The Exercise Explained

In this Huddle, we'll discuss replay analysis and how reflecting on our own gameplay and criticizing ourselves can help us improve at Fortnite.

What is replay analysis?

Replay analysis is the practice of reviewing recordings of one's performance to improve and learn from past mistakes. This practice has been commonly used in traditional sports for decades, and it has also become a popular habit among esports players. In Fortnite's settings, players can turn on "Record replays," which saves recordings of their games, and they can be replayed with the replay viewer from multiple camera angles and perspectives.

Replay analysis in Forntite

There are several key benefits to regularly reviewing replays of your games. First and foremost, it allows us to better understand our own performance and identify areas for improvement. By reviewing replays with a critical eye and being honest with ourselves about our mistakes and successes, we can better understand our own habits and decision-making processes. Additionally, replay analysis can help us understand the strategies and tactics of our opponents, which can, in turn, help us develop more effective strategies of our own.

To get the most out of replay analysis, it is important to review replays regularly, after games where we are unsure of how something happened, resulting in us losing, and likewise, after games where we were victorious, to reinforce our good habits. How we got eliminated, our positioning, rotations and combat engagements throughout the match are examples of things that we can learn a lot from replaying and reviewing our match.

Replay analysis can help us gain a better perspective on a situation. Instead of calling our opponents "lucky" when they eliminated us, we can watch the replay, recognize their good play, and learn from it. This will allow us to improve and hopefully outplay them in the future.

In summary, replay analysis is an important factor for improving at Fortnite and as esports players. By regularly reviewing replays of our games, we can gain a deeper understanding of our own performance, identify areas for improvement, and develop more effective strategies and tactics.

Discussion Points

• Is everyone familiar with the concept of Replay Analysis?
• Has anyone in the group ever looked back and reviewed their past games with the intent of learning and improving?
  • How do we record and watch back our replays in Fortnite?
• When looking back at a replay of our match, are there any specific things we should be looking at with a critical eye in order to improve?
• When should we watch back and review a replay of our match?
  • Is it better to watch back and review matches where we won or lost?