Counter Strike 1.6 Radar Help for Beginners

90% of noob gamers of Counter Strike 1.6 ignore the Radar. Radar is what you see on the top-left corner of the game screen. It appears in Green Transparent or Green Flood Fill form. It is a personal option to chose between both. The game screen with the Radar is shown in the image below.

The green circle can be seen the image. The radar contains two sections, one with lighter green, and other dark green. The light green section is the view you can see in the game. It is almost a 90^o sector. When ever, you change the look with your mouse, the radar rotates to put what is visible to you in the view.

The radar wont rotate, it rotates the objects in it. So, no matter what ever direction you look at, you only see the visible section points forward. The symbols come and go in to the visible section as you move.
Now, the core: Radar shows you the following,

1. Your allies in same level as you - White squares
2. Your allies level above you - White T
3. Your allies level below you - Inverted White T
   
4. Bomb carrying unit, visible to T's only - Orange Square
5. Bomb Planted Location - Blinking X
   
6. Bomb location visible to all, if dropped - Blinking Orange
   
7. Your allies talking - Shown as blinking white square
   

Most common mistake, every newbie does at some point of time is to ask where the bomb has been planted or it is dropped. The thing is, you can see the location of the dropped bomb in the Radar as blinking orange or blinking X when planted.

So you should see the Radar as soon as the following instances occur,

1. At the spawn point for T's to know where the Bomber is going
2. Bomb is dropped
3. Bomb is Planted
   
4. Ally sends voice messages