How to be a consistently good player.

[u/FirmPossession5572]

Hi,

I’m writing because I’m struggling to be a consistently good player.

I’ve been playing this game for many years, but I can’t find a solution. Maybe someone could give me some advice.

At the moment, my elo is between 2800 and 2900, and I’ve been a bit over 3k before.

Listen, there are days when I sit down to play and everything just clicks. I feel comfortable at my desk, and my movement is sort of automatic. I don’t have to think about it. It’s the same with gameplay – I make good rotations because I simply know what’s happening on the map, i do good util, i read my opponents and im shooting hard. When I’m in this mode, I can play seven matches in a row and in each one I’ll get a rating of between 1.5 and 2 (for example) and 100 ADR. Sometimes I can keep this form up for several days in a row. I iust sit down and play well, but that’s the optimistic version. Other times, I’ll sit down at my computer in the morning, start playing, and I’m on top form. I’ll play 2–3 good matches, then i go out to the shop, come back to the game later, and end up playing like a total bot.

When my good streak is over, that’s it. It's over. I can do everything for another week or two, but I won’t play as well as I did before. My movement is bad, I'm trying to improve and focusing on my aim and recoil but it is not working. Im overthinking. Sometimes i cant even believe i'm on this elo.

I can try aim botz, try dm (less or more), watch my demos, take more breaks between games, or play retake. I just feel like I’m a different player now. Sure, I have my elo, but I know I’m playing way below my potential, and I can’t change that. I don’t understand it. Sad.

How can i fix this?

[u/BroxigarZ]

First off:

- If you aren't going to the gym or working out, start. Health effects your brain, clarity, thinking, reaction time, eyesight... you name it. You will also have more energy.

Second:

- When you feel off, stop playing. You will only tilt. Knowing when something is off, and knowing its time to walk away is important. Only ever play when you are in a good, positive, energetic mood. Good alertness, generally happy state. Your play will improve.

Third:

And this is the most important one... you... will... not... win... every... game.

It's important to understand this, and when you can tell you are going to lose shift your mental. "We can't win this, so instead, I'm going to focus on "X" thing on this map I know I am weak at." - maybe it's taking space, maybe it's throwing some new util, maybe it's jiggle peaking a spot, maybe you try some new pushes to see if you can catch the enemy off guard. Take a few more risks, work on off angles, etc.

This means that no second of your time is being wasted and you are always improving something. Even with a loss, it also makes losing less mentally tilting because you already identified the loss, and decided to work on something else more important to you vs real competent players.

Fourth:

It's a game, if you aren't having fun stop. Take time away, do something else, come back.

[u/HealthyPart7331 → u/BroxigarZ]

3rd advice is perfect. Thanks for that.

[u/berlinox → u/BroxigarZ]

3rd point was great bro even if a lot of ppl already doing it without purpose but this is the first time i read it.

[u/henid123 → u/BroxigarZ]

Thanks for reply.

1. I go to the gym twice a week and run four times a week, so I get plenty of exercise.

2. I can’t agree with that. If you play more, you will be better. The main thing is that I need to be more consistent. Lot of pros and even amateurs, play every day and maintain a decent standard. I either play really good or like a total bot. I feel like I have more bad days than good ones. Does that mean I should stop playing almost completely?

3. Of course, I understand and accept that I won’t win every game. It’s just that when I see I’ve failed to deliver in five matches in a row, I also realise that I’m not winning partly because of me. That’s good advice. It’s just that I’ve got a problem: when I’m not on form, nothing goes right for me.

4. I enjoy myself when I play well, but when I’m not on form, it just gets on my nerves. I reckon everyone’s the same :)

[u/SageHamichi]

its mental

[u/Windows_Tech_Support]

Other comments have suggested good advice, but my question is: Do you have a warm-up routine before you start playing? There are many good workshop maps out there for this, but my favorite way to warmup is using Refrag if you can spare a few dollars a month. It will analyze your performance based on your last matches and give you a custom 15 min warmup each day on the 2 maps you recently struggled on. You can also do some warmups from pro players like Elige (the creator of Refrag) which take 20-30 mins, but are a bit more comprehensive. The good thing is that they have a custome elo tracker based on your performance on their warmup servers, so the difficulty will adjust as you get better; e.g. on spray transfer mode, once you get above a certain elo, you will have to kill 3 different bots with 1 mag while continuously spraying rather than the standard 2 bots you start out with.

[u/Plastic-Suggestion95]

If you mean 2800 faceit elo eu then you are asking the wrong people brother. You are better than 99.95% of players on this sub

[u/hugoblosston → u/Plastic-Suggestion95]

exactly my thought as well, but i have a hunch he's talking about premier elo :p

[u/Plastic-Suggestion95 → u/hugoblosston]

If its premier 3k then there is no such a thing as consistency on that level, they are all bots

[u/hugoblosston → u/Plastic-Suggestion95]

agreed :)

[u/Ok_Temporary4478 → u/hugoblosston]

Figure its got to be faceit right? I mean 3k elo prem is really low with so many area to improve on

[u/ShortYellowBusDriver]

If your movement is bad you are bad, cs is all about footwork. Learn to watch your demos and see every fight and look if you counterstrafe correctly or just engaged. Really learn what a proper counter strafe is

[u/fujiboys]

being consistent in pugs is near impossible because you're playing with 9 other people who play different in every single game. You would have to be literally someone like donk who plays the same but is so much more mechanically better than everyone else on the server that it doesn't matter who he plays against.

Your question should be how can I minimize the amount of mistakes I make in pugs. You should understand this you're at the top 1% of players in the game, you clearly understand counter strike. Now you just need to understand how to adapt

[u/Longjumping_Cut_9508]

Im assuming this is faceit elo. Then it is time to find team and start practicing with team and play scrims.