Several times on another server I have watched a player named Titan win match after match without dodging.  He appears to be slow but players have a hard time killing him.  I had the chance to talk with him and he said he uses a gamepad in one hand and a mouse in the other.  Most of the good players I play dodge like they are on crack. 

Question -  Is aim and map knowledge more important than dodging or speed?

Hey Keller,
Thanks for the quick reply.  By gamepad I mean he uses a Logitech game controller.  Yes, he could be cheating, that's always possible on the FMJ server.  But he seemed decent when we talked and yes he had 10 plus years experience. If you get the chance,watch him.  He also plays under Hitgirl, Spidey and Batman.

Yes congrats on the post

I would like to take 'map knowledge' out of the equation, and make the question what is more important, aim or dodging/speed.

Depends depends depends. Depends on the map, depends on the weapons available in the map.

In a bigger map, or a more open map, aim plays a bigger factor in winning than movement IMO. Being able to hit someone from a distance is tops.

In a smaller map or close quarter map, movement is more important. When you run into someone is a hallway or small room, you need to be able to dance out of the way of rockets at the feet, or flak in the face.

UT is so beautiful at balancing things. Now map knowledge, that is something you can use all the time, with either your aim or your dodging lol.

I guess I gravitated to movement because that is what I enjoy. I love the close quarter stuff, dancing around all the ammo in the air, going head to head. I don't play sniper servers, zzzzzzz.

If you want to win Deck, I'd say aim more important. But who wants to win that hunk of junk? 

Map knowledge important all the time. As I mentioned today, I do well on maps on my server that I have retooled, because I learned how things connect, etc.

I'm blabbing on, curtailing.

Some real stuff in there, plus some trigger bots. And Deck16 of course.

I liked the intro. Good talent in putting that sort of thing together.

There's dodging and then there's dodging. I for example largely only play with the keyboard, using the mouse sparingly just to snipe. Usually I'm pretty hard to hit...

...except against some exceptionally good players.

Ray, what do you mean you don't use the mouse?  How do you hit anything? Are you waiting until someone hits your cross-hair before you shoot?  Not being an a-hole just seeking knowledge.   Thanks.

21 wrote on Oct 3^rd, 2011 at 2:32am:

Always, but both are ideal.
21 wrote on Dec 10^th, 2011 at 5:35am:

I don't wait so much as I strive to get people into my crosshairs. I move around, I jump, I attack; I play like everyone else does...

...I just only use the mouse to aim if I'm sniping over a great distance and am in a fairly secure location.

I prefer fighting in close quarters. In deathmatch I'm a rocket launcher junkie.

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