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Posted by: CROWSCLAW
What separates average from good isn't usually aim, but positioning, awareness and communication.
It isn't "usually" its always.
The ability to aim in a FPS is the least important (to a degree obviously if you want to get technical) and I know that sounds absolutely retarded to some but its the truth.
Most players try to define skill based off of how good someones shot is, when thats the least important aspect of skill. There is so much more that defines skill than ones ability to not miss.
Reaction, awareness, positioning, teamwork, communication, strategy, setups, decision making, knowledge of maps, spawns/spawn system, line of sights, nade placements. Some of these are very basic but are all aspects of skill.
Ones ability to aim is simple muscle memory and can be fine toned rather quickly, while other aspects take a lot longer to learn, get good at, to mature.
Take a look at MLG's players, a lot of the "young guns" have nice shots, great shots even but generally don't place well because they have yet to mature in the more important aspects. Which is why a lot of veterans latch onto younger players, to teach them these things and turn them into great players, because they see the potential.
If you want to get better you need to practice and learn all of these. You also have to be getting good practice, its not so much the quantity of the practice but the quality. You are not going to get better roflstomping randoms/noobies in BTB all day, everyday. You need to be playing against players with equal or greater skill than you.
Good places to start you off would be to start doing a lot of FFA's, and Octagons. They both help in their own ways and will help "prepare" you for team oriented games, which there you will need to learn more, a lot more.
First things I would do though would be the most basic, learn the maps, even if you're by yourself. Go in and learn when and where everything spawns, line of sights, nade placements (using objects to bounce nades into different angles), the spawns, choke points, what the good positions would be to lock down etc.
Everything I said should not be news to most people, it should be common sense but maybe someone learned from it.