I’m planning on starting a youtube channel in a couple months, with the aim of teaching new and intermediate players how to take their game to the next level. I want to make the kind of videos that I wish were available when I was first learning how to play. I have a lot of good ideas for tutorial topics, as well as how to present them well. I want them to be really clear and easy to learn from. I think viewers that are looking to learn and get better will get a lot from my videos.
I have a lot of my own ideas, but I want to know what my audience wants. I have 10 years of competitive Halo experience. I love this game, and I’m very good at it. I can help you, and I’m eager to do it! So, if you had an experienced, skilled, and friendly Halo player that was willing to teach you whatever you wanted to know more about, what would you ask him? What video topics would you like me to make?
To those of you that will respond, I’d love some feedback on these questions:
-When you play Halo, is winning important to you?
-Do you look for Halo content on the internet that will help you improve as a player?
-Do you typically look for or watch Halo tutorial videos on Youtube?
-If so, what do you like and dislike about what’s currently available? Feel free to link me to a video that you found helpful.
-What concepts, tips, tactics or strategies do you wish someone would clearly explain to you?
I’ve got a wealth of knowledge about this game, and I’m eager to help players that are trying to get better. I’ve always been the type of person who’s fun in-game largely hinges on whether or not I win, so winning and getting better has always been important to me. If this sounds like you, and you’re looking to learn some new stuff, then help me help you. Tell me what you want to know
> -When you play Halo, is winning important to you?
Absolutely. Winning is of the utmost importance. Too many people worry too much about Achievements, power weapons, and K/D, and they ruin the game.
> -Do you look for Halo content on the internet that will help you improve as a player?
> -Do you typically look for or watch Halo tutorial videos on Youtube?
> -If so, what do you like and dislike about what’s currently available? Feel free to link me to a video that you found helpful.
> -What concepts, tips, tactics or strategies do you wish someone would clearly explain to you?
I don’t really look for Halo multiplayer education very much, mostly because most of what’s out there is basic stuff that you should be able to learn just by playing. The type of stuff that will move you from a suck player to a decent player. To me, that’s not “taking it to the next level,” that’s just basic education.
Currently, Nak3d Eli is the only “education” I keep up with, because I don’t really look, I just happened to find him, and because his videos teach things that one could only find out through experimentation. Everything I know about Pulse Grenades and the way Promethean Vision and Stealth work, I learned from his videos.
Game commentary is good too. But too many players just ramble like, “and he was one-shot, so I killed him easily and then turned around and got a snapshot on this guy for the double kill…” Yeah, I know, I just watched you do that. Tell me what you were thinking–why you decided to go left rather than right, why you chased rather than retreated, why you chose the DMR instead of the BR, etc.
Was important until Reach/H4 came along. No ranking system, no good gameplay/teamwork.
No, you’ll gradually learn how to play better… hopefully.
Only Forge/Custom Game settings.
… none? Started from H3 and you’ll learn by experience basically.
IMO, those who are new to FPS games are the ones who will look up for help. So you might not get that many views. If you make videos on how to play strategically on a certain map like controlling this part of the map, holding this weapon here and etc. then you might be on to something. “If don’t know the map, you won’t play good.” was told to me by my friends when I first started out.
> I’m planning on starting a youtube channel in a couple months, with the aim of teaching new and intermediate players how to take their game to the next level. I want to make the kind of videos that I wish were available when I was first learning how to play. I have a lot of good ideas for tutorial topics, as well as how to present them well. I want them to be really clear and easy to learn from. I think viewers that are looking to learn and get better will get a lot from my videos.
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> I have a lot of my own ideas, but I want to know what my audience wants. I have 10 years of competitive Halo experience. I love this game, and I’m very good at it. I can help you, and I’m eager to do it! So, if you had an experienced, skilled, and friendly Halo player that was willing to teach you whatever you wanted to know more about, what would you ask him? What video topics would you like me to make?
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> To those of you that will respond, I’d love some feedback on these questions:
>
> -When you play Halo, is winning important to you?
> -Do you look for Halo content on the internet that will help you improve as a player?
