hubristes
Shared on Mon, 03/24/2008 - 14:44“To listen well, is as powerful a means of influence as to talk well, and is as essential to all true conversation”
~Chinese Proverb
There's a lot of advice on communication. Its pretty much universally accepted that communication is one of the most important part of team games. When people discuss communication, they often explain what to talk about. That is important, but perhaps even more important is how well a team listens. During one game played with randoms, I yelled "One at shotty spawn" and then watched in horror as all three of my teammates rushed in with BRs. Triple kill for the other team. My team heard what I said, but they didn't listen well enough to take in all the information. I called out an enemy position but that should have also told them what to expect when they got there.
I had another good night of TS last weekend. Eight matches, zero losses. There was a couple 50-49 games but we were able to communicate well and make some fantastic clutch plays. My team was pretty evenly skilled and none of us were dominant communicators. We didn't have one guy directing the others all the time. Without a strong leader, we all had to listen and react accordingly. We came from behind during a couple games because one guy would point out a problem area and then we all quickly adjusted to get the lead. We were all decent communicators, but that would have been meaningless if we weren't good listeners.
When you hear a teammate call out an enemy, take note of where that is in relation to weapon spawns. If your team is close to that spot already, perhaps you should flank instead of running straight to it. When a teammate says something about what you're doing, take it as constructive criticism and adjust. If a teammate makes a call that you don't understand, ask for clarification. It may be tough to do that in the heat of battle, but you'll certainly have time after the game. Then, you'll be a better team during the next round.
Like I've said before; in order to kill more, you have to die less. Now, in order to communicate well, you have to listen up.
~Chinese Proverb
There's a lot of advice on communication. Its pretty much universally accepted that communication is one of the most important part of team games. When people discuss communication, they often explain what to talk about. That is important, but perhaps even more important is how well a team listens. During one game played with randoms, I yelled "One at shotty spawn" and then watched in horror as all three of my teammates rushed in with BRs. Triple kill for the other team. My team heard what I said, but they didn't listen well enough to take in all the information. I called out an enemy position but that should have also told them what to expect when they got there.
I had another good night of TS last weekend. Eight matches, zero losses. There was a couple 50-49 games but we were able to communicate well and make some fantastic clutch plays. My team was pretty evenly skilled and none of us were dominant communicators. We didn't have one guy directing the others all the time. Without a strong leader, we all had to listen and react accordingly. We came from behind during a couple games because one guy would point out a problem area and then we all quickly adjusted to get the lead. We were all decent communicators, but that would have been meaningless if we weren't good listeners.
When you hear a teammate call out an enemy, take note of where that is in relation to weapon spawns. If your team is close to that spot already, perhaps you should flank instead of running straight to it. When a teammate says something about what you're doing, take it as constructive criticism and adjust. If a teammate makes a call that you don't understand, ask for clarification. It may be tough to do that in the heat of battle, but you'll certainly have time after the game. Then, you'll be a better team during the next round.
Like I've said before; in order to kill more, you have to die less. Now, in order to communicate well, you have to listen up.
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