CoD4 - Map Insight "Crash"

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Welp, for the mean time at least, we need to start orgazing our CoD thoughts and discussions by creating specific threads here in the main PS3 forum. So I'm gonna start by mining out some of the best info I can find. My vision here is to copy those posts here at the beginning and then the original poster can make the next post, if they like, by recopying it and then updating it as they see fit. This way the real meat of the topic should basically at the top and thus make it easier for people to find in the future Then I can come back to this first post and delete as necessary to clean things up.

So please try and refrain from posting any follow ups until the original poster has a chance to at least create a place holder.

Sound good?

For starters on the maps I'm gonna try a separate thread for each (well at least each one that got written up). If the group decides later a different organization is preferred when should be able to quickly reconfigure.

At the request of many hundreds members (magburner – above - is the only one that comes to mind right now ) I decided to do the map write-ups, hope they’re of any use to at least one of the members here, especially the ones who just started or are about to start. They’re leaned more towards ‘Team DeathMatch’ games, but work just as fine for ‘Free-For-All’ as well.
Basically, they’re just my opinions and my experiences compiled on a small write-up, I know I definitely left some important things out and will only remember them after I post this (as usual).
I’ll post these two now: Crash and Pipeline.
More tomorrow: Crossfire, Overgrown and Bloc. 👍
After that: Downpour, Countdown, Strike, District…
… and so on until I have covered them all, if there’s enough interest shown.

MAP INSIGHTS (by Beerz)

CRASH:
One of the maps most people like. It’s simple layout and small size make it a very easy to learn map, so starting from the very ‘noob’, it grows on you fast as you get results even with little experience.
It’s prone to different styles of play (team-wise); usually, teams will work as a block, moving around - attacking (or sticking around - defending) a very small area of the map, which allows for some very cool fights.
Other times, although less frequently, everyone scatters throughout the map, and for those that don’t know it that well or just have less experience dealing with that kind of situation, it’s very tricky, since despite it’s relatively small size, there are plenty of spots from where you can be shot when you’re not expecting and it doesn’t take much for an experienced team to pin down the opponents on a relatively small area where it’s hard to defend decently.
A great spot I tend to use a lot (for short periods) is the top floor of the big building behind the crashed heli. It provides great view, and if used with a couple of Claymores it’s almost perfect. Although it seems you’re very exposed (you have the feeling all your body is visible from the ground), if you do things right, it’s extremely difficult to take you down, since at ground level all they’ll see is your head-tip at a considerable distance, which means that it takes a bit to aim to take you down, while you have more time to kill them instead. Just don’t stand still for more than a few seconds
Another area I really like is the long alley running on the back of the buildings, the one with the debris and the smashed cars. They provide great cover and you can easily take out a few enemies within a short time-frame as they won’t notice you there behind a car or whatever for a small amount of time. Of course, since it’s a narrow place, kill and leave, or you’ll be dead in a while. This alley also allows you to take cover while checking the heli surroundings and provides direct access via the ladder on the wall, to the 1st floor of the ‘Wal-Mart’, from which you can easily take down an enemy camping on the roof with the sandbags.
Also, a great map for guys that really know their grenades, they’re more than helpful here.

Usual spots where people tend to camp:3rd floor of the big building (behind the crashed heli);
Windows of the blue-walled building facing the heli;
Windows of the 1st floor of the convenience store (that’s how I call it);
Roof with the sandbags next to the store (accessible only through an outside wall-mounted ladder.

Spots where you definitely don’t want to get caught camping (mainly if you’re not alone, since the biggest mistake is when entire teams crawl together in these places):
The garage (if you’re here, get out asap);
The small alley going down the stairs from the garage to the blue-walled building (you’ll be ‘naded until you pop);
The building on the map corner when you start on the underside part of the map (either ground or top floor);
The crash area, since you’re vulnerable from too many sides for comfort.