Ninja 对决普通玩家（你）——《堡垒之夜》大逃杀：英语精读讲义

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本期节目由 Dashlane 赞助播出。

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告别遗忘密码的烦恼，保护所有凭证的安全，

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今天就来注册一个免费账号吧。

If you are new to Fortnite Battle Royale

如果你是《堡垒之夜》的新手，

and haven't read all the tips out there on the web regarding how to play or play well,

并且没有在网上看过任何关于如何游玩或如何玩好这款游戏的技巧，

you are going to drop into that world full of hackable forests and spooky abandoned buildings

那你将会空降到一个满是可砍伐的森林和阴森废弃建筑的世界里，

and get the crap beaten out of you before you've had a chance to find a weapon you can use well or use at all. 習語

然后在你还没来得及找到一把你能用好或者甚至勉强能用的武器之前，就会被打得落花流水。

Those first few games can be frustrating

最初的几局游戏可能会让你非常沮丧，

as some dude jumps around you like a well-armed kangaroo on steroids 習語

因为总有家伙像打了类固醇且全副武装的袋鼠一样在你周围跳来跳去，

and at the same time builds structures from his posterior faster than you can contemplate swinging your axe. 講解

并且还能从身后瞬间建起防御工事，速度快到你都没反应过来要挥动斧头。

You can always hide,

你当然可以一直躲着，

but that's just cowardly and no doubt you're just playing against average players.

但这纯粹是懦夫的行为，而且毫无疑问你对战的不过是些普通玩家而已。

Today we are going to look at someone regarded as the best of the best. 講解

今天我们将看看一位被公认为最强王者的人。

In this episode of The Infographics Show, Ninja versus the average player on Fortnite.

在《The Infographics Show》的本期节目中，我们将对比 Ninja 和《堡垒之夜》普通玩家的区别。

Okay, so you might be watching this show because you are a fan of Ninja

好吧，你来看这期节目可能因为你是 Ninja

and the game Fortnite, a game we have featured in several other shows.

或者《堡垒之夜》的粉丝，这款游戏我们在其他几期节目里也介绍过。

Just in case some of you don't know what we are talking about, 短語搭配

为了防止有些观众不知道我们在说什么，

Fortnite Battle Royale is a multiplayer game you play online.

《堡垒之夜》是一款在线游玩的多人游戏。

In survival mode,

在生存模式中，

each player is dropped off into a location where he or she must survive by beating 99 other players. 短語動詞

每位玩家会被空投到一个地点，他（她）必须击败其他99名玩家才能生存下来。

You can hack just about anything down from walls to cars to trees to rocks to gas station pumps

你可以砍伐几乎任何东西，从墙壁、汽车到树木、石头，甚至是加油站的油泵，

and then you can use those building materials to create your own structures, which might help you survive.

然后你可以用这些建筑材料来建造你自己的掩体，这可能会帮助你活下来。

There are also lots of different weapons you can pick up.

你可以拾取各种不同的武器。

You can hide,

你可以躲藏，

but a storm keeps pushing you towards a smaller area where the other surviving players will eventually come your way. 短語搭配

但是风暴会不断将你逼向一个越来越小的区域，其他幸存的玩家最终都会向你靠拢。

And this guy Ninja, he's apparently the best player.

而 Ninja 这个家伙，他显然是名副其实的最强玩家。

As we write this, Forbes is calling him the athlete with the most social media interaction in the world. 表達脈絡

在撰写本稿时，《福布斯》称他为世界上在社交媒体上互动量最大的“运动员”。

Yep, he's bigger on social media than LeBron James, Cristiano Ronaldo, or Floyd Mayweather.

是的，他在社交媒体上的影响力甚至超过了勒布朗·詹姆斯、克里斯蒂亚诺·罗纳尔多和弗洛伊德·梅威瑟。

According to reports, just in the month of April,

据报道，仅仅在四月份，

this 26-year-old named Tyler Blevins generated more than 150 million interactions on social media.

这位名叫 Tyler Blevins 的26岁小伙在社交媒体上就创造了超过1.5亿次的互动量。

He streams his gameplay on Twitch to well over 100,000 at time,

他在 Twitch 上直播游戏时，同时观看人数经常远超10万，

has over 11 million YouTube subscribers,

拥有超过1100万的 YouTube 订阅者，

and it's thought around 174 million people have watched him kicking ass. 習語

据估算，大约有1.74亿人看过他大杀四方的视频。

He's even got sponsors such as Red Bull

他甚至还有像红牛这样的赞助商，

and in total, he told the press that from being good at this game and social media savvy at the same time, 用詞

总而言之，他向媒体透露，凭借高超的游戏水平和精通社交媒体的头脑，

he's making around half a million bucks a month.

