CS:GO Positioning Fundamentals

[@vooCSGO]

Thanks for watching guys, this is kind of a tag-along to the 4 levels of positioning video that doesn't always outline everything in quite the same way. This is a lot of stuff I've had out in other videos but I figured it was relevant to have it all together inside of one and if you want the specifics you can look at the individual videos where I outline peek unpeeking, isolating angles using terrain, and off angles. Join the Community ► discord.gg/Dw6KbFy Support the Content ► www.patreon.com/voocsgo 2nd Channel ► kzbin.info

[@shornobrahmanborno9151]

bro give me this crosshair code

[@conner9243]

Hey voo can you do a video series on what makes certain pros’s play styles stick out and I’d love to see video explaining why liquid sucks now. I think it would be a perfect example of aim vs game sense as I’ve always thought of liquid for having the best aim in NA.

[@OltskuMP]

Exactly at 4:20 you can see on the timer it says 13:37. That's an epic gamer moment right there.

[@maximumbrainrot]

omg moi oon sun fani

[@enthymeme4856]

wtf it really is an epic gamer moment

[@honigfna3551]

Nice

[@LiveforHM]

FUNNY DRUG PLANT NUMBER AHAHAHAHAHA PEAK HUMOR!!!!

[@theodorbrekkeberthelsen6919]

Whuuutt?? 420 and 1337 at the same time

[@iliya3580]

I was going through a slump and I felt that my aim was fine but I kept doing bad in games, turns out my positioning was pretty bad. I was usually taking disadvantaged fights which made me feel like I was worse than I actually was. Just goes to show how positioning is just as important as aim

[@mirceapaduraru2710]

I feel you dude, my aim is actually quite good so usually i get 1 or 2 kills every round just by outaiming people but most of the time i dont the things here so i die really bad deaths

[@jmw8403]

Most people know that positioning is just as important as aim. I actually think the most common mistake people make is thinking positioning is way more important than aim. But aim is also important, something many players forget. Most people when they are playing poorly and dying too often, they instantly think that it's their positioning that is bad, but sometimes it is their aim. This stands true for players in all skill levels.

[@NullGamurai]

I could watch this type of content forever

[@alsowonderingthesamething6616]

But you're still silver

[@Bezmenov93]

So go to Josh Nissan (steel) channel and watch all his series, is very similar, solid content. Voo, Steel, Nothing, even some old Dazed videos are awesome to learn fundamentals.

[@teholy2325]

@@alsowonderingthesamething6616 please this pic

[@grqfes]

@@Bezmenov93 _that_ steel?

[@xWARLORDx]

This is what the community needs. A good CSGO video.

[@jlloydblloyd650]

Just found this channel a little bit ago, and the content is great! Thanks for all the hard work!

[@thefungusamongus3958]

Don't forget to join the discord!

[@Frankcarpg]

You've truly found a gold mine, my fella

[@nervz]

Valorant waiting room: what should we watch? Voo: it’s free real estate

[@Potatolands]

TsaR lmao

[@Gvoozy]

Do a video on communicating. I'm having trouble with teammates giving out info about the other team and knowing what to do with the info that i'm giving to them.

[@concussed1796]

I quit a while ago but here’s a video on that topic kzbin.info/www/bejne/nnPRioeKequAftE

[@ExtrusionXDesigns]

thats just dumb, its basic gamesense

[@Gvoozy]

@@ExtrusionXDesigns basic gamesense ? Have you ever played CS:GO... like ever. Idk about US servers but in Europe people either give useless information(super vague callouts) or don't say anything at all.

[@Gvoozy]

@@concussed1796 Wow you're video is actually really good. Clear, short and simple. Love it.

[@ExtrusionXDesigns]

@@Gvoozy thats sad, idk why ur being pissed when other people have shit gamesense

[@qnxz77]

I started watching your videos a few months ago, since then I have improved from Mge to Lem. Thank you Voo!

[@matthewarde9356]

I've been working on my decision making across different situations and came across your channel. Your content is really informative and to the point and has been really helpful so far. Subbed.

