This is a very hot take apparently, but smoking certain ways or areas is situational and preference. I often see videos arguing that one smoke is good but another video will call the same smoke bad for reasons that are also valid. If two people smoke one area differently, and both have valid points in doing so, it is down to team preference and situational awareness.
As a controller main (viper or miks/brim if I have to solo), I often tell my team at the beginning of rounds which area I think I should smoke. Most often they go with my idea but sometimes they will ask me to smoke differently because they have a plan that may not be conventional to me. In those cases I change my smoke because I trust their judgment.
There are conventional smokes but I will have people straight up call a wall that is used in VCT ass and attack me because I used it. What I thought was a default wall, someone thought was ass because it didn’t fit their play style. He should have worded it better (not my point) but it’s a symptom of a bigger issue that people think their idea of smoking is the only and better option.
I feel like the better I become, the more creative I become with my smokes, mostly with viper. At first glance, what I am doing may look like i’m crazy, but sometimes that’s the surprise you need to secure a round. It seems non-controller players think that what they deem as basic smokes is the only correct way.
Let me know if other agent classes deal with something similar. Let me know if you hate this take and why. I’m curious because I like improving.
Of course I have to give the obligatory:
- yes it’s a team game. if ur team doesn’t want u to do something stupid, prolly don’t do it idk?? time and place for everything. don’t be selfish. communicate always
- smokes are meant to help the team. regardless of how they are done, they should always be to help.
- communicate what your doing so ur team doesn’t assume they are going to have a basic smoke and then die because it wasn’t smoked.
