Greetings once again, ladies and gentlemen.

After getting a few zeus kills yesterday, I noticed something quite interesting. Our opponents didn't seem to expect me coming at them with a zeus, and that is when I thought of this. A low risk, high reward eco round - The Zeus Round!

The zeus is pretty cheap ($200), and therefore wont hurt our economy the least bit, if we do happen to lose. We shouldn't expect too much of this type of eco round to start out with, but I think we could develope it to the point that it'll become viable.

This eco round will most likely only work on t-side of Italy and only one time during a full match. So it has to be used at a critical moment on t-side.

As for the strategy itself, the only thing you have to do, is find a cheeky spot on Italy, where no one will expect you to be. When you've found a good hiding spot, the real challenge of the strategy begins: the waiting game... It's crucial that you don't get too eager, and peak at the wrong times. When you peak, you have to commit to getting the kill, since there is no turning back.
Once you hear the footsteps of your opponents closing in, you rush him and try your best to taze him. Once you've tazed someone, you'll most likely get a weapon and will proceed to do normal strats from that point onwards.

Like I said, we'll have to practice this strategy, but I honestly think it could end up working out pretty awesomely.

What do you guys think? You up for the challenge? :D

- CorteZ out.

Good afternoon pimps and slags (you know who you are!) ejem.... >)

ok, once again thx for the post cortez , as usual your effort is welcomed >)

ok so enough babble,.....
Map..? the key to this is as cortez says, once upon a time i played an italy and it went ok and then 15 games later we are here now with a win loss ratio at least 12 to the good...

But as cortez said we need to get a bigger map rotation INCLUDING bomb maps....
Well my vote goes for
Italy - of course
Militia - we tried this once or twice and is VERY T sided but i think we can really get 12-13 rounds easy so this is a good option in my opinion.

Although Dust2 was played to death i would like to try the new map out WHEN it comes back in circulation (danny jumps for joy)

I think maps like AZTEC can be good for us as its definately a map that benifits strategy (thats my job)

Office is also a map that i would like to try as i played it alot in 1.6

assault has been mentioned but i feel that it is a little too open and will drive alot of us crazy to be honest....

Austria for me and raz and danny is a strong map so i feel we could truely dominate it IF we work as a team.

Anyway.... what do you guys think?

Greetings, ♥♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ (you know I love you all <3)

Italy has been great. It has proven, that we can work together as a team when it really matters. It's perhaps the only map we've been THIS consistent on. We've managed to keep a really good W/L ration (almost solely due to October 7th - 8th). We've discussed ideas, strategies and positions, for maximum efficiency on the map, and that makes me proud to be a member of this clan

Now let's put all the good work and effort aside for a moment. I am quite sure I am not just speaking for myself when I say this, but Italy is starting to get a bit... Boring...? Don't get me wrong! I still enjoy the map quite a lot for a few games, but after that, it's kinda meh... That just begs the question: should we work on a map rotation?

Throughout the lifespan of FuSioN, we've only ever settled with 2 maps: Dust2 (then) and Italy (now). You'll agree with me, when I say that, THAT is a really small map pool. Repitition leads to boredom, so how about we all take a breath of fresh air, and try to play different maps.

Before we just start throwing out ideas for the map rotation, there has to be guidelines for the ideas:

• KNOW THE MAP.... PLEASE?: Alright this doesn't have to be the case, but it would help out a lot, if at least someone knows how to play this map. (E.g. the one who proposes the map)
  
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When/if we start playing new maps, we will most definately go down a rank or two in the process of learning the different maps. That's just something we have to deal with. We can't become gods at a specific map immediately. We have to spend a lot of time with the map, before we start getting good at it. Look at how we tackled Italy! (perhaps a bad example, but hear me out). We've spent so much time learning and perfecting different strategies as both Ts and CTs. We've become so good at map, that we have a W/L ration larger than 2. What if we could do that with other maps as well?

If we try out different maps, I promise you, that we'll have so much more fun with the game than ever before.

I was just pitching out an idea that might affect how we look at CS:GO. It doesn't mean it has to take effect immediately, but it's definately something we're gonna have to adress sooner or later.

Alright guys... Enough rambling, hehe. You guys have an awesome day and I'll talk to y'all soon.

- CorteZ out

Good evening peeps, first of all i commend cortez on this excelent post.

I agree with all points but i must add my 2 cents.......