[@DeanW1967]

There’s one key problem at the end of this video... you are presuming that we have team mates that think

[@darknezz6769]

7:49 have your teammate shoot at the enemies while you wait, wait till an enemy overextends to focus your teammate and you can easily pick up a free kill. For example if you use his position, your teammate could be in car or bottom ramp

[@dhyantemryava]

This principle is very underrated, works on every map!

[@konichiwasensei]

bait and switch always very good !

[@Snook_]

Your last point about comms and how it helps others play off you is so important. This part is overlooked by almost all gamers. Games are so easy with methodical comms. Most times you die once at a high level, its because you didn't have the information you needed or you got outplayed 50/50. Reducing deaths by good info massively changes the game.

[@mousepad505]

This was an extremely informative video.

[@JettoALT]

I feel like Im playing chess lol

[@Cheater24a]

you are ;)

[@helloitsme3]

Thats it

[@syncrol]

much more complex 😂

[@MisterrTheEditor]

@@syncrol RNG=\=complexity

[@cdelgado418dayz4]

@@MisterrTheEditor I feel like it’s also because you aren’t just reading one other person and you aren’t controlling your team the way you would be able to in chess

[@xMaverickFPS]

I use that B-site angle on Dust2 all the time. yet no one else seems to know about it in the games I'm in. I'm also learning some new ones here as well. good stuff as always, voo.

[@TotteThorsen]

Just because you get kills from a certain spot doesn't nececarily make it a great position. When you get into higher ranks you may start to find some positions that was working out from before not being effective at all anymore. You could compare it to making a stupid play and getting a free kill from it doesn't make it a good/correct play and you'll get punished when facing better opposition (:

[@xMaverickFPS]

​@@TotteThorsen oh for sure. i've been all over the place. from low silver to even MG or MGE. i'm not a pro by any means, but i've definitely experienced this. this also happens in other games like Siege, where I'm plat, and my RL friends are silver. if i get too comfortable in silver, i get stomped when i go back to plat.

[@nippecs5903]

Your videos are easy to understand and to use in my games! You explain everything really well and your videos have helped me so much, thank you!

[@niels7304]

I think I'm good a positioning, but after watching this I realise that I should think more about it. It's so important. Great content

[@KavinskyEP]

Would like to see a compilation of positions on different maps. Nice video.

[@bakercorps]

As a noob, this video takes at least 30 min to watch. I gotta pause/rewind so much lol

[@teo-iwnl9024]

Keep practicing and playing best advice

[@hjjjjhjfjfj]

Exactly! I zone out so much so I have to constantly think of what I’m thinking about haha

[@mavalto]

It is a simple concept yet very important since it's the basic of your positionning. Here are the ideas : 1) hold/peek where the enemy could be, 1 angle at a time and be covered from the others. If you are exposed to others, there is a chance that he could peek you there, justd by having that chance puts you in disadvantage. You want to fight 1 enemy at a time 2) You want to hold when they can push you, wether or not you are moving. You have the advantage by holding an off angle ( the enemy clears something else while crossing your crosshair) or by peeking unpeeking to catch him off guard. 3) To have the advantage when peeking, you need to have your crosshair on the enemy's head at the end of your peek, which is difficult and sometimes impossible ( since they play off angles) and therefore you can use your utility to avoid getting caught off guard and fuck them

[@bakercorps]

@@mavalto thanks ❤️

[@bakercorps]

@@mavalto got some game play for the third point? I need to see some to further understand what it means by having the cross hair at the end of my peek example.

