Basics - An Introduction to RTS Gaming

I know what most of you are thinking; who plays RTS games anymore? They're nothing compared to things like FPS games or RPGs. Well first off, if you do not know what an RTS game is, it stands for Real Time Strategy games.

In layman's terms, these games are closely related to chess. As you would in chess, you need to strategize in order to defeat your opponent. Normally in RTS games, you would be controlling an army of units (similar to chess's concept) and trying to defeat your opponent's army.

Most people underestimate RTS gamers. In RTS games, people need to carefully plan out what they need to do for a sure victory. On top of all this, they need to manage an army and know where and how to place them. For instance, there is a game made by Blizzard called StarCraft. It takes place in a space environment setting where you have alien, human, and monster races duking it out for survival. An RTS gamer would pick a race and make sure that they are the last one standing in the game. There are professional RTS gamers out there for StarCraft that knows how everything works within the game. Normally, when you see an professional RTS gamer play, you'd think that everything is preset in their mind on what to do and their actions on the screen is automated. You are right. Normally, you get good in RTS games by knowing all the possible strategies. It's just a matter of incorporating it in the game. These RTS gamers can reach up to 100+ APM (actions per minute). This means that they can perform 100 actions in the game in a span of one minute. So you can just imagine all the clicking and the screen changes happening when they play.

I think that these gamers are rare. RTS gamers are usually good in their own niche. For example, you would have a really good RTS gamer in Starcraft and be mediocre player in Warcraft (RTS version, not World of Warcraft). The key to becoming a good gamer is to know the game and all possible strategies within the game. Only then you can apply it to your playing style.

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Gaming Basics - An Introduction to FPS Gaming

I've always seen FPS gamers as the most "alert" gamers out there. Normally, there would be some sort of grace time when playing RPGs or RTS games where you can take a 5 minute breather and just plan on what you need to do. Now I'm not saying that RPG gamers or RTS gamers get it easy, they both have their challenges. FPS gamers are used to playing under pressure. FPS (first person shooter) gamers gain a sense of alertness and increased dexterity because of the game mechanics.

FPS games require you to be in a first person view (as if you're actually walking inside the game) and shoot anything that threatens your existence! Of course, if you're new to fps games, it's hard to take a shot at someone who's more experienced. Not to mention, the nervousness would kick in and your cursor would probably be missing your enemy; then you'll just end up shooting everywhere. This is absolutely normal.

During the first few times of playing an FPS game, it's difficult to react to unexpected things. For instance, the first FPS game that I've ever played was counter strike. Now, for someone that was such a newbie, I thought it was a good idea to shoot and move side to side; this way the enemies would have a harder time hitting me. The first enemy that I encounter, I get knifed down. How you may ask? He was moving around quite a bit and also knew how I was shooting. Obviously, that player was very experienced.

All in all, with any game, it takes practice. FPS gamers gradually acquire the sense of "readiness" by playing often and challenging new people. Their reflexes and dexterity increases through time, resulting in outstanding game play.

I hope it helped you to a learn a few basics about FPS gaming. I would be back with more FPS gaming techniques.

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Gaming Basics - An Introduction to FPS Gaming

I've always seen FPS gamers as the most "alert" gamers out there. Normally, there would be some sort of grace time when playing RPGs or RTS games where you can take a 5 minute breather and just plan on what you need to do. Now I'm not saying that RPG gamers or RTS gamers get it easy, they both have their challenges. FPS gamers are used to playing under pressure. FPS (first person shooter) gamers gain a sense of alertness and increased dexterity because of the game mechanics.

FPS games require you to be in a first person view (as if you're actually walking inside the game) and shoot anything that threatens your existence! Of course, if you're new to fps games, it's hard to take a shot at someone who's more experienced. Not to mention, the nervousness would kick in and your cursor would probably be missing your enemy; then you'll just end up shooting everywhere. This is absolutely normal.

During the first few times of playing an FPS game, it's difficult to react to unexpected things. For instance, the first FPS game that I've ever played was counter strike. Now, for someone that was such a newbie, I thought it was a good idea to shoot and move side to side; this way the enemies would have a harder time hitting me. The first enemy that I encounter, I get knifed down. How you may ask? He was moving around quite a bit and also knew how I was shooting. Obviously, that player was very experienced.

All in all, with any game, it takes practice. FPS gamers gradually acquire the sense of "readiness" by playing often and challenging new people. Their reflexes and dexterity increases through time, resulting in outstanding game play.

I hope it helped you to a learn a few basics about FPS gaming. I would be back with more FPS gaming techniques.

I love music and especially guitars so I though what better way to share my passion with the rest of the world then to make a website talking about guitars. Come visit my website where I talk about yamaha bass guitars [http://www.yamahabassguitars.org/] and other 4-string bass guitars [http://www.yamahabassguitars.org/4stringbass.html].