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v.70 (4/6/00)
Updated for Half-Life version 1.0.1.6
Best viewed in Windows Wordpad (no word wrap required).
See bottom of this document for copyright information.

By: Josh R. (Email: joshr@tcac.net) (ICQ #: 34384634)
Half-Life Alias: (CF)-[DS]Hostage

Found at:
http://cfds.cjb.net (our clan website) (this guide is not there yet)
http://www.gamefaqs.com
http://www.gameadvice.com
http://home.planetinternet.be/~twuyts/

(Disclaimer: The stuff in this guide is mostly my opinion spilled out
onto a text document...so if you don't like it, tuff. :P)

PLEASE EMAIL ME WITH ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE!! I AM WILLING TO
HELP!! THE FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS SECTION NEEDS TO GROW!!

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Table O' Contents
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(1.) Updates
(2.) Intro
(3.) Stuff You Should Already Know
(3.1) Abbreviations
(3.1.1) Expression Abbreviations
(3.1.2) People Abbreviations
(3.1.3) Weapon/Item Abbreviations
(3.1.4) Other Abbreviations
(3.2) Other Configs You Should Have
(4.) Stuff You Need to Learn
(4.1) Hardware
(4.2) General Config Tweaks
(4.3) Binding
(4.3.1) Binding Sayings
(4.3.2) Binding Weapons
(4.3.3) Binding Cheats
(4.4) Tau Cannon Tips
(4.4.1) Shooting Through The Wall With The Tau
(4.4.2) Tau Jumping
(4.5) Combos
(4.6) Bots
(4.7) Demos
(4.8) Other Playing Tips
(5.) My Stuff and How I Learned It
(5.1) My Configs
(5.2) My Combos
(5.3) My Favorite Servers
(6.) Map-Specific Strategies
(6.1) Boot_Camp
(6.2) Crossfire
(6.3) Stalkyard
(7.) Frequently Asked Questions
(8.) Other Links
(8.1) General
(8.2) Models
(8.3) Maps
(8.4) Console Commands
(8.5) Logos
(8.6) Communication
(8.7) Sounds
(8.8) Speed Tweaking
(8.9) Bots
(8.10) Binding
(9.) Outro
(10.) Special Thanks and Other Info
(10.1) Special Thanks
(10.2) Contributing
(10.3) Copyright Info




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v.70 (4/6/00)
- Added a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) section.
- Updated my config.cfg file and my autoexec.cfg file with some brand
new strategies of speeding up your gameplay.
- Added some more links to the Other Links section.
- Added a My Favorite Server section to My Stuff and How I Learned It
- Added a tip in the Other Configs You Should Have section of Stuff You
Should Already Know.
- Added map tips and tricks for stalkyard.
- Added some more people to Special Thanks.
- Added a new place where this guide will be found.
- Corrected a few typos here and there, ya know.

v.60 (3/31/00)
- Removed a tip.
- Moved the Links To Websites About Binding down to the Other Links
section, and moved the Bot links to the Other Links section as well.
- Added a few new links to the Other Links section.
- Added map tips and tricks for crossfire.
- Edited map tips and tricks a bit for boot_camp.
- Added a new place where this guide will be found.

v.55 (3/28/00)
- Added Demos section under Stuff You Need To Learn.
- Added map tips and strats for boot_camp.
- Fixed some minor errors.

v.50 (3/25/00)
- First version of this guide.




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Hey!! I decided to write this because I have seen a lot of guides
around the 'net dedicated to Half-Life, but almost none dedicated to
telling the players how to actually be considered good (and, yes, I had
to learn this on my own, and trust me, it wasn't fun. lol). Hopefully,
this will help you a bit in your quest to becoming "good" at Half-Life
and not be labeled a newbie your whole life, or I should say your
"half-life" :P.

This guide assumes that you know how to play and are used to your own
controls. But, I give my controls if you want to tweak yours (although
mine probably aren't any different from any of yours). Also, it assumes
you know which weapon is which and what primary and secondary fire on
each weapon does. If you need to experiment, go ahead and do so before
reading ahead.

One more thing before I start the rest of this guide. What's the
definition of a good Half-Life player? Well, in my opinion, it comes
down to 3 factors: Aim, Memorization, and Evasion (AME). You've got to
know how to hit the guys, where things are in the map you're playing
on, and how to keep from getting hit by the enemy as much as you can.
That's what this guide is for ... to help you with these tasks and make
them more clear so that you can improve at Half-Life. Two words also
come to mind: practice and experience. Without these two things, you
are doomed to crappiness at Half-Life forever :).

Well, read this guide and I hope you learn something. Just remember,
most of being good is your own experiences, so this is just to get you
started on that long road to becoming respected.




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This guide wasn't meant to be a total explanation of how to play Half-
Life, just to help you improve a bit and provide some info you might
not know. But, there are several of you out there that should probably
read through this part of the guide anyways, even if you THINK you know
it all.


You should already be familiarized with the interface of Half-Life
deathmatch (no, deathmatch is NOT Team Fortress dammit) and with what
all the weapons/items do. You should also have a basic idea of what
most of the maps that came with Half-Life look like.


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You should also know what some abbreviations mean that might be said
in-game. Read the list below and make sure you know what these
abbreviations mean so you won't have to ask during a game and be
considered a newbie.


(3.1.1) EXPRESSION ABBREVIATIONS
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lol Laughing Out Loud OR Laughing OnLine
rofl Rolling On the Floor Laughing
gg Good Game
g/g Gotta Go
brb Be Right Back
bbl Be Back Later
afk Away From Keyboard
plz Please
rdy Ready
omg Oh My Gosh
shhhhh newbie A guy that thinks he is good telling a player that he
thinks sucks to stop whining (I used to get this alot)
fyi For Your Information
jk, j/k Just Kidding
thx Thanks
ty Thank You
gl Good Luck
np No Problem
nm Nevermind
c See
r Are
u You
k OK
b4 Before
thru Through
ne1 Anyone


(3.1.2) PEOPLE ABBREVIATIONS
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peeps People
lpb Low Ping Butthead (someone with low latency)
hpb High Ping Butthead (someone with high latency)
hpw High Ping Whiner (someone with high latency that
whines a lot about it); This can also mean High Ping
Warrior, in other words someone that is really good
for their ping.
newbie or newb Someone who is new to the game or just plain sucks at
it.
camper Someone that stays in a certain spot to get items and
kills and almost never moves.
tau jumper Someone who uses the Tau Cannon to jump around while
shooting and trying not to get hit, or who uses it to
run.
scrub Someone who sucks or deserves to have Chinese nipple
torture performed on them because of how low they are.


(3.1.3) WEAPON/ITEM ABBREVIATIONS
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Rocket Launcher rpg, rocket launcher
.357 Magnum mag
Machine Gun mp5, machine gun, mg
MG Grenades grenades, nades, pills, mg grenades
Tau Cannon tau, the cheat gun (lol), wind-up gun, laser gun
Gluon Gun gluon, egon gun, gayon gun, lpb gun
Satchel Charges satchels, c4, explosives, detpacks
Trip Mines mines
Shotgun shotty
Crossbow xbow, bow
Hive Gun bug gun, bee gun (you deserve to be put in the
guillotine if you use this gun too often)
lj Long Jump module


(3.1.4) OTHER ABBREVIATIONS
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dm Death Match
mp MultiPlayer
latency A number showing the reaction time of an action
performed in an online game in milliseconds. Usually
shown by holding .