> -Do you typically look for or watch Halo tutorial videos on Youtube?
> -If so, what do you like and dislike about what’s currently available? Feel free to link me to a video that you found helpful.
> -What concepts, tips, tactics or strategies do you wish someone would clearly explain to you?
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> I’ve got a wealth of knowledge about this game, and I’m eager to help players that are trying to get better. I’ve always been the type of person who’s fun in-game largely hinges on whether or not I win, so winning and getting better has always been important to me. If this sounds like you, and you’re looking to learn some new stuff, then help me help you. Tell me what you want to know
If your thinking this guy is full of it, he’s not. I checked out his service record and I found that:
He Has 100 percent commendations.
He has unlocked 66/77 achievements.
He has beat the campaign on legendary both solo and co-op.
He has played 6 days of war games.
He has played 1340 war games and 995 of them he’s won.
> > I’m planning on starting a youtube channel in a couple months, with the aim of teaching new and intermediate players how to take their game to the next level. I want to make the kind of videos that I wish were available when I was first learning how to play. I have a lot of good ideas for tutorial topics, as well as how to present them well. I want them to be really clear and easy to learn from. I think viewers that are looking to learn and get better will get a lot from my videos.
> >
> > I have a lot of my own ideas, but I want to know what my audience wants. I have 10 years of competitive Halo experience. I love this game, and I’m very good at it. I can help you, and I’m eager to do it! So, if you had an experienced, skilled, and friendly Halo player that was willing to teach you whatever you wanted to know more about, what would you ask him? What video topics would you like me to make?
> >
> > To those of you that will respond, I’d love some feedback on these questions:
> >
> > -When you play Halo, is winning important to you?
> > -Do you look for Halo content on the internet that will help you improve as a player?
> > -Do you typically look for or watch Halo tutorial videos on Youtube?
> > -If so, what do you like and dislike about what’s currently available? Feel free to link me to a video that you found helpful.
> > -What concepts, tips, tactics or strategies do you wish someone would clearly explain to you?
> >
> >
> > I’ve got a wealth of knowledge about this game, and I’m eager to help players that are trying to get better. I’ve always been the type of person who’s fun in-game largely hinges on whether or not I win, so winning and getting better has always been important to me. If this sounds like you, and you’re looking to learn some new stuff, then help me help you. Tell me what you want to know
>
> If your thinking this guy is full of it, he’s not. I checked out his service record and I found that:
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> 1. He Has 100 percent commendations.
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> 2. He has unlocked 66/77 achievements.
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> 3. He has beat the campaign on legendary both solo and co-op.
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> 4. He has played 6 days of war games.
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> 5. He has played 1340 war games and 995 of them he’s won.
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> 6. he has 49013 medals.
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> 7. He’s good!
I didn’t think achievements or commendations really make a person good. Or the campaign completion.
Good would be doing SLASO or LASO with evidence via the LASO Emblem, or constantly being a good team-mate with no betrayals. All in all, it varies from person to person, everyone has their own views.
> I didn’t think achievements or commendations really make a person good. Or the campaign completion.
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> <mark>Good would be doing SLASO or LASO with evidence via the LASO Emblem</mark>, or constantly being a good team-mate with no betrayals. All in all, it varies from person to person, everyone has their own views.
I cheated!! I did it before the patch… does that make me sneaky good? lol
Yeah, I agree wholeheartedly about the quality of whats out there right now. I can’t start my channel yet (I’m in Army AIT until October), so I’m trying to do some preparation and research. I searched for tip, tutorial, and commentary videos for a couple hours the other day, and I was NOT impressed. Naked Eli does good work, but his videos have a much narrower focus than what I intend to make. Another guy, RecedingHairlineMan (or something like that) has some decent material, but it’s mostly just raw gameplay with unrelated commentary over it. Everything else was pretty darn bad. I really think there’s a niche to be filled and a name to be made for the first guy to make a quality help series.
I appreciate the thoughtful reply. I’ll use what you said
> > -When you play Halo, is winning important to you?
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> Absolutely. Winning is of the utmost importance. Too many people worry too much about Achievements, power weapons, and K/D, and they ruin the game.
