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Tips On How To Be A Good Lead


Drew Horton
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Whenever we get new people on the server they inevitably switch to CT side and at some point will take over lead. Unfortunately not everyone is suited to be a lead, usually because they don't know what they're doing. Here's some helpful tips on how to be a good lead.

 

1. Don't be rude.

 

We're playing a game here, remember that. You aren't in Cool Hand Luke, and if you treat other players like shit, then they'll treat you to the E Chair. Not being rude means:

  • Don't be a freeze Nazi. If you tell someone to freeze and only give them a microsecond to comply before shooting them, they will be mad. Understand that other players are humans and that they will more than likely take a second to process your commands.
  • Don't be a dick to people's skills. While we will rib on each other for our ranks (Silver 3 representing), there's no need to be serious when it comes to someone being bad at the game. Not everyone in the server is KennyS, so if someone whiffs an easy order (misses a jump), you don't need to repeatedly call them out on it. They get it, move on.
  • Just have fun. If you're pissed while you're leading the Ts can tell and will punish you for it. Becoming Hitler and purposefully finding reasons to kill Ts will just make them more angry at you, and you won't feel anything more than a little vindication, albeit incorrectly.

 

2. Don't repeat days.

  • I'm sure you really want to do that NASCAR day, but if the Ts are rebelling every round (moreso than normal) and everyone is screaming on their mics about how much they hate you, maybe try something else. If you try to do the same day over and over until you can complete it, people will get irritated and call for your head.

 

3. Be commanding.

  • It's fine to be nervous, everyone is a little nervous the first few times they lead, but you need to be confident when you tell the Ts to do something. Note: there is a difference between being confident and being a dick. If you start getting genuinely angry about Ts disobeying or incorrectly following your orders, you're doing it wrong.

 

4. Repeat your orders.

  • Don't say an order just once, ESPECIALLY if people are talking. If you're being talked over you NEED to repeat your order. Not only is it a rule to repeat, it's just common courtesy. The sound of Ts knifing each other and other people talking can make it hard to hear orders, and if they don't hear orders they can't follow them, and if they can't follow them then they'll start getting shot. Just say the order twice and people will be happy.

 

5. Think up interesting days.

  • A wise man once said "No one in this server is funny enough for a joke day." (it was me). If you just had an opinionated joke day 2 rounds ago, do you really think it's time to do it again? Probably not, but does that mean we have to have another Lava day? Try coming up with your own fun ideas, that's how we get good days that people will remember.

 

6. Work on your voice.

  • This is not just being confident, but try not to screech. If the Ts think you have an annoying voice then maybe relax, stay out of your upper register, and try again. Nobody has a perfect voice (except Hail Hydra), but if you stay calm and don't freak out, then people won't mind. A lot of leads have the tendency to start to scream when they don't get things their way, and that's screeching nails-on-a-chalkboard quality is not fun, especially on your $5 Skullcandy headset.

7. Move your mechanical keyboard away from your mic. In fact, try to limit background noise in general.

  • As the lead, everyone will be hearing your mic the most (if this is not the case then something is going wrong). As such, you should be limiting background noise, such as your mechanical keyboard (CLICK CLICK CLACK CLICK CLACK CLACK), your television, your dog, and your family. If you start a round and everyone starts telling you that your mic is hard to understand, don't think that it'll go away. They will keep reminding you.

8. Don't interrupt and then get mad.

  • As the lead, you are the one in charge, but if you aren't giving orders and the Ts are having fun, just let them have fun. I can't tell you how many times I've seen the Ts going from one place to another, having friendly banter, only for the inexperienced lead to screech in, tell the Ts to stop talking over lead (when the lead wasn't talking), then not give orders. Let them talk! They're just having fun. This is not to say that they should be getting in the way of your orders, but if there is downtime between orders/games, then don't get up people's asses about it.

 

9. Have an idea ready before you take lead.

  • Don't take lead when you don't have any idea what you're doing. If you don't have a handy repertoire of games/ideas at the ready, then don't lead, just watch and learn from others. Taking lead and amassing the Ts at the top of cell stairs and then going ".....so uh.... what do you want to do today?" is just boring. I'm not saying that it's bad to ask for suggestions, but if you're doing this every round that means that you don't have many games memorized.

 

10. Freezing is boring. You are boring.

  • All Ts get to the top of cell stairs and freeze. All Ts get to the Daggle Caggle and freeze. All Ts get to the closest corner of Big Cage and freeze. All Ts get to the first archway of the Blue Room and freeze. Do you see a pattern here? All you're doing is looking for people to jump or move so you can shoot them. This is fun for the CTs, but definitely not fun for the Ts. Nothing is less exciting than holding W for 5 seconds, then waiting for the next direction, rinse, repeat. Just let them freelook or whatever. It ain't gonna kill you (most of the time).

 

 

Feel free to critique, and post your suggestions in the comments. These are just my own personal thoughts.

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this shit is friking long af dont think many people would read the whole thing

 

Tbh pro tip on leading make the server like u if they do ez lead if they dont u fired

 

The jb Bible is long af maybe that's why people don't know the rules

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11. If you have a fun day where the t's are enjoying themselves it's okay to have fun at the expense of LR. Not getting LR isn't the end of the world and if the t's are having fun they rarely care.

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14 - Since the population of the server are MOSTLY memers, try and think of ur sorta benchmark orders, that are unique, fun, or represent you. like how i say Bienches ,

or all ts put your face on your door, start jumping make face cheeeeeese, or any other fun sort of way to open the day.

 

15 - People like unique opinionated days(ussualy) try think up of ideas to make opinionated days about, maybe like, favorite sex possition?

on most occasiun, the wildest ideas of opinionated days are the best, like everytime someone does an opinionated "Would you rather" day, people love it.

 

16 - Dont hassitate trying out new things, if you have an idea, go for it, i had an idea to make an opinionated "Never have i ever" day, and it was really fun for a while.

i had an idea to make an opinionated "Smash or pass" day, ideas like that, allthough being wild, ussualy do well, and are really fun.

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