Clarification on "reading".

[next grove]

reading (to the extend I understand it) is reading the bots movements and aiming accordingly, not predicting or memorizing patterns

an example is when the bot changes directions, with good reading you react to the change and readjust without overflicking, or if the bot is slow enough you simply stop and change the direction you are aiming

[autumn musk]

So is it as simple as just making note of the bots movement? I feel like I'm maybe overcomplicating this....

I've heard people call reading a skill but I don't get how this would be difficult for some people or something they need to focus on. Could just be that it comes naturally to me from years of playing CoD when I was a console kid back in the day.

[next grove]

part of reading is also in game reading where you somewhat predict and guess what the enemy will do and how they strafe

[surreal night]

Reading is taking note and collecting a memory of movement patterns, strategic patterns, or fighting patterns an opponent or opponents have made in the past and using past knowledge to “read” into your current opponent and guess his next move before he even starts to do it so that you can make your move before the opponent begins to make the move you already predicted they would make. This includes using knowledge about the opponent you are currently fighting based off of patterns you have seen your opponent make even within the very fight/battle/match you are fighting him in or just common patterns you’ve seen in the past. In tac shooters the equivalent would be setting up with a heavier focus on one site expecting the enemy to go there and switching based on evidence provided like sound cues based on what you know the enemy has done in the past, as well as something as simple as prefiring positions you know they are likely to play. Reading always comes with risk, but the payoff is also very rewarding in being right. The equivalent to reading in tracking is to start moving left with your aim just before you predict the opponent were to start moving left so that your left aiming movement matches perfectly on time with their movement to your left and you end up doing a lot of damage when the enemy least expects you to since you tracked them on a direction change instead of reacting to the direction change. Some people say reading is them “knowing” what you’ll do next based on previous patterns, but you will never 100% know what your enemy is going to do, to think that you could is an arrogant lie and always gets you killed for thinking so.

[rugged adder]

If you want the definition of it in the most clear and concise way:

Reading
The interpretation of the target's movement and position.

You can find all the other Aim Definitions in our Glossary: https://bit.ly/AimGlossary

[surreal night]

Well, that's a different way of interpreting the word "reading" but I take it in the more common way, which is how fighting game communities use it.

[rugged adder]

It's not really, it's the most general definition of it

You can then expand on it based on the context

[surreal night]

There's really no use in fighting between definitions, it's as futile as trying to argue the definition of "game sense" there is a different definition for it depending on who you ask.

[rugged adder]

I don't really care either way just trying to help OP

[surreal night]

Me too :^)

[autumn musk]

Tyvm sini this is exactly what I was looking for. I didn't notice the aim glossary before when I looked over the resources section. Mb.

Thanks for your answers guys! I feel I have developed an unreasonably in-depth understanding of the word "reading" now.

[rugged adder]

No problem 😊