Who am I to have all theas ideas about how to play an FPS online? Well, I am on no account a Pro but I would say I'm a fairly skilled player with experience from playing several first person shooter games online. There are casual-, hardcore- and pro players. Casual players only play for fun and don't bother much if they win or lose. This is the vast majority of players. Pro players are the ones that perform so well in one or few games that they can make their living from it. This is only possible if you have the right skills and mindset AND are willing to invest your lifestyle in it. Hardcore gamers are those who take their gaming seriously in the sense that they play to WIN on public or private servers. This is the main difference between casual and hardcore players. The hardcore player also seeks information about the games they play in order to improve. These players also play different games from the same category and transfer knowledge about tactics from one game to another. To answer the initial question: I claim to be a hardcore player according to the definition above. Having a full time job and living a social life limits the number of available gaming hours. I guess playing more would improve the stats. But that's not a personal priority. Usually being on the top quarter of the leaderboard is good enough. Whenever I play I play to WIN.
Shooter games I have played in multiplayer (in the order I started playing them)
- Quake
- Quake 2
- Unreal
- Half-life
- Counter-Strike
- Medal of Honor: Allied assault
- Battlefield 1942
- Gears of War (3rd person shooter)
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
- Halo 3
- Gears of War 2 (3rd person shooter)
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
- Killzone 2
- Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (incl. Vietnam)
- Halo: Reach
- Killzone 3
- Gears of War 3 (3rd person shooter)
- Battlefield 3
- Halo 4
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 2