他一个月能赚大约50万美元左右。

It's likely a lot more now than when he did that interview.

现在的收入可能比他接受那次采访时还要多得多。

Yes, you heard that right. 語氣意圖

是的，你没听错。

$500,000 a month for being good at a game that is relatively new.

一个月50万美元，就因为擅长一款相对较新的游戏。

Well, he did have a following from playing other games and it did take him some time to get to where he is today. 語法

不过，他确实是因为玩其他游戏积累了一些粉丝，也花了不少时间才取得今天的成就。

Let us explain.

让我们来解释一下。

If you are watching this, don't think he got rich quick and it was just good luck. 短語搭配

如果你在看这期节目，不要认为他是靠运气一夜暴富的。

Ninja says don't go thinking just anyone can be a successful gamer. 語法

Ninja 曾说，不要以为任何人都能成为成功的游戏玩家。

Don't quit your day job, he says, 習語

他说，不要辞掉你的全职工作，

which he didn't do for some time when he was a gamer that worked at a noodle joint in the US. 用詞

当初他在美国一家面馆打工时，有好长一段时间一边打工一边玩游戏。

But the good news is,

但好消息是，

only a year ago he was making next to nothing with a measly 20 plus thousand Twitch subs. 習語

就在一年前，他还是个几乎赚不到什么钱、只有可怜的两万多 Twitch 订阅者的主播。

Okay, so now you know Ninja and his meteoric rise to riches and fame. 習語

好了，现在你了解 Ninja 以及他飞速致富成名的经历了。

But why is he so good at Fortnite?

但他为什么在《堡垒之夜》里这么厉害呢？

Why is it that when we at The Infographics Show play, 語法

为什么当我们《The Infographics Show》的团队玩的时候，

we get nowhere unless we spend as long as we can,

我们就会一事无成，除非尽可能长时间地躲着，

hiding behind large plants and inside closed closets.

躲在大植物后面和封闭的壁橱里。

Okay, you can't do that,

好吧，游戏里你没法躲在壁橱里，

but you should be able to.

但要是能躲就好了。

But let's say you're an average player and not as pathetic as we are at the game.

假设你是个普通玩家，不像我们在这个游戏里这么菜。

Ninja himself has gone public and told people how they might beat him. 短語搭配

Ninja 本人曾公开向大家传授击败他的方法。

The first piece of advice is play, play, play.

他的第一条建议就是：玩，玩，不停地玩。

This mirrors the often-chanted mantra relating to the 10,000 hours theory made famous by the writer Malcolm Gladwell. 文化背景

这印证了作家马尔科姆·格拉德威尔提出的著名的“一万小时定律”这个常被提及的法则。

You want to be a good writer, programmer, or game player?

你想成为优秀的作家、程序员或游戏玩家吗？

You must put in the hours. 短語搭配

你必须投入大量的时间。

You'll improve, no doubt about it.

你肯定会进步的，毫无疑问。

We found a Reddit post asking how many hours players play

我们在 Reddit 上看到一个帖子，询问玩家们玩了多少个小时

and how many wins they had.

以及他们赢了多少次。

Indeed, the more hours played seems to lead to success

事实上，游玩的时间越长似乎越容易走向胜利，

if the respondents were telling the truth.

前提是如果回复者说的都是真话的话。

Not always, though. 表達脈絡

不过，也不总是这样。

One poster said he had played 720 games and only had one win.

有位发帖人说他玩了720局游戏却只赢了一局。

That might not be so bad, but we'll come to that later. 表達脈絡

这可能也没那么糟，我们稍后再谈这个。

Maybe you should play 20 to 50 hours

也许你应该先玩个20到50小时，

and if you make some progress, keep going.

如果你取得了些进展，就继续玩下去。

Not everyone can write a novel that will get published either.

毕竟不是每个人都能写出能出版的小说。

Average people don't usually remain tenacious and keep fighting.

普通人通常不会保持坚韧的毅力并坚持战斗。

That's why they make average players usually.

这就是为什么他们通常只是普通玩家的原因。

Remember, Ninja may have struck gold this year and last year, 習語

记住，Ninja 也许在去年和今年赚得盆满钵满，

but he was relatively unknown all those many years he was playing games such as Halo.

