The Complete Guide to WCS or How Not To Be A Noob! v0.6

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General Rules of Thumb in WCS

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1. This may be quite easy to miss, but sound is extremely important in WCS, even more so than regular CS - it gives away everything. Be stealthy, be quiet and ALWAYS listen - and your performance will improve dramatically.
2. Be aware that a lot of times you will face races that can respawn themselves and/or others, so if you notice a tendency of people coming back to life, camp their bodies for around 6 seconds and DON'T turn your back on them.
3. Walking is extremely underrated - you give away no sounds and barring the very aggressive races, this should be your modus operandi. Don't rush, have some patience and you will have
4. Some races are made for ambush and patience - so slow advancement and some camping won't hurt.
5. If your team is getting rushed and raped, don't rush. Sit back, let them come at you so you would at least have a chance.
6. Each race is unique with its own strengths and weaknesses - learn them and use it to your advantage (rough guide will follow).
7. Play it smart and play to your personal strengths - if you don't have an instant reaction, it's probably not the best idea to rush.
8. Items are very important to good gameplay - a lot of times it is better to have a lace (Neclace of Immunity) than to have a gun as you'll find plenty of these on the ground. Lace, health and other items can often be the difference between life and death, so buy them.
9. While leveling, pay attention to surroundings. If you are good, buying a gun and items can help you level up faster but if you are playing against a stacked team or with race you are struggling, I'd highly recommend saving money and buying 5 times (you save money).
10. In general, you will have a better reputation if you will not whine and complain all the times - realize that this is a game, that teams can be stacked quite a bit and that for some this serious business - and just have fun with it.
11. Predict what people will do and learn their gamestyles - a lot of time you will know exactly what they're probably going to do and you can counter.
12. Learn the maps - I can't stress this enough. Learn the common camping spots, learn great places to hide, learn the places where there's likely not going to be anyone and etc.
13. If your team is losing, think how you can help it - CSS is still a team game and even people like Spasm can't kill everything forever. Besides, everyone loves good team players.
14. Learn the guns - some of them function different with different races in this mod than in regular CSS (I.E. Nebula with TMP can be monstrous)
15. It is generally better to stick together (barring few races which will be covered lately) - chances of winning against the top players or even against an enemy group of 2 or 3 are slim. Use the very efficient Roman tactic known as "Divide and Conquer."
16. Know your enemies - play it smart and don't rush out if there are 4 players left against someone like Spasm (this is generally true for most maxed players - you can find them by typing playerinfo and checking people's levels): play it smart, stick together.