Post by D33P on Jul 18, 2014 23:54:58 GMT -5
I started playing Fasttrack at the end of 2011, and I've faced quite a number of different playing styles during that time. Some were better than others, but they all had their pros and cons. The most important thing that I've learned from all of these matches and various playing styles is
Adapt to your opponent
This, to me, is the most important thing about playing FT. While everyone, including me, have their own basic style of play, it is crucial to alter your style to match up better to your opponent. Some strategies work well against others (ie vigorously boxing a poor camper) while others dont put you in a good position to win (ie frontdooring a vicious stabber).
Being able to identify what your opponents style is, and being able to adapt to it, will help you tremendously. Now, this doesn't mean play exactly like they do. Its hard to gain an advantage while using the same exact style of play.
I like to think of it this way: use a similar style as they use, but do things better than they do. So if their strategy is stab and camp, do the same as they do, but add a little personal flair, and be better at camping and boxing than they are. If they are a loose player and frontdoorer, play along with them and play loose and frontdoor as well, except frontdoor and loose-trap better than they do.
Of course, you can't automatically be better than they are at these specific skills. You have to practice all of these skills to be able to have the advantage over your opponent. That's why its important to have a diverse skill set so you can match up well to wha-dever your opponent's style of play is.
If you apply this philosophy to your everyday FT 1v1's, you'll be putting yourself in a good position to nab a win from whoever you face.
Adapt to your opponent
This, to me, is the most important thing about playing FT. While everyone, including me, have their own basic style of play, it is crucial to alter your style to match up better to your opponent. Some strategies work well against others (ie vigorously boxing a poor camper) while others dont put you in a good position to win (ie frontdooring a vicious stabber).
Being able to identify what your opponents style is, and being able to adapt to it, will help you tremendously. Now, this doesn't mean play exactly like they do. Its hard to gain an advantage while using the same exact style of play.
I like to think of it this way: use a similar style as they use, but do things better than they do. So if their strategy is stab and camp, do the same as they do, but add a little personal flair, and be better at camping and boxing than they are. If they are a loose player and frontdoorer, play along with them and play loose and frontdoor as well, except frontdoor and loose-trap better than they do.
Of course, you can't automatically be better than they are at these specific skills. You have to practice all of these skills to be able to have the advantage over your opponent. That's why its important to have a diverse skill set so you can match up well to wha-dever your opponent's style of play is.
If you apply this philosophy to your everyday FT 1v1's, you'll be putting yourself in a good position to nab a win from whoever you face.