{"id":189406,"date":"2019-12-24T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-23T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/?guid=68ba6641495fdd1c0f72726e29d4eecb"},"modified":"2019-12-24T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-12-23T17:00:00","slug":"playing-fortnite-with-my-kid-is-one-of-my-favorite-things-about-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/2019\/12\/24\/playing-fortnite-with-my-kid-is-one-of-my-favorite-things-about-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Playing Fortnite With My Kid Is One Of My Favorite Things About 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Fortnite\"<\/article>\n

As parents of 10- and 12-year-old boys, we\u2019ve been easing into a strange transitional space. Our kids don\u2019t cling to my wife and I the way they did when they were little guys. And that\u2019s great! It\u2019s important that they learn how to be independent and figure out how to navigate the world on their own, even though they\u2019re only seeing a tiny slice of it right now. That\u2019s not to say I don\u2019t miss their enthusiastic appreciation for dad, though.<\/p>\n

After Fortnite\u2019s black-hole event, I had an urge to revisit the battle-royale ring. I\u2019d dabbled a little bit, but it didn\u2019t really click with me for whatever reason. My kids didn\u2019t share that opinion, my youngest in particular. He\u2019s been a die-hard player for a long while now, methodically rolling though his checklists of challenges and completing every season\u2019s battle pass. Sometimes I\u2019ll watch him play, though it\u2019s clear that my hovering presence isn\u2019t always appreciated. That\u2019s why I was so surprised that he not only gave me more than a quick grunt when I said I was playing again, but he ran over to his PS4 and sent me a party invite. And away we went.<\/p>\n

Over the past couple of months, we\u2019ve been playing duos several times a week. I\u2019ve been getting better at the fundamentals, thanks in no small part to my kid-turned-mentor. It\u2019s been a really fun and interesting shift from our usual dynamic, which is certainly one of the reasons he\u2019s been enjoying it, too. He has complete mastery over something that I\u2019m still fairly clueless about. I don\u2019t think there\u2019s any other aspect of our relationship where that holds true. The closest we\u2019ve come to that in the past are when he\u2019s given us tours of his class<\/a>room during parent-teacher conferences. Once you see where the desk is, though, there\u2019s not much else to say.<\/p>\n

\"Fortnite\"<\/article>\n

My favorite part of this experience has been getting a different picture of who he is and what kind of person he might become. He likes to call the shots, whether it\u2019s where to drop, what challenges we take on (and in what order), and whether we should engage an enemy that\u2019s still a tiny jumping dot on the horizon. When someone fires a sniper round by my head, he\u2019s able to build a multilevel base with sniper holes in an instant. Meanwhile, I\u2019m slowly panning around trying to find out where exactly the enemy is. He may not be interested in sharing the minutiae of his school day, but he has no problem breaking down my exact failings \u2013 as nicely as he\u2019s capable. (I\u2019m learning that he and I share an unfortunately limited reserve of patience.)<\/p>\n

It\u2019s also inspired a lot of fun conversations. After the recent Star Wars event, which introduced lightsabers into the arsenal, we\u2019ve been griping to each other about how imbalanced the weapons are. A weapon that blocks incoming fire, destroys builds in split seconds, and lets you perform acrobatic maneuvers? Get outta here! They\u2019re also underpowered and broken when we use them, which has kick-started some discussions about sportsmanship. Fortnite\u2019s monetization has also sparked a few discussions about predatory microtransactions ($20 for a skin? Get outta here.), and why, no, you can\u2019t get more V-Bucks right now, even though that emote is indeed super sweet.<\/p>\n

Fortnite gets a lot of flak from a lot of True Gamers out there, and I get it. Its cartoonish presentation isn\u2019t for everyone, it\u2019s launched the careers of a lot of polarizing streamers, and it inspired this song. I\u2019m not always having a great time actually playing Fortnite. I still can\u2019t wrap my mind around the building. But as long as my son keeps sending me invites, I\u2019ll continue to hit \u201caccept.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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