PMS Stargirl
06-27-2006, 02:11 PM
I asked the guy that posted it if I could put it here and he said yes....so here are some FFA Pointers....
There are many ways to improve your ffa game, and i'm going to explain them to improve your FFA game so you have a better chance when it comes to seeding at NY and etc. If your asking yourself "Why should I listen to this clown?" You don't have to i don't have the credentials, but i've been playing FFA long enough with some of the best and i've realized, what really separates the great+consistent ffa players to the mediocre-inconsistent ffa players. Well, a couple of months ago i was in an ffa slump and i couldn't get out of it than i used these ways to improve my ffa game GREATLY.
****THIS IS A LONG READ*****
First Point- Everyone knows this point, yet i'm still amazed how much people don't follow it, DON'T GET MAD, it affects your game greatly, just because you missed your melee or someone did something stupid don't get upset over it, because it affects your game more than you think it does. Just take a deep breath in and out and remind yourself it's ffa, stuff like this is going to tend to happen.
Second Point- Never give up, this sort of relates to the first point, because when people are getting unlucky, they tend to get mad and end up RUSHING like crazy and just dieing consistently and going 1 for 1, which isn't good. FFA is part luck, my most recent example is i've been down by 17 kills from 1st, and i was in last, yet i was still able to place second because i didn't change the way i was playing, i didn't start rushing in fury, i just breathed in and out reminded myself that it was just bad luck and that i'd get over it. I continued playing normal until my good luck started to kick in which happened when i went on a running riot in P 2, which is very rare when playing with good people. Don't get upset if your in last you can still place top 4
Third Point- People say play with people better than you, this is partly true and partly not. Playing with people that have better individual skill helps your individual skill, but you also adapt to their playing style which also helps, but being accustomed by the way they play is not that smart. A good ffa player isn't always the person with the greatest individual skill of the group, it's the person who can adapt to the playing styles of different players the quickest and still be able to place top 4 consistently with different people. If you want to become a better FFA player you can't play with the same people over and over, you should play people at all skill levels at FFA, not to get you better individually, but to see all the different types of playing styles. I'm sure one time or another you've heard someone say "BLAH i can't play with this room a bunch of bad kids who don't know who they're doing!" when in reality that person is just adapted to the playing styles of the people he always plays with. Your best bet to becoming better at adjusting yourself to the play style of the FFA your in, is to play with as many different people as you can even if they are not as good individually as you are. Because theres a good chance at the MLG you go to compete in the ffa at, not everyone is going to play the same..
Fourth Point- Don't Fool Yourself, i've been in many ffas in the past that people will just say "oh i'm not trying," will sometimes it is true whether the person's eating or just not playing. If your trying don't be embarrassed if your losing because your only doing harm to your ffa game, clouding your mentality of becoming better, because if something doesn't go your way like you getting out BR'd you'll just think "hey if i was trying i'd destroy that kid!" which will interrupt you trying to think of what you could have done better, also it will lead to a bigger downfall, when you play on LAN and don't go as far as you planned that you were going to get. Also, something that relates to this point is the "oh i'm not warmed up," i've used this excuse for my first game that i play that game, plenty of times in the past, BUT you have to understand if you use this excuse it will take you longer to "warm-up" because you have the mentality "oh my BR is not warmed up thats why that happened" Now when i warm-up i usually don't think of it as my warm-up game, i just try the best i can if i don't place top 4, **** happens but don't get mad over it or making excuses that you need to warm-up, because usually it'll give you the mentality that you still need to warm-up which will make you play worse and worse as the day goes on. Also just because you lose to someone that you can almost always beat, congratulate him, don't say " i wasn't warmed up" which leads to the next point.
Fifth Point-- People can lose FFA's.... just because you have beaten pros in the only ffa you have ever played with them doesn't necessarily your better than them at FFA, so don't let it get to your head, your a better FFA player than someone if you consistently place higher than them in many ffa's and can adapt better to certain situations and playing styles, than they can. So just because you beat that certain pro in ONE FFA, doesn't mean your better so don't let it get to your head.
Sixth Point-- ReEvaluate Your Style, We've heard this many times, that when you die, evaluate what you could of done to avoided that situation, and what could you have done better. Very few people actually do this, for example i used to have a bad habit of when i spawned car 2, id jump on top of the car 2 egg shell and go car 3, which is really bad because usually 75% of the time you will get BR'd from one of the bases on your way to CAR 3 than you'll probably either get killed or stolen by the guy on Car 3. so i thought to myself, (whenever i died on car 2 egg shell) hey if you spawn car 2 don't be so impatient, DON'T get on the egg shell. Of course there are exceptions to this rule such as if two - three people are fighting at car 3, some times its okay but most of the time it isn't, it's all based on your judgement. So Evaluate yourself when you die, and not just say "oh he was so lucky!"
Seventh Point- Be unpredictable, yes ffa is adapting to other people's playing styles, but being unpredictable helps tremendously, when people are trying to adapt to the way you play ffa, which always leaves them guessing giving you that extra step ahead.
Eighth Point- Last, but not least, you need to have Experience and have Good Mentality, and by experience i mean play ffa's learn nade spots, learn little spots where you can spawn trap someone while your recovering your shield, For example, if i get a double kill in red 2 and have no shield, i know a spot where i can ghandi hop up and down while my shield's recharging, and sometimes i can spawn trap someone spawnning and assassinate them, then i can just go back to what i was doing in the ffa, which can give you an extra kill.
Having a good mentality will help you tremendously, because if you think your BR sucks it will suck....If you think your melees are horrible they will be horrible..etc. Also, stop messing around with sensitivities stick to what your used to, stick to what you like, because not only does this mess with your game it also messes with your mentality whether or not you think your BR is good or bad. Anyways back to the point that if you think your melees are horrible, they will be horrible. I know some people (won't name them) that whenever they get in a melee battle with me they always think they're going to get outmelee'd just because ive outmelee'ed them OVER AND OVER again during the FFA, (i claw have been for a LONG time now, so i can outmaneuver people very easily during close range battles) just because you get OUTBR'd by so-and-so all the time don't be upset, just evaluate what you could of done to outBR him, which leads back to the points back up there.
This is what helps me during FFA's and seeing all these threads about how to improve my BR, and FFA is really dumb, because most of all this is mental which you can easily fix, it's not always going to be because of your sensitivity or because of bad luck, sure some of them might but most of the problems with your FFA game can be improved by yourself.
Sorry for the long read, if this doesn't help you out sorry, but if you took the time to read this than i appreciate it, because all i was trying to do was help out some of the FFA players out there wanting to improve their FFA game. Also, if you have something that helps you play FFA and has improved your ffa game, go ahead and post it below.
Ok thanks for taking your time to read all this, hope this helps.
P.S - to make this thread a little more helpful and more organized i'll place other points made by members that could help your ffa game and mentality.
Point 9--- Watch VoD, to gain valuable experience by watching how pros play and how they adapt to different playing styles---eccentricity00
Point 10--- Don't be upset if you don't get first, the mentality you should have is placing top 4, nothing else.----IIjesusII
Point 11--- Don't overplay it, playing too much ffa can cause harm to your ffa game, making you rush more, and not think. This has happened to me many times so i can relate to it. You may think it's increasing your endurance but in reality, your hurting yourself in the long run. TAKE BREAKS(as in 1-2 day breaks), breaks do help your ffa game and mental aspects of your game be refreshed, so you play smarter and don't get frustrutated much.--papakitty
Point 12--- Take off your headset, it helps you not get as frustrated hearing annoying people over your headset, that or listen to some music if that calms you down. It's all preference- Hali
There are many ways to improve your ffa game, and i'm going to explain them to improve your FFA game so you have a better chance when it comes to seeding at NY and etc. If your asking yourself "Why should I listen to this clown?" You don't have to i don't have the credentials, but i've been playing FFA long enough with some of the best and i've realized, what really separates the great+consistent ffa players to the mediocre-inconsistent ffa players. Well, a couple of months ago i was in an ffa slump and i couldn't get out of it than i used these ways to improve my ffa game GREATLY.
****THIS IS A LONG READ*****
First Point- Everyone knows this point, yet i'm still amazed how much people don't follow it, DON'T GET MAD, it affects your game greatly, just because you missed your melee or someone did something stupid don't get upset over it, because it affects your game more than you think it does. Just take a deep breath in and out and remind yourself it's ffa, stuff like this is going to tend to happen.
Second Point- Never give up, this sort of relates to the first point, because when people are getting unlucky, they tend to get mad and end up RUSHING like crazy and just dieing consistently and going 1 for 1, which isn't good. FFA is part luck, my most recent example is i've been down by 17 kills from 1st, and i was in last, yet i was still able to place second because i didn't change the way i was playing, i didn't start rushing in fury, i just breathed in and out reminded myself that it was just bad luck and that i'd get over it. I continued playing normal until my good luck started to kick in which happened when i went on a running riot in P 2, which is very rare when playing with good people. Don't get upset if your in last you can still place top 4
Third Point- People say play with people better than you, this is partly true and partly not. Playing with people that have better individual skill helps your individual skill, but you also adapt to their playing style which also helps, but being accustomed by the way they play is not that smart. A good ffa player isn't always the person with the greatest individual skill of the group, it's the person who can adapt to the playing styles of different players the quickest and still be able to place top 4 consistently with different people. If you want to become a better FFA player you can't play with the same people over and over, you should play people at all skill levels at FFA, not to get you better individually, but to see all the different types of playing styles. I'm sure one time or another you've heard someone say "BLAH i can't play with this room a bunch of bad kids who don't know who they're doing!" when in reality that person is just adapted to the playing styles of the people he always plays with. Your best bet to becoming better at adjusting yourself to the play style of the FFA your in, is to play with as many different people as you can even if they are not as good individually as you are. Because theres a good chance at the MLG you go to compete in the ffa at, not everyone is going to play the same..
