No.

You could add some motion blur and dubstep. I think that would definitely improve the video.

You're not supposed to start half-beating instantly, the first 2-3 jumps should be normal fullbeat then you switch it into half-beat.

i cant seem to get in the right rhythm to do that after just 2 or 3 jumps. if i start normal and switch to half beat, it usually happens reeeally late in the lane and i usually fuck it up pretty bad.

i like that i gain speed more quickly from the half beat than i do from fullbeat, but i guess thats because my strafe jump blows cock.

thanks for the input.

Here's an example of what I'm speaking about.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyh9RRUMFb4&am...ults_video

You move your mouse too much to the right on your halfbeat. Halfbeats require less overall mouse movement than fullbeats, that's why they're easier :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-FDOhsUNrU don't mind the music and see how small that guys mousemovements are

i still gain speed really quickly, and continue to gain speed through the whole lane. i started off not moving my mouse at all, but gradually started moving it more and the more i moved it certain ways, the faster i got. that video was the product of trying to beat that lane on half beat for like an hour lol.

ive found that you still move the mouse way less than full beat, but it's not necessarily how much the mouse moves, but HOW it moves.

also, in the link you posted, that guys 2nd run, hes at 704 ups when he lands on the 2nd block. wtf. makes me feel bad :(

you are failing massively at the last part, which has no use in actual matches.

More than that the main problem is you are not feeling the qvaks)). For that what you should do is practicing useful trick jumps instead, trying to pull them off 10/10 times and as fast as possible. Once you dominate all that in all the competitive maps of duel, ctf, tdm and lolca then you should be at lets say lane5 level, not 2, and at the same time improving at the actual game while having fun and not a completely frustrating experience.

Good examples are dm6 b2r without the ledge ("full beat". Pretty easy on QL), dm6 top corridor run (full beat or half. One pillar, don't lose speed on the rl entrance), second floor run to the lg ammo stairs ("going through the wall" on both entrances) and the RA rocket jump to b2r doing one jump.
On ztn there's a youtube video by hell/vizari (the mega and gl going through the wall parts should help you with half beats), the endless stuff on troubledwaters, etc. There are tricks in all maps.

ive already beaten lanes 4 and 5 on fullbeat but not on half, and certainly not consistently.

i can do b2r like 6 different ways, and the rocket jump from RA, and i can do the wall clips etc. i want to get the wall clip from RL to rail but i have trouble with that one.

i agree with you that trick jumps help more than raztrain in actual gameplay scenarios in the same sense that 1v1 LG on TS doesnt really mean anything in 4v4....but it all still helps.

i felt like i aimed better after an hour on raztrainql_beta3. i was more comfortable with my mouse going into the first game i played.

no idea then. Never had problems with half beat, even found it easier than full beat.

Agreed. Its less mouse motion so it's easier to be more precise, I think.

It's how it moves AND how much. See also the strafing theory article.

not related question:

is my movement decent if i can do first 4[counting from left] strafe pads?

Counting from right? I'd say you're pretty good at gaining speed.

fuck me and my orientation :D

left i meant left...

Ooooooh, that changes everything!

:D

anyway, yeah your movement (at least the straight forward part) seems to be decent then. I can only 'beat' the first 4 or 5 lanes as well, and not even consistently, and I like to think that I have decent movement. Though it really fucks me over in duels when I'm stressed out :D

duel movement is so much different :< when i sometimes spec movement of ppl who beat me im getting sad

why they cant just make more straight corridors?

thats where im at right now. ive passed the 4th lane from the left and i can get to the end of it consistently on fullbeat, but i cant always pass it. same with the 5th lane from the left.

im getting close to 1100 ups at the end of the lanes like 90% of the time but even with that speed i still dont finish the lanes. im guessing its just the angle im hitting the pads at versus the angle i need to hit the final platform at.

i would say 0-4 is ok, 5 and 6 is advanced and 7/8 is good

install q3 defrag
tr1ckhouse_beta3 (or any strafe pads map, xcm_tricks2 is great too)
camping gaz hud on (esc->defrag options)
practice
gl

edit:
also http://www.funender.com/quake/articles/strafing_theory.html

Slightly off-topic. I was wondering if anyone knows what the proper name for this technique is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjB6zYznccg

thats some intense shit right there boy.

no beat? LOL who knows. movement guru^^

Double beat sideways inverted strafing