Pro Fortnite players aren\u2019t enjoying Epic\u2019s decision to force peripherals and settings at TwitchCon\u2019s Skirmish event Ever since Epic Games announced the full rules for TwitchCon\u2019s Fall Skirmish finale, pro players have taken to Twitter blasting the decision. Much like Fortnite\u2019s Summer Skirmish finale at PAX West, all participants at TwitchCon\u2019s Fall Skirmish event have to play on the max graphics settings and with a specific set of peripherals. Pro players weren\u2019t happy about the rule for PAX West and things aren\u2019t any different this time around for TwitchCon. The conversation got started when esports consultant Rod \u2018Slasher\u2019 Breslau tweeted a picture of the rules, stating \u201cThis is not competitive. It\u2019s amateur dressed up as esports.\u201d Epic Games is hosting a close to $2 Million Fortnite esports tournament at TwitchCon and is forcing all players on both PC and console to use on-site peripherals (mice\/keyboard\/controllers) AND max video settings. This is not competitive. It’s amateur dressed up as esports. pic.twitter.com\/gat5kWNowV \u2014 Rod Breslau (@Slasher) October 11, 2018 Since then, the outrage hasn\u2019t stopped with players at all levels speaking out against the decision. Team Liquid\u2019s Jake \u2018POACH\u2019 Brumleve expressed his worry about even being able to stream with the high settings, saying that he could start using the specific keyboard and mouse that\u2019s allowed but would be \u201ctorturing [himself] with shadows yet.\u201d Tomorrows stream will entail me using 1920\u00d71080, a wired G-Pro mouse and keyboard and possibly some high settings, no way I’m torturing myself with shadows yet. Don’t even know if I can manage streaming on these settings. I’M GOING TO HAVE A BLAST DON’T MIND THE RAGING. \u2014 POACH (@LiquidPoach) October 20, 2018 POACH\u2019s statement was one of the most enlightening as it demonstrated that many players like himself might not even be able to practice on the higher settings due to limitations of their home setups. He wasn\u2019t the only one to express his reservations about practicing with the higher video settings, as many other players shared similar stories of their own. Only way for me to practice for TwitchCon is wearing sunglasses while playing. There is no way my computer can handle max settings on 1920. :upset: \u2014 Brady (@StrugsFN) October 11, 2018 I just tried to run epic settings in Fortnite and my computer sounded like I was shaking up a can of screws and bolts \u2014 OpTic Marz (@MarkyWap) October 16, 2018 Forced equipment is disappointing. You can\u2019t ask kids who\u2019s dream to make it pro one day to change their gear nor an experienced pro to do the same. It\u2019s becomes not about the game anymore, it\u2019s how good someone can be using Logitech. Encourage to reconsider for the dreamers \u2014 Steve Arhancet (@LiQuiD112) October 11, 2018 Even players who do have the necessary equipment required to run the game at the highest of settings don\u2019t do so since it makes it harder to see enemy players, something that Cloud9\u2019s Jacob \u2018Hysteria\u2019 Reiser outlined in a Tweet of his own. yeah the big issue is the in game settings being forced to max. I’d say 99% of pro players\/streamers all play with shadows and post processing shit off. It makes it legit hard to see and therefore lowers the level of play \u2014 C9 Hysteria (@JacobHysteria) October 22, 2018 Despite the widespread backlash from the pro community, Epic Games has yet to comment on the issue, sticking to their guns on the TwitchCon ruleset. With the Fortnite World Cup Qualifiers slated to start sometime in 2019, players will no doubt have their eyes peeled when it comes to the ruleset for the major event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Pro Fortnite players aren\u2019t enjoying Epic\u2019s decision to force peripherals and settings at TwitchCon\u2019s Skirmish event Ever since Epic Games announced the full rules for TwitchCon\u2019s Fall Skirmish finale, pro players have taken to Twitter blasting the decision. Much like Fortnite\u2019s Summer Skirmish finale at PAX West, all participants at TwitchCon\u2019s Fall Skirmish event have […]<\/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-76963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76963","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=76963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76963\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}