Patch 8.20 brought radical changes to Fortnite . For some streamers, including Twitch star Ninja, the patch is so bad that they prefer to play Uno instead of Fortnite. In the short term, Uno even became more popular than Fortnite on Twitch.
This patch is about: Patch 8.20 caused a stir in Fortnite. The game changed its rules, which means aggressive gameplay is no longer as heavily rewarded as it was in recent weeks.
For example, you no longer gain a life when you eliminate an opponent and need to farm more materials again.
For many pros, this is a significant and mostly negative change. They can no longer train properly, as the rules for tournaments are not met in the normal mode of Fortnite.
You can’t really train anyway, so why not just play something else?
Thus the UNO hype arose: As a protest against the Fortnite patch and for fun, streamers like Ninja chose to play UNO instead of Fortnite one evening. Ninja’s streamer friends like TimTheTatman and CouRage joined the session as well.
Since it was about money and the streamers actively promoted the stream on social media, a significant hype arose at that moment.
The followers watched along, and briefly UNO even surpassed Fortnite on Twitch.
In the end, there was a settlement of who won and lost how much. TimTheTatman looked like the clear winner.
I hate UNO.@timthetatman @Ninja @BasicallyIDoWrk pic.twitter.com/e4clz3Bves— Jack “CouRage” Dunlop (@CouRageJD) March 30, 2019
What annoys the pros about patch 8.20
That’s why Uno is preferred: For many pros, it is practically impossible to train for upcoming tournaments.
The tournament rules, which the pros want to train for the 30 million US dollar WM, currently only exist in the new Arena mode of Fortnite.
However, one has to wait an eternity in the lobby, and much time is wasted by the pros there – should their viewers watch them while they wait?
Alternatively, the streamers can play the normal mode of Fortnite. However, different rules prevail there, and one cannot prepare properly for upcoming tournaments.
What has changed? The latest patch changed quite a bit in the game. In the normal mode, the following changes now exist:
- No life or shield points for kills anymore
- Farming materials takes significantly longer, as there are 40% fewer resources when harvesting
- Eliminated opponents no longer provide 50/50/50 materials
- The limit of materials has been increased from 500 to 999
The game will therefore become significantly more passive again. So far, it was worth it to aggressively rush opponents, as you would receive health points for it. This is no longer the case.
Casual players are also annoyed, as farming materials now takes significantly longer again.
How does Epic react? There has not yet been a proper reaction to the complaints. In the past, Epic has reacted to such strong criticism and reverted the change.
This would be important for many professional players, as the next Fortnite tournament for 30 million dollars is already in two weeks.
Update 10:40 PM: Meanwhile, the Twitter account of Uno has commented and told Fortnite that they can take their time in reverting the patch.
They are apparently enjoying their popularity boost.
Not only Fortnite pros are complaining about the patch. Football legend Zlatan Ibrahimović is also annoyed:
