This weekend saw a one-time event take place in Fortnite, with players told to "look up to the sky" at a specific time to see a 'Blast Off'. As it turned out, the whole show was a pretty spectacular affair, but one player used the moment to his advantage by taking out almost half of the entire 100 players in one dastardly swoop.
As predicted by many eager Fortnite players, the 'blast off' turned out to be a rocket launch. What players didn't predict, however, were the events that took place shortly afterwards. As you can see below, the rocket launches into the sky before a missile comes crashing back down to the game's map. It appears that this missile was trying to take out the famous Titled Towers destination, but some kind of force field prevents the attack from taking place and all sorts of cracks and wormholes start to litter the sky as a result.
During the event, most players held a ceasefire to allow everyone to watch what was taking place - this was the only time you'd be able to see it, of course, and could well be setting up the game's incoming Season 5 - but not everyone took this approach. The video below shows the moment when one player managed to wipe out almost 50 players who were watching from a man-made structure, essentially preventing them from ever seeing the event first-hand.
This action shot Elemental_Ray to the top of the leaderboard for single match kills, hitting a ridiculously high score of 48, and he seems incredibly proud of his achievement, too, boasting about the success across his Twitter profile.
Was this an ingenious move, or a pretty cruel thing to do? Of course, there were no restrictions in place to prevent players from taking out others as normal, so technically this was a very smart move to secure a lot of points. We can't help but feel sorry for those innocent bystanders who just wanted to see the show, though.
Did you watch the event? Let us know what you think about this game-winning tactic in the comments below.
[source vg247.com]
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Last one standing... that's the only objective. 'Sitting ducks' comes to mind.
Did not cheat or hack the game. All's fair in love and online gaming.
Bwah Ha Ha, there's always one
I don't play this game, but I watch my son play. If he'd pulled this stunt I would've thought it's the funniest thing he's ever done.
Personally, I feel like it's a jerk move, but it really is just a game so it's NOT that big of a deal.
This was a one in a lifetime event. You just don't do something like that. At least I was playing Squads my pals and could see it through spectating one of them.
Sneaky... I love it
It’s a jerk move for sure but most of the best players in games like this pull jerk moves all the time. This is just taking advantage of a situation - finding things like this is what people are always trying to do.
It’s not a “fair play” situation - as a gentleman and a scholar myself I refuse to play multiplayer with scoundrels that do not understand the unwritten rules of gentlemanly behaviour
He deserves that win lol.
Ehh, it's a game that has an objective of taking out the other players. I'm more shocked that 48 people were able to not sabotage each other that long and none of them thought a giant ramp for a better view was a bad idea
Where is stats!!! I just want carear tab ffs
He didn't cheat, but now that we know how he did it, no-one is going to acknowledge his place on the leaderboards. It isn't like he genuinely played a match and earned those kills lol
This made me smile.
Lets be fair: the actual ‘event’ didn’t amount to much. The guy who killed them all? Genius.
It sounds like kind of a jerk move, regardless of it being how the game was intended to be played.
Absolutely a jerk move as well as ingenious in taking the opportunity.
Granted depending on how vindictive everyone else is he may want to lay low for a good long while.
What a jerk...
I love it
He did genuinely play a match and most definitely earned those kills
because that's how the game works!
So to al the whiners. Shut it and play
Reminds me of Sora, the Player Killer from .hack//Sign
48? Wow and I was happy when I got 4 kills recently
Hey, good on him. I would have done it, too. The only reason I wasn't in there getting some sitting ducks was because I had to mow.
Everyone flew too close to the sun.
And this is why some of us disdain shared worlds in our gaming. There's plenty of opportunity to have obnoxious humans sabotage every nice moment you have in the real world. Inviting them into your recreation escape is like bringing your drum kit to the opera.
@zonks stay happy. He killed 48 people who weren’t shooting each other or playing the game becuase you had to enter the server for a one-time event that will never be repeated. That’s worse than getting 4 kills against people that actually want to kill you
@ryancraddock What does this have to do with Nintendo except the fact Fortnite is on Switch?
A jerk move. A player without any honor whatsoever. It’s just a stupid game I get it, but anyway taking advantage of that situation when everyone was trying to see the event, don’t deserve any kind of praise, just despise. How many kills would he or she have gotten in a normal game with everyone trying to kill each other?
This just add to the mounting list of things I dislike about this kind of multiplayer games, where just one person can ruin the fun of everyone.
Why gamers are lame nowadays. Seems many play to relish being scum.
@Matthew010 I think you've answered your own question there?
What this reminds me of.
https://thumbs.gfycat.com/ImpishGregariousFowl-max-1mb.gif
Be careful of what you spectate, folks! As a huge Ric Flair fan, I love this, because this is some "dirtiest player in the game" stuff! :3
It was a pretty sneaky thing to do, but kudos. Now he has to sit back and become a huge target whenever people recognize him while playing the game. He just put a big ole bullseye on himself.
