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Half-Life Counter Strike
Weapons and Tactics Guide v.11
by Mochan
last modified 5-5-2001

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MISSION STATEMENT

This file is meant specifically for the Counter Strike player who is getting
trounced all the time from lack of experience and/or knowledge of tactics.
I am sharing in this guide all the tricks to help you even out the playing
field.

You can try out all the other guides floating around, but I will be a big
rat bastard and tell you that mine is the best to pick up. ^_^

But that's just me talking. Go see for yourself.

This FAQ is also designed to make my name a household name and to
promote the [gulay] way of life everywhere. By reading this FAQ you
have condemned yourself to become a vegetable. Have a nice day.

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E-MAIL POLICY

******* IMPORTANT! READ THIS BEFORE E-MAILING ME ANYTHING *******

Whenever possible, use the Mailing List instead of my e-mail address.

My e-mail address is but PLEASE add a tag to
the subject header [CS FAQ] Make sure to use that tag exactly as I type it,
all caps!

[CS FAQ]

Don't forget.

[CS FAQ]

This will help me sort out all CS-related e-mail. >_<

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ANNOUNCEMENTS
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Since the last version (v.10) I have:

New:
- Benelli M3 Weapon Specific Tactics section (7D)
- a strafe rant (5.b1)

Revised:
- Did a major overhaul in the weapons sections (IV) to compensate for v1.1
- Various edits
- Added a new category for Rate of Fire (Very Fast)
- Lowered the accuracy of UMP, Five-SeveN, and all the snipers.
- Added some binding techniques (5.a4e)
- Changed the UMP from Sporadic to Assault classification (7.i))
- Clarified some things with recoil (3.c)
- Added an extra tip to MP5 sniping (7B)
- Weeded out more typos

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MAILING LIST
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The Half Life: Counter Strike Weapons and Tactics Guide now has a mailing
list. This is primarily for people who wanted me to send them updates as soon
as I finished writing. Whenever I upload a new version to GameFAQs or to my
website (www.crosswinds.net/~mosquiton) I will post a notice to the maliling
list.

To subscribe to the list, send mail to
To post to the list, send mail to

The homepage of the list is at -- http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CSFAQML

Any other info about the list, such as unsubscribing, should be found there.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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MISSION STATEMENT

E-MAIL POLICY

ANNOUNCEMENTS

MAILING LIST

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. INTRODUCTION
1.a -- How to Use this Guide

II. BASIC FIGHTING ATTITUDE

III. BASIC COMBAT TRAINING
3.a -- Camping or Assaulting
3.b -- Aiming: Accuracy and Recoil
3.b1 - The Rule of Aiming
3.c -- Basic Shooting Styles
3.d -- Range
3.e -- Damage: Armor and Location
3.e1 - Location
3.e2 - Armor
3.f -- Stopping Power

IV. THE WEAPONS

4.a -- Pistols
4.b -- Shotguns
4.c -- Submachine Guns
4.d -- Rifles
4.f -- Machine Guns
4.g -- Other Equipment
4.h -- Weapon Movement Speeds
4.i -- Weapon Damage Table

V. COUNTER-STRIKE TECHNIQUES

5.a -- General Techniques
5.a1 - Listening
5.a2 - Weapon Switching
5.a2a - Super Weapon Switching
5.a3 - Radar
5.a3a -- Cheap Night Vision
5.a4 - Miscellaneous Console Commands
5.a4a -- Sensitivity
5.a4b -- Crosshair
5.a4c -- Quick Weapon Switching
5.a4d -- Mouse Filter
5.a4e -- Binding Technique
5.a4f -- On the Fly Config Switch
5.a5 - Speed Buying Technique
5.a6 - End Reloading Technique
5.a7 - Bunny Hopping

5.b -- Defensive Techniques
5.b1 - Side Stepping
5.b2 - Ducking
5.b3 - Jumping
5.b4 - Shadow Technique
5.b5 - Hit and Run Technique
5.b6 - Crowd Defense
5.b6a -- Hostage Defense
5.b7 - Smart Reloading
5.b8 - Continuous Movement Defense
5.b9 - Flee from Fire Technique
5.b10 - Backstabbing Technique (Uragiri)
5.b10a -- Letting the Shadow Pass (Kage Yurutou)
5.b10a -- Baiting the Enemy
5.b11 - Hiding the Ghost (Yurei o Kakushite)
5.b12 - Thrift Technique

5.c -- Offensive Techniques
5.c1 - Stationary Aiming
5.c2 - Hot and Cold Firing Technique
5.c2a -- Jump Aiming
5.c3 - Figure Eight Sidestep Technique
5.c3a -- Anti-Arctic Technique
5.c4 - Assault Weapon Sniping Technique
5.c5 - Perpetual Motion Agressiveness Technique
5.c6 - Find the Weakpoint
5.c6a -- Finding the Blind Spot
5.c7 - Money Flash Awareness Technique (Kane Kae Sen)
5.c8 - Stealth Technique
5.c9 - Team First, You Last
5.c10 - Catching the Motion (Mugento Shunkan)

5.d -- Dirty Tricks
5.d1 - Adjusting Light Gamma
5.d2 - X-Ray Vision
5.d3 - Super Figure Eight Sidestepping
5.d4 - Team Jumps
5.d4a -- Hostage Jumps
5.d5 - Sound Binds
5.d6 - Auto Aim
5.d7 - Smoke no More Technique (Kemuri Muyougiri)
5.d8 - Paralyzing Smoke Technique
5.d9 - Mimic Technique

VI. COUNTER STRIKE ETIQUETTE

VII. WEAPON SPECIFIC TECHNIQUES

7.i -- Weapon Archetype Guide

7A. AI Arctic Warfare Magnum
7B. H&K MP5-Navy
7C. Kalashnikov AK-47
7D. Benelli M3 Super90

APPENDIX A -- USEFUL LINKS

APPENDIX B -- BOT TRAINING GUIDE (still under construction)

APPENDIX C -- FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ)

i. DISCLAIMER
ii. CREDITS
iii. ADDENDUM


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I. INTRODUCTION
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This guide was written for the Half Life mod Counter Strike. CS needs
no introduction, I believe it is currently the most popular
multiplayer FPS game in the world. So popular that this unofficial
MOD is now an official Half Life product.

Now that Counter Strike is no longer a beta and has been officially
released, I feel the time is ripe to release a new guide to help the
new CS player on the way to fight the veterans on equal terms. Because
of its new-found fame, more and more new players are coming out of
the wood work. Sadly, these new players are woefully underclassed. Veterans
have the advantage of knowledge and experience over the newbie. They're
just too serious and take the fun away from the newbie. So, in the words
of Mega Man X, it's "Time to get serious!" I got serious enough to
write this guide to impart to the newbie one of the two things they need
to get even: knowledge.

Take note that just knowledge of these tricks will not make you an
expert killer overnight! I am sure these techniques, tried, tested
and proven over the years, will increase your playing skill tremendously,
but in the end only practice and experience will make you a truly
formidable CS killing machine. But these teachings, which I have learned
from personal experience and from speaking with those better than me,
are a good foundation to provide you the basic skills that will evolve
into lethal killing techniques.

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1.a -- How to Use this Guide

Although in theory I believe that clarity and conciseness is more important
than volume, I am very poor in practice. Thus my ramblings are often very
long. Much of what I wish to impart is contained in these long paragraphs,
and should all be read to understand all that I am trying to say.

However, for those with less patience, I have enclosed in "boxes" important
tips that you should pay close attention to. Even for those reading
everything, these enclosed boxes contain the most important points of the
entire passage.

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