Tthere are several classes to choose and if your a first time player your probably going hmmmmm which one to choose well im going to narrow that choice down for you.

first you have to find your playing style.
are you the kind of person who likes to charge into a situation and start blowing holes every where well then I'd reccomend miner.
if you like to hang back and get sneaky kills sniper.
if you like to move slowy but make the enemies life a living hell commando is for you.
or do you like to fly around and rain terror from above engineer.

To get better at ace of spades you need practice.
So go onto a team deathmatch server with very little people on it and try to get some kills.
(miner is the best class to kill people with)

once youve mastered the tdm you'll probably want to play something else so go and explore try and ifnd a gamemode that you really like my personal favourite is classic ctf.

here are some pointers on getting better technique.
if your a sniper get lots of cover and a very high place make sure none is able to come up behind you but that your able to come down.

when your trying to get intel in ctf like everyone you probably think I'll dig a tunnel to the intel correct but when you get near the end of your tunnel and near the inetel scroll to blocks and right click the wall this will change the colour(color)(not a misspelling im europian) of your block when you get the intel and you run back into your tunnel cover it up with blocks then they wont be able to find your tunnel.

miner is the best class in the game why you may ask because its the most over powered yes the miners shotgun and drill gun are the most effective guns in the game.(nuff said)

so you want to get some good sniper rifle shots to start ill tell you how to snipe with the basic rifle in classic. my favourite map to play is crossroads (but chris why is that inportant you ask well im going to use that map as an example to show you some good techniques.) well first of all you want to get control of the tower (this will be easier if your on green team but you'll get spotted easier) first of all if you dont know what im talking about this is the clock tower.



first of all you want to get control of that so what you do (this is if your blue if green just walk in the hole blown out the tower on your but dont ignore the grenade step.)

step one get into the house left of the tower.


step 2: go upstairs to the 1st window sill and get onto the roof of the house behind the clock tower.
step 3: climb the staircase until it ends then throw grenades down the stair case and try and destroy as much of the stair case as possible this will make it a lot harder for enemies to get up to you.

step 4: dig a hole in the wall and go out onto the balcony then snipe away.
finally weve got to the sniping part.
1st golden rule make sure you have cover to run to.
2nd golden rule make sure you have suprise on your side.
3rd golden rule if the enemy is higher than you and has a vantage point aim about 1 to 2 pixels above their head or try dead centre of the chest. if you are higher than the enemy aim 5 pixels above the centre of the head or again just above the middle of the chest. (the 3rd golen rule only works if your 20 blocks or more away. if you're closer centre of the head.)

For gamemodes other than classic you should use sniper class (huh duh) it should look something like this.

yes you should use the sniper rifle not the rifle you will get a lot more kills with a class like this and again the golden rules apply. (see sniping 101 part 1) When youre putting down landmines make sure you dont step on them. (unless you want an jump boost)
also the heavy rocket launcher should be treated like a high powered rifle that shoots potatoes.
That concludes sniping 101

hope this guide helped. (it probably didn't)
well good hunting ladies and gentlemen now go get shooting. P.S this guide was whipped up in a half hour. P.S please show you enjoyed the guide (only if you did) buy rating or commenting