Hello fellow rocket jumpers! Allow me to introduce myself. Just call me MONKIE haha! I'm fairly new to the rocket jumping community and this is the first time I've posted on the TF2JUMP forums. At first, I made this video for myself to see and test the video effects/editing and how much I've progressed with rocket jumping. Eventually, I thought to myself, why not just share this with the TF2JUMP community? Just a warning, this video is not about flashy jumps or doing something extraordinarily different from what you've seen. It's about the progress. The journey. I'm trying to see the difference of myself from week one from a month a practice. I purposely left all those rocket marks on the floor to show that if you deliberately practice long and hard, eventually you'll get it and you'll do it consecutively. Anyways, I hope you guys enjoy this video. PLEASE, please give me feedback on the editing! Also, I'm aware of the crappy sound. I apologize.
The first video is from WEAK one. The second video is after a month.
For a deeper insight of the thoughts I had in my head when I was making this, please continue reading on. If not, just skip to the bottom of the page. If you already read what I wrote up top, then you already know that this isn't about flashy jumps and such. It's more about the journey. A few months back, a friend of mine recommended me a book called "TALENT IS OVERRATED", and let me tell you what this book has anything to do with rocket jumping and how it affected me. It talks about how "practice" does not help improve you at what you're doing, but "DELIBERATE PRACTICE" does. Basically, what practice really means is you're just doing the work. As for DELIBERATE PRACTICE, it's more about the QUALITY than the QUANTITY of your practice. You're doing the work while recognizing the distinction. To sum it all up, I didn't only practice, I deliberately practiced and kept an open mind. To all the newcomers of rocket jumping, don't expect to master something in one day. Really challenge yourself and get out of your comfort zone. Whether is trying to rocket jump on the left walls, or trying to speedshot. The more experienced jumpers in the TF2JUMP community didn't master rocket jumping in just one day. I'm sure if you asked them how much they've been rocket jumping, I'm sure it's a thousand+++ hours. It takes time and deliberate practice if you want to be great at something. Whether it's in sports, arts, playing a musical instrument, or playing games, if you want to be great at it, you must deliberately practice for at least 2-4+ hours.
This was the thought I had in my mind when I was editing the jumps. I had more thoughts, but I lost it all because of a brainfart. Enjoy.
AFTER A WEEK.
AFTER A MONTH.
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im the same as you! haha!