Fourth Point- Don't Fool Yourself, i've been in many ffas in the past that people will just say "oh i'm not trying," will sometimes it is true whether the person's eating or just not playing. If your trying don't be embarrassed if your losing because your only doing harm to your ffa game, clouding your mentality of becoming better, because if something doesn't go your way like you getting out BR'd you'll just think "hey if i was trying i'd destroy that kid!" which will interrupt you trying to think of what you could have done better, also it will lead to a bigger downfall, when you play on LAN and don't go as far as you planned that you were going to get. Also, something that relates to this point is the "oh i'm not warmed up," i've used this excuse for my first game that i play that game, plenty of times in the past, BUT you have to understand if you use this excuse it will take you longer to "warm-up" because you have the mentality "oh my BR is not warmed up thats why that happened" Now when i warm-up i usually don't think of it as my warm-up game, i just try the best i can if i don't place top 4, **** happens but don't get mad over it or making excuses that you need to warm-up, because usually it'll give you the mentality that you still need to warm-up which will make you play worse and worse as the day goes on. Also just because you lose to someone that you can almost always beat, congratulate him, don't say " i wasn't warmed up" which leads to the next point.
Fifth Point-- People can lose FFA's.... just because you have beaten pros in the only ffa you have ever played with them doesn't necessarily your better than them at FFA, so don't let it get to your head, your a better FFA player than someone if you consistently place higher than them in many ffa's and can adapt better to certain situations and playing styles, than they can. So just because you beat that certain pro in ONE FFA, doesn't mean your better so don't let it get to your head.
Sixth Point-- ReEvaluate Your Style, We've heard this many times, that when you die, evaluate what you could of done to avoided that situation, and what could you have done better. Very few people actually do this, for example i used to have a bad habit of when i spawned car 2, id jump on top of the car 2 egg shell and go car 3, which is really bad because usually 75% of the time you will get BR'd from one of the bases on your way to CAR 3 than you'll probably either get killed or stolen by the guy on Car 3. so i thought to myself, (whenever i died on car 2 egg shell) hey if you spawn car 2 don't be so impatient, DON'T get on the egg shell. Of course there are exceptions to this rule such as if two - three people are fighting at car 3, some times its okay but most of the time it isn't, it's all based on your judgement. So Evaluate yourself when you die, and not just say "oh he was so lucky!"
Seventh Point- Be unpredictable, yes ffa is adapting to other people's playing styles, but being unpredictable helps tremendously, when people are trying to adapt to the way you play ffa, which always leaves them guessing giving you that extra step ahead.
Eighth Point- Last, but not least, you need to have Experience and have Good Mentality, and by experience i mean play ffa's learn nade spots, learn little spots where you can spawn trap someone while your recovering your shield, For example, if i get a double kill in red 2 and have no shield, i know a spot where i can ghandi hop up and down while my shield's recharging, and sometimes i can spawn trap someone spawnning and assassinate them, then i can just go back to what i was doing in the ffa, which can give you an extra kill.
Having a good mentality will help you tremendously, because if you think your BR sucks it will suck....If you think your melees are horrible they will be horrible..etc. Also, stop messing around with sensitivities stick to what your used to, stick to what you like, because not only does this mess with your game it also messes with your mentality whether or not you think your BR is good or bad. Anyways back to the point that if you think your melees are horrible, they will be horrible. I know some people (won't name them) that whenever they get in a melee battle with me they always think they're going to get outmelee'd just because ive outmelee'ed them OVER AND OVER again during the FFA, (i claw have been for a LONG time now, so i can outmaneuver people very easily during close range battles) just because you get OUTBR'd by so-and-so all the time don't be upset, just evaluate what you could of done to outBR him, which leads back to the points back up there.
This is what helps me during FFA's and seeing all these threads about how to improve my BR, and FFA is really dumb, because most of all this is mental which you can easily fix, it's not always going to be because of your sensitivity or because of bad luck, sure some of them might but most of the problems with your FFA game can be improved by yourself.
Sorry for the long read, if this doesn't help you out sorry, but if you took the time to read this than i appreciate it, because all i was trying to do was help out some of the FFA players out there wanting to improve their FFA game. Also, if you have something that helps you play FFA and has improved your ffa game, go ahead and post it below.
Ok thanks for taking your time to read all this, hope this helps.
P.S - to make this thread a little more helpful and more organized i'll place other points made by members that could help your ffa game and mentality.
Point 9--- Watch VoD, to gain valuable experience by watching how pros play and how they adapt to different playing styles---eccentricity00
Point 10--- Don't be upset if you don't get first, the mentality you should have is placing top 4, nothing else.----IIjesusII
Point 11--- Don't overplay it, playing too much ffa can cause harm to your ffa game, making you rush more, and not think. This has happened to me many times so i can relate to it. You may think it's increasing your endurance but in reality, your hurting yourself in the long run. TAKE BREAKS(as in 1-2 day breaks), breaks do help your ffa game and mental aspects of your game be refreshed, so you play smarter and don't get frustrutated much.--papakitty
Point 12--- Take off your headset, it helps you not get as frustrated hearing annoying people over your headset, that or listen to some music if that calms you down. It's all preference- Hali