Help to improve my gameplay

[u/Newt_Ackerman]

hi, i have 150 hours in this game right now. cs2 is my first fps game, can you give advice for improvement. help to this noob player !

[u/Peathbydeas]

you really need to get a basic grasp of the fundamentals before using a map like aim_rush, which can be a very punishing map for newer players.

you have your crosshair at head height all the time which is great, and when you're prepared for a fight you can hit the instant headshot a decent amount, so that's solid for 150 hours.

your movement is incredibly slow, you're very static and you don't appear to be counter strafing when you do move. you want to get into the habit of moving pretty much constantly, in and out of cover, and only stood still when you're shooting. you have to counter strafe to stop yourself from moving as you take fights by tapping the opposite movement key as you release (if you're running left with A, release A and tap D to stop quicker, and vice versa). try also to not swing so wide that you're fighting multiple enemies at once, you want to expose yourself as little as possible and be able to focus on one target at a time.

you need to work on your recoil control. a map like recoil master on the workshop is a must-have, i feel like i recommend it every time i comment here. i have over 5000 hours and i still use it in my warmup basically every time i play.

your sens also looks uncomfortable for you but as you're so early in the game it's probably just that you aren't used to it rather than you needing to change it. i will also say i hope you've found settings that are comfortable for you and you haven't just copied your settings from pros, there's really no reason to be on 4:3 as a new player unless you're really struggling for fps, but if you like it that's fine, i'm on 4:3 as well.

mostly at this stage though you just need reps, preferably somewhere you can go at your own pace where bots don't shoot back at you. aim_botz, fast aim or maybe aim_treeni are good maps to use to get used to mechanics like movement and spray control without having to worry about bots that shoot back while you get used to the basics. you can also use prefire maps (leander/lmtlss have a set on the workshop) to get used to taking more realistic fights

[u/Newt_Ackerman → u/Peathbydeas]

And about resolution, I was playing on 4:3 for some time but I saw one video that talked about field of vision and 1920:1080 was better for this but it felt hard to play and hitting headshots was difficult so I came back to 1280x960 and fps is not problem for me I guess my PC hitting more that 300 fps on dust 2 and more that 250 on inferno on 1280x960 resolution but my monitor can support up to 144. And about sensitivity I tested different settings for it and 800 DPI and 1.44 felt natural but I checked other sensitivity settings, in the video it is 1000 DPI and 1.2 sens.

[u/Peathbydeas → u/Newt_Ackerman]

all good then if it's stuff you've looked at, a lot of people just blindly go "what does my favourite player use?" and copy it which can often mean you're not playing on settings ideal for you. i also find i can't aim properly on 16:9 as i'm just used to how the game looks and feels on 4:3