Aim Trainers (Aim Lab, Kovaak's) static aiming guide (Sixshot, 1wall 6targets small)

Summary

Bardos, a veteran FPS gamer with 20 years of experience, shares insights on mastering static dots in games like Counter-Strike. He emphasizes the importance of accuracy over speed, suggests practicing with smaller scenarios, and advises against using a metronome. His approach focuses on efficient movements and micro corrections to achieve high scores.

Takeaways

• 🎮 Bardos has 20 years of experience in FPS games and is known for his high scores in static dot games like One World's Targets TE.
• 🔍 Static dots are useful for improving aiming skills in FPS games, particularly for quick and accurate flicks to stationary points.
• 🏆 Bardos emphasizes the importance of accuracy over speed when practicing static dots, as perfect runs require 100% accuracy.
• 📈 Bardos' improvement in static dots was not linear, and he initially focused on accuracy, which led to lower scores before they climbed back up.
• 🎯 He suggests practicing with a slower pace initially to ensure 100% accuracy before gradually increasing speed.
• 🤔 Bardos recommends against using a metronome for static dot training, as it can limit dynamic pacing and hinder performance in different scenarios.
• 🔄 The approach to flicking in static dots should involve a fast initial flick followed by a micro correction to fine-tune the aim.
• 💡 Practicing with smaller scenarios can help improve accuracy but should be balanced with practice on larger, more challenging scenarios.
• 🚀 Bardos advises against overflicking, as it reduces movement efficiency and can lead to slower overall performance.
• 🤓 He suggests consciously underflicking to maximize the efficiency of movements, allowing for slower flicks while still achieving high kill rates.
• 💼 Bardos questions the motivation behind grinding small dots, suggesting that direct game practice might be more efficient for skill improvement.

Q & A

What is the main reason for practicing static dots in FPS games?

Static dots are useful because they help improve aiming skills, particularly flicks to a stationary point, which are essential in competitive tactical FPS games like Counter-Strike.

Why is accuracy more important than speed in static dot training?

Accuracy is more important because the perfect run requires 100% accuracy. Focusing on accuracy first ensures that the movement to the target is precise, which is crucial for quick and effective aiming in games.

What was Bardos' initial score in one world's target small when he started practicing?

Bardos started with a score of around twelve hundred in one world's target small.

How did Bardos approach improving his static dot scores?

Bardos focused on accuracy over speed, forcing himself to slow down and ensure he was 100% on target. He also emphasized the importance of micro corrections after the initial flick.

What is the concept of 'micro correction' in static dot training?

Micro correction refers to making a very small adjustment after the initial fast flick to ensure the aim lands precisely on the target. It's a critical skill for achieving high accuracy.

Why does Bardos advise against using a metronome for static dot training?

Using a metronome can limit the dynamic pace needed for different scenarios in static dot training. It may cause players to slow down in clusters and speed up on far away dots, reducing overall efficiency.

What is the significance of practicing with smaller scenarios in static dot training?

Smaller scenarios help in mastering the initial flick and micro correction, but they should be used in conjunction with the main scenarios to get used to the faster pace required for higher scores.

What is the term 'ape' in the context of static dot training?

'Ape' refers to mimicking or copying the extremely fast movements of others, which can be beneficial for learning the initial flick part of the movement but not necessarily the micro correction.

How does Bardos describe the process of improving in static dot training?

Bardos describes it as a process of unlearning bad habits, focusing on clean lines, and maximizing the efficiency of movements. It involves a period of lower scores as one adjusts to a more accurate approach.

What is Bardos' final advice for those looking to improve in static dot training?

Bardos suggests that while grinding small dots can be fun and competitive, it's more efficient to play the actual game for improvement. He also emphasizes the importance of having a routine that includes both small and main scenarios.

