Ninja reveals the main issue with competitive Fortnite & how to fix it Epic Games[jwplayer Y7PB7YwV] Star streamer Tyler \u2018Ninja\u2019 Blevins has shared what he thinks are the major issues facing the competitive Fortnite scene and what solutions would put teams and players in the best position to succeed. The competitive Fortnite scene has grown by leaps and bounds since the 2019 World Cup, but there\u2019s still no dedicated, separate league for the ultra-popular battle royale, with most competitions taking place in online public matches. In a September 26 voice tweet, Ninja explained that putting the highest-tier of players and teams in the same lobbies as regular, run of the mill competitive players who don\u2019t know the game as well is one of the biggest hurdles to making Fortnite a legitimate esport. \u201cWithout a dedicated league of respected teams and respected players, who obviously know how to play at a high level, and don\u2019t grief and land on each other, or push random, dumb kills that won\u2019t do anything and actually just ruin the game for themselves and the team that they\u2019re griefing,\u201d Ninja explained. \u201cI don\u2019t think that there will ever be full success and legitimacy of Fortnite competitive.\u201d Other games like Overwatch, Call of Duty, League of Legends, and CS:GO have their own leagues for players at the very highest level. Overwatch, LoL, and CoD have franchised leagues that organizations have to buy their way into, while CS:GO\u2019s scene ensures professionals never have to mix with amateurs. But, outside of the Fortnite World Cup, which featured 10 weeks of online qualifiers, that hasn\u2019t manifested yet for pros in arguably the most popular video game ever. \u201cIn terms of FNCS, in terms of this \u2018next level\u2019 Fortnitecompetitive for these pro players who are already established,\u201d Ninja added. \u201cThere needs to be leagues and lobbies where they can queue up with teams and against teams that are just as good, who have qualified if you will and are there consistently. That\u2019s how it needs to be if it\u2019s ever going to be super looked up to or respected.\u201d And obviously a legitimate way for new teams to come up and earn their spot in that top league\/group \u2014 Ninja (@Ninja) September 26, 2020 After posting the audio clip, Blevins followed up by saying he\u2019s seen \u201cway too many times high-level players being griefed by lower quality players who don\u2019t know when to fight and just ruin both games.\u201d It\u2019s certainly not the first time we\u2019ve seen complaints about the format, or lack thereof, in top-level competitive Fortnite; Ninja is just the latest in a long series of top players who have expressed frustrations with Epic Games\u2019 apparent lack of interest in formalizing the scene. These comments come on the heels of a string of tweets put out by esports insider Rod \u2018Slasher\u2019 Breslau, who likewise contended that Epic need to prioritize establishing a \u201ccompetitive player community with a long-term plan.\u201d Of course, all such comments to date have fallen on deaf ears, or at least that\u2019s how it appears, so whether or not we\u2019ll ever see Ninja\u2019s, Slasher\u2019s, or anyone else\u2019s suggestions come to fruition is a matter that only time will tell.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ninja reveals the main issue with competitive Fortnite & how to fix it Epic Games[jwplayer Y7PB7YwV] Star streamer Tyler \u2018Ninja\u2019 Blevins has shared what he thinks are the major issues facing the competitive Fortnite scene and what solutions would put teams and players in the best position to succeed. The competitive Fortnite scene has grown […]<\/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-76819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76819","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=76819"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76819\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}