You consider yourself the hottest Fortnite expert, who can quickly build a wall and a ramp at the sight of an enemy wanting to kill you, or maybe you can even edit the wall to a window, cutie. But have you ever seen a normal player be put in the same situation as a real Fortnite pro? This is a completely different world and the popular streamer Jack ‘CouRageJD’ Dunlop has just been given the opportunity to see madness up close.
The entire show was based on a tweet by Jack ‘CouRageJD’ Dunlop which contained a clip with the caption ‘Playing with a Fortnite pro is a WILD experience🤣’ The most viewed ever then showed CouRage playing with top gamer Clix. Unsurprisingly, the outcome was priceless. That part showed him turning his head (or straining his ears) to locate the enemy and suddenly stopping with his angle being slowly tilted upwards and his face quite openly becoming totally shocked. The reason? Because, during his time to clarify the situation, Clix had already gone ahead and built an apartment block or a “whole ass tower,” as the gamers in comment above CouRage, BUILT-WITH-A-NINJA-INSTINCT, put it. If you are not that good, it’s almost like a form of necromancy.
Comments with soccer-player level comparisons quickly continued to show their admiration and surprise. Glitchy put it in a nutshell: ‘The way they anticipate every move is mind-blowing. Makes my build battles look like toddler block towers.’ Isn’t it so? Indeed, building is not a mere passive act of defense for pros like Clix, it is the language of the aggressor. He or they is, they aren’t just building walls, but they can read the game state three steps ahead and then create the architecture for your demise while you still haven’t realized you are in a fight. The reply posted by yet another user, Sean (Human Legacy), really cuts right through into the feelings of most average folks playing Fortnite, saying this season is so sweaty with everyone being pro that no more build practice takes place because he is playing Zero Build now.
The comments section conversations brought many users on a nostalgic trip through Fortnite history. A few users like Axr and rylloiwnl would have immediately nodded towards those legendary footages from years back independently preceding their current repetition. Tools like these that create high-octane, crank-building fiestas have existed for a good while now. A skill gap explains why the distance continues to increase. ‘Times have changed,’ another user, Walla, jumped right beside with ancient footage. But viewing a pro clip of Clix mind-blowing must certainly make the point feel deep when seen live on CouRage.
The situation is even better with the interaction between CouRage and Clix. There was such support in the total skill difference. Remember, Sean pointed out that Clix has grown up and now was actually coaching CouRage in a pro-gamer coaching way- definitely not like the stereotype that’s thrown around so often. CouRage himself replied to one of Clix’s comments in the Twitter thread: ‘Bro I swear I was stunned 😂😂😂’. Purely in jest, but “What the heck?!” joke shared by both of them. A moment of shared “what just happened” hilarity that any gamer can appreciate-even if we are the ones building the “toddler block towers”.
It is the core of today’s Fortnite Battle Royale scene and competitive gaming in general. The tiers of skill in the game are practically untouched. To us, winning is about the protection of an area, maybe a little bit of luck, and hitting our shots, but for someone like Clix, it means being able to manipulate the physics and mechanics of the game in a way that looks like a glitch too fast for the naked eye to ever discern. And with that, we realize why Zero Build modes are so popular: they are the get-away from all that intense technical demand. Nevertheless, witnessing the kings slash masterminds master such beautiful crafts is utterly heart-fetching: think of it this way, as you jog, you are watching the fastest sprinter on earth; we will never catch up, but we will look back with awe.
Predictably and typically, the thread generated wittiness, chaos, and proper Twitter comedy shtick. From begging for skins to race Uberhippie’s line, which refers to the clip as the ‘edit God of 2025,’ Fortnite fan engagement is at its peak. The saga continues with the announcement that something more recent, fast, clever, and skilled still has the irremovable power of a fragmented, happy-to-be-here bystander being awestruck and laughing. So with all these years and chapters and absolutely hands-down spectacular moments filled with skill-based craziness, we still share a gut laugh of toget. This is the kind of moment that makes you appreciate gaming on both PlayStation and Xbox.
