Liquid Poach explains why he\u2019s quitting Fortnite Team Liquid \/ Epic GamesLongstanding Fortnite professional for Team Liquid, Jake \u2018Poach\u2019 Brumleve today announced his retirement from the battle royale title, slamming Epic for tarnishing the game before revealing his future plans for Valorant. While Chapter 2\u2019s second season has introduced a wide array of content to keep casual players engaged, long-time content creators and pro players alike have openly criticized the game \u2013 perhaps more so now than ever before. As the likes of Tyler \u2018Ninja\u2019 Blevins and Lannan \u2018LazarBeam\u2019 Eacott complain about the title, pro players are also turning away as Liquid\u2019s Poach formally announced his retirement on March 30. Citing \u201clackluster communication\u201d and \u201cfundamentally flawed decisions\u201d as the driving force behind his retirement, the player outlined how he believes Epic has \u201cruined\u201d the game. Having competed at the highest level since July of 2018, Poach officially decided to step away from the title on March 30 after outlining how the game \u201cjust doesn\u2019t make [him] happy anymore.\u201d \u201cUnfortunately, I haven\u2019t enjoyed playing it in a long time and it affected me by not wanting to stream Fortnite,\u201d he explained. \u201cI wanted to stream other games, but I felt boxed in until I made a decision on what I was going to do. That sucked.\u201d No longer enjoying the content creation aspect is one factor behind his decision, however, Poach also addressed the esports side of Fortnite. Highlighting that \u201chow Epic treated the game competitively\u201d also pushed him further away from the title. \u201cI\u2019m a very competitive person and I really want to compete in something truly competitive and Fortnite to me clearly wasn\u2019t that,\u201d he explained. From TimTheTatman, to Ewok and Mongraal, countless Fortnite content creators, fellow pros, and loyal viewers chimed in to show support for his decision. Though Poach didn\u2019t leave fans without hope for the future. \u201cFor the future I hope I find what I\u2019m looking for in Valorant,\u201d he said. \u201cI have high hopes for the game and am very motivated to stream and try and compete.\u201d Seemingly a part of Valorant\u2019s invite-only testing period over the past weekend, perhaps his first taste-test of Riot\u2019s upcoming FPS was enough to push him over the edge and drive him away from Fortnite for good. Leaving the battle royale genre behind for the time being, the popular player now clearly has his sights set on a switch to the pursuit of competitive FPS stardom. Having announced a closed beta period for select regions starting April 7, fans may be able to tune into Poach\u2019s Twitch stream in order to gain early access to Valorant themselves \u2014 as long as you\u2019re in NA or EU.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Liquid Poach explains why he\u2019s quitting Fortnite Team Liquid \/ Epic GamesLongstanding Fortnite professional for Team Liquid, Jake \u2018Poach\u2019 Brumleve today announced his retirement from the battle royale title, slamming Epic for tarnishing the game before revealing his future plans for Valorant. While Chapter 2\u2019s second season has introduced a wide array of content to […]<\/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-74156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74156","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=74156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74156\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}