但在他玩《光环》等游戏的很多年里，他相对来说都是默默无闻的。

Okay, so obviously practice is the main factor and practicing more than the average Joe. 習語

好吧，很明显练习是主要因素，并且要比普通人练习得更多。

But what other advice does Ninja give

但是 Ninja 还给出了什么其他建议

so one day you might send his avatar back into the virtual ether?

能让你有朝一日把他的角色送回虚拟的虚无中呢？

He said in one interview,

他在一次采访中说道：

"Don't feel crestfallen if you don't manage to secure a lot of wins. 用詞

“如果你没能获得很多次胜利，不要感到灰心。

Just keep going."

继续努力就好。”

He said there is an element of luck to the game as well 短語搭配

他说这款游戏也有运气的成分，

and who knows how unlucky you'll get.

谁知道你的运气会有多差呢。

If you are new or newish to the game, 用詞

如果你是个游戏新手或刚玩不久的人，

he says you should spend many hours learning how to shoot.

他说你应该花大量的时间学习如何射击。

So, don't hide, go find trouble and learn how to fight.

所以，不要躲藏，主动去找麻烦并学习如何战斗。

He told Forbes, "Everyone wants to win,

他告诉《福布斯》：“每个人都想赢，

but if they just put a solid week of practice into landing in a very tough area multiple times, 短語搭配

但如果他们能抽出整整一周的时间练习，多次降落在非常艰难的区域，

even if they're not winning, it's fine." 語法

就算没赢也没关系。”

He is right, too.

他说得也对。

If you read those Reddit posts,

如果你读过那些 Reddit 上的帖子，

everyone seems to be concerned about winning.

似乎每个人都只关心能不能赢。

Here again, we'll invoke that German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche and his famous maxim,

在这里我们要再次引用德国哲学家弗里德里希·尼采的那句著名格言：

"What doesn't kill you makes you stronger." 文化背景

“凡杀不死我的，必使我更强大。”

Ninja would agree, or in this case, it does kill you,

Ninja 肯定会同意，或者在这个游戏里，它确实会杀了你，

but you get another life and another and another.

但你还有下一次生命，还有下一次、再下一次。

"Know your map," he says,

“了解你的地图，”他说，

and learn where you'll find guns.

并了解你在哪里能找到枪械。

As the game goes on, you have to know when to pick a fight. 講解

随着游戏的进行，你必须知道什么时候该去挑起战斗。

If someone has the high ground, 用詞

如果别人占据了高地，

leave them alone until you are better equipped to fight them.

那就先别惹他们，直到你有了更好的装备能和他们抗衡为止。

Obviously, he says,

很明显，他说：

"Don't fight someone up close when all you have are sniper rifles.

“当你只有狙击步枪时，不要在近距离和别人战斗。

Know what your limits are." 短語搭配

要知道你的极限在哪里。”

Common sense.

常识。

As for building, 表達脈絡

至于建造，

you'll need to know how to do that.

你需要知道该怎么做。

Again, he tells people stop thinking about winning and just build until you are good at it.

他再次告诉人们，不要想着赢，只管去建造，直到你熟练为止。

Now you can hide out and build, build, build. 短語動詞

现在你可以躲起来并一直建，建，建。

He also advises watching instructional building videos on YouTube,

他还建议在 YouTube 上观看关于建造的教学视频，

which can save you a lot of time.

这可以为你节省很多时间。

So, just like spending many hours fighting,

所以，就像花很多时间去战斗一样，

you spend many hours building until you are a master.

你也要花很多时间去建造，直到你成为大师。

Again, winning is not what you are thinking about, but becoming a good builder. 語法

再次强调，你脑子里想的不应该是赢，而是成为一个优秀的建造者。

He also said he doesn't have any favorite weapons,

他还说他没有任何最偏爱的武器，

but one thing he says you should always have are shields.

但他认为你必须始终拥有的一样东西是护盾。

Protect yourself.

保护好你自己。

Once you've mastered all the skills and have been beaten to a pulp countless times, 習語

一旦你掌握了所有的技巧，并且已经被无数次揍得鼻青脸肿之后，

you then have to do the thinking part.

你就需要开始动脑子思考了。

According to Ninja, you must analyze the games you have played.

根据 Ninja 的说法，你必须分析你玩过的比赛。

Don't just blame the game.