The long possition especially as i mainly play this role is a 90% defensive position, your job is to hold off all pushes and NOT to engage in a battle as long as you can avoid it.

The main job is to make the CT's rotate to mid so the mid player can catch them off guard as well as the lurker also.

One thing i must add.... sometimes the guy in-short house needs to hold a little more agressivly at mid to assisit in the mid player as mid is a hard job.
so in effect:

1 hold long always with a FULL compliment of nades, every round
1 Mid with both smoke and molly and an additional flash helps.
1 lurker going either secret spot and under short bridge to catch them off guard
1 short watching short
1 extra short helping short and mid if needed.
I must stress how important it is to buy a full compliment of nades.
Well i better go coz im ready to dive in to test the new arrangements.

Also i feel that when the enemy breaks the line we must and i stress MUST break for CT spawn as it is very easy to hold the CT site with 2 or 3.

Shoot out

Hello, fellow ♥♥♥♥♥♥ (you're so racist, CorteZ, blah blah blah).
Last nights games didn't go too well. Especially on the T-side.
T-side is where we're supposed to get the majority of our rounds (you know this already).
We CANNOT lose too many rounds on our T-side, otherwise GAME OVER.

Anyways. I reviewed the last couple of games we lost, and I found a few reasons, that made us lose some of the rounds:

• DO NOT PLAY THE HERO! I can't emphasize this enough. Yeah, we all want kills, we all want to do some epic clutches, we all want to be praised by teammates and opponents alike, but you gotta remember: This. Is. A. Team-based. Game! If you're not the last guy alive, utilize your teammates. Listen to their calls. But most of all, if you are in a bad position, go to CT spawn. CT spawn puts the CTs in a bad position, since they have to get to deliver the hostage eventually.
  
• BOOSTS DO NOT WORK... YET! We gotta practice boosting, if we want to make it work. We lost too many rounds due to massive ♥♥♥♥-ups trying to get up there. I'd recommend we all meet up in a casual game to figure that stuff out.
  
• FORCING IS NOT, AND I REPEAT, NOT AN OPTION! Another point, I can't emphasize enough. We forced way too many rounds on T-side, as well as CT-side. Forcing is just gonna make the next 1-2 rounds even worse. If we lost a round and cannot afford a proper setup, then we shouldn't buy anything at all. Save the money till the next round, where fully utilize the money we have, to get a proper setup.

Those were just a couple examples of what we did wrong. There are two more points to be made. I am just gonna mention them, but I wont go into much detail, since they're pretty self-explanatory:

• DO NOT GET MAD OR TOXIC AT TEAMMATES!
  
• Uhhh... There was one more point to be made... I just forgot it, lol.... I'll add it, when I remember it, haha :D

I don't wanna go into nitpicking what each individual person did wrong. We all have our bad days, where either our aim isn't up to par or our gamesense is totally ♥♥♥♥♥♥, and that's alright. No one will shame you for that. Just contribute to the team as well as you can, then it's no problem what so ever.

Alright, off to what this post is primarily about: positioning. Let's cover the 3 basic positions first:

• LONG: We need one guy long at all times. You're job is to pick off CTs on long. Use any means necessary to keep the CTs away from long. In case of a long smoke rush, call out to your teammates, and figure out a gameplan from there.
  
• MID: We need one guy mid at all times. You're job is to scout and pick off CTs on mid. The mid guy is important, since mid is a gateway to both short and long, as well as mid (obviosly). In case the mid guy is down, figure out a new gameplan as fast as possible, since there's a chance of getting ambushed from mid stairs.
  
• SHORT: We need two guys short at all times. You're job is to pick off CTs on short. One of the guys has to sit in hostage house, watching short house. The other guy has to sit short, watching appartments. If both of you die (and only both), you need to call out immediately. If CTs rush around the corner of short, the guys on long and mid are completely exposed. That is why there are two people watching short.

Now off to the more gimmicky, but still super viable playstyle one of our clanmates play:

• THE LURKER: We need at least one guy lurking at all times. You're just is to catch the CTs off guard by running down mid and hiding either at secret or catching them them on their way to short or mid. In case you die, call out the CTs positions to ensure that your teammates are ready for them.

Alright guys. That was it for now. I know the post is super long, but I think it's something we all have to think about when we play.
If you have something to add to the list or if you don't agree on some of the points, just throw a comment down below on what I got wrong.

- CorteZ out.