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02.oct.24i have not played fortnite since december of last year, probably. i haven't had frequent wifi since january either way. but my distaste with the state of this game's company hasn't exactly gotten away either. i redownloaded the game recently hoping to be able to play some online games with my online besties. it's been such a while since i played something with them. but when opening up this game... i honestly just find it heart breaking to see what fortnite has become. this shit looks like the google play store when you open the game. that's horrible. i'm not gonna go into another rant because it's basically The Same Rant as before. but i guess i'm still wishing that fortnite was still my silly little online game instead of this greedy mess epic games has built. i am still sad about it.

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11.dec.23 gamers, i have A Few thoughts on fortnite as of late.

recently, fortnite added 3 new core game modes: lego fortnite (open world survival), rocket racing (racing game), and fortnite festival (rhytm game that is basically a guitar hero look-a-like, understandably so since it is developed by harmonix). i've been playing all of them and they are all pretty fun!! i've really liked playing them so far, specially the lego mode. but that is for another log...

my main issue is the insane prices on some of the things they are selling for these modes. which to be clear: i do not give a fuck about them. it's just kinda frustrating to see how insanely greedy epic games has become.

a nice looking car model for the rocket racing mode for 4k vbucks???????? do you know how much that is in USD? ALMOST $36?!??!? FOR A FAKE CAR???

fortnite festival also got a seperate battlepass (yes seperate from the regular battle royale mode.) that costs 1,800 v-bucks (almost double the price of the regular battlepass) and it does not give you any of those v-bucks back.

like? what is happening?? with the growth of fortnite it was maybe inevitable that epic would try to milk THE FUCK out of its fanbase. which consist of mostly? children? and i know. the microtransactions already being in a kids game is a bit erm to begging with. but i always thought the prices of the skins (post 2018 at least) were pretty fair. alongside the regular season battlepass which you can get for just 950 v-bucks and once you complete it, it gives you 1500 v-bucks back. how generous of them! but at least it's SOMETHING compared to the clear cash grab that the fortnite festival 'battlepass' is.

this company as a whole just pisses me off. from the moment they acquired bandcamp. just to sell it off a year later amid the layoffs, the reason being because they were "losing more money" than what they were earning. sure. and they also want to turn fortnite into a metaverse???? whatever That means.

i had mentioned previously in my logs that the lore of the game was very interesting to me. and it really was! fortnite has such a unique charm to it when it comes to the story (it once had) and its original characters. i was crazily invested. but nowadays it's very clear they Do Not care about the lore they once had going for fortnite. they still try! but their constant efforts of including collabs in the 'lore' of the game just because...? collab = money i guess?

it's just very frustrating to see as someone who got into the game because of this unique charm. the new game modes are all super fun and all. and you don't need to buy anything to enjoy the game. but it SHOWS that their priority with fortnite is just to make the most amount of money as possible. and it's a bit saddening to see.

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jun 2023 i play this game way too fucking much!!!! well ever since i made this neocities i've been playing less actually... but i do enjoy this game a lot! especially with friends. im pretty average btw. i should mention somewhere in the gaming log index that i suck at video games. but i have my fun!

been playing on & off since june 2018 with the introduction of chapter 1 season 5! honestly hate to admit it but i am very invested in the lore of this game.... for a while they threw marvel and dc stuff in there which i mostly ignore because i really dont care. the lore is very interesting for me!

i absolutely love some of the original skin designs of this game! they are so cool and inspiring to me. will probably make a tiny space for them here in the future

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i made this edit of drift (kind of) dancing along side parsley onuma's corruption (vocaloid song) and i need it saved somewhere so its going here

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fav skins

name	pic	why?
drift		the skin that made me get into fortnite! i adore his design a lot! i also own 2 (two) figurines of him irl from how much i like this skin. and he's just interesting from a storyline stand point (though epic never did a lot with that LOL thanks epic....)
vivi chroma		rainbow!!!! love her rainbow colors a lot and also her fit overall is just really cute!!!!
hime		:3 i love her whole cat thing she has going on. and her backbling is the CUTEST too. also first skin i ever bought (...)
catastrophe	[soon tm]	AGAIN... :3 the whole radioactive and cat thing is *muah* to me. num 1 cat related skin for me

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