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Ten multiplayer tips to help improve your game online…and keep you alive longer.
By Thierry Nguyen and Tina Sanchez
It’s another holiday season and that means another Call of Duty game! This year we have Call of Duty: Black Ops and who better to help you with some multiplayer strategies than our Black Ops reviewer, Thierry “Scooter” Nguyen, and our resident Call of Duty expert, Tina Sanchez. Together they’ll teach you the finer points of starting out in Call of Duty multiplayer and evaluating your game on the virtual battlefield. If you’re looking for more strategies and tactics regarding Black Ops (including Intel locations), be sure to check out the Call of Duty: Black Ops Walkthrough and Strategy SuperGuide on MyCheats.
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This is the most valuable way, barring the next point, to improve your game. Combat Training has most of the benefits of online multiplayer — leveling, unlocks, money, etc. — without one pesky element: other players screaming at you. Select a map, tweak some variables (skill level of A.I. bots, match length, etc.), and go play. The A.I. actually uses some decent tactics on its own and there’s really no better way to learn map layouts, feel of the guns, and your favorite Perks before playing against real people. You can also invite friends into your session to practice some team coordination. Just keep in mind that the stuff you unlock and purchase in this mode is separate from actual multiplayer.
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Here is another way for you to refine your game: Use the Theater mode to watch and analyze your performance. Theater mode stores full videos of every match you’ve played for the past seven days, allowing you full control of the camera to examine what actually happened when you turned the corner and got shot in the face. You can even view the playback from any player’s perspective, including those of the best player on the map, so you can pick up a few pointers.
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