Improve at Counter-Strike by ruining your monitor
by Conrad Quilty-Harper 
{ Jan 3rd 2006 at 8:45PM }
As anyone that's played a first person shooter knows, snipers are crap at short to mid range. The fact that
developers often remove the regular cross hairs when you're not using the scope severely limits the capability of
sniper rifles in close combat situations. You could try to shoot someone from close range with a sniper, but
you'll inevitably end up missing and bunny hopping all over the place, making yourself look like a baboon in the
process. Enter the solution: draw
a crosshair on your monitor.According to the writer of this "hack", you'll be looking at an improvement "on the scale of 1000%" when using this method in close range situations with the sniper rifle. Our own idea goes one up on this suggestion. As a "hardcore" FPS gamer, you'll no doubt be 100% committed to getting the maximum accuracy from your setup. We suggest burning a crosshair directly into your retina using this U.S. Air Force patented laser.
In all seriousness, don't bother ruining your monitor. Just switch to the pistol!
[Via digg]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
EzPz @ Jan 3rd 2006 8:48PM
Cause you know, drawing on a piece of scotch tape in the center of the screen is too hard. . .
mofomojo @ Jan 3rd 2006 8:52PM
Lol, yeah, I think the previous poster said the incredibly obvious. As if this solution wasn't already incredibly obvious enough.
This fails, terribly.
osrevad @ Jan 3rd 2006 8:54PM
Exactly. There are a TON of non-permanent ways of putting a crosshair on your monitor.
James @ Jan 3rd 2006 8:57PM
Even better, get a large clear plastic sheet that and draw the crosshairs on that and tape that to your monitor.
dusda @ Jan 3rd 2006 9:10PM
Umm...this has been a known thing for like...3 years. It's funny, Joystiq, but you're like 36 months late.
OpnickC @ Jan 3rd 2006 9:20PM
My bro's been using a non-permanent marker to do this for years.
Iced_Eagle @ Jan 3rd 2006 9:33PM
My bro also has been doing this, even on an LCD monitor! I think he uses white out or something to make the crosshair, and when he's done with the game he just takes a wet rag, washes it off, and no damage...
Einhanderkiller @ Jan 3rd 2006 9:34PM
Just use masking tape or scotch tape... -_-
Ned Fetterhoff @ Jan 3rd 2006 9:42PM
Actualy, oddly enough, you can undo the effect of a Sharpie, on any surface that is non porious by using an eraser. So it really isn't as perminent as claimed.
mercatfat @ Jan 3rd 2006 9:54PM
dusda-
thank you for informing Joystiq of that fact. 36 months on the nose? wow. they really ought to update the post and give you a star or two for your insight!
(psst- by the way, this was recently on digg, and this article itself is fairly new, not to mention quite amusing. consider such things before you waste valuable first page comment space.)
i'd only heard rumours of such behaviour before and thus was new to me. of course, i'd just do it in dry erase or chocolate.
although to be fair, sharpie will come right off with rubbing alchohol on glass.
LaughingTarget @ Jan 3rd 2006 10:48PM
#5
I wouldn't be making fun of Joystiq over this. I've been doing this mess, using a celophane overlay as to not ruin the monitor, for 8 years. By that case, you're 60 months behind me, thus proving a point that not everyone in the known universe knows the trick.
cyberfelon @ Jan 3rd 2006 11:04PM
I found that a small piece of Blu Tac also works really well, especially since it can be removed so easily. Good for LCD monitors.
poopy mc pooperton @ Jan 3rd 2006 11:06PM
Wow, I just put some tape where the crosshair is :
Twist @ Jan 3rd 2006 11:24PM
Wonder how long it will take some company to start making static cling stickers for this?
TAREK @ Jan 3rd 2006 11:28PM
well it probably wont work very well with counterstrike because when not zoomed in, it is very inaccurate. but with mid to close range it might work.
not worth it with cs though
TaiZ @ Jan 4th 2006 12:44AM
I've never had a problem with using a dry erase marker. I had to use them on the monitors in my graphic arts class, seeing as we didn't have any tablets. It works fine, and if you don't use anything abrasive to remove it, then it shouldn't ruin anything.
Rx @ Jan 4th 2006 12:56AM
Tried it years ago; it won't help you in CS. When not zoomed, they seldom hit anywhere near where the crosshair would normally be.
Daniel @ Jan 4th 2006 2:37AM
Isopropyl Alcohol will take the sharpie right off. I do it all the time.
Chiablo @ Jan 4th 2006 10:00AM
I just love the fact that people call things 'hacks' even though they don't even remotely come close the the actual meaning of the word.
Putting a dot on your monitor will not allow you to obtain illegal access to a computer system/data.
Also, this will not give you a 100% performance increase in Counterstrike. Only in combination with a script that zooms in, fires your gun, switches weapons back and forth will this become useful. The script allows you to fire the AWP and return to it without waiting for the bolt action animation to finish, thus allowing you to fire more quickly.
Also, this ONLY applies to the AWP and Scout rifles in the game. And honestly, if you have to resort to using this method, you obviously suck at the game to the point that you can't get a decent headshot with the M4. I think the term for this is 'Lern2Play'.
Lastly, if a server admin catches you using this little trick, you will be kicked from the server and possibly banned (this mainly applies to using the script in conjunction with the crosshair "hack".)
jay @ Jan 4th 2006 11:10AM
or do what i've been doing since Marathon-on-the-Mac days:
use two pieces of thread taped at each end. easily removable and easily adjustable.
Philip X @ Jan 4th 2006 12:02PM
Pah.... permanent markers are for posers.
Real gamers use the knife to etch the screen!!
LOL
Matt Rix @ Jan 4th 2006 12:07PM
"17. Tried it years ago; it won't help you in CS. When not zoomed, they seldom hit anywhere near where the crosshair would normally be."
Fools. This *WILL NOT* work with an AWP, but it *WILL* work with a scout, as a scout is still accurate when you're not scoping. I just rip a tiny corner off a piece of paper, lick it, and stick it to my screen, haha. I've been doing it on scoutzknivez maps for years.