stop forcing clips (an ace saved my montage)
had a half finished rivals montage rotting in my drafts for two weeks. 4 decent kills and nothing to close it out, and every editor knows you NEED that final clip to end on. so im grinding ranked trying to force it, playing worse because im tryharding for content instead of just vibing. then last night it happens on its own. 1v4, low hp, im the last one alive on my team. i stop thinking and just start flicking. first guy peeks, down. second pushes, down. reload behind a wall, hear the third rotating, swing wide and catch him mid air. last dude panics and jumps me, we trade and mine lands first. 1v4 ace to close the round. i genuinely screamed. that became the outro and carried the entire video, ended up doing 3x my normal views. the lesson? stop forcing it. the good clips show up the second you actually lock in and forget the camera is even running. rivals stays in the rotation.