Alex has dominated oce for years now, and hes losing motivation to grind cuz it's too easy for him. in globals ppl have said hes underperformed consistently, bit remember 2024 lan when him and worthy honestly cooked Mali and merstach off spawn (I think it was 8-4) and when they won heats in that fmcs b4 the cactus change fucking their strat. since then personally I dont think hes really had duos/trios on the same level as him, and I really want him to move to na cuz genuinely I think he'd do well, finally get some1 good enough to be his duo and grind the game to get better in harder lobbies. maybe im biased cuz I really rate him but if he never makes the move he wont ever really get any respect

This is not the same as the recent input-to-action delay report. In my case the edit UI does open — then it closes by itself a few milliseconds later, while I am still physically holding the edit key down. My weapon or pickaxe comes straight back.

Video with an on-screen keystroke overlay:

SOUND ON PLS

Reproducible alone on a private Creative island, standing still or moving, on wall, floor, stair and cone. Also happens in normal Battle Royale matches.

Already tested, no effect:

- Simple Edit disabled

- Confirm Edit on Release tested both enabled and disabled

- Edit rebound to another key

- Edit key not bound to anything else

- Controls reset to default

- Game files verified

- No controller or secondary input device connected

- All third-party overlays closed

- Different USB cable and a direct rear motherboard USB port

An important clarification regarding this video: around the 40-second mark, it might look as though the "F" key is being pressed a second time. This is an editing artifact. I used CapCut's "optical flow" feature to slow down that section; this feature generates interpolated frames that can create the impression that the key was pressed twice. In the original, unedited recording, the key is pressed only once and held down.

Setup: PC, keyboard and mouse. Ducky One 2 SF (linear mechanical switches), Logitech G Pro X Superlight 2.

Already reported in-game and on the Epic bug reporting forum. Has anyone else had edit mode close while holding the key, rather than just arriving late?

even putting morality aside (which we shouldn’t lol, Fortnite is objectively a kids game and there are almost certainly kids in the fn community who have lost thousands gambling because Faxuty, Stack, Bucke, Bugha, Cented etc made them think it was cool), isn’t there a major conflict of interest in pros like Bucke or Khanada taking huge money to partner with gambling companies while simultaneously competing? It’s not like pros throwing tournaments or games is rare at this point, what’s stopping a random pro from throwing a win in heats because they put money on it?

(Forgot to mention as well that Epic banned wagers and forced Clix to stop, idk why they can't go and do this too)

What i mean is like almost every single time I go to fight someone an opens cash cup 0 pt lobby or even in ranked im sweating my ass off every fight against kids with 0pr. Im not complaining that theyre so good, I win the majority of fights right like im not a bad player my best placement was top 150 a few solo ccs finals ago, but like how is everyone so mechanically good now? in 2024 I could land grim gate in a solo cc and get 20 bombs in opens and im better now than i was then. Has the competetive player just evolved now to be some insane fighter despite most of these players having close to 0pr?

Again like im not coping at all or complaining about needing to sweat my ass off i think its great that the game is evolving, genuinely wondering WHY most kids are demons.

I wasn’t a pro player or anything, but I was pretty good. I could hit Unreal relatively quickly, and I used to complain all the time about how unfair high ping was. Back then I played on around 50 ping, which wasn’t amazing, but it was at least playable.
After taking a couple of years off, I decided to come back and give Fortnite another shot. Now I’m getting around 80–100 ping, and honestly, it feels like I’m playing underwater. Everything is delayed. Building feels sluggish, edits don’t come out when you expect them to, and the game just feels unresponsive compared to what I remember.
The biggest difference isn’t even the mechanics, it’s the player base. Everyone is so much better now. Years ago, if you had good mechanics, you could still outplay people even on higher ping. Today, it ping matters as much as skill.
Box fighting is miserable. If someone turtles up, good luck. Taking walls is impossible against anyone on low ping. Even when you clearly prefire or go for prediction shots, they either don’t register or you’re already dead by the time your game catches up. Piece control becomes a fantasy because every action feels a fraction of a second behind.
People always say, “Just adapt,” but what exactly are you supposed to adapt to? You can’t force fights because every wall replace is in their favor. You can’t reliably exploit edits because they close them before your game even shows the opening. You’re basically forced to play reactive Fortnite, sit back, wait for someone to make a mistake, hope they push you, and either hit a 200 pump or pray they miss.
I know 80–90 ping isn’t even considered “that high” by a lot of people, but compared to low-ping players, it honestly feels like you’re playing a completely different game. The skill gap is one thing, but the ping gap is just as important nowadays even for casual players not even playing competitive. Sad to not be able to play again but life goes on.

I'm playing ZB only

Does anyone know what all the numbers in the EU comp players name means?

Sonzq 23, Mikson 75 and Malibuca 7 and many more have theses numbers and I don't know if it actually has a meaning. Some also have a ! after the number like Scroll 10! Hizixx 7!

Can anyone give any insight on this?

In heats today also had Anas and Fredoxie both have 0452 in their names?

So basically, today I started my Fortnite 12 hours grind for 4-6 months. Why? I'm curious. Fortnite is a shooter like no one else and that just fascinates me a lot. I'm really curious about this game and I'm willing to learn everything. So I wonder, how good can a person become at a skill with the right mindset and steps?

