{"id":111465,"date":"2020-04-12T09:05:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-12T09:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/04\/random_ripfortnite_is_trending_on_twitter_as_players_protest_against_current_state_of_the_game"},"modified":"2020-04-12T09:05:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-12T09:05:00","slug":"random-ripfortnite-is-trending-on-twitter-as-players-protest-against-current-state-of-the-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/04\/12\/random-ripfortnite-is-trending-on-twitter-as-players-protest-against-current-state-of-the-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Random: #RipFortnite Is Trending On Twitter, As Players Protest Against Current State Of The Game"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The hashtag #RipFortnite<\/a> is trending on Twitter \u2013 with more than 30k tweets at the time of writing \u2013 as players protest against the current state of Epic’s free-to-play battle royale, Fortnite<\/a><\/strong>. Admittedly, quite a lot of these tweets are also asking what the tag is referring to, while some players are even using the same tag to defend the game.<\/p>\n

According to ComicBook.com, there doesn’t appear to be a specific reason, other than the fact the game is apparently not what it used to be like. Some disgruntled fans say it’s tied to the skill-based matchmaking \u2013 supposedly making the game less fun to play, and far more serious. Others, though, are complaining about the recent server issues the game has been suffering from because so many people around the globe are self-isolating.<\/p>\n

Here’s a round-up of some of the tweets:<\/p>\n