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> > -Do you look for Halo content on the internet that will help you improve as a player?
> > -Do you typically look for or watch Halo tutorial videos on Youtube?
> > -If so, what do you like and dislike about what’s currently available? Feel free to link me to a video that you found helpful.
> > -What concepts, tips, tactics or strategies do you wish someone would clearly explain to you?
>
> I don’t really look for Halo multiplayer education very much, mostly because most of what’s out there is basic stuff that you should be able to learn just by playing. The type of stuff that will move you from a suck player to a decent player. To me, that’s not “taking it to the next level,” that’s just basic education.
>
> Currently, Nak3d Eli is the only “education” I keep up with, because I don’t really look, I just happened to find him, and because his videos teach things that one could only find out through experimentation. Everything I know about Pulse Grenades and the way Promethean Vision and Stealth work, I learned from his videos.
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> Game commentary is good too. But too many players just ramble like, “and he was one-shot, so I killed him easily and then turned around and got a snapshot on this guy for the double kill…” Yeah, I know, I just watched you do that. Tell me what you were thinking–why you decided to go left rather than right, why you chased rather than retreated, why you chose the DMR instead of the BR, etc.
My above post is in reference to this. My quote didn’t work for some reason.
> To those of you that will respond, I’d love some feedback on these questions:
>
> -When you play Halo, is winning important to you?
>
> Yes
>
> -Do you look for Halo content on the internet that will help you improve as a player?
>
> Yes
>
> -Do you typically look for or watch Halo tutorial videos on Youtube?
> -If so, what do you like and dislike about what’s currently available? Feel free to link me to a video that you found helpful.
>
> Most of the videos out there are too basic. Nak3d Eli and Bravo MLG both have some great videos.
>
> -What concepts, tips, tactics or strategies do you wish someone would clearly explain to you?
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> I have yet to see anyone explain how to use grenades to counter power positions (grenade placement, grenade points etc.).
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> Ex: Have you ever found yourself pinned on Haven’s open ramp against a foe at Red/Blue platform and thought a grenade could be useful? Think its not possible, think again! If you get the perfect angle you can bounce a frag off of one the large pillars and it will land just behind the trapezoidal cover piece of the platform (this is where most players hide if they are one-shot).
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> Tips like this would be extremely helpful for countering power positions and bombarding common paths from unorthodox angles. I realize this would be a difficult video to piece together as there are quite a few maps and a lot of the useful grenade points aren’t immediately obvious.
> Ex: Have you ever found yourself pinned on Haven’s open ramp against a foe at Red/Blue platform and thought a grenade could be useful? Think its not possible, think again! If you get the perfect angle you can bounce a frag off of one the large pillars and it will land just behind the trapezoidal cover piece of the platform (this is where most players hide if they are one-shot).
If someone put up a video like that, I’d totally watch it.
> When you play Halo, is winning important to you?
Not really, no. I mean, it’s more important to me than my K/D ratio and whatnot, but I mainly just play to enjoy myself and have fun. I find that getting too caught up in needing to win makes some people too angry and frustrated when they lose. For myself, I find that not caring about all of that lets me just have a good time.
> Do you look for Halo content on the internet that will help you improve as a player?
Personally? No, I never have. I’ve always preferred the method of improving myself by playing the game. However, I’m sure that it would definitely help out players who are looking for such type of tutorials online.
> Do you typically look for or watch Halo tutorial videos on Youtube?
Not at all, no.
> What concepts, tips, tactics or strategies do you wish someone would clearly explain to you?
I can’t really think of anything, to be perfectly honest.
> I didn’t think achievements or commendations really make a person good. Or the campaign completion.
>
> <mark>Good would be doing SLASO or LASO with evidence via the LASO Emblem</mark>, or constantly being a good team-mate with no betrayals. All in all, it varies from person to person, everyone has their own views.
Trust me the LASO emblem tells you nothing about a players online ability, my stats are proof enough…
TC I’m also making videos, but I’m waiting for a few to be made before mass releasing. One thing I always look for which I can’t find ANYWHERE, is any sort of exercise to increase my dexterity/ability to aim.
> > I didn’t think achievements or commendations really make a person good. Or the campaign completion.
> >
> > <mark>Good would be doing SLASO or LASO with evidence via the LASO Emblem</mark>, or constantly being a good team-mate with no betrayals. All in all, it varies from person to person, everyone has their own views.
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> Trust me the LASO emblem tells you nothing about a players online ability, my stats are proof enough…
Exactly. I love how people think looking up how to do LASO, then doing it step by step according to a video strategy guide suddenly become “Good” at Halo.
I did many stages LASO on H3 and Reach, it is an exercise in patience/determination more than anything. With the amount of time spent doing it, they could’ve watched some “Get better at Halo” videos by MLG pros and actually gotten better. Whatever though.
> Responses in gold.
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> > To those of you that will respond, I’d love some feedback on these questions:
> >
> > -When you play Halo, is winning important to you?
> >
> > Yes
> >
> > -Do you look for Halo content on the internet that will help you improve as a player?
> >
> > Yes
> >
> > -Do you typically look for or watch Halo tutorial videos on Youtube?
> > -If so, what do you like and dislike about what’s currently available? Feel free to link me to a video that you found helpful.
> >
> > Most of the videos out there are too basic. Nak3d Eli and Bravo MLG both have some great videos.
> >
> > -What concepts, tips, tactics or strategies do you wish someone would clearly explain to you?
> >
> > I have yet to see anyone explain how to use grenades to counter power positions (grenade placement, grenade points etc.).
> >
> > Ex: Have you ever found yourself pinned on Haven’s open ramp against a foe at Red/Blue platform and thought a grenade could be useful? Think its not possible, think again! If you get the perfect angle you can bounce a frag off of one the large pillars and it will land just behind the trapezoidal cover piece of the platform (this is where most players hide if they are one-shot).
> >
> > Tips like this would be extremely helpful for countering power positions and bombarding common paths from unorthodox angles. I realize this would be a difficult video to piece together as there are quite a few maps and a lot of the useful grenade points aren’t immediately obvious.
Great post man. Thank you for the good feedback. I forgot about Bravo. He makes great stuff. I’m planning on having a bit more structure to my channel though. His videos, while great individually, are kind of all over the place as a channel. There isn’t really a theme or a series (aside from Road to 50), so it feels unorganized to me. That’s where I plan on improving. I have several series in mind, so it should be easy to find what you’re looking for.
The grenade idea is not only a great idea for a video, but you also gave me a good idea for a series. The videos I’m planning to make deal more with big picture, mindset and decision-making type stuff. But a series on tips for the micro part of the game (such as great grenade angles) is a good idea.
> TC I’m also making videos, but I’m waiting for a few to be made before mass releasing. One thing I always look for which I can’t find ANYWHERE, is any sort of exercise to increase my dexterity/ability to aim.
Skirmageddon in Halo: Reach! It’s a gametype in score attack firefight. That was an EXCELLENT warm-up for your aim. Nothing but skirmishers and your DMR.
Another great option is Octagon, but you need a partner to drill with. If you’ve never played it, its just an empty room about 30ft across with 8 sides, and you just have BR fight after BR fight. It’ll help you with your strafe and your aim. You have a snipe secondary so it helps with your quickscoping/snapshotting as well. It’s a very popular gametype and map. It shouldn’t be hard to find if you search fileshares.
That said, I recommend not putting a ton of emphasis on your aim. It will come automatically with time, I promise. You don’t even have to think about it, it just gets better. Put much more of your mental energy towards your in-game decision making.
Analyze your deaths when you die. Take a few seconds to try to figure out why you died. It’s surprising how many people don’t do this. They’ll either spawn right away without thinking about it, or they’ll blame it on anything but their own decisions (lag, camping, weapon balance, teammates, etc) Take responsibility for your death so that you can learn something from it. What could you have done to kill your killer, get away, or even just buy a few more seconds so maybe your teammates could save you? That’s why I hate instant spawn. Kids just spawn right away after a death and don’t take any time to think about what they could have done differently. Anyways, /rant
