Ask Dr.Kafds v2
Hello there. I am Valentine (aka iSo1 aka ckatuhkoo). Me and my friend kafds are here to start helping people again. As you know thread starring Dr.kafds was created long time ago (here it is btw - http://xtreme-jumps.eu/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?181384.0#post_181417 ), there were some stupid questions , some interesting and not so interesting thoughts and suggestions. I (iso) want to help people too. Mb you know , or you dont know, i've met kafds some weeks ago and actually he's very friendly and interesting person indeed. So i decided to reborn this thread , ofcourse with the help of kafds himself. SO, we are here to listen about your problems and be sure that we will do our best to help you.
How to read strafe stats and what to focus on to improve distance ;)?
Originally posted by fakan36How to read strafe stats and what to focus on to improve distance ;)?
It's way to easy
LJ Distance: 247.587631 Maxspeed: 324.205505 (57.775) Prestrafe: 266.430053 Strafes: 6 Sync: 92
1 14.911 0.000 21.2 100
2 8.452 0.000 13.9 100
3 13.842 0.000 14.8 90
4 8.002 1.307 14.0 77
5 8.836 0.000 14.9 100
6 3.730 0.796 21.7 92
Take a look at this stats.
As you can see there are a lot of numbers and letters. I will try to explain you all this in easy way.
The first step is - Lj/cj/dcj.. distance. It's actually the distance that plugin shows. Nowadays we have different variety of plugins, you just need to know that not every single plugin can show you the realdistance. Sometimes it can lie to you *such a badass plugin*
Second step is maxspeed Maxspeed it's a combination of your Prestrafe and Gain. If you will count your gain (57) and prestrafe (266) you will have your ms. I will talk with about it later. Maxspeed is one of the main branches of your jump. If u have some logic, you will understood that then higer your ms, then higher your distance.
Third step - GAIN Gain is gain :D It's the distance that you've gained with the jump. 57 in example.
Fourth step - Prestrafe Prestrafe is the main branch of your jump. Without good pre you wont have nice distance and ms. Try to do your best, to have good pre. Then higher your prestrafe then it's better for you. You have much more possibility to jump higher distance.
Fifth - strafes 6 strafes is not so much but if they were done perfectly you can reach the peak of 258 lj i supposed. Maximum distance that i've ever seen with 6 strafes is 257.2 (done by fame). You can do as much strafes as you want, but dont forgot that if you will do 10+ strafes, you need to have fast fingers and ofcourse you need to sync them, to have good distance , ms and all the stuff that you need for good jump. Perfect number of strafes probably 7-8. For you, as i understood you are beginner so mb you need to try 5-6 for sometime.
Sixth - Sync This is how you move the mouse, and press the keys, how good you can do this. I mean if you will push keys and move your mouse at the same time to mb some miliseconds, you will have amazing sync - 100. Dont forgot - then much strafes you have , then it's harder to sync them.
Seventh - Gain As i already told, it's the distance that you've gained with the jump. Gain situated in first coloumn. 1 14.911 ; 2 8.452 ; and so on. Try to gain as much as it's possible;)
Eight - Langing Hmm. How to explain. It's how many units you have in your advantage when you flew on the block.
Ninth - Air time You can see air time in the third coloumn - 21.2 ; 13.9 and so on. It's the first column in your Ljstats. Air time is the time of strafe which was done in air. Probably perfect air time for good 7-8 strafes is 14-15. I'm not 100% sure about this one, but i've seen a lot of massive jumps with this airtime.
Tenth - Sync I already told you about the sync, you can see it in the last coloumn. 100 ; 100 and so on.
Advice : I'm same person as you are fakan. In past, i was wondering how to jump 240 , i even thought that 255 is freaking impossible and 256 can be done only by robot. All that i can advice to you is to GEEK. Geek as much as you can. For the first time you need to try with something not so difficult. Train your strafes, air-time and sync. 6-7 strafes for you will be great. Lj is perfect for beginners, it's the most easiest technique of whole kz world. Try to spend as much hours as you can on kz_longjumps2 or kz_longjumps maps.
I dont wanna you to become nolifer, dont forget to drink some water and eat some bread.
Cya
08/09/2012 20:56This thread will become very interesting if it will remain open :)
08/09/2012 21:41With Kafds would be a little better but good luck iSo :)
08/09/2012 21:43Here's a couple of questions:
How to not lose speed when bhoping? And how to press jump at the right moment on every jump?
I find it very hard to press jump in the right moment, especially when doing stand-ups.