Outlines

00:00

🎮 FPS Gaming Expertise and Static Dot Utility

Bardos, an experienced FPS gamer with 20 years of playtime, shares his insights on mastering static dots. He emphasizes that static dots are not just for the game itself but translate into aiming skills useful in competitive tactical FPS games like Counter-Strike. These skills involve quick and accurate flicks to stationary points, which are crucial for reacting to enemy movements. Bardos explains that his high scores are a result of years of practice and not just a natural talent, encouraging viewers not to be demotivated if they don't achieve similar scores initially. He also discusses his approach to improving, focusing on accuracy over speed, and the importance of unlearning bad habits.

05:01

🚀 Enhancing Aiming Skills Through Static Dot Practice

Bardos continues his discussion on static dots, detailing his method of improvement. He advises against using a metronome for static movements, arguing that it can hinder dynamic pacing. Instead, he suggests practicing with smaller scenarios to refine flick and micro-correction techniques. Bardos emphasizes the importance of making efficient movements and not just fast ones. He also advises on the balance between practicing small dots and playing the main game scenarios, suggesting that small dots should be part of a routine but not the sole focus. His approach involves a deliberate split between the initial fast flick and the subsequent micro-correction, aiming for clean lines and efficient movement.

Keywords

💡FPS Games

FPS stands for First-Person Shooter, a genre of video games where the player experiences the game world from the perspective of the protagonist. The video's speaker, Bardos, has 20 years of experience playing these games, which has contributed to his expertise in aiming techniques. FPS games often require quick reflexes and precise aiming, which is why Bardos discusses his proficiency in 'static dots' within this context.

💡Static Dots

In the context of the video, 'static dots' likely refers to a training exercise or game mechanic where the player must aim at stationary targets (dots). This practice is useful for improving aiming skills in FPS games, as it helps players develop the ability to quickly and accurately flick their aim to a target. Bardos emphasizes the importance of mastering static dots to enhance in-game performance.

💡Crosshair Replacement

Crosshair replacement is a term used in FPS games to describe the movement of the player's crosshair from one location to another. Bardos mentions this concept to illustrate how the skills developed in static dots training translate to real-game scenarios, such as moving the crosshair between different points on the screen quickly and accurately.

💡Competitive Tactical FPS

This term refers to a sub-genre of FPS games that are focused on strategy and teamwork, often with a competitive element. Games like Counter-Strike are examples. Bardos uses this term to highlight the relevance of his static dots training to competitive gaming, where precise aiming can be the difference between winning and losing.

💡Accuracy

In the video, accuracy is a critical aspect of aiming in FPS games. Bardos discusses his approach to improving accuracy by focusing on hitting the target perfectly in static dots training. He emphasizes the importance of accuracy over speed, as a perfect run in static dots requires 100% accuracy.

💡Micro Correction

Micro correction is a technique mentioned by Bardos where a player makes a small, precise adjustment after an initial fast flick to ensure the aim is exactly on target. This technique is crucial for improving accuracy in static dots and is a key part of Bardos's training regimen.

💡Efficiency

Efficiency in this context refers to the effectiveness and speed of aiming movements in FPS games. Bardos discusses how overflicking can reduce efficiency by requiring more movement than necessary, while underflicking and micro correcting can lead to more efficient and faster overall aiming.

💡Metronome

A metronome is a device used to measure and keep time, often used in music for tempo training. Bardos mentions that using a metronome for static dots training is not ideal because it can limit the dynamic pacing needed for different aiming scenarios in games. He advises against using it for static dots training.

💡Under Flicking

Under flicking is a technique where a player intentionally moves their aim slightly less than necessary, allowing for a more precise micro correction. Bardos suggests this method as a way to improve efficiency and accuracy in aiming, as it minimizes unnecessary movement.

💡Leaderboards

Leaderboards in games are rankings that show the top players based on their performance, often in terms of scores or achievements. Bardos mentions leaderboards to motivate his training, indicating that the competitive aspect of being on top is a driving factor for his dedication to improving his skills.

💡Routine

In the context of the video, a routine refers to a consistent set of practices or exercises that a player follows to improve their skills. Bardos suggests having a routine that includes smaller scenarios for static dots training, but also emphasizes the importance of practicing in the main scenarios to get used to the faster pace required in actual games.

Highlights

Bardos has 20 years of experience playing FPS games and has top coverage scores in static dots.

Static dots are useful for improving flicks to stationary points in competitive tactical FPS games.

Improving at static dots can enhance crosshair movement and reaction times in games.

Bardos started with high scores in static dots due to his extensive FPS experience.

Initial improvement in static dots should focus on accuracy over speed.

Bardos initially used the same crosshair settings from Counter-Strike, focusing on the center for accuracy.

Bardos suggests slowing down to ensure 100% accuracy before increasing speed.

Flicking in static dots should be a fast movement followed by a micro correction.

Micro correction involves a small adjustment after the initial flick to precisely land on the target.

Bardos emphasizes the importance of clean lines and efficient movements in static dots.

Using a metronome is discouraged as it can hinder dynamic pacing in static dot training.

Bardos recommends practicing with smaller scenarios but warns against slowing down too much.

Smaller scenarios can help with accuracy but should not replace practice on main scenarios.

Bardos advises against overflicking and instead focuses on efficient micro corrections.

Efficient movements in static dots can lead to higher kills per second.

Bardos suggests considering the purpose of grinding small dots and recommends balancing it with actual gameplay.

Transcripts

so hi guys i'm bardos i have 20 years of

experience

playing fps games and i have a few top

coverage scores

especially in static dots you might have

seen me on the leaderboards of one world

6 target small or

one world's targets te so i'm making

this video because i've promised many

times now

that i would have made a video

explaining how i got this good

at static dot so first of all i want to

start with

why are static dots even useful why

would you waste time

trying to improve at static dots well of

course you wouldn't do it just

for the static dots themselves but you

would do it because

static dots kind of translate to some

kind of aiming that you often use in

games which is basically flicks to a

stationary point

for example in a competitive tactical

fps like

counter-strike violent you would use

that kind of movement to

move your crosshair between places

that's what people usually call cross

replacement but if you're standing still

and you hear a step and you need to move

your crosshairs somewhere else

you will do it with a basically a static

movement and you need to be quick and

accurate because if you're

slow well then you risk someone running

in

outside of the corner before you

actually have your crosshair in the

right position

and if you're not accurate then you risk

flicking to the corner when you hear

them and then maybe you will be slightly

off and they come out and your crosshair

is not in the right place and you will

have to flick again

which of course lowers your chances of

winning the fight so

that's why you should be playing static

dots basically when it comes to

callbacks and fps same trainers

so now let's discuss how i managed to

improve

so first of all you have to keep in mind

that my scores are extremely high right

now but

i kind of started high because of the

years of experience that i had

in fps games before i started playing

callbacks

because basically when i started playing

static dots in covox i already had

13 years of experience in counter-strike

so don't feel demotivated if you can't

hit the kind of scores that i'm hitting

because you know you gotta keep it in

context that i

had played similar scenarios in

counter-strike for

years before i even ever touched kovacs

but apart from that basically

i used to be around twelve hundred

in one world's target small when i

started practicing so

yes it was not bad considering i had

just started but it wasn't terrible

either and i was kind of stuck

like don't think that my improvement was

linear because it wasn't

i will put a little graphics a little

graph of my scores

on on screen to show you and so

of course how did i improve so basically

everyone was telling me in voltaic

and you know in aiming communities that

i should have gone for speed

but i felt like that wasn't the right

way because my idea

is why would you go for speed over

accuracy when

the perfect run has a 100 accuracy

like basically i approached it

like you would approach learning an

instrument

because my idea was i need to be able to

make the movement that i need perfectly

and slowly

before i split up so i actually started

getting lower scores

but higher accuracy i kind of forced

myself to slow down

and make sure that i was 100 on target

now

initially i was using the same groceries

that i used in valent which has a gap in

the middle

and basically i was focusing very hard

in the middle of the crosshair

and only clicking if i was 100 sure that

it was black

in the middle because i used black dots

so basically i started

getting 100 qsc over and over again and

you know scores at the start dipped

and then they started climbing again you

know

the problem with this is that you need

to

basically power through a period of time

where you will get

lower scores than what you were getting

but that's basically because you're

unlearning bad habits that you had when