[@womato]

When im solo queing in silver and tell my teammates what im doing they say, "No one asked", so i don't talk to my teammates anymore. Either that or my team doesn't have a mic which is like 90% of the time

[@nopatterns5837]

What region are you in? As some who placed in Silver EU with all the rooskies, my experience wasn't like this at all. Most people have mics, pretty much mandatory for PC gamers. Sounds like you are shifting blame for your losses which isn't going to help you improve. I feed my random team information whether they like it or not, in fact I have my team muted quite often because some people are overbearing and I can't hear the game. I unmute them when I think they might give me useful information, then mute them again in a clutch. Some times people don't listen, that's normal, welcome to most levels of matchmaking. But if you stop trying then instead of 90% of the time, it's 100% of the time that you are at a disadvantage. The mini-map does tons of communication for you. When you see a teammate die that was solo holding B for instance, rotate and tell the rest of your team they are pushing B. If your team won't listen to you say "let's go B" or "A short" that's fine too. Play near the bigger group of your teammates as an entry or refragger (if you really are better than silver then you will beat the other team in aim duels most of the time) or if you think your game sense is good enough, lurk, push short when your team is pushing long etc.

[@womato]

@@nopatterns5837 I'm NA and it's very different when I play. Almost every game I solo que, there's around 1-2 people who have a mic. This is why I stopped solo queing. I don't play without a friend. Also, I've never lost a game with a full team with mics. In general I feel like they need to rework matchmaking. Most of my games just depend on who doesn't have the most new players. Then when I see higher rank gameplay, everyone has a mic. Everyone is coumicating, no one is toxic, and they have good comms. Then there's people who just throw the game and don't even try playing with you. I say, "Let's try going B". Then there's that one guy who goes a and dies every round. And this is why I don't solo que anymore.

[@nopatterns5837]

@@womato Yup but none of these are stopping you getting out of silver. Ofc you are going to win more when you have a full stack communicating and using strats vs a mixed team of solo Q, duos etc. The reality is if you can't climb out of low ranks without a stack, you aren't that good and you have to focus on yourself improvement. Plenty of people have solo'd to global and they are the player's that really deserve the rank vs a boosted global that can't aim and got there through stacking.

[@TotteThorsen]

@@womato "No one is toxic" oh boyy, you're going to love the upper ranks! x)

[@gooble69]

@@nopatterns5837 But not everyone has global skills and can carry a team of bots out of silver. I've been N4 and now down to S4 and Silver 4 is harder because of the inconsistency. Nova matches tend to have a lot more people focused on playing seriously so the teams are more consistent. Silver matches are 30% serious players, 30% smurfs and 40% bots and griefers so it's just lucky dip who you get. I played a game today with two former DMG/MGE's who are now S4 trying to rank up again but said the same thing. Solo queuing in silver is a dead end street.

[@TomorrowXXL]

I come back to this video every few ranks and relearn my basics + relearn what I haven't started to apply yet, almost exclusively your videos have saw me go from S4 lowest to MG1 peak. please make an updated video for CS2 since it is all we have starting tomorrow :(

[@mrw273]

voo ~ the only good csgo tutorials youtuber

[@johndeschlong591]

Mr.WarOwl?

[@cnkyy]

@@johndeschlong591 warowl is more casual orientated, voo is more pro. think mm vs faceit

[@leferraille7207]

​@@cnkyy Once you learn the basics with warowl you move on to voo

[@TotteThorsen]

I would reccomend Robdeeful if you haven't heard about him. Bit irregular uploading, but good info, underrated csgo content creator!

[@pullobestfriend6735]

off angle + utility is really strong, but later in the round where off angle is more effective you'll be limited with the utility tho

[@Soap_js]

This channel is a Gem. Im wanting to go pro and you're really helpful

[@TheProGamerTeam1]

What rank are u now.?

[@yo2030]

What we need is positioning guide like this exactly for other popular maps (Mirage, Inferno, Overpass, etc) not just dust2 please man.. Desperate need of good positioning / angle peeking guide for all maps.. Thanks sir great content

[@kaziredwan7356]

Can you make a video about how to increase awareness and how should teams play together

[@Jake-qo8mz]

watching csgo matcher rounds?

[@getchaloot2097]

I am DMG, I went to leetify, and my aim and utility usage is higher than baseline Global standards, except my positioning is not even half way to the baseline poisitoning ranking. I watched this vid and applied, I dropped 30+ meaningful kills with an ADR of 100+ for 7 long matches in a row.

