Dr DisRespect Hits Out on Fortnite Building Mechanic

Player Unknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) was the title that was the main driving force behind skyrocketing the popularity of the battle royale genre to the top of the video game industry in 2017. However, Fortnite Battle Royale has since taken over the reign of the king of battle royale and has seen a enormous rise in popularity that has now placed it as one of the most discussed and played video games in the world. 

This rise in success that Fortnite has experienced has motivated many top Twitch streamers and YouTubers, especially many who before mainly focused on PUBG for content, to switch over to Fortnite for their content creation and many have seen massive growth in due to their decision, such as Tyler "Ninja" Belvins.

In addition to the strong growth established streamers and YouTubers have seen with Fortnite, many of the worlds top content creators currently have made a name for themselves thanks to Fortnite, such as Ali "Myth" Kabbani and Turner "Tfue" Tenney. 

However, popular Twitch streamer Dr DisRespect is one of the few major stars and battle royale players on the streaming platform who has not made a complete switch to Fortnite, as Dr DisRespect can often be found chasing chicken dinners and high kill games on PUBG. 

While Dr DisRespect has competed in multiple of the popular KEEMSTAR UMG Friday Fortnite Tournaments, the streamer has explained on multiple occasions why he does not enjoy playing Fortnite with the latest focusing on his dislike of the building focused nature of combat in Fortnite, while PUBG is more focused on gun play. 

Pointing to the repeating nature of fighting in Fortnite that consist of a certain proven to succeed format for building, Dr DisRespect explains his thoughts on why he can still be found on the battlefields of PUBG instead of Epic Games' battle royale title. 

The subject of building in Fortnite has become a major topic of discussion, as some feel that with players having mastered the mechanic of building with the 999 material limit has caused the game to lose somewhat of its early luster when every fight turns into a skyscraper building contest.

However, the majority of players have argued that the building mechanic is the one thing that makes the title the unique and entertaining game it is, and that players who are not willing to learn the building mechanic should perhaps move onto other battle royale games, such as PUBG. 

This back and forth discussion about the building mechanic in Fortnite has led Epic Games to publicly address the issue and state that it is looking to make changes to encourage not having every fight be a build off, such as possibly reducing the material limit from 999.

It remains to be seen if a major change in this manner would be able to sway the likes of Dr DisRespect and others to chase victory royales instead of chicken dinners in PUBG.

(cover photo courtesy of G Fuel and Epic Games)