Fortnite community split by Twitter war after Epic Games cracks down on wagers Epic GamesAfter Epic Games announced a crackdown on wager matches in Fortnite, dueling groups of fans split the community and got #ripFortnite and #ThankYouEpicGames both trending on March 26. Outside of official competitions and in-game tournaments promoted by the developers, wagers were a favorite of top-level and pro players when public lobbies and Arenas just weren\u2019t cutting it. On March 25 though, Epic announced they would be cracking down on the popular unsanctioned competitions \u2013 at least for players under the legal gambling age. NRG\u2019s Cody \u2018Clix\u2019 Conrod announced on Twitter that Epic has messaged him and told him to stop wagers, or risk getting a ban. It didn\u2019t take long for the news to split Twitter, with some proclaiming #ripfortnite, and many others backing up the publishers with #ThankYouEpicGames tags, both of which got trending. #ripfortnite takes over Twitter I just wish it could go back to the way it was \ud83d\ude14 #ripfortnite pic.twitter.com\/MSOoHl3RC9 \u2014 a (meal) \u2730 (@amiel_josiah) March 26, 2021 While the #ripfortnite trend started off with players complaining about the \u201cdeath\u201d of wagers, it quickly evolved to focus on what some people see as \u201cthe good old days\u201d of the game in the most popular tweets. But wagers weren\u2019t the only thing people seriously using the hashtag were focused on. In addition to more enforcement there, other recent changes to the battle royale quickly came under the microscope, as well. \u201cYeah, #ripfortnite killed a region, platform, and wagers,\u201d Twitter user ProfZachy said, referring to Epic\u2019s recent decision to remove Arena Duos and Arena Box Fight from servers on the Oceanic region. https:\/\/twitter.com\/ProfZachy\/status\/1375446034801905665?s=20 #ThankYouEpicGames steals the show It\u2019s not the first time Epic\u2019s battle royale has been called a \u2018dead game\u2019 by a long shot, and it\u2019s not even the first time these two hashtags have dueled it out. From looking at the tweets, the #ThankYouEpicGames side definitely won this round, especially considering a good number of the #ripfortnite tweets were actually pushing back against the hashtag. A search for the supportive tag reveals a ton of tweets remembering all the good times on the island from years past. Several people shared how Fortnite had positively impacted their lives since coming out, including Fortnite leaker HYPEX. Just wanna say #ThankYouEpicGames again for changing my life in the for the last ~4 years.. i dropped out at 15-16 cause the school system sucks in countries like mine & the good schools were too expensive for my family so i didn’t know what to do until this game came out! \u2764\ufe0f \u2014 HYPEX (@HYPEX) March 26, 2021 Who remembers pickaxing a ice cream truck with 100,000 damage? #ThankYouEpicGames pic.twitter.com\/2PUoCtvEcd \u2014 Ayejay (@Ayejjay04) March 26, 2021 Like we said, with more tweets, and more people genuinely using the #ThankYouEpicGames hashtag as opposed to #ripfortnite, it\u2019s safe to say the fans who haven\u2019t given up on the battle royale took the W in this matchup. The Fortnite community right now #ThankYouEpicGames #ripfortnite pic.twitter.com\/CwXaflbx93 \u2014 LeDuckJG\ud83d\udd4a\ufe0fITS NOT GOJOVER (@FNinfluencer) March 26, 2021 It\u2019s also worth pointing out that this crackdown on wagers isn\u2019t even new like a lot of players seem to think. Betting on the outcome of matches or wagering is against the ToS, and has been for some time, Epic has just recently decided to start enforcing it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Fortnite community split by Twitter war after Epic Games cracks down on wagers Epic GamesAfter Epic Games announced a crackdown on wager matches in Fortnite, dueling groups of fans split the community and got #ripFortnite and #ThankYouEpicGames both trending on March 26. Outside of official competitions and in-game tournaments promoted by the developers, wagers were […]<\/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-72881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72881","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=72881"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72881\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}