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As I was asked a week ago by several people on our website, I will explain why people should play more than 1 or maybe 2 maps all the time. As someone asked, they don't know more than 2 maps, so let me explain how to learn at least 5 or more competitive active duty maps. First of all start learning the map on deathmatch / casual games so you know the layout, next learn the names of certain key spots of the map (ex. A Main, B Tunnels, Forklift etc.).

After you practice this at least 10 times you'll know the map. A map callout, is what you use to describe where on the map you or the enemy is. It is very useful information for your teammates and you should learn all the basic callout's as quickly as possible. When you spot an enemy or die, you callout where it all happened. This way your teammates will know exactly where to look.

After learning the map layout and key points see what kind of weapon suits your playstyle and the map. There are some maps that advantage Quickscopers, some that advantage Entry Fraggers etc. Talk with your team, look what weapons they buy and choose the weapon you want to play. Some people never look what their teammates buy at the start of the round and they see that they have 3 awpers or some are on eco and some buy weapons. There is a lot to gain by knowing the map very well, so that you at any given time have your crosshair in the position where the enemy is most likely to appear. This way you won't have to move your crosshair much when you see the enemy, ideally you only need to press the trigger to kill him - no need to first adjust your crosshair position.

When playing CS it is important that you try to keep track of everything that goes on. This includes where your teammates are, what direction they're covering, where the enemy has been spotted and so on - basically everything that gives you some sort of information. Keeping some track of this will enable you to have a relatively precise picture of the current situation of that round, so you can make better decisions during a round to increase your chances of winning. Most of the time you will have to deal with a lot of unknown factors, maybe only one of the five enemies have been spotted so your picture of the game will be based more on guesswork than actual facts. This is however the case most of the time, you rarely have a fully accurate image of the situation.

However, you can collect a lot of information by being more aware. One example is that players can only carry 1 HE-grenade, so that if you see two HE-grenades coming down Banana on de_inferno you will know that at least two enemy players are there.

Most CS:GO maps have a few really useful spots to drop a smoke grenade or flashbang. Often, these spots will require you to bounce the grenade off a wall, or perform some other trick to place the detonation precisely. There’s a ton of videos that will show you these spots, and show exactly how to throw your smoke grenade to get it to land there. Learn these spots and you'll have a advantage over your enemy. Diversifying your map pool will help you rack up more competitive wins and get a higher rank. Also new maps will be implemented when new Operations are revealed so this will be a good guide on how to learn them fast and effective.

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