Why Fortnite is so addicting

The main reason Fortnite is so big is that of the community, and how much hype the game got being released on July 25, 2017. The game is mostly a meme. If you scroll through your Instagram feed you will not find one account without a Fortnite related meme. People like memes. Memes are addicting the see and addicting to look and find. Especially if the meme is something that you can relate to. For example take this meme here, that Mir kindly DM'ed me. As you may see Arnold Matthew Perlstein is very sad and doesn't want to go on a field trip to the main island in Fortnite Battle Royale. We all know Mr. Perlstein from the infamous show, The Magic School Bus, where kids go on rides in a so-called, well, you guessed it. Magic School Bus. Poor Arnold. This is a relateable meme because mostly everyone knows about Magic School Bus, and of course in Fortnite Battle Royale, there is a bus. Almost like it was a setup. So many juicy memes made from this piece of artwork known as the game Fortnite.



But, that's only one of the reasons people want to jump on the hype train and play Fortnite. Another reason why its so addicting is because of how fun it is. You have 3 objectives and those are too, kill people, grab loot, and get the heck out. Your main objective is to win the game obviously. but the problem is that you are up against 100 people. Now, not trying to brag or anything but I have 16 wins, 11 wins in squads, 4 in duos, and 1 in solos. I'd say I'm quite experienced having played the game for 3+ months. It's kind of sad when you think about it. Not gonna get into that. Anyways, people just keep playing to win. It's kind of a trend now. If you look up a regular kids school schedule, you will notice that homework is the first priority, (obviously) and then second is fortnite. This is the future right here. No matter what we do, gaming just keeps coming back to haunt us. We will always dream about the 1# Victory Royale, and when we reach it, our dreams become bigger dreams, we tell our friends, Now, our friends have higher expectations for us. "Wow, this kid has like 3 wins shes like a god at fortnite" this is the kind of attitude you will find living in 2018. I believe that so many people play just because they want to be cool because that's just how it is in this world currently. I've photoshopped a graph pyramid to show what is going on in fortnite.

 At the top, we have Pro Player teams, such as C9, TSM, etc.
Nearing the bottom below Pro Players is streamers that play games like this for a living. Some streamers are TSM Ninja, TSM Myth, and C9 Shroud. Below streamers are gamers that enjoy the game and play it for fun and for wins, these are people such as myself, the list goes on and on. Below that, are the people that call themselves "gamers", and do play games, but they only play them because their friends do and they want to be like them. Below the "gamers" are the Noobs. The noobs, aimlessly walk around not knowing what to do, but they do come from other games. They are attempting to get to get better. I respect them. Then last we have Instagram followers that have no idea what the game is and they only play it because they are forced to by their friends and by the way the world works these days.


But by far the most addicting part of playing fortnite, is playing it with your friends, and having fun leveling yourself up, and completing challenges for in-game loot and currency. The in-game currency in Fornite Battle Royale is called V-bucks. V-bucks are used to but loot from the Daily shop, or used to buy items for special events. Now, V-bucks are very expensive in real life. If you do the math 1000 V-bucks is $10.00  meaning that one V-buck is equivalent to 1$ so, if one legendary skin is 2000 v-bucks you'd be paying $20 for one skin you will use once and then because its a special event you will unequip it in the future. In my opinion, this is dumb. That's why fortnite created the battle pass. In the battle pass you get to unlock for 950 v-bucks (<$10) it includes more than enough v-bucks for you to buy your favorite skins. This is a great choice for Epic Games to do this because it makes players more involved in completing quests and getting xp. And they gain a lot of money. You also gain skins that are free and other emotes, dances, backpack gear, and loading screens.

All in all, I would totally recommend playing fortnite no matter if you're a noob or not. You'll still have to get the hang of it and eventually you'll love the game. Fortnite works on practically anything. PC, some macs, Xbox, and ps4. Thank's for reading me!