[@SO-qg3hb]

My crosshair placement, and aiming are pretty good and fast, but i cant find the best place to shoot my enemy, and this video help me nice

[@tukier1685]

Ive watched this video like 3 times, but overtime i always forget about fundamentals of positiong so i come here to rewatch to do better in faceit :D

[@ZeLoShady]

Please do one about comms. It seems to be a trend in mid-lower tier cs that no one knows how to properly communicate and play off information.

[@The4j1123]

The word is consistently, by the way, not concisely. Anywho, this video is super helpful. I'm trying to be a better support player, and this helps a ton in terms of utility usage, isolating angles and such. Thanks for the content!

[@cyclingdane101]

One early morning as a silver elite master, I was matched with 2 globals on the enemy team and 1 global on mine, other players were Nova 4 or higher.. Needles to say, I was out played 😅 but, I did land 2 kills haha

[@vintagejock3951]

I was also matched with legendary eagles and master guardians when my entire team was nova or silvers.

[@billykhoabillykhoa7844]

The shitty thing is that sometimes you could be playing angles correctly, but your teammate just stands in the open, dies and then call you a baiter just because you didn’t peek with him.

[@alexquiksilver4857]

billykhoa billykhoa just mute him

[@fru1tsalad249]

quarantine sucks but at least we get fire content like this

[@SamHasPlans]

Awesome video, very good concept to cover!

[@rREC]

i like when he breaths in and doesn't care that it is kinda loud

[@nexvuzi6293]

your last point is sooooo true. Cnat count how many times ive died because of bad but necessary rotation to save teammates and it gets awkward which results in a death... Thats my main weakspot basically

[@JacySanjunXiao]

As a newbie I always ain't aware or being caution while moving thats why i always die easily. The more i play the more im being caution

[@guipinto5248]

Voo can you make a video explaining the csgo economy in depth? I think it would help lots of people

[@jerryyang9748]

I feel like you could have talked more about jiggle peeking compared to peek-unpeeking, because those aren't really the same thing? I'm talking about the boombl4 style of purely jiggling to get info (archside crack angle on inferno, banana CT corner where you smoke it after etc).

[@vooCSGO]

yeah that's a style, honestly just didn't think of it when making the video. definitely something worth doing in some situations but I suppose they're rare enough that it just didn't pop into my head

[@Ihateteenagerstheyrecringe]

They're the same thing just different speeds. Conventionally speaking I'd say jiggling is used more to bait shots hence the speed

[@jerryyang9748]

EVIL NIGGA but peek unpeeking is primarily for a kill and jiggling is mainly for info. There are situations where you’d never do one over the other

[@christopherambuehl9305]

Your so much help I think your the best csgo teacher in my opinion

[@maxydoodles3461]

you should make more vids just actually playing cs, i like watching your style of play and I still learn a lot from it

[@ayushtomar9206]

Things like THIS is what will make you better.

[@XieTianXieDi888]

I’m glad he’s saying to do things that I already do.

[@blondeucus8121]

Hey can you do a video about the new csgo map Chlorine I really enjoy it and think it's really good and would love to hear your take on it!

[@matjazkranjc3511]

You really should cover different maps, not just one. I know it's general knowledge but it's boring to watch dust 2 in 90% of your videos ;) Great content as always thou!

[@GreysLyrics]

Exactly what I wanted to say. Everytime dust 2

[@ThatGuyFin]

Ever play Chess against yourself? Try it and Film it.. Love the video Keep them coming!

[@Carl2thebeat]

Great content lately voo, keep it up!

[@Jaguar_E-Type]

Match making so broken I solo q for gn2 vertigo and i get 3 DMG and one Global?

[@everythingalsoYUI]

what happens if they rush 5 B dust 2? almost impossible to stay alive

[@Welux]

Awesome keep going!!

[@Southeng8160]

6:20 how can we fly and then cancel the fly like this?

[@accuseeed]

Lower ranks mainly focus on aim when positioning and movements are as important.

[@crispycaveman9164]

great vid omg

[@bayonetta3469]

Can you make a video like this but on Mirage?

