Ninja Wants People Who Say Fortnite is Dead in His Chat to be Banned

Twitch streamer and YouTuber Tyler "Ninja" Belvins has become a household name around the world thanks to his talent in Fortnite Battle Royale, as the battle royale game has skyrocketed to becoming one of the most popular and discussed titles in the world.

However, with Season 5 of Fortnite not being the favorite of a section of the community, many individuals jump at the chance to state that Fortnite is dead and will not be at the top of the video game industry for much longer. The phrase of "Fortnite is dead" has become a widely used phrase in the Twitch chat of Ninja with the likely goal of these viewers being to get a rise out of the popular streamer. 

During a recent stream Ninja addressed the issue of the "Fortnite is dead" phrase being used in his chat and stated that he wants his mods to begin banning viewers who type the phrase into his chat. 

"Hey mods, from now on we full blown ban anyone who says that Fortnite is dead. I don't even know. Little kids spreading toxicity because they think it is the cool thing to do, and we can put it in emote mode for a little bit," said Ninja.

Ninja went on to explain why the phrase of "Fortnite is dead" is so frustrating for him to hear and that viewers who do not enjoy the battle royale game can watch another streamer as he is still enjoying the title a great deal. The high profile Fortnite community also explained how saying Fortnite is dead is as far from the truth as possible considering that the battle royale title had its highest user base ever in August. 

"You want to stop playing Fortnite man because you aren't having fun anymore? Good, go watch someone else. Go play another game. Don't spread that toxicity and you negative opinion in my chat dude because guess what? I'm enjoying the game," said Ninja. "There hasn't been a single day where I haven't enjoyed the game, and it's literally just straight like false which is why it is the most annoying thing that is happening right now. 'Fortnite is dying.' 'Fortnite is dead.' Literally they hit peak record players in August. Morons man, so frustrating."

This is not the first time that Ninja has addressed individuals stating that Fortnite is dead.

However, now the popular member of the community for Epic Games' massively popular battle royale title has made the decision to have his mods begin handing out bans for those who make the infamous statement in his Twitch chat for the foreseeable future. 

(cover photo courtesy of ESPN)