Social media sensation TikTok and Battle Royale phenomenon Fortnite go together like, well, Dairy Milk and Cheese & Onion crisps – or peanut butter and jelly if you’re looking for a more relatable simile. It’s not overly surprising that Epic has announced a partnership with the juggernaut app, then, encouraging wannabe influencers to invent their own dance emotes for the game.
Here’s streamer Pokimane advertis—er, demonstrating how it all works:
The winner, as you’d expect, will get their moves immortalised in the game for eternity. They’ll also score a VIP giveaway package and 25,000 V-Bucks, which is a currency that probably commands more value than pound sterling these days. You have to use Fortnite music to be eligible for this contest, and you can download the tracks through here.
You’re also going to have to come up with your own dance moves, so no copying Gangnam Style, m’kay? The rules don’t explicitly mention it, but you’ll also need to be under the age of 18, because what self-respecting adult is going to upload a video of themselves dancing to TikTok in the hopes of “winning” their own Fortnite emote? Oh…
[source twitter.com]
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@thebakerswife It's a fun game to be fair.
@thebakerswife ok boomer
I will never understand the fascination with paying money for cosmetic items in free games.
I have played Fortnite and enjoyed what I played - despite getting my butt handed to me over and over, again - but paying for...basically nothing...is just crazy to me.
I guess that's the difference between an adult with financial responsibilities and the youth.
Dairy milk and cheese and onion crisps.
Why does this actually sound pretty good?
@Deadlyblack Because it really is the combo of Gods.
I guess if cheese and grapes go well then cheese and onion crisps alongside a block of Dairy Milk can't be that bad? @get2sammyb
Prawn Cocktail & Galaxy you heathen!!!
@thebakerswife hardcore! 😉
@get2sammyb Louise is in
@Meow So is Debbie.
Why is she acting like an anime character?
@BarefootBowser Being someone who never understood peer pressure or the need to fit in, I guess even that concept doesn't compute in my mind - never has.
Even to this day, I simply don't care.
I think I am a true stoic - or possible "on the spectrum" - but since that wasn't a thing in the 80's and 90's I am sure it's some undiagnosed thing that I won't even bother with. If I am "on the spectrum" in some way, I have learned to compensate for it in some way as I have done well for myself.
This is not what i got into gaming for. I feel like i am starting to show my age.
I've no idea what tiktok is - other than the fact i get annoying adverts on youtube - or why people from the service are featured in this game. Similarly why its a big deal that some bloke called ninja has an emote either. Why do people want to spend money on an emote in the first place.
Bonkers. I'm not going to judge how others spend their money, but the day this becomes standard in gaming is the day i stop playing 'new games'. I just dont get it at all
@Athrum its because she is one of them weebs.
I will cleary click on anything.
@get2sammyb while id agree it was a fun game at first the issue with battle royale games is if your not playing from day one you get left behind pretty fast in terms of being able to compete.
However this is just cringe of the highest level. Hey kids want to be immortised in a dance in a game? How would you like to be forever remembered for this dance for years to come and only this dance? No other achievements just this? When you start getting older and are looking for a partner but every one always brings up the time you turned into an emote and laughs you off?
I may be overexaggerating a tad but you get the jist. Maybe...
@get2sammyb @Deadlyblack I came here simply because that tagline combo shocked me. I assumed it was a way of demonstrating they those don't really go together.
@Danloaded
It WAS a fun game, but let's face it, it quickly became a kiddy game
@BearsEatBeets I never tried that combo, but I do enjoy putting maple syrup and caramel on chocolate ice cream, which may sound worse to people 😅
Looking at this makes me feel ancient. 😆
@Danloaded Okay, I think is stupid, but I think you're overreacting a little. There's nothing to suggest this can be their only achievement or that this will make them a failure in life. I hate Fortnite as much as the next core gamer, but I think this is a little much.
@Jaz007 i know twas a joke. Still i find it weird that its age limited. Most dances crazes these days look like the dancer is drunk or is best performed when drunk. Gandam style probably being the only dance i can sort of do lol
I can't say anything, I'm always doing dance emotes in my moonshine shack in Red Dead Online.
This is overly elaborate for an emote. It reminds me of Mr Burns' coded baseball instructions for Homer
Okay Sammy, let’s see your entry!
@BarefootBowser I wish more games had skill-based skins, so it would be less like “mommy gave me $15 for this skin” and more like “I got 10 victory Royales to earn these duds!” But of course, money rules all...
(To be fair, Fortnite actually has a lot of skill-based skins in the Battle Pass. But still...$15 for the nice premium ones is way too much)
@Danloaded Got it. It’s hard to tell on the internet sometimes. Some people are joking and others dead serious.
I ageee though, the age limit is kinda weird. The way kids are being targeted does feel a little weird if I’m honest.
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