YouTubers and other content creators can now earn money with Fortnite, but only if they behave. Otherwise, Reddit will report them, and the money disappears. This happened to the YouTuber Happy Power, who talked about the skin “Rainbow Skull Trooper.”
This is the new content creator program: Fortnite has had a new program for a few weeks. Epic calls it an event.
Players can send money to their favorite content creator through this event, be it a YouTuber, streamer, or other artist.
About 5% of player spending in the Fortnite shop goes to their favorites if they are registered as “Support a Creator” recipients.
These rules must be followed by content creators: Only registered content creators can receive money. They must apply to Epic beforehand and must be accepted.
The content creator must adhere to the code of conduct from Epic. Those who break the code face penalties. In the worst case, they will be removed from the program.
The code prohibits behaviors such as clickbaiting, rule-breaking, supporting gambling, and various other misconducts.
Now, YouTuber “Happy Power” has had troubles with this code. He has about 450,000 subscribers and mainly produces videos about Fortnite, usually focusing on leaks.
How to avoid being banned while using mods
This is what the YouTuber did wrong: The catalyst seems to have been a tweet. In a short message, Happy Power gives a tip on how to avoid being banned by Epic while violating the rules.
Epic is keen on tracking anyone who messes with their code – as a 14-year-old already learned. Happy Power gives tips on how to get away with it.
This concerns the skin “Rainbow Skull Trooper”, which is apparently a “modded version” of the Skull Troopers. The special colorful coloring can only be seen by those who have installed certain files.
- In the video, Happy Power explains how to get the skin.
- Later, he shares on Twitter how to avoid bans and stay safe while breaking the rules.
This is how Reddit reported: A user of the forum “reddit” copied the tweet and posted it in the subreddit for Fortnite Battle Royale. With the comment: “Too bad someone like this is a content creator,” the post received over 4,500 upvotes and more than 500 comments.
Among the comments under the post, opinions were shared criticizing Happy Power. He was good in the past, but now he only does clickbait. This is a term for low-quality, sensationalist content.
This is how Epic reacted: The tweet gained so much attention on Reddit that it shot to the top of the subreddit. An Epic employee probably discovered it there.
As a result, Happy Power was removed from the “content creator” program. It seems that this also meant losing the money he earned through fans’ V-Bucks, who had registered him. At least, Happy Power is complaining exactly about this.
This is what the YouTuber says: The YouTuber is apparently distraught about this development. He believes he has been cheated out of all his donations because a “little jerk” posted the tweet on Reddit. He demands from Epic: All players who supported him should get their money back.
The tweet shows a letter from Epic. They have excluded him from the content creator program.
It is unclear whether Happy Power was actually banned for the tweet or for the actual video about the “Rainbow Skull Trooper” and the promotion of mods.
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