23 May Fortnite: Pro Player Threatens Physical Harm Over FNCS Drop Spot Drama
Professional Fortnite Battle Royale player “Paper” made threats toward an opposing team over a drop spot dispute.
Tensions hit an all-time high during this weekend’s Fortnite Champion Series (FNCS) Semi-Finals. The NA East region was responsible for most of what occurred. From the Twitter scene targeting Bizzle over a poor performance to NRG Ronaldo calling out BBG Calc for “griefing” his team’s tournament chances. Anyone looking for some drama did not have to look far.
However, a conflict between players in Heat A materialized over drop spot drama. A long-time professional player known as Paper chose an ill-advised path in response to a group of players allegedly attempting to “grief” his team’s tournament. Paper made some serious threats, and some are wondering how Epic will handle the situation.
Paper Threatens Opponents in Twitch Chat & Tweets
— d☆ (@DicesNA) May 22, 2021
Twitter user dicesna screen captured the many harmful words sent out by Paper on Twitch and Twitter. In an unknown stream chat, the FNCS Semi-Finalist stated, “Im going to find where they live and beat them until they can never touch thier [sic] keyboard again.”
This sort of threat is undoubtedly in violation of many rules, both related to Fortnite and otherwise. The conflict boiled over to Twitter, where Paper continued hurling insults at the team of Sharkman, Enquz and fearfll, who were also trying to qualify for the Season 6 Finals out of Heat A. The now-deleted tweet included some ethically questionable words, including Paper telling the trio to “get hit by a 160mph bus.”
Discipline in Fortnite
still no response on creator code 🙁
— Clix (@ClixHimself) May 13, 2021
This sort of behavior has unfortunately become standard practice in the competitive Fortnite scene. With a generally younger demographic, competitors tend to have no filter and often suffer little to no consequences. Epic Games has recently stepped up its rule enforcement, leading to discipline outside of Fortnite.
One story worth mentioning, in this case, is the ongoing situation between Fortnite’s developers and popular player Cody “Clix” Conrod. After sending out a tweet that Epic deemed inappropriate, the company has since revoked Clix’s Support-A-Creator Code and scrubbed his name from featured Creative maps. Despite his efforts, Clix has had no luck reaching common ground with Epic amidst the chaos.
Since the situation between Paper and the rival team unfolded, no reported punishment has occurred. Instead, Paper and his teammates – kwah and Elite Neeqo – prepare to endure the always-entertaining Reboot Round after finishing Heat A in 17th place. We’ll have to see what transpires from Paper’s threats toward other competitors.
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