Team games, free-for-alls, and the many other variations of the game are typically pretty decent indications of a person’s skills. Nevertheless, the one determining factor that the majority regards as the most accurate judgment of a player’s overall skill is how well they play in a one-on-one match. That particular assumption is actually not that far off. To excel in one-on-one requires... 

*Note: this was writen around 2002 for the quake 2 scene, still lots of great insight in this article. Since I’ve returned to Quake 2 in the past few months I found that the most unappetizing detail is that Q2DM1 is now (for all intensive purposes) the only level played. I will be the first person to state that Q2DM1 is a the best 1 v 1 level that Quake 2 has seen, however I also believe there... 

Although team games and free-for-alls are good assessments of one’s skill, the defining factor in whether one player is better than the other is by playing one-on-one. In a 1-on-1 game, sounds are way more important than when you are playing teams or free-for-all (FFA). Each map requires a slightly different strategy; however, there are some general tactics you should follow when you play. There...