a while your rank disappears. Does it really though, or is it hidden? Do you need to do another 10 games? I know you don't know these answers, I just wish there was more transparency with the system.
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