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[Sanctuary]

Goldeneye. But it was more rigging all of the starting areas with proximity mines, than it was aiming. I would just snipe those that managed to exhaust all of the traps.

 

[Vital Tundra]

The use of Mouse and Keyboard really throddled my play.

 

[TetraGenesis]

No joke: Uncharted Golden Abyss.

The gyro-aiming in that was so fucking natural for me I was popping headshots left and right like a maniac.

 

[cHinzo]

Counter-Strike 1.6!

 

[Aylinato]

Goldeneye
CSS
CoD2
CoD4
Modern warfare
Unreal tournament
TF2
Tribes
Quake
Doom
Halo(s)

There's more I just can't think of it

 

[bones123]

Halo 3 multiplayer. I couldn't get more than 1 kill when I started. Now I MVP Swat on a regular basis. Feelsgoodman.

 

[OldMan]

Goldeneye Moonraker laser.

 

[joecanada]

I had taken a long hiatus from fps after Wolfenstein and doom .

I can't remember why I bought cod4 but I believe it was for the campaign had no interest in Mp. Then I found out I actually craved the competitive nature. I wasn't good at first so I was determined to play smart, camping yes at first then learning to use environment, etc .

Ended up getting so good (disclaimer - good for me) that I had sensitivity turned up to 9 and only used g3 and played search and destroy.

I bet my k/d was like a .2 when I started but I dragged it all the way to like 1.3 by the end

 

[woopWOOP]

I played Turok 2, Goldeneye, Perfect Dark and Timesplitters 2 multiplayer modes with friends and family, but I don't remember actually focusing on aiming as much as I was moving at high speeds (moving with the yellow N64 buttons was the best) and unloading my gun on whoever I met with quick reflexes before I quickly moved about again. I knew the ins and outs of every Perfect Dark map after awhile and how to quickly get to people shooting at me from a distance.

It wasn't until I played Team Fortress 2 on PC that I focused more on aiming. It's so much easier with a mouse, plus if you play Sniper from time to time you kinda have to get good at it.

 

[ohkay]

UT99 Morpheus instagib

 

[Waaghals]

it was UT99 instagib.

It was the demo, the map with the three skyscrapers. Morpheus?

Maybe Quake 3 with the railgun as well.

 

[FarFromAnyGame]

Counter-Strike 1.6 and Call of Duty 4.

 

[Rizific]

cs 1.4 is what started it all for me.

 

[Tagyhag]

Quake 3 Arena helped me hone my reflexes and leading with the railgun and rocket launcher respectively.

UT 99 taught me how to perfectly aim with a mouse.

"HEADSHOT!"

That announcer was the best.

 

[Chubzdoomer]

Medal of Honor: Allied Assault

Sniping in that game felt so damn satisfying!

 

[Gnome Scat]

Halo's SWAT mode definitely.

 

[DanielJr82]

I started getting into FPS late. Started aiming right with Resistance on the PS3, honed it with Modern Warfare 2 on the 360.

 

[shandy706]

Goldeneye
CSS
CoD2
CoD4
Modern warfare
Unreal tournament
TF2
Tribes
Quake
Doom
Halo(s)

There's more I just can't think of it

Yeah, pretty much everything...lol.

I came in here to say Starsiege: Tribes made me learn to lead people while flying/jumping/skiing around. Got to where I could just about hit anything in motion.

 

[Trace]

UT99 although I still can't aim worth a damn.

Legions: Overdrive was great rocket practice too.

 

[Budi]

I don't know if my aim ever got good to be honest. I was called "tremor aim" while playing Counter-Strike. I use really low sensitivity but still can't keep my mouse hand steady. I played Tribes and Action Quake before that, but Counter-Strike is one of the games I've played most in my life. It's up there with Wow since Vanilla and definitely more than my 3k hours of Dota 2. Nowadays I really can't get excited playing FPS games, even though I think Rainbow Six Siege is an excellent shooter. Don't have a group of friends to play it with.

And now I'm 32, it's too late for me to get good in FPS:es. They are young man's games.

 

[ivanthebearable]

Splatoon was my first attempt at actually playing a shooter so I'd say that, but I don't think I really REALLY improved until I tried to climb rank to S+, where I ended up reachig S+99, which I'm pretty proud of.

