In Fortnite: Battle Royale have planes and the sword caused a stir again. The flyers were part of an absurd fake battle and the sword cost another player a lot of money.
What is with the air battles? During the big tournament Winter Royale, a bizarre scene occurred. Players Psalm, Vyx, and MmateosS had each secured a plane and seemed to want to measure themselves in a dogfight.
But what followed was beyond ineptitude.
It almost seemed as if the legendary incompetent stormtroopers from Star Wars were suddenly sitting at the guns, as the “pros” shot like complete idiots at everything but the opponent.
“They are not even fighting!”
What is behind the sudden inability of the pros? The streamer Chap, who commented on the whole spectacle in his stream, could not contain himself when he saw the “fight.”
For him, it was clear that the three players were just staging it all and never intended to hit each other.
“They are not even fighting, they are just messing around, you idiots! They are shooting around themselves because of their damn agreement! They are teaming up, you bots!”
With “idiots” and “bots”, Chap clearly meant the commentators, who seemed to believe the whole action more than the streamer did.
Why do pros refuse to kill each other? The reason for the behavior of the three players could very well be that all three played very passively to stay in the game as long as possible.
Streamer Chap suspects. The three may have actively agreed to kill each other at a specific point.
It is often observed that pros in tournaments with high prize money (it’s a total of one million dollars here) take no risks and avoid fights. That’s why often 50 players end up in the last circle of a Fortnite match, and it’s incredibly tight.
One tries to stay in the game as long as possible to achieve a higher placement. Because that brings points and ultimately prize money.
At Winter Royale, there were points for the last ten survivors. Perhaps a better placement in one of the matches decides how much prize money one takes home when the points are counted at the end.
However, it usually goes unnoticed when one sits somewhere with their pickaxe and waits – circling in a plane, of course, looks strange.
Will Epic intervene? However, such agreements are clearly prohibited in the tournament rules. Anyone caught is eliminated and loses all claims to winnings. Therefore, the pilots probably also tried to pretend they were firing at each other.
It remains interesting whether the behavior of the three players will have consequences.
Pro loses $15,000 prize money despite sword!
Player experiences defeat through the sword: In the same tournament, player 72hrs from Team Liquid lost spectacularly. Again, it was the new sword to blame, but in a way one might not think.
Because 72hrs had the blade and was already looking forward to mass kills. On the first day of the finals, one player had already mercilessly cut his way to the top by slicing everything in the late game with the sword. Curiously, that was the player Psalm, known from his air battle.
How a bug caused an early exit: However, due to a bug, 72hrs was supposed to have died with the blade as he unexpectedly took fall damage. The blade has an alternative ability that allows for a wide jump, which can catapult one high into the air.
Normally, one is immune to fall damage while wielding the sword when this ability is active. In 72hrs’ case, this was apparently not the case due to a glitch, and the pro fell to his death despite 200 shields and health.
Bug costs player a lot of money: This had consequences, as he could only finish as the second place, costing him a whopping $15,000 in prize money. With the sword, he might have achieved first place.
Here in a clip on Twitch, you can see a replay of the scene from the tournament.
Again, the controversial sword caused frustration and anger among the pros. Our author Jürgen, by no means a pro, likes the blade very much. There is currently a significant gap between pros and casual players:
