So this is how they practice

Comprox

<div class="IPBDescription">What sp is really for!</div>How thise silly 12 year olds <a href="http://www.inktank.com/AT/index.cfm?toon=08-16-02" target="_blank">practice</a> their online behaviour <!--emo&:)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'><!--endemo-->

C0nan_The_Librarian

haha lol, in reality when i started play HL (age 11) and its mods my brother helped me out starting with TFC he played some maps with me on a LAN and told me what to do where to shoot and stuff (the map was hunted in fact i still remember it) then we moved on to CS and then i actually got good. and learned to keep my mouth shut and play...

SmokeMasta

i don't learn from SP games anymore
the IA is just to stupid...i want smart enemy's

MooMoo_the_SnowCow

<!--QuoteBegin--SmokeMasta+Aug. 16 2002,01:28--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> (SmokeMasta @ Aug. 16 2002,01:28)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><!--QuoteEBegin-->i don't learn from SP games anymore
the IA is just to stupid...i want smart enemy's<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I wont comment of the irony of that remark.

Freestyler

Rofl Smoke.  If I were you, I'd say that was intentional... will make it funnier <!--emo&:D--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'><!--endemo-->

TychoCelchuuu

for all we know it could be. in either case gave me  agood chuckle.

Evil_Sonic_Death_Monkey

sp's r really good to learn the basics of the game. but the only way to "master" (get a lot better) at the game is to go online and play. cuz i got a friend who played normal hl, and this is how he played.

He runs into a room full of marines. Since, its on easy mode, they don't even hit him when he stands still. he just stands there taking time to point his gun at them and shoot. After the battle, he has 89 hp and 67 armour (full b4). He comes and tells me that he mastered hl and that he can kick total @ss in multi. I watch him get online, and get his @ss get kicked so badly its not funny. he got a rec like 2-60 after 20min. Always using the same strat. So, the moral of this story is that sp is only good to learn the basics and controls, and taht mp is the best to master someone's skill. (I sounded pretty pathetic didn't I?)

richard_of_richardland

Well I think that the two playing styles are different, playing against single player you are directed through a level, and are presented with enemies that are (hideously in most cases even on hard) much easier than yourself.

Sure, there's no way to even compare sp game playing to the skill of deathmatch online, but I think you could make a similar mistake of thinking you could beat any sp game just because you get 10f/d in DM. In single player games you cannot learn the maps as such, and you can't go another route to come round the back of your enemies.

Also, if he was playing on easy then I don't think he could be a master of anything, play on hard, it's a much more even battle at times.

You can play sp as deathmatch but you will often loose a lot more ammo and health. Afterall, the difference between dm and sp in HL is that grunts have 100% accuracy (even on easy they never miss), even if the mp5 they use only takes 1pt of energy off and no health on normal.

Also, I think it misses the point of single player if you just treat it like deathmatch practice (not that anyone does, but it's an amusing concept).

XyberBob

Lol,

thats so true, hopefully we can stop them from reducing NS to the rubbish CS is today

JediYoshi

11 year olds are more pratical...

Gazaar

More 10-12 year olds play CS than in the age group of 16-18, so most of the 11's aren't, only a few smart ones <!--emo&:)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'><!--endemo-->