I have this annoying problem.. I can't decrease time of my first strafe airtime, it's always 20%~.. How to make it atleast 15?
Originally posted by proppanThis thread will become very interesting if it will remain open :)
That depends on us. :)
How do I become omnipotent and omniscient at the same time?
08/09/2012 22:59(edited 08/09/2012 23:01)Originally posted by DUSTiN.I have this annoying problem.. I can't decrease time of my first strafe airtime, it's always 20%~.. How to make it atleast 15?
Actually i might got a small tip for ya! If you are doing prestrafe with W + D your first strafe will normaly be D right? BUT! instead of pressing D when you jump to make a first strafe press A, this (atleast for me) helped with sync, gain and airtime on 1st strafe.
might be a little tricky to learn to use it "fluent" if i can use that word, but its easy to try out :p
Originally posted by zythH^With Kafds would be a little better but good luck iSo :)
Well, i've decided to start this thread. But after doing this, i've asked kafds for help, i wanted him to take part in it and be sure, he will:)
Originally posted by FuZzy1Here's a couple of questions:
How to not lose speed when bhoping? And how to press jump at the right moment on every jump?
I find it very hard to press jump in the right moment, especially when doing stand-ups.
The best way for you to improve bhop - geek. You simply wont be good bhopper without geeking. But i will try to give you some tips.
1. Play on maps which contains easy bhop blocks. (for beggining ofc.)
2. Try to play on lan mostly. It's way better to practice on lan, then on some random server with ping.
3. About not losing speed on bhop. Try not to stop doing strafes when you bhopin'. Just do strafes all the time. I'm almost sure that when you press +JUMP you not doing strafes.
4. SBJ. It's not so hard as you think. Same thing as bhop, but you just should get used to duck. You need to feel the right moment, when you can press it. And ofcourse i will say you - geek geek geek. Try to practive on some lj servers. Sbj pre i mean. It will help you to understood when you need to press duck.
Believe me, bhop is really easy to learn.
Originally posted by proppanOriginally posted by DUSTiN.I have this annoying problem.. I can't decrease time of my first strafe airtime, it's always 20%~.. How to make it atleast 15?
Actually i might got a small tip for ya! If you are doing prestrafe with W + D your first strafe will normaly be D right? BUT! instead of pressing D when you jump to make a first strafe press A, this (atleast for me) helped with sync, gain and airtime on 1st strafe.
might be a little tricky to learn to use it "fluent" if i can use that word, but its easy to try out :p
Nice tip proppane. I was thinking the same, then i saw your post... :P
Originally posted by GargoyleHow do I become omnipotent and omniscient at the same time?
I am sure that God know's how to do it.
But if you want to hear the opinion of simple man, here it is : It's preety impossible i think.
If you will become omnipotent someday ,contact me, i have some ideas how to change world to better.
hello dr. iso/kafds. since some month i have basicly nothing to worry about but all around me drastic shitstorms are breaking like the apocalypse arrives. many of my internet buddys and especially irl friends keep consulting me with their problems. related relationships, school/work situation, psychological issues, general confusion about life... they appoint me to their guru giving advice.
this has several negative aspects for me.
i usually dont take sides and just show options or question decisions/views. i am a very pragmatic person bound to my morals but when im in charge of another ones fate i dont allow to judge. i guess especially for this reason my opinion is much valued which results into a dangerous composition:
when beeing asked the same thing for the 50th time, maybe even under the influence of mind-altering substances, i do have weak moments. in such a moment i will project my own life with all its circumstances into the questioned situation and tell this person how i would probably handle it. basicly to finally have said something that makes me regain my freedom and end the painful struggle.
this sometimes leads into drastic decisions. after such a night a good friend broke up with his girlfriend, another one decided to take a certain job instead of continueing his studies. things that will determine their life and none can tell the consequences.
i dont feel comfortable with this. my objectivity leads to insecurity and then someone takes my words for granted. beyond the usual "everyone makes his own decisions", my influence is a burden
the other bad side about this: it makes my life feel boring. i was used to have alot of intense stuff happening, directly involving my person, but now i can basicly not tell anything special about my situation. this is cool and chill but it bothers me somehow. like i am standing still and dont evolve as time passes my ass.
also its annoying if you just want to talk about some random shit and someone forces you into a deep discussion. ofc i care alot and would never refuse such a invite, not for my own comfort.
it is a issue i recently think about. unfortunatly i am not depressive so i could give you harder tasks to solve but this might be a good start for this thread. i am interested in your thoughts, maybe you are able to relate since this thread is about giving advice.
excuse my shitty english, i didnt use it in ages besides for smalltalk
Hi guys, long time ago i saw some handshows on youtube by some guys who are doing ljs and I notice they move mouse forward if u know what im saying
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYUpnV0-nqo here you know what im taling about...
