In the major tournament of Fortnite “Fall Skirmish,” a player cheated. Although he realized it almost immediately and regretted it, he still faced the wrath of the community.
Who are we talking about? It is about Nate Hill, a player for the FaZe Clan, and his partner Funkbomb. The two competed as a duo in the “Fall Skirmish” tournament. They were accused of cheating.
How was he supposed to have cheated? When FunkBomb died early, he left the match. That’s what the developers also want: players should leave the match after being eliminated to relieve the servers.
FunkBomb then turned on the official Twitch stream of Fortnite. It is broadcasted without any delay.
There, FunkBomb could see an opponent near Nate Hill and gave his partner precise instructions via voice chat on where the enemy is and how many hit points he has left.
FunkBomb even said somewhat amused: “This feels like cheating.” After that, however, there were no more announcements.
What happened next? Nate Hill did not use the information from his partner. He remained quite passive for the rest of the match.
As the storm drew closer, the game became increasingly claustrophobic; there was less and less space, and the lag increased until Hill ultimately got eliminated towards the end. His team placed 9th in that match. There was no prize money for them that weekend.
Community calls for bans
This is how the community reacted: Already during the game, accusations immediately erupted in the Twitch chat that it was cheating and that it should be punished. After the match, these accusations intensified. With such “callouts,” Nate Hill gained unfair advantages.
The two players were partially insulted harshly and permanent bans were demanded.
This is how Nate Hill reacted: In a lengthy post, the pro explains what exactly happened (via Reddit). They hadn’t thought that the official stream was without delay.
At the moment they realized what advantage they gained by watching the official stream, they immediately stopped.
Hill defends his partner. FunkBomb feels bad now and has reported himself to Epic.
“You can’t delete anything from the internet”
Hill admits his own fault: Hill takes some of the blame himself. He had initially deleted the clip in question that evening. Because there was so much hate directed at his friend and partner that he wanted to protect him.
In hindsight, he knows that this was a mistake since no one can delete anything from the web. The video has since been restored. We have embedded it for you above.
Will there be consequences for the players? Whether Epic will punish the behavior is still unknown.
This is what it’s about: The alarming thing here is how easy it apparently is to cheat. So easy that it can even happen accidentally.
A similar incident occurred in PUBG in an eSports tournament. There, a team exploited a glitch, allegedly also by accident. They were later disqualified retroactively.
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