SypherPK explains why competitive Fortnite\u2019s momentum is slowing down SypherPKFortnite\u2019s competitive scene once had a lot of momentum, but now it\u2019s slowed down to a stand-still for several reasons, and SypherPK explained why. Fortnite exploded into the competitive esports world, and it\u2019s been in the mix ever since. But although it\u2019s still alive and well, its momentum has slowed down quite a bit. Professional players like Benjy \u2018Benjyfishy\u2019 David Fish have expressed their concerns about the dwindling prize-pool. And one of the most popular players in the scene, William \u2018Zayt\u2019 Aubin, announced his retirement because he wasn\u2019t having fun. The game is still incredibly popular. However, the competitive scene is in dire straits, and Ali \u2018SypherPK\u2019 Hassan explained why. Here\u2019s what he had to say. \u201cA lot of people recently have been saying that Fortnite competitive is dying,\u201d he said. \u201cI personally don\u2019t think it\u2019s dying, but momentum is slowing down. Something [needs to be] done to rejuvenate and re-motivate people, because\u2026 momentum is dwindling, and I can explain why.\u201d \u201cNRG Zayt, who is one of the longest-running pro players from back in the OG days, decided to retire,\u201d he said. \u201cHe\u2019s still been placing really well in tournaments, [but] he might have lost motivation because\u2026 the prize pool is extremely low compared to what it used to be.\u201d \u201cAnother thing that has shifted is the fun factor,\u201d he said. \u201cBack in the day, content creators used to play tournaments for fun. You had people like CouRageJD and TimTheTatman playing. It drove viewership [numbers up]\u2026 even though [they] didn\u2019t necessarily win. That doesn\u2019t really happen anymore.\u201d \u201cAnother [problem]\u2026 is the LAN tournaments,\u201d he said. \u201cFor a good reason, we can\u2019t have LAN events. But [they] drew more importance to them. People would be able to see competitors\u2026 and their reactions. We lost that, and we probably won\u2019t get that back until 2022.\u201d \u201c[Some of] the most memorable\u2026 moments [revolved] around LAN events,\u201d he added. \u201cYou get more attracted to the storylines of the players. It feels more important. Right now, there is not as much story involved.\u201d \u201cOn top of that, when Epic Games is doing the live stream, they still use the spectator mode,\u201d he said. \u201c[It\u2019s] laggy and choppy and doesn\u2019t allow you to see the real skill that some of these players have.\u201d In the end, though, SypherPK re-iterated his belief that competitive Fortnite isn\u2019t dying. However, he is convinced that it\u2019s momentum is at an all-time low and thinks it needs to pick back up again. Only time will tell whether that happens. Either way, Fortnite\u2019s competitive scene isn\u2019t as strong as it used to be. The signs are worrying, and if more players and viewers keep jumping ship, it will be interesting to see how Epic Games respond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
SypherPK explains why competitive Fortnite\u2019s momentum is slowing down SypherPKFortnite\u2019s competitive scene once had a lot of momentum, but now it\u2019s slowed down to a stand-still for several reasons, and SypherPK explained why. Fortnite exploded into the competitive esports world, and it\u2019s been in the mix ever since. But although it\u2019s still alive and well, […]<\/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-77169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77169","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=77169"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77169\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}