This thread is already derailing.
Any tips on transitions? I feel like transitioning from jump to jump in a video is situational because of the music and theme of the video. Are there any good transition types/tricks besides fade/dissolve?
Usually a regular fade is the way to go if you can't find anything fitting, I think a good rule for editing in general is not to put something in just for the sake of it being there. Overusing the stock effects in Vegas/Premiere/AE can make a video look fairly amateurish, there's a reason you don't typically see professional movies using anything beyond straight cuts/fades.
Here's a good example of lots of different transitions which don't rely on the standard effects you see used in an editor. It uses a lot of SFM however a lot of them would be possible to create from in-game recordings as well.
Of course that vid takes it to the extreme since there's a new transition between almost every clip.