New to CoD/Black Ops

Just got Black Ops today (on PS3 if you must know), and I'm kind of excited but also sort of confused as to what to do. I'd just like some general advice you'd give to beginners, like what guns to use, etc? Also, what's this thing about "prestiege"? Always hearing people bragging about "I'm on ___ prestiege", no idea what it means.

 

Well, most of the better guns are available once you get to a higher level. I'd recommend a gun with really low recoil like the AUG or Enfield because it helps a lot with accuracy. I mean alot. Prestige is basically like tiers, once you reach rank 50 you can prestige and go back to rank 1 on the next tier.

 

There's many guides online. I just started playing a couple of weeks ago too.

On guns and perks and stuff, you should look at what they do. Most of the time you can tell what things do before buying them. There's probably a gun that fits you and your gameplay. I played for the first levels with the first pre-made class. I think all the class that come made are good enough depending on your gameplay.

A good tip is playing a lot, learning the map and stuff. Usually on maps there's places where people hide, and like to fight.

There's some game modes that are better for beginers. For example without killstreaks and that, the less bonus the better since you have less of all.

Also don't buy the higher killstreaks since you at first won't be able to get many kills in a row.

I don't know what other random tips to give. Try to look online and practice a lot.

Edit: Prestige is a way to show how many times you've reached the max level. Once you get lvl 50 you can choose to prestige and you'll trade in your guns, perks, and everything for a prestige 1 rank and you open a new symbol, and emblens. So you start at lvl 1 and have to go to 50 again, then prestige and you'll be lvl 1 but prestige 2, until you reach prestige 15 and be the higher level.