I'm more impressed that 48 players agreed on a ceasefire and worked together to get a closer view of the launch. Do you know how hard it usually is to get teammates to cooperate, much less strangers, in any game? Case in point: this story.
I wouldnt even call what he did ingenious. More so just opportunistic. Like a friend unpausing a game while the other friend is out the room.
@ryancraddock So the game's on Switch. Does the news relate to the Switch version? No.
I played two consecutive games last night netting 3 eliminations in both, finishing 2nd in the first and 3rd in the second and it felt glorious.
I am a terrible builder for now and am not great at all, at least not yet, so it is nice when I manage to achieve even 1 elimination.
I can only imagine how much of a rush this gamer felt achieving 48 elims in one match let alone in a matter of just moments. Hahah.
@Matthew010
With the game being crossplay, this is easily justifiable.
@Matthew010 It relates to the game which has become a hugely popular title on Switch, and world records can be achieved on any version. This timed event also happened in the Switch version, so it would make sense for people to be interested in things that happened during it.
Let's take another game as an example. If, say, someone broke the world record of speedrunning through a game like Sonic Mania - which is on all platforms - would the same issue apply? Multi-platform games are just as relevant to fans (and readers) as first-party.
Only a jerk if he agreed to the ceasefire other wise those lemmings deserved it.
This was completely fair. He saw his chance and took it.
It's like someone making a surprise appearance in WWE's annual Royal Rumble, and while everyone is looking at who it is, Kane knocks 'em all over the top rope.
It's no disqualifications, Maggle...
I don't get it, what was the point of this rocket event anyway? Seems pretty pointless to me (similarly to fireworks in real life) unless it has some kind of direct impact on the game.
Regarding that guy and the way he got that record: well it speaks volumes about the toxic kill-focussed culture in most online games. That's one of the reasons why I hate BR so much.
Everyone should take a leaf out of Splatoon's and Overwatch's book and offer players more objective-based modes to overcome this stupid nonsense.
@ryancraddock Ok then, here's an idea - have one or two mega Fortnite news articles so that we don't have potentially unrelated news on the homepage.
The bigger question is, who is the bigger jerk here? This guy for ruining a one-time experience from others, or Epic Games for making this possible in the first place? If they make a one-time experience they want people to see, why not impose a mandatory cease-fire for the duration of the event or something along those lines...
This was a [removed] move. Pretty much the game equivalent of winning a fight by kicking someone in the balls. Technically you won, but will get no respect from a real fighter.
That’s funny.
It’s also a pretty crappy thing to do.
Still funny though.
@WiX exactly I would put this more on Epic. If they want to do a one time event create a event room/server where you can't attack each other
This shouldn't be the record, it isn't at all recreatable. No skill involved, just being kind of a funny [removed] when everyone else was trying to check out the event. No point shooting for the record, you won't have nearly fifty people all on one ramp again anytime soon. It's funny, but not a skillful move by any means.
@Matthew010 Or here's a few more better ideas for you.
1) I'm assuming you have at least a 5th grade reading level, so you know that the article pertained to "Fortnite". Don't want to read it? Don't click on it. It's that simple.
2) There's a big ol' pretty search button at the top of the page. Don't want to take the time to scroll down a few inches on the screen to view what you call "related" articles? Search for a particular game and/or platform there.
3) Don't like the way @ryancraddock and the others run this website? Go somewhere else or, maybe even start your own. The internet is absolutely full of wondrous things called .com's. Why not add a first-party-on-Switch-news-only website to the mix and see how you do?
Back on topic, I think it was kind of a (funny) [removed] move, but hey, the guy did get his 15 seconds of fame on the internet, so obviously it wasn't too bad for him.
@ryu_niiyama this, and the many comments here in support fit nicely with that conversation we were having recently btw....
Wonderful, kill all the spectators! Clean fun and only the annoying would complain.
@FTPinkRabbit @nintendork64 Mind your language!
Gives new meaning to the word d*****bag.
@Spudworthy
right, but that just goes with the lore...."o he didn't actually get that on skill.....he sabotaged a ramp during a viewing event"
lmao that is a great story
I think this was just plain mean.
I think NL was the happiest when Fortnite came to switch, unlimited news, yeah!
@NEStalgia lol I ‘d skipped this article but yeah you have a point. I almost redowloaded TESO and then I remembered I would be playing with other people. Pass.
@Ryu_Niiyama Yeah I ended up buying TESO (X1) when it was on that promo for "preorder Summersett get everything" last month, but I can't get myself to figure out if I really want to play or not. The world is beautiful....I have no idea what I'm supposed to be doing, and all these pesky humans are in my way and I do my best to just pretend they are NPCs and avoid them
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