不要只怪游戏本身。

Go back and watch it as if you've recorded it and figure out what you did wrong, 講解

回顾并观看你的游戏过程，就像你录下来了一样，找出你做错的地方，

he said in an interview.

他在一次采访中这么说道。

Now, how many average players would do that?

那么，有多少普通玩家会这么做呢？

But what do other players have to say about Ninja's greatness?

但是其他玩家对 Ninja 的强大有什么看法呢？

Why does the average player think Ninja is good?

为什么普通玩家觉得 Ninja 这么厉害呢？

This question was asked on a forum.

有人在一个论坛上问了这个问题。

"Just practice.

“就是练习。

They've played thousands of hours,"

他们已经玩了几千个小时，”

said one person and the others agreed,

一个人说道，其他人也表示同意，

but added having a mouse with extra buttons is a plus. 短語搭配

不过补充说，拥有一个带额外侧键的鼠标也是个加分项。

If you check out Fortnite stats,

如果你去查看《堡垒之夜》的数据统计，

you can find people above Ninja such as Alex RamiGaming, who's had run-ins with Ninja before. 短語搭配

你会发现数据排在 Ninja 之上的人，比如 Alex RamiGaming，他以前和 Ninja 交过手。

Still, the former is known for win streaks, 用詞

尽管如此，前者以连胜纪录而闻名，

while Ninja, currently rated as the top player,

而目前被评为顶级玩家的 Ninja，

is an all-rounder with a devastating kill ratio. 用詞

则是一个拥有恐怖击杀率的全能型选手。

As for the best at picking players off from a distance, 短語動詞

至于远距离狙杀玩家的最强王者，

that goes to someone called Dakotaz.

那是属于一个叫 Dakotaz 的人。

Best builder?

最强建造者？

Some people think that goes to the person known as The Myth.

有些人认为那是属于那个被称为 The Myth 的玩家。

But like Ninja advises,

但是正如 Ninja 建议的那样，

you really have to be an all-rounder.

你真的必须成为一个全能型选手。

NFL quarterbacks and EPL strikers don't only have great reactions.

NFL 的四分卫和英超的前锋不仅有极快的反应速度。

Rugby players are more than just physically strong 語法

橄榄球运动员不只是身体强壮，

and Roger Federer had more than a good forehand.

罗杰·费德勒的优势也不仅仅在于出色的正手。

They all got to where they are from practice.

他们能取得今天的成就都是靠练习。

More practice than most people are prepared to do.

比大多数人愿意付出的练习多得多。

That's why they are not average.

这就是为什么他们不是普通人。

You might never be a pro at Fortnite, 語法

你可能永远成不了《堡垒之夜》的职业玩家，

but you can still be a pro at keeping your password safe and secure.

但你仍然可以成为保护密码安全方面的专家。

Dashlane is a password manager that makes it easy for you to control your digital identity.

Dashlane 是一款密码管理器，能让你轻松掌控自己的数字身份。

Try Dashlane completely free for 30 days

免费试用 Dashlane 30天，

and discover how much easier your password life can be.

发现你的密码生活可以变得多么轻松。

The security of Dashlane is awesome,

Dashlane 的安全性非常棒，

but the autofill is what makes it so much fun to use.

但自动填充功能才是让它用起来如此有趣的原因。

You'll never have to log into another website again.

你再也不用手动登录其他网站了。

Dashlane does it automatically for you.

Dashlane 会自动为你完成。

Become more secure and support the Infographics Show at the same time

同时，通过使用优惠码 infographics

by using the code infographics

在第一时间获取 Dashlane Premium 10%的折扣，

to get 10% off Dashlane Premium from the get-go 習語

访问 dashlane.com/infographicsshow 或点击描述中的链接，

by going to dashlane.com/infographicsshow or clicking the link in the description.

让您的信息更加安全，并支持《The Infographics Show》。

So, why do you think Ninja is so good?

那么，你觉得 Ninja 为什么这么强呢？

Do you have another theory?

你有什么其他的看法吗？

Are you getting to his standard on Fortnite?

你在《堡垒之夜》里达到他的水平了吗？

Let us know in the comments.

请在评论区告诉我们。

Also, be sure to check out our other video called

此外，也请务必去看看我们的另一部名为

Do these things to survive if you get stranded on an island.

《如果你被困在荒岛上，做这些事情就能生存下来》的视频。

Thanks for watching

感谢观看，

and as always, don't forget to like, share, and subscribe.

最后和往常一样，别忘了点赞、分享和订阅。

See you next time.

下次再见。