CS:GO Competitive Warm-up Guide

Hello, thanks for viewing my guide! This is my guide on how to warm up before jumping straight into your first game of the day. This is my first guide and feedback would be greatly appreciated! Please tell me if you think i need to add/improve something or if anything I have wrote is incorrect.

Intro

This guide was created to help people warm up for competative, rather than using the 'first game of the day' excuse.

Set-up

Okay, so first of all, your setup. Your setup is an important factor to playing comfortably In CS:GO. Playing comfortably is very important in competitive as the games can last up to an hour. You don’t need a tonne of fancy gear to achieve a good comfortable setup. A lot of people fall into that trap that is ‘gaming’ equipment; you simply don’t need it! For an efficient place to game, you ideally need a large tidy desk and a good chair that you are comfortable sitting in for extended periods of time. When I say ‘tidy desk’, I mean a clutter-free place with the bare minimums. Your PC, monitor, mouse and keyboard and maybe a drink if you have spare room. You should not be cramped at your desk, if you have to constantly adjust your position due to being uncomfortable, consider changing your setup! When playing competitive, your full attention should be on the game, not moving yourself around. This setup (not mine) shows you what a good efficent setup should look like.

But on the other hand, there is setups that don't need much work to be good. Use this for example:
This example is extremely cluttered. It could just be a simple case of moving all the junk off the first part of the desk, then there would be ample room for the mouse to be used comfortably. I can't imagine using that mouse under the shelf. Again, it's not the equiptment that counts, its simply how you use it!

Peripherals

Although peripherals aren’t the most important thing, a good mouse and mouse mat is a great investment. The keyboard, in my opinion, is the least important part of a gaming setup and should come last on your list. Having a good mouse can help you out as they are quite important when it comes to accuracy. A mouse will NOT improve your skill! But having a good mouse is worthless without a surface to use it on! A large mouse mat is recommended for gaming as you can move the mouse further without picking it up, giving you a disadvantage as you won’t be as accurate with your mouse off the mat. Also, don’t have your sensitivity too high! It may be hard to get use to at first, but if you have a decent size mouse mat, it should improve your accuracy. I picked up this tip from this great guide for CS:GO: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=313611266

Heres some mouse mats that i would reccomend you trying:
Hard Surface - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Razer-Sphex-Gaming-Mouse-Mat/dp/B002GQSIWI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1416070868&sr=8-1&keywords=razer+sphex

Cloth Surface - http://www.amazon.co.uk/SteelSeries-QcK-Gaming-Mouse-Black/dp/B000UEZ36W/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1416070888&sr=8-1&keywords=steelseries+mouse+mat

Sound Setup

Sound is an important part of competitive. Hearing footsteps form a nearby enemy will give you a huge advantage over a player who hasn’t set up their sound correctly. First of all, turn off any music or unnecessary, noise causing programmes. The only programmes making noise should be: Counter Strike and whatever communication programme (skype, TeamSpeak) you use, if you even use one. Make sure your game volume is loud enough to hear any small sounds. This may feel too loud sometimes, like gun shooting, but you’ll get used to it. Now, onto the equipment! If your using headphones or a headset, it’s rather simple. As long as they are at least stereo and sound half decent, you should be fine. Ideally you want a virtual surround sound headset although it isn’t necessary. A good stereo headset is better than a poor quality 'surround sound' headset. It won’t give you a huge help unless you are in top rank matchmaking. If using speakers on the other hand, getting them set up correctly is important. I won’t go in full detail as that would go on forever, but here’s a list of things to set up speakers correctly: positioned left and right and with a fair distance between them and the monitor (enough so that you can easily tell the difference between left and right), have them sound decent, point them towards your ears, be able to have them loud. There is probably a lot more but I believe that should do. Do NOT use built in monitor/laptop speakers; please. There is a lot of sounds within the game which are quite important that you here. Someone with their sound setup properly will have an advantage over a player with a poor sound setup!

Getting into the swing of things!

Next up is getting use to the game. I see far too many people join a competitive game, do awful then when someone rages at them; “It’s my first game of the day”. Why play competitive then? You will most likely not be on top form when you play your first game of the day. Instead of jumping straight into a competitive match, warm up first. This is fairly simple and there is many ways of doing it. Personally, I like to go in a few games of death match and/or practice my aim on a community map (my favourite is http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=213240871). You don’t need to spend hours warming up either. Just play until you think you are ready to play a competitive game.

Communication

Finally, for now, is communication. This is KEY when playing competitive. Your team NEEDS to talk to and listen to each other if you want any chance of success! Make sure you have a mic, and use it as long as it isn’t the equivalent of a sandwich (This can be annoying and off-putting). It’s not that difficult. Press ‘k’ (default) to speak to your team. When you die, tell them where you died at, how many enemies, what guns and using the death camera, what way they are going. Don’t rage in chat either. It doesn’t help your team when the last man can’t hear footsteps because you’re shouting “HACKER!!11!!!!!1!” at the top of your voice. Everyone rages every now and then, its fine, but just keep it to you. Your team will probably kick you if you continue.

Outro

Thank you very much for reading my guide! If you enjoyed or thought it was good please rate and favourite. And if you have any improvements or corrections, please tell me go i can improve this guide!

Check out my new guide! : http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=341711400

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