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Team value
Posted 01/17/2011 at 05:37 by Vaidas B
Hello everyone, have you ever encountered a player that refuses to do his job? Today I’m going to talk about teamwork and acting your part to help your team. (This is going to be centered towards shooters, though it can be used in other game types.)
It’s totally unimportant if you are playing a role playing game, or a shooter, if you’re going to act like your “John Rambo” the odds are that you will be “ganked” over and over. Everyone knows that it’s very easy to “take people out” if they’re running around the map alone, if you walk around with a group of people, you have a better chance of survival if you stay with your group, or at least someone who knows what he’s doing.
If you’re playing a shooter, a good team will greatly boost your chances of survival. More people means more eyes, one player might not spot a sniper fast enough to react, but a team is always on the lookout. Walking with other players also means more firepower and a larger spraying radius, plus, it is easier to cover more ground that way. And as a last resort you can always use other people as “meat shields” (though it’s not the nicest thing to do).
A bad team on the other hand can totally ruin your game experience if players don’t do what they have to do, and just hide behind corners hoping that they are going to win the game by camping - you’ll lose. If your group packs up and keeps very close to each-other, one grenade will kill everyone.
The same principle can be applied to mmorpg’s and arena type games. If you are a healer, you should stay back and help your team as much as possible, but if you are a mage, don’t run out there and try to tank every single thing you see.
Motivation is key if you want your team to work as it should work. If you are a good play, or at least have a steady hand, walk in the front of your little “pack” and tell them what to do, and where to go. Some battles are very slow and painful, if the other team takes a good vantage point, you’ll have to force through and make them retreat, that means that you will have to take out more then one play before you die, you can easily do that with the help of your team.
Being a good leader takes a lot of skill, and game knowledge, you have to know every map in the game, the best weapon to use, and the best tactics. But all that is pointless if no one is going to listen to your commands, that is why I always play with a friend or two. If you are playing on a clan/guild, use all means of communication, such as game chats and other programs (skype, ventrilo, etc).
Of course, the map and mode you are playing is also important, if you are playing a small chaotic map, with free-for-all, or team death match, teamwork can be meaningless, as you can just hold the fire-key and run out hoping that you’ll shoot someone before you run out of ammo. Teamwork is more effective if you are playing large complicated maps, and game modes, like “Capture-The-Flag”, “capture-the-checkpoint”, or just a “bomb match”, if you are using chat programs, it’s very easy to call-out positions, and keep track of the enemy, a lot of modern games have built-in voice chats just for that.
Not everyone is born to be a commander, if you hesitate - that can lead your team to situations that you can’t handle. Sometimes it’s better to follow someone and be leaded, instead of being a leader. Just as I said in my previous articles, games are just games, just have fun.
Conclusion: teamwork is a very important to all games, but you don’t really have to be obsessed with it, sometimes you can go alone (and it is better that way). Just pick a good team, play with friends, and think ahead.
Thanks for reading,
TheConArtist
It’s totally unimportant if you are playing a role playing game, or a shooter, if you’re going to act like your “John Rambo” the odds are that you will be “ganked” over and over. Everyone knows that it’s very easy to “take people out” if they’re running around the map alone, if you walk around with a group of people, you have a better chance of survival if you stay with your group, or at least someone who knows what he’s doing.
If you’re playing a shooter, a good team will greatly boost your chances of survival. More people means more eyes, one player might not spot a sniper fast enough to react, but a team is always on the lookout. Walking with other players also means more firepower and a larger spraying radius, plus, it is easier to cover more ground that way. And as a last resort you can always use other people as “meat shields” (though it’s not the nicest thing to do).
A bad team on the other hand can totally ruin your game experience if players don’t do what they have to do, and just hide behind corners hoping that they are going to win the game by camping - you’ll lose. If your group packs up and keeps very close to each-other, one grenade will kill everyone.
The same principle can be applied to mmorpg’s and arena type games. If you are a healer, you should stay back and help your team as much as possible, but if you are a mage, don’t run out there and try to tank every single thing you see.
Motivation is key if you want your team to work as it should work. If you are a good play, or at least have a steady hand, walk in the front of your little “pack” and tell them what to do, and where to go. Some battles are very slow and painful, if the other team takes a good vantage point, you’ll have to force through and make them retreat, that means that you will have to take out more then one play before you die, you can easily do that with the help of your team.
Being a good leader takes a lot of skill, and game knowledge, you have to know every map in the game, the best weapon to use, and the best tactics. But all that is pointless if no one is going to listen to your commands, that is why I always play with a friend or two. If you are playing on a clan/guild, use all means of communication, such as game chats and other programs (skype, ventrilo, etc).
Of course, the map and mode you are playing is also important, if you are playing a small chaotic map, with free-for-all, or team death match, teamwork can be meaningless, as you can just hold the fire-key and run out hoping that you’ll shoot someone before you run out of ammo. Teamwork is more effective if you are playing large complicated maps, and game modes, like “Capture-The-Flag”, “capture-the-checkpoint”, or just a “bomb match”, if you are using chat programs, it’s very easy to call-out positions, and keep track of the enemy, a lot of modern games have built-in voice chats just for that.
Not everyone is born to be a commander, if you hesitate - that can lead your team to situations that you can’t handle. Sometimes it’s better to follow someone and be leaded, instead of being a leader. Just as I said in my previous articles, games are just games, just have fun.
Conclusion: teamwork is a very important to all games, but you don’t really have to be obsessed with it, sometimes you can go alone (and it is better that way). Just pick a good team, play with friends, and think ahead.
Thanks for reading,
TheConArtist
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