Overwatch is also really helping me get a ton better in general. Pretty proud to be in Platinum considering it's my first major M+KB game.

 

[gelf]

Honestly never, I still can barely aim for shit. I miss games that used some autoaim and were more about movement then actual aiming.

 

[Sriracha_X]

For games I played on PC:
Q3A
UT99
CS: S
Halo 1

For games I played on console:
CoD games (MW2/MW3, BlOps 1/2/3)
Uncharted 2/3/4
Resistance 2
Halo 1/2/3/Reach (haven't played enough of 4 and 5)

 

[Zexen]

I wouldn't qualify as a Predator, but my aim greatly improved playing Counter Strike. But I tend to lose it if I don't play for a long time.

 

[Hibiki Kurosawa]

CoD4. I was never really a shooter guy all my life, but CoD4 really got me. I started out as one of those embarrassing fellows who awkwardly aimed too high when trying to aim up and whatnot. I then became a fellow who was placing in first just about every match I played. But now I'm back to not really playing shooters, so my aiming has crapped the bed again.

 

[Troubled Bat]

GoldenEye and TimeSplitters.

 

[JHoNNy1OoO]

Unreal Tournament, Counter-Strike, and Day of Defeat

Those were the days.

 

[StalkerUKCG]

 

[Doominated]

Gears 1 for me

 

[Resident4t.]

Pokemon Snap.

Fuck you Mew

 

[Raybunny]

Unreal tournament

 

[staticneuron]

Then Quake 3 Arena.

Same. I felt like railguns only on DM 17 made me a better player on KBM. I never feel good enough with controllers though so no console games competitively speaking.

 

[Velcro Fly]

The mission in GTA3 where you have to snipe the drug dealer guys on the boat

 

[pbayne]

SWAT mode in Halo

 

[Coxy100]

Call of duty 2 for me.

I had played online games before but never to that extent. It wasn't long till I was one of the best - it was rare for anyone to get the better of me

Nowadays I dabble in destiny but my skills are long gone - hence why I only dabble

 

[Vipu]

Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory

My most played FPS and I think my skill peaked in that game too, also its best fps game I have played ever.

 

[Nyx]

None, my aiming sucks.

That's why I like to play objective based shooters like currently Overwatch and BF1.

First online shooter I played was Jedi Knight II I think, but I remember liking the saber duels more than the shooting.

 

[grizzelye]

Goldeneye/Halo CE

 

[RVIDXR]

GoldenEye
Perfect Dark
TimeSplitters 2
Halo 3 Snipers only
Cod 4 - Ghosts

 

[Snacks the sober sea lion]

Scout in Team Fortress 2. When I went to college my laptop couldn't handle all the explosions going on when playing Soldier so I started playing Scout more.

 

[Bancho]

Adrenaline Gamer Half Life DM. Bunny hopping round boot_camp pulling off a quick zoom xbow kill was awesome.

 

[TheInternetNomad]

 

[BiGBoSSMk23]

F.E.A.R.

 

[B00TE]

Unreal Tournament on PC for sure (KB/M). Gears 1 on console.

I usually suck at long range engagements, but I used to be deadly in those games. In other games, (Battlefield, Halo) I can't fight at long range for shit. I do a lot better medium range and excel in close range.

Spoiler

I still suck.

 

[Gorillaz]

Halo 2 was when i started to get a shot but my CoD4 days was when I was definitely on some other shit. Was like a high.

 

[7DollarHagane]

I'm one of the crazy people who loved team fortress 2 on xbox 360.

I was so good at sniping in that game.

But really counter strike. I got pretty good at ak spray.

 

[Shpeshal Nick]

Halo SWAT

 

[Bronetta]

Learning to handle an AK-47 in CounterStrike back in 2002 made me ready for pretty much anything the FPS genre threw at me

 

[Nielm]

Counter Strike: Source/Call of Duty 4/Halo 3/Red Dead Redemption.

CS: Source helped a lot with my mouse aim, plus Call of Duty 4 and Halo 3 for my console FPS aim.

Red Dead Redemption's online modes introduced me to free-aim, now I prefer it over assisted aiming.

 

[grandwizard]

Quake 3 and RtCW trained my aim enough to the point where I feel I still do pretty well on any modern shooter without really needing to put in much effort.