Earlier this week, Fortnite has issued new rules to try to prevent competitive cheating. The new guidelines have to do with player behavior called "signing," which means contacting opponents. Fortnite It is not advisable to voice chat between opponents, so players use other means to communicate, such as jumping or swiping their pickaxe. On the surface, these new anti-signing rules are obvious, but they may have some competitive gaming consequences.
Posted on January 20 "Update showing – Fortnite 2020 Contest, "The Epic developer added some clarifications to the rules and to meet, or work with opponents during the race. Also called" the team, "this was a problem that has plagued the past year. World Cup leadership. On the blog, Epic writes,
Throughout the past year, players have been posting or receiving vocabulary especially during the official Fortnite competitions to the point where many players are confused when viewed.
By 2020 (starting 1/20/20), we take steps to combat any form of in-game communication between opponents by signing up for official tournament games. This includes, but is not limited to:
- Pick-ax throwing
- Removal
- Throwing of toys
- Jump
Any signing offenses such as those listed above will now result in a team penalty / encounter. We want to make it clear that pacifism-style gameplay is still allowed, but if signing is involved, we will review and take appropriate team / co-ordination penalties. Repeaters may be fined.
Further clarification of what constitutes a team is logical, but some members of the player community, especially competitive players, are unhappy. Many players have been making fun of that Fortnite are youobstruction to jump, ”She is concerned that actions such as jumping too often to avoid sleeping can be considered cool. (Epic employee pointed to dividing separator that "Competing players should not have to worry about the fact that skipping is not the intended purpose of signing.")
Jokes aside, the new rules will affect the standard practice in a competitive game. Many competing players turn in their pockets to each other or sign the other way around, or find a better position to get to the next hurricane circle. It is a way of signing a the end is temporary among the players so that any of you spend the healing or healing materials of the struggle, but must also survive the hurricane. Like a website Fortnite Intel put, “Competitively Fortnite, you want to fight only when it will help you. The two players around the storm will only lose by fighting. It's a general idea, which is why most of the players pick up when moving. ”Every player will not have a pickaxe in the rotation, but it seems to be an illegal showdown between the top players.
Of course, this has always been against the rules, but Epic didn't seem to be enforcing it. In tweet Regarding the new signing rules, streamer Ninja wrote, "I can see where it comes from, as the viewer sees teams and players roam and shoot and take axes to look sloppy. "rotating objects" refers to the removal of objects that help players navigate the map quickly, such as cars, reinsertifiers, and skip pads. FortniteNew season. Professional player Benjyfishy acknowledge that the move is the cause of the problem, tweeting "this will not work unless the motion is filed."
Caster Ballatw acknowledge The "move will help the problem of people who need to sign up," but still feel that "signing is a problem that needs to be clear that you DON'T WANT." answer
Epic confirmed it Kotaku that “Epics can be used by players trying to sign or interact with opponents by pickaxing or other means of communication between the game and opponents. We will not make them rotating players, jumping while they are working, or we have a pacifist style of play. ”Obviously, the enforcement of these new laws will be fraudulent, and the results will still be seen. In a competing subreddit, someone commented he wrote, "In my opinion, if you have thousands of players all doing the same thing, not all being chefs, it's because they are motivated to act in a certain way because of external factors …. many feel that Epic should do something if he wants to end the practice.