Some my question is: How to do that , beacuse i feel stucked when i press a-d .
Originally posted by DrakAHi guys, long time ago i saw some handshows on youtube by some guys who are doing ljs and I notice they move mouse forward if u know what im saying
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYUpnV0-nqo here you know what im taling about...
Some my question is: How to do that , beacuse i feel stucked when i press a-d .
Why do you need to do that?"Moving the mouse forward" has absolutely no effect.How to do it?While strafing with the mouse move it slightly forwards(upwards)..umad
i ve smth to write but no one cares about meh ,im pretty sure..
Hello Valentine, Dr.Kafds and everyone else,
I'm a 22 years old bloke. Before the summer started, my (now) ex gf and I decided to break up since we knew we wouldnt see each other for a long time due to the fact that i would spend three months in London and i'm now in Finland for one year. This was also the first time, for me, that both a girl and I agree to slit up, with no anger nor rage nor whatsoever since we knew it was better this way.
After breaking up, I've been thinking a lot. I've been thinking about my previous relationships and why they all finished. I've been in several relationships and noone lasted more than four or five months. The average lenght is about 2,25months... yeah I did the maths.
Looking back on my different relationships, analazing everything that happened during them, i've come to the conclusion that the main reason why i can't date someone for a reasonable time is that i'm extremly lazy. Being in a relationship requires a ton of effort. You have to do some stuff with your partner that might bother you eg. calling her, seeing her, listenin to her problems, watching stupid tvshows, having dinner with her parents, going in the forest to pick up mushrooms and eat them with her parents... so I really think the main problem comes from my laziness and that i'm usually not willing to do stuff I dont like to do. Am I the only one here having the same issues? How can I work on that? I'd appreciate any advice.
I also have another little question, specially for Dr. Kafds this time or any other finnish fellow.
I've seen quite a lot of teenagers spitting on the floor, in the street. Both girls and boys. I find this very disgusting. I even had to go to another bus stop because of one chick spitting massive shits next to me... it almost made me throw up. Anyway, is this a sort of finnish-teen-thing? ofc some people do that in France, UK or somewhere else i've been to but it's nothing like this. I was really shocked.
Kind regards,
finzer
Originally posted by DrakAHi guys, long time ago i saw some handshows on youtube by some guys who are doing ljs and I notice they move mouse forward if u know what im saying
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYUpnV0-nqo here you know what im taling about...
Some my question is: How to do that , beacuse i feel stucked when i press a-d .
Believe me, there's no point of doing this. It's just a longjumping style. Everybody have his own style of jumping, but this feature of starfin' wont help you at all. This "move" wont give you any advantages in stats. If you think that it will help you to gain some additional distance, you wrong. But if you want to know how to do that, you can simply watch Musaka's post.
Originally posted by k a f f e ehello dr. iso/kafds. since some month i have basicly nothing to worry about but all around me drastic shitstorms are breaking like the apocalypse arrives. many of my internet buddys and especially irl friends keep consulting me with their problems. related relationships, school/work situation, psychological issues, general confusion about life... they appoint me to their guru giving advice.
this has several negative aspects for me.
i usually dont take sides and just show options or question decisions/views. i am a very pragmatic person bound to my morals but when im in charge of another ones fate i dont allow to judge. i guess especially for this reason my opinion is much valued which results into a dangerous composition:
when beeing asked the same thing for the 50th time, maybe even under the influence of mind-altering substances, i do have weak moments. in such a moment i will project my own life with all its circumstances into the questioned situation and tell this person how i would probably handle it. basicly to finally have said something that makes me regain my freedom and end the painful struggle.
this sometimes leads into drastic decisions. after such a night a good friend broke up with his girlfriend, another one decided to take a certain job instead of continueing his studies. things that will determine their life and none can tell the consequences.
i dont feel comfortable with this. my objectivity leads to insecurity and then someone takes my words for granted. beyond the usual "everyone makes his own decisions", my influence is a burden
the other bad side about this: it makes my life feel boring. i was used to have alot of intense stuff happening, directly involving my person, but now i can basicly not tell anything special about my situation. this is cool and chill but it bothers me somehow. like i am standing still and dont evolve as time passes my ass.
