Three Tips for Being Better at Video Games

Want to get better at online video games but not sure where to start? Here’s a few tips on how to become a better gamer.

Make a thorough assessment of your computer/internet.

Firstly, you need to take stock of your computer and internet situation. Playing online games requires you to have a clean running internet connection, that is stable. Short disconnects and lag spikes happening at the wrong time during a game can cause game changing moments resulting in a loss. More losses equals lower rating. Lower rating means you play with and against worse players, and do not improve as quickly.

Making sure you have a good ping speed  is part of the solution. It’s also important that your computer is running well. Make sure antivirus scans will not start mid game. Ensure your computer is free of spyware and malware, and anything that will slow it down. Be sure to stop your torrent software during a game, or at the very least cap the download and upload speed to around half your bandwidth to allow plenty of bandwidth for game information to be transferred.

Finally, check your peripherals. You keyboard and mouse should be working flawlessly. An impediment in keys or buttons that causes you to react an extra 10% slower is unacceptable. Imagine a runner showing up to a race with an injury making him 10% slower. They would no longer be competitive, and better off not running at all.

Therefore, any limiting factors with your computer and internet need to be addressed before we can make any other improvements to our gaming.

Your mindset and strategy.

Understand what factors make you win and lose. Try to improve the weakest aspect of your game. Part of being a great gamer, it to have won the game before it begins. We do this by entering the game with a strategy that makes it impossible for the opponent to beat us. Following this we need a mechanism of winning the game. Depending on the rules of the game, this may just mean obtaining an early edge, and then holding on to this edge all game by never exposing any weakness.

Playing games while hungry, fatigued or under the influence of drugs and alcohol will make you play worse on that game. This will also be detrimental to the development of your skills.

Play more

It takes thousands of matches to reach the highest levels or competitive gaming. Mechanics of a game are often complex and there are many small advantages that can be exploited to gain a winning edge. Experienced and good players know what the positional advantages in their game are, and aim to secure the winning position as quickly as possible. Playing more against good players will also give you insight into how opponents think and react. Be sure to observe patterns in their behaviour under certain conditions that you can exploit to win.

Follow these basic 3 things and you too, can improve your gaming to the next level.

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