Hey everyone, my name is Podsofwar and welcome
to a new weekly segment on my youtube where
I go over news that is happening around the
Fortnite community.
My vision for this video series to curate
awesome things that people are making around
Fortnite as well has go over some general
updates about the game.
My goal is to create a high quality, scripted
video, that doesn’t waste your time or clickbait
you.
So, without further ado - lets get started
with our first section.
Saturday night kicked off the very first LadiesNITE
fortnite event.
This happened on May 12th at 6pm pacific time,
where 100 unique female creators on Twitch
and Mixer came together to compete in friendly
private squad matches.
What was amazing about this event was that
this was not a tournament in anyway, there
was no bracket or grand prize, but just a
bunch of female creators all joining together
to play a game that we all love, while supporting
one another.
I did get to play in this event, so thank
you to my team, the Fatal Foxes which consisted
of myself, podsofwar, Activision, Dianaxo,
and Miisty.
We played really well together, especially
considering we had never practiced as a squad,
and our first match was our best one which
we came in third place.
Now, while this was not a tournament I do
want to congratulate the teams that managed
to win their games:
Game #1 went to team #JUICED comprised of
Cookeeeemonster, LadyKay, Missgigglesss, and
SaturdayNights.
Squad #2 won game #2, so congrats to AlexiaRaye,
(uh-siv-ers), ChicaLive, and Valkyrae.
Matches 3, 4, and 5, were won by team “Hell
Hath No Fury” whose members were Annie-alis,
Avajaijai, FemSteph, and KittyPlays.
I want to give a huge thanks to Areylian for
coordinating the event, and epic games for
letting us test out their private servers
functionality.
Lastly, if you are a female fortnite player
and would like to get involved in these matches
- I have linked the signup sheet in the description
box below.
The plan is to have these events twice monthly,
one happening at 8pm GMT for European players
and 6pm PST for US players.
Another good way to stay updated is to follow
@itsladiesNITE on twitter.
Also thank you to ahhreggi for this cool video!
Okay moving on to some other cool Fortnite
News, TSM or Team Solomid uploaded two awesome
new videos this week.
In the first video Myth, daquan and hamlin's
all meet each other for the very first time
as well as explore the new TSM gamer house
that they all moved into in LA.
The second video is a deep dive of myth, where
he comes from, his family and his rise to
the top.
I really enjoyed both of these videos they
are high quality and inspiring so if you want
to check them out links are down below.
Next up is the Fortnite Twitch prime pack
#2. if you have twitch prime or amazon prime
there are new free items that you can redeem
in fortnite.
I have amazon prime and I didn't realize that
there was an extra step i needed to do in
order to get these items so all you have to
do is go to twitch.tv / prime / fortnite link
your account with twitch and you will see
these items pop up the next time you launch
the game.
You will get the trailblazer skin, a true
north backpack, the tenderizer pickaxe, and
a freestylin emote.You have until July 11th
to claim these free items and don’t forget,
with amazon prime, you get a free subscription
to the twitch streamer of your choice, everymonth,
and you know - if you have no one to sub to
- just like sub to me - podsofwar and I’ll
do a little taco cat dance for you, ok?
Okay.
Moving on…
As you may know I have cosplayed as fortnite
characters in the past, i did rescue trooper
ramirez as well as the pink cuddle team leader
so cosplay, especially fortnite ones, are
near and dear to my heart.
so I'd like to have a segment on this show
called the cosplay spotlight: and today we
have littlejem who did an absolutely amazing
cosplay of the bright bomber skin and rainbow
smash pickaxe.
I have got to say that this skin is my absolute
favorite in the entire game I use it all the
time and her cosplay is so incredible, that
I keep geeking out about it!
please go check out all of her pictures instagram,
twitter, patreon, and she streams on twitch
too!
Now for some more professional news, The New
Yorker magazine has published an article called
How Fortnite Captured Teens’ Hearts and
Minds.
It’s actually a really great read, unlike
more lazy pieces that rely on offensive stereotypes
to explain the Fortnite / Twitch world that
we live in to non-gaming audiences.
Maybe it's just the English Writing minor
in me that geeked out with this article but
it's actually very well written and some of
the comparisons that he does to explain Fortnite
are pretty brilliant.
I think this is a great piece to use to explain
the game to people who prefer a more traditional
form of media, or require a trusted name like
The New Yorker to take the game seriously.
If you want to send the article to your friends
or family, the link is down below.
Or you can buy the printed version of the
article that comes out on May 21st.
Now for some news about the actual game, Fortnite
Patch number 4.2 is out after being delayed
an extra day.
With it, we say goodbye to Thanos and hello
to two new burst rifles.
They come in Epic and Legendary, dealing 32/33
damage respectively, and can be found on the
floor, in chests, drops and vending machines.
You can also now find apples lying on the
ground that will grant you 5 health points.
It’s important to note that you can’t
actually pick up these apples and store them
in your inventory to hoard them, you can only
consume them when you find them on the ground.
Even still, these may come in handy to bump
up your health above 75 if you don’t have
a medkit.
They’ve also buffed the submachine gun and
the C4, while nerfing the Damage Trap from
125 damage to only 75.
Lastly they added some audio ques since it
can be pretty confusing to tell if a player
is above or beneath you.
Now if a player is above, the floor will creak,
stone will sound like crunchy gravel, and
metal ceilings will rattle.
& that is it for my very first Fortnite Community
News segment!
If you have something fortnite related that
you want me to cover, go ahead and send me
a DM on any of my social medias which are
of course, are linked down below.
PLEASE let me know if you liked this or if
you want me to keep making these videos.
Honestly, it took a lot longer than expected
so let me know what you think.
Lastly, I’d like to invite you to join my
community over at twitch.tv/podsofwar or mixer.com/podsofwar
I’ve been streaming for about a year and
a half and am really trying to stream more
often and entertain you guys.
It would mean a lot to if you stopped by a
stream and let me know you came from YouTube!
This was your fearless Taco Cat overlord,
Thank you for watching Fortnite News - Taco
Cat - out.