also its annoying if you just want to talk about some random shit and someone forces you into a deep discussion. ofc i care alot and would never refuse such a invite, not for my own comfort.
it is a issue i recently think about. unfortunatly i am not depressive so i could give you harder tasks to solve but this might be a good start for this thread. i am interested in your thoughts, maybe you are able to relate since this thread is about giving advice.
excuse my shitty english, i didnt use it in ages besides for smalltalk
First of all, I must commendate you for being able to articulate your situation thoroughly and being so bravely open about it. I know how hard it can be to open yourself up to others and reveal the vulnerable human side out into the open even if you are anonymous among the numerous users of this website, and indeed the Internet. Taking the step forth to discuss the issues you are facing is a clear sign of wanting to overcome them, and it's a great step to take. Kudos for that.
The things you pointed out paint a clear picture of a loving, caring and an empathetic guy whose nature is to always stick a helping hand out even if it possibly has negative sides to it. Selflessness is a virtuous trait, but I would argue it's good to "watch your own back", so to say. Where selflessness helps the people around you; selfishness can be a mending force for your own psyche. Finding a balance between these two traits is important for having a healthy mind. The thought that your friends probably don't realize that during these "counseling sessions" you hold they unload many of their own burdens onto you has very likely passed your mind, and it's a valid thought. In any relationship it's essential to be open and honest about your feelings, because otherwise you could be basing the entire affair on false values. This will inevitably lead to negative consequences, and the reasons are very easy to understand. It seems that this time you are the friend who is in need of help, and I stand in your position. It's interesting. I'm not going force any task for you to perform in order to find salvation. I will tell you what I would do (or what I wish I had the strength for to do) in your situation.
The first thing to aim for would be to evaluate if you have the same level of trust for your friends as they have for you. They can count on you to assist them in difficult situations, but can you do the same? If you can, it wouldn't be a bad thing to talk to some of your friends about your uncomfortable feelings and what the reasons behind feeling this way are, but of course it can be unfathomably difficult to do without making your friends feel guilty etc. if they have come to you with their problems which has in hand caused your problems. If that is an option you can't consider, then it's going to be a tough ride for a while. If a friend comes to you again with something on his mind, you can use that very moment for telling him/her about your feelings. As I wrote before, you shouldn't be too selfless – you don't have to sacrifice yourself. If all else fails, it's a good idea to try therapy. Some people have attached various negative connotations to therapy, but it's a very positive thing to do and it can be a useful tool to guide you towards self-knowledge. These skilled professionals have so much experience in dealing with a myriad of issues that it wouldn't surprise me if they had already managed to help people in similar situations. I'd love to be able to help you with this more, but my knowledge has its limitations and I am not a professional.
About you mentioning feeling stuck motionless as time flows by you... well, I must admit that I have remained stationary for all my life. People move on with their lives and I am going nowhere. I know what it feels like. You can feel perfectly content staying the way you are, but you can't really be happy about this situation. You feel like you're still in time because what you do is help others move on instead of moving on yourself. You need to give yourself some value and summon up some selfishness so that you can do things you want to do, things which help you get unstuck. For you to evolve, you have to do something. The only wrong thing to do is to do nothing.
I hope I didn't come off as judgemental or anything, and if I did, I'm sorry for that.
Notes
1. What I meant by selfishness in this post was self-care and self-respect.
2. If you want to talk about random shit and your friend twists up the conversation into a deep philosophical discussion about how many bananas he can force inside himself and still remain in a state of pure zen, you can always be frank and tell your friend that you're not in the mood for using your brains for a hardcore discussion.
3. I feel like I wasn't really able to help you a lot by writing this message, but I hope I'm wrong. Unfortunately I didn't take a lot of time/effort to write it even though it is a very interesting subject for many reasons. I'd like to thank you for starting this thread off with such a good subject, and I apologize for my lack of better input.
Originally posted by dynamiteNi ve smth to write but no one cares about meh ,im pretty sure..
This thread was created to help people with their problems. To give them some suggestions and helpful ideas how to change different situations to better. You's good friend of mine dynamiten and i care of you since you good person and very interesting personality. Share your problem(s) here, we will try to help you.
Originally posted by finzErHello Valentine, Dr.Kafds and everyone else,
I'm a 22 years old bloke. Before the summer started, my (now) ex gf and I decided to break up since we knew we wouldnt see each other for a long time due to that fact that i would spend three months in London and i'm now in Finland for one year. This was also the first time, for me, that both a girl and I agree to slit up, with no anger nor rage nor whatsoever since we knew it was better this way.
