Why is this game so hard?

[Zero]

Why am I so bad at this game compared to literally everyone else? Why can I not improve no matter how hard I try? What the ♥♥♥♥ am I doing wrong?

[4T5]

Looking at your stats and your hours, you are not kidding.

I would suggest you start we your computer performance and settings. For example what framerate are you playing at, what res.

What is your mouse sensitivity (eDpi, i.e. mouse dpi x game sensitivity).

Do you practice your aim and movement at all?

[boca]

if you want to actually improve at the game, then u need actual practice. just playing the game isn't enough.

[Zero]

1280x720. Getting 50-70 fps on Inferno. Lowest possible graphics settings.

Sensitivity 2.55, eDpi was something like 1000 when I tested it on a site but I don't remember anymore

I do tons of deathjmatch and warmup before every game

[Zero]

Right now deranked back to silver 2 after 7 loss streak. Last loss was 2-16

[Muk]

Originally posted by Zero:

1280x720. Getting 50-70 fps on Inferno. Lowest possible graphics settings.

Sensitivity 2.55, eDpi was something like 1000 when I tested it on a site but I don't remember anymore

I do tons of deathjmatch and warmup before every game

Getting a better PC should be your aswer

[Katsumi]

Your fps is barely playable. A hardware upgrade and practice should help.

[Zero]

Suppose I were to buy a new computer, would I also need a new screen? Because mine is 60hz. Does it make any difference?

[A&A]

Originally posted by Katsumi:

Your fps is barely playable. A hardware upgrade and practice should help.

Not much playable

[A&A]

Originally posted by Zero:

Suppose I were to buy a new computer, would I also need a new screen? Because mine is 60hz. Does it make any difference?

Yes

[Сааребас]

What do you think is the main problem?

Aim for example you can train, with workshop maps, but crosshair-placement is also very important.
As for mouse sens. you only need to be able to go 180 with a sweep either side.
Correct crosshair-placement will compensate for the loss of sens.

movement and positioning; keep tight angles and always try to be able to fall back.
Sidestepping and shoot you can train very easy but it is very monotone.
Try to keep an eye on empty lanes, where enemies can come from, on your minimap

Learn some nades, a well placed smoke/flah/molly can make a huge difference.
I suggest yt. n0thing has some great detailed vids.

But most importantly, are you having fun?
If playing makes you bored, frustrated, etc, etc it will be much harder to improve.
Play some casual, try out some new guns, tactics
Deathmatch even against bots can be a good warming up
(maybe after practise on workshop maps).

Don't overdo the training most importantly is you having fun, yet look at your gameplay critical.
Or don't look critical and just play to have fun.

GL

[S h i r 0 n e]

Try to find some aim maps and train aim, it help me so much :D

[Delta.]

Lower your sensetivity, it wil be too high u dont improve. And train on aim maps/ hs only servers.

[Zero]

Originally posted by Delta:

Lower your sensetivity, it wil be too high u dont improve. And train on aim maps/ hs only servers.

I tried slightly lowering it to 2.35 but a teammate said that my sens was super low when I played with that.

[JP]

Because 1m.+ videos tell everyone that first thing new players have to do is to find sens end resolution;since that comes last,majority struggles to improve aim and find resolution for years.
Look at lvl10 matches and when you can understand why everything is done in particular order then you have basic understanding of the game.
Then when you know all timings and angles then you will know naturally at what sens and resolution you will hold and peek those angles;not other way around.

[Frazon]

If your hours are legit and you didn't just idle somewhere, I have no idea how you can struggle that much to be honest. As for FPS, I personally consider anything below 200 nearly unplayable while having a Ping above 50 is just as detrimental to my ability to play competitively.

As for sensitivity, there are many, many, many guides on how to find the best sensitivity for you so I won't go into that.

If you want to practice raw mouse control, play Osu!. If you want to practice for MM, play Deathmatch 64tick. If you want to practice for FaceIT play Community Deathmatch 128tick, HS only.

Learn Smokes, Flashes, Nades, Molotovs for 1 map and only play that map. I recommend Cache or Mirage. And if you don't have Prime... Get Prime.