Fortnite player nabs an epic New Year\u2019s Victory Royale as clock strikes midnight Twitter: ximtonPlayers all over the world gathered in Fortnite on New Year\u2019s Eve to celebrate together with some friendly competition as we moved into 2021. With fireworks, confetti-themed gun wraps, and being compelled to dance by a giant disco ball, Fortnite was the place to be. It seems that one player has taken the crown for possibly the coolest thing to happen during Fortnite\u2019s New Years\u2019 celebration \u2013 nabbing the win just as the clock struck midnight. 2021 off to a winning start British Reddit user Hkam87 shared the clip of them frantically building, in an intense moment that sees just them and one other player remaining in the match. Masterfully building to avoid being hit, he effortlessly lands a perfect shot straight to the opposing player with a common Tactical Shotgun, killing them instantly and claiming a Victory Royale. The post, which was shared to Reddit has taken off with fellow users, garnering nearly 3,000 upvotes at the time of writing. Redditors respond Fellow user haltonj responded with one of the most popular comments of the whole thread, stating \u201cfirst Victory Royale of 2021!\u201d and RunningTURTL retorting with \u201cand last of 2020, because the game started in 2020.\u201d Another user, NotDussal, quipped, \u201cbruh, this game lasted for a year.\u201d New Year\u2019s Alone While many players were supportive and found the extremely lucky moment incredible, some players attempted to rain on the parade slightly. \u201cI\u2019m not hating on anyone, but it\u2019s kinda sad playing a video game instead of family or friends at such a special celebration. Nice win tho,\u201d user Gamer_Boi2020 remarked. Attempting to rebut the user\u2019s comment, iLoveMcree shared some information about the way Fortnite deals with the New Year\u2019s celebration and differing timezones: \u201cThe game does the celebration effect at the turn of every hour because it New Years somewhere in the world. So he may have been playing in the morning or afternoon in his time zone.\u201d What do you think about this New Year\u2019s win? Perhaps you\u2019ll be the one to grab 2022\u2019s midnight victory. For more Fortnite-related news, make sure to check out our dedicated hub for tips, news, and guides. Dexerto wishes you all a much brighter 2021 \u2013 Happy New Year!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Fortnite player nabs an epic New Year\u2019s Victory Royale as clock strikes midnight Twitter: ximtonPlayers all over the world gathered in Fortnite on New Year\u2019s Eve to celebrate together with some friendly competition as we moved into 2021. With fireworks, confetti-themed gun wraps, and being compelled to dance by a giant disco ball, Fortnite was […]<\/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-80958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80958","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=80958"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80958\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}