Fortnite pros and streamers unhappy with new Boom Box item \u2013 Ninja, Dakotaz and more *UPDATED* After only being added to the game for a matter of hours, the new \u2018Boom Box\u2019 item in Fortnite Battle Royale is getting some negative feedback, particularly from the competitive community. With the WSOE $100,000 Fortnite tournament taking place on December 30, the same day as the new item was added, and there are concerns that it will too drastically change gameplay. The Boom Box is a throwable item which absolutely obliterates any nearby builds, making it an extremely powerful tool considering how fundamental building is to the core mechanics. Soon after it was added on December 30 in the v7.10 Content Update #2, players instantly realized just how destructive the Boom Box could be. Top Twitch streamer Tyler \u2018Ninja\u2019 Blevins commented that competitive players might be having an interesting experience while practicing, to say the least. Professional players, such as CLG\u2019s WishYaLuckk, were unhappy to see that such a game changing, or even game \u201cbreaking\u201d item was added the same day as the $100,000 tournament. I\u2019m about to go play for 100K in a completely unaffiliated tournament to epic games, and epic games still added a game breaking item hours before it. I\u2019m. So. Sad. LMAOOO \u2014 CLG Wish (@WishYaLuckk) December 30, 2018 Competitive player \u2018WhosDixon\u2019 hit out at Epic Games for \u201cscrewing over the players\u201d with new items, on the day of a major event. I don’t think Epic realizes what they’re doing to the comp scene. You’re making everything SUPER unpredictable at this point. This is already an issue due to last minute events\/not many going on as it is. Also adding some INSANE item last minute, you’re screwing over the players. \u2014 Dixon (@WhosDixon) December 30, 2018 Streamer Brent \u2018Dakotaz\u2019 Hoffman posted a clip of the new item in action, explaining that it renders building, particularly in the late game, almost ineffectual. just testing new item, magine your builds no longer matter? =x pic.twitter.com\/gYRRDWDRzO \u2014 dakotaz (@dakotaz) December 30, 2018 Sypher \u2018SypherPK\u2019 Ali voiced his frustration at the way Epic Games handle new additions to the game, describing the developers as: \u201cA kid who\u2019s having a tantrum, and wants to do what they want no matter what anyone else has to say \u2013 and we just have to deal with it.\u201d During the $100,000 WSOE Fortnite event, Team SoloMid\u2019s Ali \u2018Myth\u2019 Kabbani stated Epic Games were trolling when they added the item to the game, and stated that he was going to \u201cabuse the living hell out of it.\u201d Fortnite previously came under fire for adding the Infinity Blade, which similarly spoiled competitive play in the eyes of many. Shortly after, Epic issues an apology and removed the item from all playlists. Although the Boom Box is not perhaps as game breaking as the Infinity Blade, it certainly poses a problem for late game \u2018build-offs\u2019, where structures are key to victory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Fortnite pros and streamers unhappy with new Boom Box item \u2013 Ninja, Dakotaz and more *UPDATED* After only being added to the game for a matter of hours, the new \u2018Boom Box\u2019 item in Fortnite Battle Royale is getting some negative feedback, particularly from the competitive community. With the WSOE $100,000 Fortnite tournament taking place […]<\/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-74171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74171","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=74171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74171\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}