Epic Games VP responds to accusations of being \u201cout of touch\u201d over Fortnite Epic GamesEpic Games\u2019 Co-Founder and Vice-President, Mark Rein, has responded after he was criticized as \u201cout of touch\u201d, amid ongoing anger surrounding the BRUTE mech in Fortnite. Since the start of its tenth season, Epic Games\u2019 battle royale has been widely criticized for the implementation of BRUTE mechs. However, on August 15, Epic Games provided an update regarding their \u2018Fortnite Philosophy\u2019. The update essentially explained that they are trying to create a gaming environment in which anyone can achieve a victory royale. This led to further backlash from the community, some of which was aimed at Rein, particularly after it was noticed he liked a tweet which said Epic Games \u201chas no obligation\u201d to listen to the community. The tweet showing Rein\u2019s Twitter likes originally came from \u2018Cowboy\u2019, a Fortnite Twitch streamer. Professional Fortnite player for Overtime, Pacifist, replied to Cowboy\u2019s tweet, stating that: \u201cHe\u2019s a super nice guy and down to earth. Met him at WC. Sadly he\u2019s out of touch with what the competitive scene needs in order to thrive.\u201d Cowboy then responded that \u201cno one who is pro mech is a nice guy\u201d. However, Rein seemed to take issue with this exchange, explaining that just because he liked the tweet does not mean he is \u201cpro mech\u201d, nor an advocate of ignoring the community. Ima say something stupid and go out on a limb here; no one who is pro mech is a nice guy. \u2014 Cowboy (@CowboyFN_) August 18, 2019 I use the like button on twitter as a bookmark to be able to remember and easily find things. It does not mean I agree or disagree with the thing I liked but simply that I wanted to reference it later. \u2014 Mark Rein (@MarkRein) August 18, 2019 \u201cI use the like button on twitter as a bookmark to be able to remember and easily find things,\u201d he responded. \u201cIt does not mean I agree or disagree with the thing I liked but simply that I wanted to reference it later.\u201d Rein\u2019s point is a fair one, given that a \u2018like\u2019 on Twitter does not necessarily indicate agreement, although it is typical. However, more cynical community members are unlikely to buy Rein\u2019s response, as Epic\u2019s VP was never going to stand by a tweet that essentially advocated for ignoring the community. It\u2019s fair to say that the Fortnite community is up in arms about the mechs, and want to see a significant nerf, or even their complete removal. Epic appear to be standing strong and rejecting all community accusations that they are \u201ckilling\u201d their game, as some Fortnite creators have suggested. You can stay up to date with all the latest from Fortnite Season X, right here on Dexerto.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Epic Games VP responds to accusations of being \u201cout of touch\u201d over Fortnite Epic GamesEpic Games\u2019 Co-Founder and Vice-President, Mark Rein, has responded after he was criticized as \u201cout of touch\u201d, amid ongoing anger surrounding the BRUTE mech in Fortnite. Since the start of its tenth season, Epic Games\u2019 battle royale has been widely criticized […]<\/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-72186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72186","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=72186"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72186\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}