An Aim-community driven taxonomy for common understanding of aim concepts
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Moving from point A to point B precisely. Numerically describes the amount of error when eliminating targets(hits/shots fired).
The skill to get your crosshair on target and optimise its time on target. It is a combination of skills which include: Mouse control, positioning, movement and many more skill and abilities to achieve the goal.
An acronym describing the event when you Aim Down Sights which changes the view model, FOV(to a smaller one) and sometimes sensitivity(often to a lower one).
- Air Nuns: “Air NO UFO NO SKYBOTS”
- b180, b180t, etc.: “Bounce 180,” “Bounce 180 Tracking,” etc.
- 1w6t, 1w6ts, 1w2ts reload, etc.: “1wall 6targets small,” etc.
- 1w2ts reload: Actually the name of the scenario
- CLSI, CFSI, CFSEI, etc.: “Close Long Strafes Invincible,” “Close Fast Strafes Easy Invincible,” etc.
- patts, kints, voxts, voxtarget, etc.: “patTargetSwitch,” “kinTargetSwitch,” etc.
- Pasu: The name of the guy who requested original 1w5targets pasu scenario but often refers to clicking scenarios with moving dots this also applies to many scenario name prefixes being related to the creator of the scenario
- Goated: The scenario is improved in some regard that doesn't fall under the reload, thin, small, harder, easy, etc naming convention
The process to work on your mouse control with specific scenarios resulting in better/more consistent aim
The different categories of movements and techniques used while aiming for different weapon firerates, target size, and target movements. E.g. Clicking, Switching, and Tracking.
Also known as: Aim categories
In aim trainers, these are the targets that are programmed by map creators to perform actions on screen and become the targets that the player eliminates in order to improve their aim.
Also known as: Targets, Dots
The process of moving your mouse to a target to click/shoot with a semi-auto weapon.
Also known as: Click-timing
A type of training scenario featuring targets that do not move which are eliminated with a single click.
Also known as: Static dots
A type of training scenario featuring moving targets that are eliminated with a single click.
Also known as: Kinetic, Moving Dots
Tracking a target by repeatedly correcting to its current position, instead of reading its movement and committing to that movement.
Also known as: Over-predicting
A category of techniques that are used specifically to raise scores in such a way that it exploites the scenario design and neglects the use of training for improved in-game performance.
A universal method to calculate mouse sensitivity, literally referring to the distance required on your mousepad to perform a full revolution/360 degree turn in-game.
Also known as: CM/360
The messurement of time that your crosshair remains within the boundries of the target/on target.
The process to put and acquire the optimal location for one's crosshair to be placed to maximize damage uptime, time to initial damage, or total damage.
Counts of a mouse sensor per inch of real life movement.
Also known as: DPI
When you're overly tensing your mousegrip, resulting in poor habits that can lead to injury over time. The term 'deathgrip' comes from the negative health impacts on your arm and wrist muscles and nerves over long periods of use.
Also known as: Overgripping
The concept of placing your crosshair on the trailing edge/half of a target's hitbox that moves mostly in 2 oppisite directions.
The extent of the observable world that is seen at any given moment often referring to the angle value of the horizontal or vertical Field of View available to a player.
Quickly moving your crosshair to the next target at a high-speed with the intention of landing directly on the target in order to quickly eliminate it. Often requires microadjustment after the flick due to the speed of the movement resulting in errors.
Referring to your FoV and sensitivity while not aiming down sights (ADS).
Aiming in front of the target’s expected path.
The ability to move the mouse and respectively the crosshair to the position you want smoothly or to stay on target and with speed and many other factors that make good aim and to adapt mouse movements based on visual or audio feedback. Your overall ability to understand and control the crosshair's position on-screen based on the physical control of your mouse in your hand.
Also known as: Raw Aim
The process and skill to pick up and move the mouse to the centre of the mousepad
Also known as: Resetting, Mouse Resetting, Centring
A small movement of the mouse to correct the crosshair onto a target due to incorrect crosshair placement, often referring to corrections after flicking.
Also known as: Microadjusting
Quickly flicking between targets over short distances, often in high frequency.
The ability to counteract the effect of strafe movement on your crosshair while simultaniously performing aiming tasks/skills
While performing a movement to acquire a target and the crosshair goes beyond the targets location or desired placement.
Guessing where a target is going to be in the near future based on movement patterns, and then adjusting your crosshair to align with your guess.
Determining the change in movement of a target without or with minimal prediciton and subsequently reacting to it - specifically, the rate at which you can do this.
The motion to place your crosshair back onto the target after it falls off due to a change of direction or speed by the target or crosshair and the target is no longer receiving damage.
Skills/the ability that require comprehension around where enemies are and how they are moving to predict or to better identify a target. Your overall ability to understand where the target is and where they will be based on sensory information.
Determining the best next series of targets, forming a mental route between targets.
A Map/Task that is used when aim training consisting of a map and a bot(s)
Also known as Task, Map
A unit or value that fundamentally describes how much your field of view will rotate when you move your mouse an arbitrary distance.
Ability to move the mouse at a controlled and consistent speed/acceleration (at a consistency determined by your reading).
How fast you move your crosshair from point A to point B.
The ability to change direction of movement of your own character whenever and only when the target you’re aiming at changes direction.
Moving in the same direction as the target you are looking at.
Example: They move right on your screen so you move right and the pattern is the same when they go left.
Moving in the opposite direction as the target you are looking at.
Example: They move right on your screen so you move left and the pattern is the same when they go left.
Moving with the standard strafe aim techniques but has an aspect of forward and backwards movement there are four different variations two for each base technique varying which way to go forward and backwards.
Example (Half-sideways Mirroring): They move right on your screen so you move right and backwards then when they go left you go left and forwards.
Moving from point A to point B as soon as possible after completing a hit or kill. Either or both of point A or B can be a static or moving target.
Also known as: Target Switching or TS
A sub-category of switching featuring medium TTK targets that frequently change direction or are difficult to track.
Also known as: Track TS
A sub-category of switching featuring low TTK targets that move slowly and are eliminated in a higher frequency.
Also known as: Flick TS
The process to acquire a target by sight, typically referring to how quickly you place your crosshair on target after they enter your field of view.
The amount of damage that must be done in order to eliminate a target. Often used in the context of high-ttk (high health) or low-ttk (low health) games.
The skill to maintain your crosshair on a target for a long period of time while it moves and can reacquire the same target after it changes direction. Often long time-to-kill targets with a high fire-rate weapon.
A sub-category of tracking featuring high TTK targets that change direction or speed often, requiring significant reading skills. In aim trainers, this category usually features bots with random, fast movement patterns and bots that teleport.
A sub-category of tracking featuring high TTK targets that move in predictable patterns and challenge your ability to smoothly remain on target in order to do damage.
Also known as: Smooth tracking
How you move your crosshair from point A to point B.
Also known as: Pathing
Aiming behind a target’s path (or - if the target is moving - the original position of the target when it was visually selected)
Also known as: Tailing
While performing a movement to acquire a target and the crosshair lands short of the targets location or desired placement.
Also known as: Underaiming
The latency between your eyes interpreting the physical world and translating it into electrical signals your brain can use, then engaging the motor activity and muscles to perform an action in response.