Team Strategy

HOW TO BE A TEAM PLAYER

fiFirst off, COOPERATION is the root to team success, no team strategy will work without each member giving 110%. An effective team will 90% of the time defeat your opposing team not using teamwork because it doesn't matter who you are, a team will always accomplish more than a solo player not cooperating with their team (with the exception of me, jk jk). Think about it, who would win? 4 pistols or 1? 2 pistols with RL and Sniper support or a lone tank? 3 decoy players and a cloaked one against a sniper on the ridge? I'll let you guess. I think that I made my point.     2nd, COMMUNICATION is key if you are to succeed Halo Multiplayer. You should get into the habit of knowing where all you teammates are, and what they are trying to accomplish so that you can give them support if need be.     3rd, EXECUTION is what makes everything function, its the backbone to everything you will ever do in Halo. You can have the most kick ass plan and strategy to effectivly accomplish whatever you are trying to do, but without the proper skills and tactics to carry out the plan, what good is it? You must practice your game skills to stay sharp!     4th, PLANNING is of paramount importance when playing team games such as CTF (especially!), ODDBALL, SLAYER, etc. If your team plans what they are going to do, it will be much more effective than having just having your team barging with no idea what the othe team has in mind and getting blown away to hell. Perhaps you could send a scout, see what the other team's defenses are, and plan it from there!      *And always remember not to be lousy losers and blame it on your other team members like Nick, Tim, and Ron...silly Elites....be a good sport about losing!

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*NOTE: a team working together will usually always prevail against a team where each player is doing his "own thing"* (see FIG 1.0)

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*NOTE: Planning your team's strategies are key. Printing out maps like these and drawing elements of your plan on them are very useful when explaining to your team what you each person is going to do.* (see FIG 1.1)