What should Fortnite look like? – TechCrunch

Last weekend, Epic Games presented its first real effort at the Fortnite Battle Royale. It was a disaster.

The private hosts used for the tournament were about as staggered as they could be, the professional players being eliminated simply because they could not move. This tournament was for a total prize of $ 250K. This is a lot of money, and a great frustration for the professional players who have been essentially eliminated by the whims of the server 's gods. But beyond the shift, everything was boring. A cardinal sin in any sport.

The fact is that when you put 100 professional players in a hall together and you tell them that the last man standing wins, most of them will sit in a fort and stay safe as long as possible . . This does not generate a lot of action.

And when there is action on the map, there was no way for a viewer to know it. There is, after all, a hundred people to watch, and jumping from one commitment to the other is not only difficult but lacks a certain narrative quality, which gives the impression that everything is scattered.

hotspot indicator would go a long way to improving the viewing experience. Knowing where the fighting was going on or could be going on or having a guide that signaled these possibilities might work. There could also be a documentary style concept that has followed some high-level players over the course of their journey, with the hope that they will find an action and perhaps even be pushed into it. a conflict to impress the audience.

Epic recently published a post-mortem about the event, outlining ways that the publisher can improve on the tournament. They also set the rules for this weekend's event, offering a score-based tournament where both eliminations and Victory Royales count for the overall score of the players. The question of whether this will stimulate or not other actions will be determined after the event.

It should also be noted that Epic has scheduled the event today during the Fortnite Friday tournament. Fortnite Friday, hosted by the popular YouTuber Keemstar and hosted by UMG, was a $ 20,000 elimination tournament with the best players. In this week's Skirmish series, which is worth a total of $ 8 million, Epic chooses to hold a two-day tournament, indeed making Fortnite Friday without a player .

He does not have to be like that, Epic. I know that the concept of falling 100 of the best players in the world on a map seems incredible. That's done. It sounds great, in theory. But in practice, it is just a messy flow of very talented players sitting in bases, or late to the point of being frozen.

And, an invitational tournament (which is terribly wrong) does not scream "Inclusive", which Epic repeatedly says that Fortnite should be competitive.

There is another way, and it's the same way that Fortnite players have been competing for months now. A race to death

But let's go back a bit

What should be the Fortnite competitive?

At present, Fortnite is played by 100 people in a single lobby, and "win" the game is defined by being the last survivor (s). This can be played in solo mode, with 100 individuals facing the storm and each other, or in 50 teams of two (Duos), or 25 teams of 4 (Squads).

Video games often have settings for the competitive stage, either by limiting the resources / equipment that players can use or by reducing the number of cards that can be played. When the skill level is so high, most games have to make changes to allow true competition.

Since it's still early, Fortnite Battle Royale with purely professional players just did not work.

are about two schools of thought

Whoever wins the most eliminations wins

Benefits:

• Super fun to watch
• Requires Skills
• ] Inclusive to non-professional players [19659022] Cons:
  • Many RNG
  • More time

  Gamebattle sites like CMG and UMG have started minor tournaments for quite some time using this format. Fortunite Friday, arguably one of the biggest weekly tournaments, also follows this format.

  Here's how it works: Individual players take charge of a Duo match in the same team, or teams of two charge in a squad match, also on the same team, and the race for who can get the more wins in a public match.

  This means that these opposing players can not kill each other, but can keep track of attacks and placement on the map. When you run to kill, it is important to understand where the other duos are fighting and how much they have enemies.

  Since only four players are competing at a time, this means that the rest of the 92 people on the card are regular Fortnite players

  It's there that RNG comes in. RNG is a term used in games that stands for Random Number Generator. It's the equivalent of Alanis Morsette's "Ironic". This basically means that there is a certain level of random chance in the game. For example, you could land in a place where there is usually a weapon or chest, but that weapon or trunk does not. is not there, which makes you vulnerable to other players who are landing around you.

  some level of RNG, but if the opposing team arrives on a squad of noobs and your team rolls on a team of great players, the tide of the match will inevitably turn against you, and may even result in a loss. [19659002] This is the cost of the 2v2 format that has become popular with the vast majority of players in the Fortnite competition.

  Even if it takes longer to have 100 players competing four at a time, this format allows the viewer to watch only four players as they cross the map and seek out eliminations. At most, the public must follow four separate stories on the map. In most cases, the duets play together, which reduces this number to two. In both cases, it's a lot easier than following the stories of 50 separate teams

  Traditional Battle Royale

  Most:

  • Less RNG
  • Amazing build fighting
  • in the sense that players fight players of equal skill level

  Cons:

  • It's boring
  • Not inclusive
  • Confused and scattered to the audience [19659024] This format was used during the Ninja Live tournament, the Fortin ProAm tournament, and more recently at the $ 8 million Summer Skirmish series, organized by Epic Games.

    Here's how it works: 100 professional players / streamers gather in teams of two and all load into the same hall, with the goal

    As I've said, Fortnite Battle Royale is built around the idea that there would be one survivor, but does not predispose this survival to a certain skill level. In other words, it is relatively easy to hide, avoid fighting and survive near the end of a game, or even potentially win. It does not take a lot of skill to squat in a bush or set traps in a house and sit in the bathroom.

    Obviously, with professional players, there will be shootings, and these shootings should be interesting. But they are rare and difficult to predict and capture for the live stream.

    This also excludes regular players from being part of the action. Yes, it is risky to build a competitive stage on the back of the public game. But that has never been done before in the world of professional games. And it's the best way to include public actors in the competitive scene. A regular player is much more likely to be interested in the competitive scene knowing that, on Friday or Saturday, they have the chance to play against the biggest competitors in the world.

    The best way to take advantage of Fortnite's popularity, as Epic wants to have control of this experience, and it makes sense that Epic wants the competitive scene in the game that they've built, which is a Royal battle. But until now, competitive Battle Royale featuring purely professional players simply has not worked. And it seems a bit devious for Epic to steer on Fortnite Friday, given that the most competitive tournaments around Fortnite, the best for the game.

    The community is here, telling you what it wants, Epic. And in true Fortnite fashion, if you build it, they will come.