TSM's Myth Believes Epic Games Should Speed Up Late Game Circles in Fortnite

The interest and excitement surrounding competitive Fortnite Battle Royale is at an all time high. With the announcement from Epic Games' regarding its pledge to fund competitive Fortnite events in 2018-2019 with a $100,000,000 prize pool, and competitions such as the Tyler "Ninja" Belvins hosted Ninja Vegas '18 and the weekly KEEMSTAR Friday Fortnite Tournament hosted by YouTuber Daniel "KEEMSTAR" Keem and competitive gaming platform UMG pulling in extremely high viewing numbers, the competitive scene for Fortnite does not look like it will be slowing down anytime soon.

However, the lack of custom lobbies in order to host competitive matches, and the randomness of the battle royale game mode regarding the placement of loot and where the storm circles will appear has led to the questioning of whether or not Fortnite's esports scene can succeed. 

Team SoloMid Fortnite player Ali "Myth" Kabbani  took to Twitter recently to explain one of his own concerns regarding the health of competitive Fortnite, as he believes Epic Games need to look at improving the late game circles of the battle royale game. 

Speeding up late game by speeding up circle times*

— Myth (@TSM_Myth) June 4, 2018

Speeding up the late game circles of Fortnite would help to reduce the periods where action can be scarce, as the dwindling numbers of players and determination to stay alive by playing passively and not exposing yourself can result in very slow paced and unexciting gameplay.

However, faster late game circles would punish players who chose to land at a spot that the randomly generated circles decided to not include. Possibly more so than what some may be considered fair considering the players had no ability to control where the circle would go and are put at a disadvantage immediately. 

Having committed itself to the development and support of an esports scene for its popular game, Epic Games is likely working around the clock to figure out the best possible method and format that should be implemented for competitive play in order to see the title's esports flourish in a way that satisfies competitive players like Team SoloMid's Myth.

(cover photo courtesy of Team SoloMid)