After breaking up, I've been thinking a lot. I've been thinking about my previous relationships and why they all finished. I've been in several relationships and noone lasted more than four or five months. The average lenght is about 2,25months... yeah I did the maths.
Looking back on my different relationships, analazing everything that happened during them, i've come to the conclusion that the main reason why i can't date someone for a reasonable time is that i'm extremly lazy. Being in a relationship requires a ton of effort. You have to do some stuff with your partner that might bother you eg. calling her, seeing her, listenin to her problems, watching stupid tvshows, having dinner with her parents, going in the forest to pick up mushrooms and eat them with her parents... so I really think the main problem comes from my laziness and that i'm usually not willing to do stuff I dont like to do. Am I the only one here having the same issues? How can I work on that? I'd appreciate any advice.
I also have another little question, specially for Dr. Kafds this time or any other finnish fellow.
I've seen quite a lot of teenagers spitting on the floor, in the street. Both girls and boys. I find this very disgusting. I even had to go to another bus stop because of one chick spitting massive shits next to me... it almost made me throw up. Anyway, is this a sort of finnish-teen-thing? ofc some people do that in France, UK or somewhere else i've been to but it's nothing like this. I was really shocked.
Kind regards,
finzer
Hello finzer. Tonight i will try to help you with your "gf" problems. Take a look , you've already said a lot about you laziness. Tbh, i was in same situation as you and it was really hard for me to solve this problem. I had same feeling when i was doing all this boring stuff and everytime i was doing this, i was asking myself : "I really need to do all this fucking boring things to be with her?" There were a lot of episodes when i just became angry and full of all this shit. So i just simply told the girl that i dont wanna have any buisness with her anymore. I was lazy too... But one day i've met very interesting girl, actually she helped me alot. We were speaking on different themes about girls mostly. She told me that they need a lot of attention and if you wont gave attention to them, they will think unloved and useless for their boyfriends. Actually there are different types of girls, some of them wanted to hear a poems from you, they want to be as a princess, they want to listen a lot of compliments from you, they need your attention. Some of girls are totally different from this one who loved all this romantic things. But! I've been with a lot of girls, and the main thing that i've understood - "There are only a few number of girls who dont want you to be romantic and gave all your attention to them"
My last advice to you. If you will met a girl again, fall in love with her (i am sure you will) , try to be not so lazy and try to tune yourself under her. You need to be a key-master who can simply make a key to a heart of every single girl :)
As you already said, you want to hear an answer on your second question from kafds, i will ask him later about this one (he's offline now)
hey kafds and iso1, i have a problem, how do i quit smoking? been smoking for 2 years now, and i think it's time to stop :(
Hey Dr. Iso/kafds.
Not really a serious problem but yet it's quite annoying.
It's related with the good old fps.
Sometimes(I write sometimes because I fix it randomly somehow and just when I tend to go happy, it fucks everything up.)
When the problem appears, I get fps drops to 30-50 each 5 seconds from 99. I noticed that when I go offline in steam, I dont have the problem, but then, when I join any server I get kicked with the following client error: Client timed out while answering challenge. I also think(not 100% sure) it affects my computer at all. The same time the fps drops to 30-50 vidz in youtube lag, too. Hope you can save me, Doctor. :)
Dear Prof. Dr. iSo1 and / or / and not / or not Prof. Dr. Dr. Dr. kafds,
my request is related to kaffee's comment in a very humiliating way for me, because I am one of these abusing little rats that forces him into unconditional devotion. While I read his appeal for help addressed to you, that reached my innermost sense of empathy, I was moved to tears by his immense grief in the same way I felt anger and shame for what I did.
My conscience tormented me for hours until it constrained me to contact him about this matter. With my open and direct way to highlight our issue, I once more caused an awkward situation that overstraind our social interaction in a way we couldn't handle reasonably. Our conversation ended abruptly in a torturing silence.
Why is everything I do leading into the wrong direction? Even when talking to very intelligent life forms like kaffee, I successfully destruct every commonality and feeling of a relationship within minutes, although kaffee's infinite tolerance and comprehension makes that almost impossible!
Why is this earth and all its residents so foreign and hostile towards me? Why is everyone so different compared to myself? Even if I do actions other humans consider as positive and constructive, that lead into the right direction for them, like the proposal to approach kaffee about our problem, my tries steadily decay until I find myself left isolated and alone in an insurmountable abyss.
Hopefully you can help me in my problematic state of mind and please reveal me a way to apologize to kaffee for my parasitic personality.
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