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Well now, all the other players on your team are dead, and all of the players on the other team are dead, except for one. You are low on health, and you know that the other player is as well. You don't know where he is, but you do know that the enemy player knows where YOU are. It is too late for pleading or running. Your only choice is to face your enemy. It's a battle of the fittest in this world. Are you in shape?!

SO BEGINS our strategy section on battling it out a 1-on-1. I will give you some tips before you start out, so I don't have to tell you later more into the page.

-Keep your calm No matter what happens, always stay calm. There is no point in totally freaking out, and worrying what your team-mates will think of you if you lose. Remember, they're already dead anyways. The more focused of the two will always win.  

-Make sure you have plenty of ammo You never know when the enemy will pop out of nowhere ready to battle you to the death. You will need ammunition in order to survive. If your current gun only has a few rounds left, dump it for the next one you come across.

-KNOW the map you are playing on. If you don't know where the enemy can hide, how are you going to find him?

-Buy a Kevlar vest and helmet. Numerous times I have been dueling it out with a snotty CT, and the only thing that helped me win was my Kevlar vest and helmet.

-STAY QUIET! It is very important that you stay as quiet as you can, don't shoot if you don't have to. I will go into this more later on.

There are the basics, if you follow these rules, your likelihood to survive will greatly increase. I will go into detail the things I said above.

-Keep your calm. As I said before, it doesn't matter weather it is a game or not. If you want to win, it is a NECESSITY to stay calm throughout the round. If you mess up in any way, you will be dead before you know it. It is as simple as that. Stay focused.

-Make sure you have plenty of ammunition. If you run out of ammo hot on your enemy's trail, then you have no way to defend yourself, unless you are skilled with a knife and good at using your surroundings as cover. Make sure your secondary weapon (pistol) is fully loaded. Fire conservatively and don't go on spraying sprees with your rifles and sub-machine guns - you'll be out of ammo before you know it.

-KNOW the map you are playing on. If you don't have any idea where you are going, how are you going to find the hostages? In order to do this, simply start up a LAN game with the map you want to play on, and just roam around figuring out your surroundings. You may end up wandering into a prime CT sniping area and be dead before you know it! Know the map, know where to hide, know where to run and know what to do at all times.

-Buy a Kevlar vest and helmet. The Kevlar vest helps out immensely. If you are caught in a barrage of crossfire with nowhere to go, your vest may be the only thing to save you until you can find some cover. But if one of those bullets happens to hit your head for a one shot kill, your helmet will be the only thing that saves you from death. To see for yourself, if you hear a large CLANK, that means that you were just shot in the head.

-Stay quiet! One of the main things that can give you away are your footsteps. If you are sitting in your sniping spot, and you hear a "Plip plop plip plop" getting closer and closer, you know that your enemy is getting nearer. In order to avoid doing this yourself, hold down your walk key (By default, the Shift button) and you will eliminate your footsteps. Use this frequently. If you hear someone else and there's no one on radar, start walking immediately, as it is definitely an enemy.

L e a r n - o n - Y o u r - O w n

Now you know the basics and some advanced strategies. You must now use them. Go hence and make practice of these fine strategies. Some will be pardoned, others punished. (Thanks Will!) Go play! Go practice! Go! Use these strategies. Invent your own. The point is to become better. If you do something wrong, learn from it. If a superior player burns you, see how he did it and learn to do it yourself, then go and beat him.

I know this may not sound fun, but READ! Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six (the book) has many strategies in it. Read it thoroughly, I cannot recommend enough. It's also a great book!

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By watching other players you can advance your own skill. How do you think we all came to know all of this? Do you think we came up with it ourselves? No! We came up with some, but many times we were burned, learned the tactics and now use those tactics ourselves. Try out different tactics and strategies, find out what works for you when you're playing CS, and be prepared to adapt to your enemy's tactics. Your ability to adapt to your team and your enemies will make the difference between getting a few kills and cleaning house.

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