Skills

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*“The separation of talent and **skill** is one of the greatest misunderstood concepts for people who are trying to excel, who have dreams, who want to do things. Talent you have naturally. **Skill** is only developed by hours and hours and hours of beating on your craft."* - Will Smith

The skill of a player is particularly important in multiplayer games as it, more often than not, determines the winner of a game. For players to enjoy a game, they should typically be matched against players of a similar skill level, thereby increasing competition.

In this section, we will list a few guides that you need to develop to step up your game in Special Force 2. The only way to practice these skills, is to put time and effort for practicing their skills.

**SKILL GUIDES**

* Peek Guide
* Aim Guide
* Map Knowledge
* Game Sense
* Adaptability

## **Peek Guide**

Peeking is a technique of movement in to which you attempt getting a quick view of a corner with the least exposure of your body or avoiding quick engagements. Players commonly used this technique. Some players used fast and slow peeks to gain the upper hand. Peeking fast means attempting to have a glance at the angle cover as quickly as possible. Take note that you should minimize this technique. Players frequently commit this mistake to peek an angle when an enemy is continuously shooting at your previous peek position. Instead of immediately re-peeking the same spot, Enemies can anticipate your moves so watch out!

## **Aim Guide**

Learning how to control your mouse is very important. Make it a point to always keep your aim moving so that you avoid any blind spots during movement.

Aiming is an essential skill required and players needs to improve. Being able to shoot the enemy accurately is key. You can may have all the knowledge, the callouts and the game sense. However, if you cannot point your gun where your enemy is, you won’t be able to master the game. Some players are not gifted as the others. The said players can master the aiming guide in a few days or weeks but some, they do a lot of practicing at training regarding how to properly aim. in this section we will list some guides how to improve your aim.

* **Mouse Sensitivity**

In adjusting your sensitivity, the players must understand 2 things:

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    1. **DPI (Dots Per Inch)**

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It is a measurement of how sensitive a mouse is. A higher a mouse dpi, The farther the cursor the screen will move when you move the mouse. For some players when engaging to public game matches, there aren't any advantages for having a higher DPI. In Fact, when you interviewed one of the pro players, or when you look closely at their gameplay, they always play with low setting DPI.

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    2. **in-game Sensitivity**

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The common mistake that usually the players made is to make their mouse sensitivity far too high. The maximum mouse sensitivity in-game is 100. So commonly, players especially the beginners goes with the ranges 40-80. This mistakes can give you less control over your aim.

* **Recoil Control**

Constantly, the players common mistakes is constantly changing what gun are they are using. The problem with this is that every weapon has its own unique recoil control pattern. The key is to consistently use the same gun over and over again to build that muscle memory. To master this technique is you have to go over the training room or any Team Death Matches, Preferably the AI Team Death Matches so you can practice them like you are really in the public game matches.

* **Tracking**

Tracking means moving crosshair properly to remain with target when either one of you (or both) are moving.
Also, it means being able to turn the corner while aiming at the edge of the wall, where you expect an enemy to show up first in your line of sight.

## **Map Knowledge**

This technique is the biggest challenge new players will encounter in this game. There are some ways that you can master this technique, for beginners, the players must be familiar with the map's topography view, the objective of each game modes and lastly the routes and expected routes of the enemies. As for the advance players who wanted to master this technique, The player should know the different callouts of each maps. the routes and expected routes of the enemies. and lastly the commonly utility spot locations at sites

## **Game Sense**

Mainly by playing the game and gaining experience, The most important thing is to predict your enemies moves, to be aware of your positioning’s advantage or disadvantage, and when is the right time to attack, defend, chase or hide. All of these elements together are simply translated to game-sense. The first step is to address the limitations of the working memory. If you’re trying to gain new information while watching a guide on YouTube or watching a tournaments, actively pause the video when you discover something important. Slow it down, give yourself time to ponder one or two pieces of information at a time. By giving yourself this extra time to stop and think, your brain won’t actively delete the information like it would otherwise, you’ll finally have the opportunity to store it in your long-term memory. Next step is to take notes! After you watched the pro players competing at the tournaments or the streamers, you can take down notes and this is important! Taking notes is also a key factor to improve your game sense.

## **Adaptability**

As we approach the end of the guide, This subject is disregarded a lot especially the newbies and to be fair it is understandable. Being adaptable means not doing the same thing every single game, every round or every match. Just like map knowledge, adaptability comes mainly with time and experience. To improve this technique, one must avoid doing the common mistakes. Such as sticking to the plan too much, as a player one must be flexible in handling fast decision making at the game. Because having a good plan is good but what if the tables have turn in a quick snap? Next, Do not go for the most obvious choice. Unless of course, it is your only option. Lastly, It can be hard in the heat of the battle, but try to pause for a moment to consider all your options before deciding on your next move.

## **Components of Skills**

* Breaks in Play "Warm Ups"

Performing a warm-up is important prior to any physical activity, and gaming is no different! A good warm-up will make you feel loose and ready to play. A great warm-up will elevate your game play by mirroring the movements of your performance

* Practice

It is obvious that if you want to get better you need to practice more, but this doesn’t mean just mindlessly queueing one game after another.

If you are serious about improving and getting better, climbing in divisions, ranks, elo or whatever matchmaking system the game you enjoy has, it is crucial to give all of your energy every game.

Generally, you will prefer to have a proactive mindset rather than a reactive one. You should always be thinking of what you are doing, the choices you are making in-game and why you are making these decisions. Furthermore, it’s not enough to think about your own gameplay but also about your opponents.

Understanding what the enemy is going to attempt to do and being able to predict it is a skill that needs to be trained just like any other. This is impossible to achieve if you are not totally into the game that you are in.

* Progression

Every game you join is a new opportunity for you to do something better than before and you should make that your goal or your objective. Making small steps forward every day can lead to giant leaps forward in very short amounts of time. Players usually overestimate how much they can accomplish in a day but underestimate how much can be achieved in a year.

Progression is something that happens over long periods so be patient and keep going. Take things slowly, and go day by day. Focus on learning something new every day but most importantly, don’t forget to practice the execution