I can give you an example:
Once you accused Johnny or Nate that they did a notcher. It wasnt even looking like they did a notch for me for the first time. You were ok with it ingame. Then again his turn came, again he did the notching thing which didnt look like notching anyway, he didnt miss again, and you started to blame him. How about he pointed out second shot with a finger and he didnt miss? You wouldnt call him notcher then?
For the 1st part, how can you tell if he was notching or not, you don't fully understand the concept of it, 2nd if people use their thumb against me, which some actually do, I don't care, because they guessed their 1st shot, and still have to guess where to adjust it too and still hit the pwoer right and that is the most important part which you should understand and accept.
If he notched, it hit, and repeated by using his thumb, the worst thing here is obviously the fact he is repeating shots, which is the big reason I was dissapointed in that game.
And thing is, learning 3 kind of nades to notch (dunno, marking it even on your screen or whatever) and playing like that is indeed lame and mechanical. But for example counting notches after your first shot was done right, lets say 6 notches, and then repeating it over and over is the same thing as pointing out with finger, with that difference finger is the faster.
For the last time, notching, and using my finger to get back to an aim I already had are
NOT THE SAME f@#!ING THING I cannot stress how important the VAST difference is.
I have to guess my aim the 1st shot, for me to even adjust it, is still guessing how much I must adjust it by, I am still guessing which pwoer to use (learned by experience from experimenting and practising) so it is still instinctive the whole time, all I am doing, is getting back to an aim I just had, as fast as possible so I can adjust it, as fast as possible, so I can spend more time, thinking how I should change my shot.
Using my thumb to re-aim is something no one has to learn as it's straight-forward, most people figure it out themselve and it doesn't exactly take practise, therefor no one is at a disadvantage as anyone can do it 1st time straight away no hassle.
Notching, as I have already explained, takes away the fun and pride of guessing where you should be aiming completely, if you actually know what notching is and how to notch shots, and don't just pretend you do, you should know exactly how to use simple calculations to hit anywhere on the map no matter where a worm is with a variety of shots.
Notching is something very few people know
exactly how to do it to it's full potential, it's a process that can take a long time to learn depending how good you are with simple calculations and remembering the distance of your worm, taking into consideration the difference in height as well as land that may or may not be in the line of fire.
It still doesn't take as long to get really good and being consistent with notching as it does to get good playing normally using your thumb.
Let's make a quick example:
I started playing BnG, I sucked but I got the hang of 3s grenades, 4s full pwoer and 5s LG shots amongst others after a few months playing about 10 hours a day when I didn't have a job, even now i've basically perfected them instinctivly but I still miss frequently, even if I re-aim using my thumb I still miss them from time to time.
When I started notching I perfected those shots within a week playing for a few hours a day, the day I learned notching I won a 2v2 Tournament with M3ntal, if I wasn't notching, I wouldn't have stood a chance as my consistency before I learned this, was literally with no exageration at least 10x worse.
When I stopped notching, I pretty much sucked again for about a year, but I played more and more and got more and more determined because it was MUCH MORE fun for me.
Seriously, this is so simple why can't you understand it and accept it, notching and using my thumb are 2 completely different things and using my thumb I don't even consider bad, let alone nowhere near as bad as notching.
Also, I have a certain respect for notching, while it is somewhat time-consuming to learn (not hard though), it is a skill in it's own world, I just feel it's completely unfair to everyone else who doesn't know how to do it or can't be assed learning how.
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