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Here are ten pieces of advice for everyone who wants to become a very skilful Counter-Strike player:
1. Analyse every frag and death whenever you play.
2. Accept that other people can "just get lucky" and ignore the bullsh*t frags which were impossible.
3. Watch other people's “chasecam” whilst dead and analyse their play. See what works and doesn't work and what you would do differently.
4. Watch demos and get inspired. Learn how to handle situations like 1v2 or 1v1.
5. Learn to read what your enemy is going to do based on their rough skill-level i.e. noobies will rush blindly or camp, whereas skilled players will always try to tip the odds in their favour by positioning and timing
6. Always remember that sound is your friend. get a new headset if necessary to improve your ability to locate enemies using purely sound.
7. For gods sake learn to use the radar. If you can assume flanks left, right and behind are covered by team-mates, you can solely focus your attention on the front instead of having to watch your back constantly.
8. Relax and enjoy the game.
9. Stop when you start becoming frustrated and do something else
10. If you do play on public servers, join clan ones where regular high-skilled clan players warm up. You will get pwned a lot but you should learn and the server will be administrated to stop hackers running wild
Good luck! :D