Ninja explains why Fortnite’s v8.20 update doesn’t stop “”thirsting”” Twitch giant Tyler \u2018Ninja\u2019 Blevins has offered more of his thoughts on Fortnite\u2019s controversial v8.20 update, and described why it does not prevent players from being instantly \u2018thirsted\u2019. Fortnite\u2019s v8.20 update was implemented by developers Epic Games on March 27, and has been generally lamented by the gaming community, as it reversed a number of popular changes that were made during Season 7. The changes reversed include 50 HP granted upon elimination, an increased farming rate of 40%, and a guaranteed drop of 50 of each material when an opponent is killed. One of Fortnite\u2019s most popular content creators, Ninja, has been very vocal in conveying his displeasure with the update, even going as far as to tweet a poll asking whether or not his followers think the update should be reverted or not. As his poll received significant interest and replies, Ninja tweeted again to address a theme in his replies, in which people pointed out that the removal of 50 HP upon elimination, discourages players from \u2018thirsting\u2019 opponents. \u2018Thirsting\u2019 refers to the instant elimination of an opponent after they have been \u2018Knocked Out\u2019, and are in their down-but-not-out state. Hence, some players argue that the 50 HP bonus on elimination encouraged people to instantly \u2018thirst\u2019 opponents, and that its removal is positive in this regard. However, Ninja disagrees. To everyone commenting on my last tweet saying “”getting thirsted right away isn’t fun”” spoiler alert\u2026 regardless of shield and mat siphon YOU ARE GETTING THIRSTED FOR YOUR GUN\/MATS\/SHIELD items YOU MIGHT HAVE regardless. \u2014 Ninja (@Ninja) March 31, 2019 \u201cTo everyone commenting on my last tweet saying \u201cgetting thirsted right away isn\u2019t fun\u201d spoiler alert\u2026\u201d he started. \u201cYOU ARE GETTING THIRSTED FOR YOUR GUNS\/MATS\/SHIELD items YOU MIGHT HAVE regardless.\u201d At the time of writing, the tweet stands at over 18,000 likes, and his poll has over 275,000 votes, highlighting the extent to which the community wants to see change. It is likely there will be an official Epic Games response soon. The silence from Epic Games over the update\u2019s criticism is likely to be temporary, but has led to community speculation over other potential reasons why it was implemented into the hugely popular battle royale game. Epic stated that the changes had led to an \u201cunhealthy level of aggressive play, diminishing other viable strategies\u201d, but some community members clearly think \u2018thirsting\u2019 impacted the decision as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ninja explains why Fortnite’s v8.20 update doesn’t stop “”thirsting”” Twitch giant Tyler \u2018Ninja\u2019 Blevins has offered more of his thoughts on Fortnite\u2019s controversial v8.20 update, and described why it does not prevent players from being instantly \u2018thirsted\u2019. Fortnite\u2019s v8.20 update was implemented by developers Epic Games on March 27, and has been generally lamented by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71276\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}