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Time to go home boys, Fortnite has claimed the World Cup
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It should make you happy actually... kids and Michael Jackson don't go together too well :-P (if we believe the US media, personally I never met the guy and I respect his legacy and him as a person also)
I don't even agree it's an age thing. Not "getting" Twitch is an age thing. Fortnite is popular because it's actually a very good videogame. There's literally nothing about that to understand.
I think it's more a case of just being tediously thick headed and awkward about everything that we see a lot on ERA.
This is amazing. Might as well be this forums motto.
People are dead set on taking everything away from Black culture and calling it theirs...
It's the shoot dance. It's shooting dice.
(I cant wait until we get some clip of little 6-year-old white kids in a group dancing to Kids Bop and they're all trying hard to hit the shoot)
It's the shoot dance. It's shooting dice.
(I cant wait until we get some clip of little 6-year-old white kids in a group dancing to Kids Bop and they're all trying hard to hit the shoot)
To be fair I don't think the behavior is unique to the enthusiast gaming crowd. There's always some push back from any enthusiasts whenever there's a generational shift or when something niche becomes more socially relevant. You can find those sort of responses from people who are into board games, movies, and even books. It's silly but I don't think it's a big deal, there are going to be some "Old Man Yells At Crowd" folks but the rest are either going to happily be content with their niche or ride the new waves along with everyone else.
I'm old though, and I much prefer Bloodborne to Assassins Creed. I don't play Fortnite but I can still acknowledge how huge the game is.
I think you're spot on. Seeing people get all elitist about their hobby is funny.
The Fortnite (and Twitch) saltiness is definitely not an age thing; it's an elitism thing and it's extremely offputting and downright embarrassing in some instances
There is 100% some of that going on but I think some people are just sick of reading about it. We have a lot of Fortnite threads so if the game irks you seeing them pop up everyday is probably annoying, though in that case the smart move is not to open the thread and post about how salty you are about it
The MCU going mainstream was legitimately awful as now we get what feels like 10 formulaic action comedy superhero films a year that are impossible to avoid
What if he's playing one of those knockoff PUBG/Fortnite games and it has that dance in it. "It's from the video game"
Same thing as edgy teens who 'discover' bands/artists before they have mainstream success and then get either defensive or dismissive once they become popular. This isn't a new thing or specific to games, it's just another version of cliquish tribal behavior between the arbitrarily defined ins and outs.
Yep, I'm not a fan of the game myself, but that's because the general Battle Royale format doesn't appeal to me. Even still, you gotta recognize the ridiculous cultural penetration this game has had.
Bingo.
Are they getting a two match ban for that? They said something about that earlier.
can Epic pls put this into Fortnite?
same as it ever was
remember when this place was gonna be different
Is there even a dance in Fortnite that originated from the game? There's no Fortnite dance, is there? Most of the dances in that game is stolen from pop culture. Should be common knowledge for any one who partake in the gaming community.
Lots of people on both sides are being investigated. No official word yet as far as I can tell.
No, Fortnite did steal these dances and didn't compensate anyone. Even the backpack kid said they stole his floss dance and didn't pay him. He was okay with it, but still a lot of these dances in the game we know who originated them and none of them were compensated. Because they're dances I'm not sure if you can even trademark it so Epic is within their rights to add them in the game...
I wonder how many of the people hating on Fortnite also post about wanting gaming to be more inclusive and less toxic. It's a strange phenomenon.
If you read the OP it was their son that said it was the "Fortnite dance". I'm not sure why everyone here is insistent on correcting a kid...
It's ridiculous to think Fortnite invented these dances. It's even more silly when you're from where the dance originated. It's cool people of other cultures get to enjoy and experience it but thinking it's a Fortnite thing only is saddening
Yes, it was soo barebone and the interest faded away because Niantic honestly couldn't handle such a big success.
Here Epic is doing everything to keep the momentum: from new contents every week to accessibility (the game is available on every platform except the 3DS, and the quality of these ports are really good).
I guess that minority who hates this game they hate all kinds of phenomenon in general, i'm playing it almost regularly on Switch right now (never did it before) and i can see where the success is coming from:
- It's like PUBG but better (no bugs, less cheaters, frame rate is mostly good even on Switch)
- matchmaking is super fast, perfect for quick matches.
- microtransactions are there the but only for cosmetics (and i'd admit some of the skins are cool)
For how big the game is we don't have a lot of threads popping up here on it.
We do have a lot of threads popping up every day about Nintendo game X, God of War, Bloodborne etc. and these people seem to have no problem with this.
It's clear the real reason is just that they can't cope with something they dislike being so successful. Add on the fact that Fortnite represents so much of what they dislike about games (and the process of the industry leaving them behind) these days and you get the kind of patheticness we see here.
I hope not, they said they did it because serbian players provoked them all week before.
Was a cover the eyes moment for sure, Whatever it was it was bad, But Fortnite and all that.
It sucks because it's a multiplayer game and it's not made by nintendo or sony.
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Hey and that's totally okay, don't feel stupid/out of touch if it's just not up your alley :)
Trust me, I felt the same when Pokemon Go was blowing up in Summer 2016. I was so fascinated by how into the game people were, but I was definitely happy so many people were enjoying themselves/being more active.
What's up with this forum and people claiming white people are trying to claim the world as their own? It's rampant in off topic but I'm seeing it more and more in gaming lately.
Fortnite can claim the World Cup when they add this Emote... not before that.
And yeah, we live in a cross media world now. A bit harder to pinpoint the "origin" of certain things... some people still think that claiming items from your dead body ( AKA Corpse run) was invented by Dark souls...
Nah, I don't believe you covered your eyes.
You're being hyperbolic. And it's such a strange thing to dislike.
I would've agreed but the shoot dance was extremely popular before Fortnite
But y'all are weird for hating a video game this much
But y'all are weird for hating a video game this much
Nah, generally Epic is putting them into Fortnite because people are doing them.
All of these dances were viral sensations BEFORE being included in Fortnite.
can Epic pls put this into Fortnite?
You just got reported for mixing politics and gestures that are condemned by FIFA and Switzerland on a gaming forum of this size.
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