I wrote this guide cause I see that at and below silver elite the communication in teams isn't working right. Communication is a big part of getting your team to victory so that's why I wrote this short, but hopefully helpful guide!

Lots of times your team just randomly pick a place to defend or to attack. For instance take Dust II:

I am terrorist and we have to decide where we are going to plant the bomb. Now I usually get these three situations:

1. No one says a thing, including the bomb carrier. Result? Half the team starts going to A, other half starts rushing B.

2. The bomb carrier says: Let's go long A and the team goes B

3. We decided to go B but for some reason the bomb carrier decides it's better to go A, solo...

How do these situations happen? It's all communication!
Be clear in what your tactic for the upcoming round is going to be. I would say that when you solo queue it's easiest to let the bomb carrier decide where you go. Or pick a leader who makes the calls. If you see that half of your team is premade let them decide since they are probably in direct contact with each other and play well together.


Be clear in what you want! Give a short but useful instruction. For instance: Rush B or Go split A.


Listen to the carrier! If you didn't understand him/her, ask what the strategy is and don't go wander off in a random direction.


Be clear with your instructions! Keep a close eye on what your opponents do and decide where it is best to go. Communicate this with your team!


Listen to your leader! Even if you don't always agree it's sometimes best just to listen and if it doesn't work out for a few rounds, pick a new leader.


At the start of the half, pick what spot you want to defend. Pick the spot you are best at defending at and feel comfortable in. If this spot is already taken, take a different one. I'd say sticking to your spot would prevent confusion at the start of the round and prevent your teammates from going the wrong direction. This will help get your team in place fast and so you can for instance more easily defend against a rushing terrorist attack.


Communicate clearly at the start of the round to get the round running fast, prevent confusion and annoyance.

As much as it is important to communicate at the start of the round it is even more important to communicate during a round. Communicate to your teammates what you see.

There are various situations on when this communication is important. I will describe a few of them.

On some maps, the sniper in your team is the guy who probably gets important information first. On T-side, if the sniper is in the right place at the start of the round and can immediately check mid doors he/she can spot how many CT's are going to bomb site B.

If you for instance decide to attack to bomb site B but your sniper spotted three CT's going to that site it might be better to change tactics and opt for an A take! Unless he of course kills one or more of the CT's.

This counts for CT's as well! If you have a sniper on your team and quickly gets to mid doors, he/she might be able to spot where the T's are going and can call a rotate to have a solid defense against the incoming T's.


It is very important to keep communicating! If you spot the bomb, report it immediately, if you spot a large group of terrorists or counter-terrorists, call it in! If you spot someone using your AWP but did not kill him, report were you saw your enemy.

Important is to know what certain spots are called. To learn these spot, or callouts, you can use the following link: Callouts[www.tobyscs.com] better yet, if you have a two or more screens setup place the callouts on your second screen, so in case you forget you can quickly look it up.

If you keep communicating your team member will know what is going on and make a better decision as to how to respond to a situation. This will help your team to victory!

You can still see when you die! There’s about 6 second of time before you switch to spectator mode after you die. Use this time to spot enemies and communicate where they are. After this. Try to be quiet.
Remember, you are spectating another player. So he should see what you are seeing. Constantly calling out what he sees can be very unnerving or outright annoying. Players need silence too, to hear incoming nades or enemies.

In the last chapters you learned when and what you should communicate. Now I want to show how. It's simple. Get a good mic, which doesn't costs a whole lot these days! And use it!

But: don't use your mic for small talk, unless maybe in between rounds, use it to relay useful information! Do this short and descriptive. For instance: 3 CT's going B or Spotted bomb going A. When you die report the last position you saw your enemy in!

DON'T go mic-spamming, be it telling a whole story or playing music over your mic, just don't! Your team mates will hate you for it!

Thank you for reading my guide. I hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it. If you have any comments or tips please tell me in the comment section or send me a direct message.