[Stephen]

Some other useful tips are:

1. As pointed out above, know your nades (When and when not to use them.)
Save your grenades until you know you can use them effectively. for example, You spawn Gold 1 on guardian in a 1v1. Don't throw a nade into S2/S3 like most people do, think about it...There's two people on the map, you and your opponent. he could be anywhere, and nading will give out your position, surpirse is always a good tactic.

Prime example of when to use a nade:
Your S2 on Guardian, and the kid is rushing you from Elbow. You br battle, you missed a few shots so you run S3, waiting for your shields to try again, and he chases you. As you go S2, turn around and nade into the spot you were just at, 9.9/10 times the person will have ran there, and is now 1 shot/dead depending on if you used a frag or sticky.

2. Never play below 3 sensitivity, never higher than 6.

Reasons: Anything below 3, all the other person has to do is strafe and you're fucked. Trust me I used to play on 1-2 varying, and everytime someone strafed (Succesfully) I got out BRed. Reason being you can't really lead your shots because you can't keep up with their strafe. Any higher than 6 is bad as well, think about this...You are in a Br battle with an opponent. You're playing 7, he's on 4. His aiming is slower than yours, and therefore gives him the advantage in leading shots, etc. You're aiming is far mroe sensitive than his, sure, you may be used to it, but fact is he can focus less on controlling his movement and mroe on 4 shotting you.

3. If you find yourself in a fair fight, you suck.
Main thing to remember is, in Halo, there are no "dirty tricks" only strats. Nade into blue room before you go in, becvause since you did, he is 1 shot, or atleast weaker, thus giving you the advantage.


4. Don't ever try to win a BR battle with lowered shields.
You're in Greenbox on Pit, and your opponent nades in. It gets you 1 shot but you get your shields up some before he comes in. You're sheilds are 3/4 full, his are max. He wins. Don't assume he will miss a shot, which elads me to the alst point.

5. Always assume your opponent is amazing.
If you think your opponent is absolutely garbage, you don't try as hard (if you try at all) and most of the time, they aren't as garbage as you thought. If you always assume they are awesome and rape kids constantly, then you try to do well and usually do.

Just consider these when playing, and most importantly, THINK when you play, Halo is mroe strategy and thinking then it is skill.