[@Gubnanonymo]

Your videos are so amazing voo

[@oliwande675]

14:30 I'm DMG player and never heard a single player calling the exact position they want to play. It is a problem for me, since I never know if I should play more passive or agressive, my teammates tend to change their positions or angles every single second, which then I need to take over. So annoying.

[@L4rs_]

True go look for premates

[@privatprivat7279]

@voo god damn u dude. i wish this wasse a video on positioning fundamenetals as a TEAM! with multiple teammates! this is all about solo playing positioning.... specially on ct defense and T after plant defense .even on LEM supreme lvl people still after a kill go aggresive and die, instead of staying alive and setting up for a 100% trade once they make contact...losing rounds like that happens in 99% of the games. simply just making people understand getting the round is better then getting multiple kills would improve plays/teamplays so much. i am basicly talking about AFFECTIVLY BAITING! OFF UR TEAMMATE TOGETHER ! what HARDLY EVER happens.(hiding behind an object and only peak when ur teammate makes contact)not just peak first and die.

[@socksonfeet8125]

Im getting back in to CS, I played Source a small amount..around 2006,2008? Trying to learn these angles on pubs for every map, when everyone has already had 12 more years to practice is annoying. I tried playing with bots but they are useless and dont use the same angles real people do.

[@azyadorinaburr8244]

download yprac practice maps

[@MFMuller16]

Great video! Thanks

[@brownthunder999]

i feel like i understand the fundamentals of counterstrike to a decent degree, but i have to rely on gamesense to makeup for aim and other incompetent teammates. stuck in silver elite right now and am unsure how to get out

[@brownthunder999]

@@ImWoolly thats why i started playing faceit. much better experience (lvl 5 btw)

[@sidhantjasrotia220]

Thank you voo

[@arav1344]

Thanks for the video it really helps

[@nuestrolavine3556]

Can you share the crosshair on the video?

[@f3lonn]

Mirage next?

[@renzevictorious1044]

This content is a wholesome

[@dent2519]

Good work bro !!!

[@jstq4803]

great video very helpful

[@rubinkelsun]

Thanks man helped alot

[@rwxrw]

Good video, voo!

[@spike890]

Can you share your viewmodel please

[@vooCSGO]

it's just standard classic viewmodel

[@dirtymike3329]

What is a view model?

[@LiveforHM]

@@dirtymike3329 viewmodel is his hands and gun

[@nurimagen314]

@@dirtymike3329 where his gun/hand models are positioned on the screen

[@dirtymike3329]

Thanks guys

[@aquinojuan676]

Please do a video of best positions mirage inferno

[@BackToTheBasicsGD]

I know everyone will hate me for saying this but... what’s the difference between an off angle and a standard angle?

[@cubeslicegames]

Standard angles are angles that are coming, so people expect you to be there and clear that angle. Off angles are uncommon angles. People don't expect you to be there, which is why they're good. However, they are usually more exposing.

[@BackToTheBasicsGD]

Got it, thanks 😁

[@bakercorps]

Search bar "off angle csgo"

[@Germs19]

Imagine you're pushing B site on dust II. What spots are you preaiming and anticipating in your mind? That's a standard angle. An off angle would be one that's simply not a standard angle, and you use it to catch a player off guard who doesn't expect you to be there

[@BackToTheBasicsGD]

Ah so you mean a place you wouldn’t normally look for/expect an enemy to be. Alright

[@hatrick4172]

BnTeT sticker looks

[@tizianoh8662]

I literally have no one to play this game with and I can't even talk in my house cause my parents are in the same room so the only choice I have is to solo queue and get in a team with some random noobs and even if they're good I still can't communicate with them. So I'll never get out of silver and it's not even my fault. Bruh moment.

[@sebastianmanterfield3132]

You can get out of silver if you practise mechanics and watch guides about game sense and peeking. I've seen silvers with decent raw aim mechanics, but their crosshair placement and movement were very bad costing them many rounds. To increase your chance of winning, you can also learn bomb plant spots to set yourself up for easy 1v3 clutches like planting for a main on cache or planting at the right side of the double box at inferno a site when you come from short/aps. From there on you can go to short/aps and have the easiest afterplant of your life.

