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Blizzard Mines Spots
I was reading the Crossroads mines post and decided I'd post my own. Blizzard as Terrorist is one of the few maps that I really use mines on. My spots are really good and since my job here is to share great tips and tactics, here they are.
#1 - Go to the bomb plant, then turn around, face the stairs and in particular the little "alley" leading to the bomb plant from the stairs. Put your first mine down behind the leftmost fence post closest to the plant site. Seals running to the plant can't see this one _at all_ because the top plank of the fence lines up to block your view. Work on practicing it until you can set the mine so it's practically invisible unless your on top of it.
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T]___FSS
U]___FSS<<Front stairs
B]___FSS
E]___FFFF
_]___M__
Plant Area
F= Fence
M= Mine
S= Stairs
D= Door
#2 - After placing #1, I place #2 behind the post at the top left of the front stairs. It's the opposite spot of mine #1 on the opposite post. Get it? If you crouch and get real close, then hit plant when your guy looks like he's IN the post/fence, he will put it right up against or in the post. Sometimes you can actually get up to 3/4 of the mine to appear in the post, so you actually only see 1/4. Position it so Seals running up the stairs don't see it. It's actually up against the post, unlike the little map I drew which looks like its slightly away from the post.
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T]___FSS
U]___FSS<<Front stairs
B]___FSS
E]___FFFF
_]___M__
Plant Area
#3 - Almost next to #2, I put this mine in the middle of the tubes width, right where the tube ends. Get it? Seals coming up from the rear set of stairs can't see this mine unless they take a wide detour around the end of the tube, and they usually don't. The drawback is that anyone throwing a nade up the stairs will take out both mines 2 + 3, but thats okay because they usually get taken out by #1.
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]___[-T-]
]___[-U-
]___[-B-
]___[-E-
]
]SS <---rear stairs
]SS
#4 - I put this along the wall on the opposite of the bomb plant, parallel to the tube. If you look, there's patterns in the wall and a dark section every few feet that goes from top to bottom of the wall. Anyway put it at the bottom of the dark section. Seals can't see this mine from the rear stairs where they'd probably be looking from. If they move along the wall towards the plant they'll get blown up by it cuz they usually stop looking since it looks clear. If their not moving along the wall, hopefully they see it, and sometimes they take a detour around #4 and right into #3. You'll see what I mean when you set it up.
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]M__[-T-]
]___[-U-]
]___[-B-]
]___[-E-]
]
]SS <---rear stairs
]SS
M= mine
These mines work for a number of reasons. #1 being they aren't the usual spots. The usual spots everyone looks for are on the stairs, top of the stairs, entrance to the Tube and in the Tube, and/or in the plant site. Seals coming up from the front stairs will get blown up on #2 or #1. If they chuck a nade up they'll blow 2 and 3 and hopefully get killed by 1.
If they come up the rear stairs, it seems the coast is clear. Standing at the top of the stairs looking for mines, you can't see that mine along the left wall because it's too far away. A seal can see it as they get closer but their usually not looking there. If they are moving along the edge of the wall, they'll get blown up. If their not walking along the edge of the wall, a lot of the time they will see that mine, but then they kind of go RIGHT to avoid it, and end up getting blown up by that mine next to and in the middle of the tubes edge.
I get guys all the time with these mines.. I always try and tell my team "If your the last one left, let them try and plant.. I guarantee at least one kill".. and trust me, if they go to plant, I do usually get at least one. It works because none of these mines are in obvious spots, and you really can't see them until its too late. It also works best if nobody else puts mines downstairs or on the stairs.. I think that pretty often Seals will see mines downstairs or on the stairs and easily avoid them.. but then they also know to be very careful going upstairs. On the flip side, if they just rush in, don't see any downstairs or on the stairs, hopefully they just rush up the stairs and get wasted by one of these.
I'd also like to say that the way I find places to plant mines on every map is by pretending I'm a Seal on the lookout for mines. Then I take notice of the places where if a mine was there, I'd be blown up by not seeing it. I also take notice of the places which are most obvious, and that's where I DONT plant mines.. This method works well.. most players put mines in the usual spots that everyone knows about.. all that does is slow people down.. if you want to get KILLS with mines, you need to put them in positions where #1 people don't expect them there, #2 people can't see them if coming from a particular direction.. Putting mines in the entrance of a doorway or in the middle of a set of stairs sometimes works, but its usually luck and usually a lousy player. Advanced players know the usual locations so find new ones.
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