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Follow Up From Last Edition – Flopper Clutch
This video from the Fortnite Competitive subreddit shows an insane win by someone in Arena using Floppers and elims to stay alive, navigate the storm, and come out on top. It’s a great watch.
The Inner Game of Fortnite – Defining “Good Enough”
I want to win every game. Every single one. It’s a good mentality to have. It want to get in there, play 20 games and win 20 straight. Obviously the chance of that happening is very small, not because of skill level but because of the randomness of each and every game of Fortnite.
I think it’s really important to be able to walk away from a game or a session of games saying, “I played really well, here’s what I’m proud of, here’s what I did well, and here’s where I can improve next time.” And as we’ve talked about before, you should write that down so you can come back to it in the future when you warmup or review your game logs.
If we don’t define what “good enough” means as we do anything in life, we’re likely always going to be disappointed. Sometimes good enough is an eight elim game, or getting coming in fourth in a really challenging endgame. Sometimes good enough is getting out there and getting a few reps in, keeping up our practice. Sometimes good enough is three solo wins in a row and then calling it a day. And sometimes good enough is just doing your routine, nothing special – warmup, some games, review, journaling, grabbing some food.
It’s important that we don’t compare our good enoughs to others’ good enoughs. Some people push themselves to a dangerous degree and are never happy, some barely push themselves at all. It’s about thinking for yourself, defining your own path, and then walking down that path. It’s not glamorous, but it works.
Sub-Skill Drills – Corner Edits
Part of drilling on a skill is drilling on it again and again. One of the most frequent edits we do is a corner edit, so let’s practice it some more.
- Go into Creative and build a 1x1 around you so that your edits don’t remove your wall, but you only need to practice on one side of the 1x1
- Practice 10 edits on each corner, going in both directions, starting at the bottom of the wall and going up and starting at the middle of the wall and going down to edit the corners.
- Remember: Do them slowly and controlled as you make sure you’re landing each and every rep. As you get better, speed up. The goal is not world-changing-scroll-wheel-reset fast. The goal is to be able to do a quick edit on an opponent in a game that’s not a simple window.
- Then: Try to do at least two corner edit elims in-game to get better at the skill, not the drill.
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That’s it for today. Have a great Thanksgiving, if you celebrate.
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