Neutron2K and Unreal Tournament

Speaking of the predecessor of UT, I remember when I first purchased Unreal from Tempo (where I would later work for 4.5 years!). I walked 3 miles home just reading the manual. Then when I finally got home I drooled at the amazing graphics and game play.

Now Back to UT. Thinking back to BEFORE I played the demo, I remember anticipating this games release mainly due to the fact that it had the unique weapons of the Redeemer and of course the Impact Hammer (A weapon I NEVER use despite the fact I thought it was cool at the time). The thought of guiding a nuclear warhead around a level just did somthing for me. Relax tho, I rarely use it online.

• The Circle Strafe
  Get used to circle strafing as it is proven to be the number 1 most important skill to aquire when starting out in deathmatch games. The objective of the circle strafe is the ability to circle your opponent whilst keeping your crosshair on them and pleting them full of rockets/bullets/sludge etc.
  
  
• Impact Hammer/Rocket Jumping
  In certain UT levels there are objects and powerups that cannot be reached without the use of a translocator. However, they may also be reachable via Impact Hammer Jumping or Rocket Jumping (Originally discovered in Quake I). Expect to take damage from this maneuver. The aim is to charge your impact hammer whilst running towards the desired object. You then need to quickly look at the floor and jump. When you reach to peak of your jump, release the charged air in your impact hammer to send you sky high, and hopfully directly onto your power up. Timing is the key factor on this one as releasing the trigger too early will result in ur body being blasted to smitherines.
  
  
• Use Dodging
  This is another must technique if you wish to server on a pro server for more than a second. Randomly dodging is the key to staying alive when playing more experienced players. Watch them all - they all do it! Its very hard to aim and dodge at the same time but persevere, you will eventually get the hang of it!
  
  
• Avoid Patterns
  Avoid falling into a 'pattern' when moving around a level. ALWAYS be random and unpredicatble. Never take the same route more than once in a few minutes of so and dont favour one route to another or your oppoents will spot your pattern and flatten you every time. A slight contradiction to this is when respawning and you need to get to a weapon fast. You should know very respawn point and every weapon on a level and how to get to each weapon from each respawn sprite so that you can get back into the action asap. Just watch your back when you are heading for a weapon as anyone who else who has just been fragged and respawned in the same vicinity will also be heading for it.
  
  
• Dont Be Afraid
  If your like me, you get nervous and panicky when you get into a dual but the key is to relax and keep cool. Panicking will just mess your aim up. Stay in control. Aim using strafing and little mouse movment except to compensate for sligh movments and youll be fragging in no time! Also, if you join a server full of pros and are getting kicked in the teeth every time u respawn, dont run away! Stay in the game and perservere. You will benefit and learn from these players and every time you play them you will get better and better. Its true :)
  

• Run Towards Them!
  I'm serious with this one. Get in their face. Up Close and personal. Hitting a moving target is hard enough but when their close enough to see the whites of your eyes its even harder to keep a tail on them. This method is also handed when going up against someone with a rocket launcher and your close to deaht. Get in their way and the blast radius at close range will in most cases take out your killer as well resulting in a suicide. I.E no frag for your killer as he would of lost the frag he just scored from killing himself.

• Dont Camp!
  Camping, (Staying in the same spot taking people out with a sniper rifle etc), is one way to really piss people off. Campers automatically become the prime target in most games as they are cowards who cant do jack diddly and or squat in a fair 1-1 close fight. Using a sniper rifle is all well and fine, but not when you hog one place to yourself where no one can get near you. Become a camper and I will personally come after you, and believe me, I WILL get you.