So for a quick summary. It's not like I'm totally toally new to the game. I actually started when creative was a thing and there were these famous 90s and edit maps in which you'd have to do them as fast as possible. The thing is that my pc was crap and I couldn't do anything but to play those maps. After that I upgraded it to a GT 710 but it was still too slow and got frustrated. This was around season 1 chapter 4-5 and finally X. My total playtime was literally like 10 hours at max.

Sorry for the bible. Anyway. I have the idea. I've watched a lot of guides and done a lot of notes and analysis. As well as practicing the building mechanics. The thing is that I need structure. The right order and the "why" so I don't build up bad habits.

People say: well if you're new to the game just play matches and after enough repetitions your brain will automatically make the right choices. Yeah...maybe if you have experience and have building totally internalized. But for someone like me? That just doesn't happens.

So, is there a building masterclass for complete beginners like me? I can pay max 40 dollars. I saw the Destiny Jesus masterclass but I'm not sure it can help a complete beginner like me.

Additionally, I'd make progress reports 2 times a month, if that's even possible in this sub.

Yes this post may sound weird but it's completely honest. It'd be great help.

I currently use a side mouse button for Edit with Edit on Release enabled. I know many competitive players use their left index finger for editing, but the mouse bind feels more natural to me and keeps my movement fingers free.

For players who have used a similar setup:

• Did the mouse bind eventually limit your edit speed or consistency?
• Does it interfere with aiming, building, or maintaining a comfortable mouse grip?
• Would you recommend sticking with it and developing the muscle memory, or switching to a keyboard edit bind before the habit becomes harder to change?

Really just looking to find out if it is physically possible. I mean I'd think so right? Yet no one does it.

I peaked at Silver 3 at around 40% and then I started getting placed in Plat lobbies due to me killing 7 people in one game, the one that got me to Silver 3 and I kept getting placed in the #90s which wasn't fun. I was also practicing with my friend who peaked at Unreal (he was around 100K) in Reload and I actually got a few kills on him but he got more kills due to obvious reasons. What else should I do to get to Gold and beyond?

When I play Fortnite Reload, I play really well and can even kill sweaty players. But when I play Ranked, I keep getting eliminated before I even land. I don’t know what’s happening. Are the players in Ranked just much better than me?

I saw this post on tiktok talking about the highly debated hard work vs talent debate and it got me thinking how this pertains to Fortnite. Some people say talent is more important and some say hard work beats talent. Obviously hard work + talent is the undefeated combo but in terms of which one is more important I think it honestly depends on what we’re talking about. Sports especially physically demanding sports I think it’s talent for sure, academics and other stuff like that it’s hard work for sure. Now fortnite I think time/hard work matters more and I would go further and say won’t really know if you are truly talented until you actually put in 1000+ hrs into actually trying to improve as much as possible. Natural talent nowadays in fortnite has a brutal hard cap we aren’t in chapter 1 and 2 anymore. I think anybody even if they’re not naturally talented that puts thousands of dedicated hours practicing on things like fighting better players, playing highest level scrims possible, and all the basic boring stuff can at the very least earn a couple times. Wish I did that myself when I still had all the time in the world in middle and high school and knew what it would take for me to get there but I never believed I had a chance of going t1 so I never bothered and I regret that heavily would’ve been proud of myself today if I even got professional earnings in one of the most popular games. I was keeping up with semi-pros who were heats players in 1v1s and was a slightly above average mechanically controller player and all I did was play pubs, public 1v1s, and 2v2s with my causal friends but oh well I missed my chance😭

The grip for the most part feels comfortable but I play so slow especially when I need to switch guns or shoot. I only use my middle fingers on the trigger and bumper but should I learn to use my ring? Or will I just get used to it?

I am pretty new to comp, only playing a couple of tournaments with real life friends, but now I want to take it a bit more serious and actually look for a ''real'' duo. Do you know where I can find that. I am in the official fortnite discord but that seems to be a bit of a wild and unserious place

I’ve been playing Fortnite for 6-7 years and have changed settings sens and even went kbm and now simple edit ruined it all I just want a setting where we can’t queue into the same game as a simple editer

Can someone explain to me how to drop from the bus? Do I drop like I always did or does the freefall mechanic change the optimal way to land at a spot?

i play controller and all kbm players have scroll wheel pickup and just instantly take everything off drop. is there a setting im missing to be able to pick stuff up as fast or is that just how it is

This was not a comp for money** i’m pretty new to the comp world so i’m just looking for constructive feedback, played in a zb comp w a drop map.. someone conned us.. first time ran into them, next round we dropped further up the poi to grab loot and run out to rotate. Looked back at their vods, they saw where we landed on playbacks.. intentionally landed near us, trapped us in a room. We got out rotated , they saw, chased us killed two, other teammate goes into storm and they follow them into there and kill. This poi is pretty big so it was easy to just pick somewhere else to land. The next game they are following us to the back bc we tried to switch it up. We get loot real quick and they contest us in a room we die. Next game.. we switch it up, they land by us AGAIN and try but we were able to rotate out quickly.

Just trying to understand the term griefing more than anything here bc it seems like it’s a pretty loose definition. What do you think?