http://www.fpstrainersblog.com Everything Esports Sat, 01 Mar 2008 03:54:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Communication Every employer will agree that one of the keys to success in any business atmosphere is communication. For people to work well together, they must be able to efficiently communicate problems, in order to find quicker and better solutions. Communication also allows people in a working environment to have ... http://www.fpstrainersblog.com/the-gamers-edge-communication/ As an American Counter-Strike or Counter-Strike: Source player, most of us have seen the split between the community as well as the slowly diminishing competitive play that 1.6 players and teams used to have. http://www.fpstrainersblog.com/the-rise-the-split-the-fall-and-the-fix/ Not every player has the innate ability to magically deal with nerves and adrenaline. For many competitive gamers, this is the main difference between a pub server or scrimmage, and a meaningful match. While there is no set way to move past this, here are five helpful tips and ... http://www.fpstrainersblog.com/5-tips-to-improve-your-match-time-game/ I think everyone will agree deathmatching is entertaining. It’s always fun to deathmatch, it gives you a sense of freedom. Freedom to run guns blazing through a map without the worry of death. However, the question remains: Is deathmatching effective from the competitive gamers vantage point? The argument stands. Will deathmatching ... http://www.fpstrainersblog.com/deathmatching-effective-or-non-sense/ Is realistic game play better or worse? This has been discussed for a long time, but lately it's on fire with the introduction of Counter Strike: Source being endorsed by the CGS, and the majority of top Counter Strike teams making the switch. Players quickly noticed you couldn’t do a ... http://www.fpstrainersblog.com/is-realistic-game-play-better-or-worse/ I'm sure you know every time a new version of Halo hits store shelves, hundreds of thousands of enthusiastic fans wait in lines for hours to get their copy of the game as soon as possible. The majority of retailers release major titles at midnight of their launch date. However, ... http://www.fpstrainersblog.com/would-you-wait-in-line-overnight-for-a-video-game/ Almost every competitive gamer knows of both CAL and CEVO. Over the last few years, and great debate has emerged; Which is better, CAL or CEVO? Both are outstanding leagues, that organize seasons for multiple games all year long. My feeling on the situation is; neither league is necessarily better ... http://www.fpstrainersblog.com/cal-vs-cevo/ I don't think anyone will debate CGS is doing something great for the esports community. They're paying players a regular salary and putting competitive esports on international television. Although they are doing a good job thus far, I think they could do a few things differently and make it even ... http://www.fpstrainersblog.com/5-things-cgs-is-doing-wrong/ The following is a press release from CEVO.com: “CEVO LLC (CYBER EVOLUTION) is excited to announce the Thermaltake ‘em Down Tournament, an online event featuring thousands of dollars worth of prizes courtesy of Thermaltake USATM & CEVO. “I am very excited to be able to announce the continuation of CEVO’s mini tournaments ... http://www.fpstrainersblog.com/cevo-announces-thermaltake-%e2%80%98em-down-cs-source-tournament/ The following is a press release from CEVO.com: "CEVO LLC. (www.cevo.com) is excited to announce the NationVoice $10,000 Counter-Strike Source Championship. This weekend event, which will happen on February 23rd and 24th, serves as the playoffs for the CEVO Professional Division of Counter-Strike: Source Season 5. The top six Professional division teams ... http://www.fpstrainersblog.com/cevo-professional-nationvoice-10000-s5-counter-strike-source-championship-announced/