[@rosenamajunas1159]

Im in same situation like you cant talk bec i have my kids with me my only time to play when they asleep and i cant talk because i dont want them to wake up of the noise im in master elite rank. Dont blame others of your weakness. I adjust my gameplay whoever i play with if my teams are noobs i just let them go first and be a bait.if you want to rank up in solo que be sure you are ready to carry but to blame others bec you cant talk and noob teammate is BS. Pathway to improvement is first admit you are not good enough and learned

[@MadDollarTV]

Tizianoh you can play wingman with no mic, have fun and rank up easily, it is a lot of fun, I just got to global in wingman after 60 wins, and the people playing wingman are always super nice to each other compared to mm where some people are super toxic

[@nakedsnake6076]

@@MadDollarTV am lem on wingman alot of matches i win the enmy toggle on cheats nd start playin like s1mple filled with cheaters bro

[@stealth1384]

Same exact thing but it’s my brothers and they talk so loud and it’s just chaos so if I open my mic no one will hear me so I try to type with keyboard and my friends wich were faceit level 9 quit the game and I’m too noob for them so I have to solo que with Indians for some reason and I swear I’m in the top leaderboard all the time I always get 20+ kills with 4 deaths my aim is ok for someone with 40 hours in csgo. My team always full rush a site with bad weapons and no utility and they all die then I’m left to clutch a 1v8 (casual mm) and I get like 5 kills before I’m 1hp and die then they say that I’m stupid ffs.

[@nyamaalvnf4304]

Good content for sure i believe like instant

[@jakerock_]

Great!

[@t-bag9383]

love you voo

[@StarXsu90]

me : Hugs a wall enemy : Instantly kills me me : Stands in the open like a dumbass enemy : Gets a hole in his head

[@coolj9496]

"positions aren't strong unless your teammates are properly playing around them" well this video doesn't help silvers lmao Edit: I should mention that I thought this was a great video, jokes aside I did actually learn a few things. But a lot of it is stuff I already knew. I guess there must be some other problem with my gameplay

[@haniabdel]

CoolJ, mate I’m in ak crusade and it’s the same story

[@Gibbysaurio]

If you are silver your problem is aim and movement

[@coolj9496]

@@Gibbysaurio 1v1 me then, aim is not a problem. Movement, possibly, but I don't think so. I'm just not good enough to carry 1v5 every game. I win a lot more than I lose but it's not enough

[@Gibbysaurio]

@@coolj9496 if you win a lot more than you lose then you should be ranking up and being silver won't be a problem

[@minervgiko]

CoolJ of course aim is part of thr problem, if you have good aim you can just carry yourself out of silver easily. You might have better aim than silver average, but you would still loose a 1v1 vs anybody that is somewhat half-decent rank(mge and higher)

[@alutis8536]

great video

[@NeonTiger]

Ah yes, the yearly reminder of how to play long and B tunnels on Dust 11

[@waterlemon5272]

Dust 11

[@egodrunk]

Anyone know what resolution he's using in the video?

[@c0pps473]

Ahrora?

[@tylerh7262]

6:28 what happened here I cant tell if my brain broke or his

[@BrumbleJumble]

hey voo are you gonna make a valorant video explaining what you think I would really like a deconstructive video that tears into it because all I see is good things and its making me way too hyped

[@francicak644]

I got vac banned what to do?

[@predator8096]

Make a new account😂

[@enriktigasna]

Make a new account and don't cheat again

[@zy7056]

Great! Now all i need is a teammate!

[@Welux]

Nice job if u want give me a heart bro! :D

[@dox432]

Notification Gang!

[@adeelali8417]

Fuck what a video.

[@higor129]

Why do I feel like I have watched this before?

[@fortressoflions5087]

Algorithm Pog

[@hellagonz0]

a gawd

[@samx23]

M early gimme dat knowledge

[@dert159]

This really useful if you play other games like valorant too

[@outofexile1]

00:00

[@lachyau7288]

Hey voo

[@mackamoramechs]

I think this guy sounds like randomfrankp