Get more frags using your mind

Your mind is incredible. The cerebral cortex of the human brain contains roughly 15-33 billion neurons depending on gender and age, linked with up to 10,000 synaptic connections each. That is remarkable. When you do every action, your brain is the director and Urban Terror is no exception. There are some conscious thoughts involved along with inconcious thoughts and movements (you stopped to think where the grenade button is the same day you set the bind and started just pressing it). To succeed in a Urban Terror match you have to be focused and prepared. Sometimes are not bat hits… sometimes you don’t want to win. Here are a few tips to become a better player, using your mind.

1. Set a clear objective

At the beginning of your gaming session, set an objective for yourself to be acomplished at the end of the same session. Set the objective that you feel more comfortable with. It shouldn’t be “WIN” or “PWN EVERYONE” since they are too generic and you will forget them soon. Set a more specific objective like “Get at least 15 headshots” or “Kill 5 opponents with the DE” or “Kill 5 opponents with the Grenades” and so on. This objective will work as a milestone for your mind and will help you being more focused.

2. Eliminate distractions

Sometimes getting a kill is a matter of a fraction of a second. If you get distracted by something you can’t just go back to the game. If you stop for writing something you will need at least 10 or 15 seconds to get mentally back to the game. Try to eliminate as much sources of distractions as possible. For example:

• Set up your HUD correctly.
  If chat messages are distracting you, disable them. At least in important matches. The net graph also can be a source of distraction, along with the data from the hits and so on.
• Play with earphones.
  Earphones can give you a huge boost in concentration, especially if they have noise cancelling. They will help you getting into the game and being more reactive to sounds.
• Set up your playing zone
  You can’t think about getting frags and not hitting the table lamp with the mouse at the same time. Make order. You have to be comfortable and effective at the same time. Instead of yelling to the old 486 mouse, why not getting a new one?

3. Give yourself a deadline

Run against something. Usually I use the timelimit of the map. In that 15 minutes I must accomplish my objective. Don’t fight against your opponents. Fight against the timer. This will help you in two ways:

• It will make you more focused on your objective.
• It will raise a sense of urgency in you, wich will increase your will for success.

4. Think

At the beginning you have to think. You have to write some schemes into your brain. Like the first time you played Turnpike. You didn’t have a clue on where to go or which were the best spots for your Sr-8. Then it became natural for you. Also you have to overwrite some bad schemes that you have already set. For example maybe you’re not circle jumping in the correct way. When you face an opponent, think counciously on what to do. Give a quick command to your brain: “Headshot”. Then your brain and body will focus on getting the headshot. If you give yourself the command “OMG I hope he doesn’t PWN me” you won’t go that far.

5. Don’t think

This might sound awkward. But as you play you must concentrate on thinking less and acting more.

Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water my friend.
- Bruce Lee

You must free yourself from patterns. Find unusal spots. React according to what is your enemy doing. Be ready to adapt and react. If your enemy is far away consider dropping your LR-300 and pick up the SR-8 from the ground in front of you.

6. Take Breaks

Sometimes you just need a break to be more effective. Feel free to rest when you like. If you are facing an important match incoming (like a league final), just take a rest and be calm. Get there with your mind fresh and ready.

7. Be calm, no negative thinking

If you are nervous, if you think that things are not going as they are supposed to, if someone is annoying you just be calm and relax. Negative thinking like “I’m not hitting anything” or “He’s just going to frag me” will not get you that far. Sometimes player are not just lucky. Sometimes they just will to succeed. Feel free to take a break and be optimistic on your results.
So what do you think? Do you think that this tips can help you? Tell us in the comments. Also, do you have any particular experience? Tell us!

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