‘Fortnite’: Playing With a Professional Coach Made Me Realize How Bad I Am

As a lifelong gamer, I couldn’t help but get a little bit defensive when my Fortnite coach said, “Practice with purpose makes perfect. But if you’re just endlessly practicing the wrong thing, you’ll never get anywhere close to perfect.”

As it turns out, I’m even worse at Fortnite: Battle Royale than I thought.

Sure, I’m good enough to have about a dozen Victory Royales under my belt (in Duos and Squads, anyway). But, to be honest, I’m an obsessive looter with decent gunplay skills who’s utter trash at building. I have little to no grasp on the basic strategies that elevate players into the top tier of this game.

So yeah, I spend a lot of time practicing the “wrong thing” when I play Fortnite, mainly because I have a lot of fun looting and not even enough experience with effective combat and building mechanics.

Finding a Fortnite Coach

If you’re like me and tired of getting totally wrecked by all the teens out there playing Fortnite, then you might want to get professional help like I did. That’s why I turned to Gamer Sensei, an online platform that connects players that want to improve with esports professionals and coaches.

For when you're tired of getting wrecked by all the teens in 'Fortnite'.
For when you’re tired of getting wrecked by all the teens in ‘Fortnite’.

I already write a lot about Fortnite: Battle Royale professionally. I even casually stream it via Twitch every now and then, but I often worry about how poorly I perform under pressure.

In a typical Fortnite sessions I either aim strictly for Weekly Challenges or just play for fun with friends in Duos or Squads. Working as a team let’s me focus on firefights without needing to worry about my terrible building skills, but Gamer Sensei helped changed that.

Browsing potential coaches — called “senseis” to go along with the branding — you can’t help but feel like you’re looking at dating profiles. You see a nice photo and read about someone’s personal history and skills. Every sensei sets their own hourly rate too, which makes Gamer Sensei kind of like Fiverr for video game coaching.

Sensei profiles on Gamer Sensei make it feel almost like a dating website.
Sensei profiles on Gamer Sensei make it feel almost like a dating website.

After a bit of browsing, I connected with Krish “Convertible” Nara, a retired Overwatch pro player who brought those skills over to coaching for an even more popular game.

After scheduling the session through Gamer Sensei’s system, Convertible and I connected over Skype, where we chatted briefly about what I could expect from the session.

Gamer Sensei

I shared a few pre-recorded videos of…

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