going too fast

also you need to understand that the way

you should approach

flicking and static dots is not actually

one smooth movement

because that will if you're going very

fast that will be very very hard to

actually

you know consistently hit on target if

you move like that

or it may it will just keep you slow the

idea is to actually

make a very fast flick as fast as you

can with your arm

and then you will land somewhere close

to the dot possibly even on the dot when

once you get very good and then

you know you have to wait for your brain

to realize where you landed

or kind of predict where you're gonna

land based on the movement depending on

how good you are

and then micro correct micro correction

means that you're basically

flicking again but on a very very very

small angle so it's not really a flick

because you it would be just a little

movement of the hand

and then you then on the dot that's the

idea so you split into movements

but like at the start you can go

extremely fast on the flick

but take your time with the micro

correction okay because i see people

trying to ape

people call it ape which means basically

acting like an

a moving extremely fast and you can

still ape and be accurate you know you

just ate the flick part of the movement

and not the micro correction one so you

flick extremely fast

then you judge how far you work from

target and you microcorrect

initially you will be very off and

eventually you will improve

if you really focus on having clean

lines by when i say clean lines i mean

try to basically be as close as possible

to the target with your initial flick

that's the idea so flick almost land on

target

and you know if you're having trouble

with this slow down a bit okay

still trying to be fast on the flick and

slower on the mic correction but slow

down your whole

game for a bit and

i would say consciously try to under

flick

that also helps a lot rather than

overflaking because then you're still

you know maximizing the efficiency of

the amount of movement you make and by

this i mean

if i under flick and then i micro

correct the rest of the movement

the total movement that i made will be

lower than if i overflicked and came

back

which means that i can allow myself to

go a tiny bit slower

and still be at the same speed overall

when it comes to kills per second

because now your lines are more

efficient

you know because if you constantly over

flick you will be moving

way more centimeters on the pad than

someone that constantly under flicks

so that's all that also helps because

then you're maximizing the efficiency of

your movements

which is you know needed if you're going

for a very very high high score so

something i'd say is very important is

like originally when i started getting

into the gaming community a lot of

people told me to try to use

a metronome to get used to a faster pace

i actually think that's a very bad idea

because when it comes to static

movements

both in game and in callbacks you

actually want to be dynamic in your pace

you want to be able to speed up when

you're making small movements

basically when you have got clusters for

example in one world systage small you

want to have

a way faster pace than when you're

moving between further away dots

so when you use a metronome your brain

will try to

match the pace and then will actually

slow you down

in clusters and make you go too fast on

far away dots and it will just basically

make you miss the far away dots

and waste efficiency in the cluster so

maybe you could experiment with a

metronome with a way higher

bpm than what you're actually capable of

and try to only match it

for a period of time but i would still

say don't use it i basically never used

it

and you know i managed somehow to get to

the top

so it's definitely not needed okay now

something else i want to say

is i think you should use smaller

scenarios smaller versions of the

scenarios like the 30

smaller versions of one voltage target

small and one wall for target small

but you know you shouldn't only play

those because the problem with those is

that you will inevitably go slower and

so you won't get used to the faster pace

that you need for the actual main

scenarios

so use them but still you know keep in

mind what i said earlier

split the movement in two parts a flick

that is very fast and you

should be fast even on the small ones

and then take your time with the micro

correction but it will be a lot easier

to hit the micro correction because you

will already

have flick close to the dot so that is

that is very good in my opinion use the

smaller scenarios but still try to go as

fast as you would on the main one

of course you will slow down a lot more

in the micro corrections but they will

be fine

so final considerations

on this first of all ask yourself

why am i going to grind small dots just

for the score i mean that is a

legitimate

reason i did it because i had fun with a

competitive part of callbacks and the

leaderboards

so you know it's okay but if you're

doing it to improve

and if you're doing it to improve at

games then you should consider actually

playing the game that is a lot more

efficient than actually grinding small

dots

so of course ideally you want to have

a routine where you do use small dots

but

only as per the routine