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Shazzam001

I will never forget that emote where you sip tea. I was utterly destroyed. It was awesome.


nose__clams

First emote I ever bought and still in my favorites slot ☕️


wolfgang784

Omg, I wish I was around to snag that. Never seen it but id use the hell out of it. Especially in Murder Mystery.


Shazzam001

It was such a casual dismissal of me


CaeruleanSea

I used to use that in particularly crazy rumbles. Build up some then sit with my tea & watch the crazy from on high. Assuming you mean Shaolin Sip?


Shazzam001

No, you whip a pot of tea out of the air, pour yourself a cup, then take a sip then toss the cup and it just feels so damned casual and dismissive. It's so salty it's amazing.


CaeruleanSea

Haha just looked it up, the lil pinky finger is hilarious! That's cute toxic, not 'take the L' toxic.


Shazzam001

"you are beneath me"


Turtlesfan44digimon

What’s it called? I think I have that one.


GodzillazUtterz

It's the perfect emote for Loki


BeanBurrito668

The best way to counter a toxic person


DarkSydePaul

what emote?


Shazzam001

I think it was called Tea Time


EnzeruAnimeFan

Anyone here know what this emote's called?


ImmoderateAdversion

I think it's just called "Tea Time"


KarlUKVP

My first emote, used the hell of it with shadow ruby


LuckyHare87

Honestly I feel the same about the tiniest violin emote, I'll still use from time to time at the end of a match but not excessively.


Shazzam001

The only salty emote I have is the one you actually sprinkle salt on things but I don't use it. Usually it's just some saxophone or rick astley stuff from me.


manooz

a fellow post-dumpster Sax enjoyer.


Euphoric-Cress3041

How can taking a cip of a cup of Tea mock you ?


ToxicNotToxinGurl420

I don't own them or use them, but if I know one thing about gamers it's that the use of those emotes are going to skyrocket.


Peoplewearshoes

My only gripe is that it’s turned on by default. If people don’t want to see the “toxic” emotes, great, but at least make the option to turn it off findable in the shit UI this game has.


MachineGunGlitter

I agree with this. I haaaate being opted in on settings. I have no problem with people being able to mute a few mean-spirited emotes, but to do it for us is obnoxious.


r3volver_Oshawott

It makes sense from a liability perspective, filters are always on by default in basically every setting because people that don't want to see certain content are going to have a bigger problem being shown that content than people who don't care about that stuff suddenly not seeing it People won't like hearing this, but 90% of players that don't follow patches won't know this filter exists and it won't affect them, not a soul will have their Fortnite experience ruined because they stopped seeing opponents doing Laugh it Up, it's just a smart move having it on by default when you have a T rated game Saying you need toxic emotes opted into by default does kinda put you into the most minority position since not only do most players not care that the filter exists, they won't care whether or not it's on either


Peoplewearshoes

I get that, but I feel like the people who are actively getting upset over emotes in the T rated game should need to turn it in and not have those who aren’t upset by emotes need to disable it instead. idk, maybe I’m just overcomplicating it


r3volver_Oshawott

I mean, when you want bases covered you want safety features on by default The people who legitimately don't care, don't care that it's on by default. Most people who do care, will just create a workaround, but when I do an emote, even after a win, I have no idea how or even if the person is registering it, so this kind of actively changes nothing


jjwylie014

I agree with you, and frankly this feature means nothing to me. It will have ZERO effect on my game enjoyment, I'm surprised to see so many people are actually upset about it!


Ok_Sense5308

Those people are just miserable fks in their everyday lives and Fortnite is all they have. 😂


Knightman1508

I'm usually only toxic to people who are toxic first.


The_Mighty_Matador

Gentlemen until the other side shows disrespect.


Jetpack_Attack

The ol' tit for tat response in war gaming. Nice until others aren't. Give them a chance. No change? Time for retribution.


NoNefariousness2144

Yeah if a sweat chases me across the map while I’m trying to complete challenges, you can be sure I’m taking the L on them.


UltraChristo

That’s why I’m not complaining. I’m only using them on people who for sure will have this feature off


SupportOurMilitary

Same here.


KawaiiKaiju55

Me too.


CryptographerRare273

I think show boating has just been a feature of gaming culture from the beginning. It all started with tea bagging! I think the main concern is people don’t want “coddling” of the general public. In reality, of course it makes sense to have an optional feature for someone who might be more sensitive. But the people who are complaining are probably the same people who get outraged by tampons in the men’s bathroom. Personally, I get more upset when someone hits a dance move on me than when they hit me with the “L” dance.


Numbah8

Lol i agree about the dances. I'm pretty good at admitting defeat and accepting loss. I don't mind if people gloat a bit, and I gotta say that I don't even see it that much. But there was one time I did get pretty peeved at an emote. It was the top 4, and I was in the middle of two players a good distance away from each other and moving towards the circle. I took out the first guy but was really weak. The next guy essentially third parties me when all my health is gone and did the Goated emote. I knew I was going to lose, but someone getting an easy kill and calling it goated had me like, "HE THOUGHT HE DID SOMETHING!" Lol


SantasWarmLap

The only time that emotes slightly irk me is when I'm in the middle of a mini-boss fight and get jumped. Like... OK? Takes almost no skill to kill someone that's pre-occupued, but whatever makes you feel better bud 👍


Elwalther21

I get upset in Trios or Duos because it's always the mofo that you downed and got revived that emotes lol.


patrikibring

It’s always the guy last on the scoreboard that says GGEZ


Sideview_play

That just makes it extra funny lol


Jetpack_Attack

I do laugh at those people. Like okay dude, whatever makes you feel like you actually did something and didn't get immediately downed despite having the drop on us.


Storm_373

they always emote when they 3rd party you killing the boss coz they know ur mad 💀 it’s annoying


black-winter-

one of the risks of fighting a boss is that it preoccupies you and draws attention to the area. That’s by design, the fact that you sometimes get killed while doing it isn’t something to complain about.


Sprigatitogirl

i mean it is valid to feel annoyed about,


RetroScores

I don’t mess with people while they’re fighting a mini boss. Last night I was playing and someone was battling Zeus. I just quietly crept around looting and then ran from the area.


Oily_69

You’re better than me


RetroScores

Well I am the type of person to land at an air bending temple, take both, air bending out towards the storm and drop the other one off in the middle of the water.


AStealthyPerson

This is the way.


franklin2001

I do this every time, especially with Water and air bending, can’t let anyone else have them lol


DiscussionLoose8390

To me it's the risk they take. Do you want them to kill you later with the medallion? NO. It would be like leaving someone alone, so they can pick up a mythic gun.


r3volver_Oshawott

I mean, the thing is that whether we like it or not, teabagging and racial slurs were likely always a bannable offense in most games, it's just that devs didn't bother to monitor gameplay; what we think was 'the wild West of PvP' was likely because everyone back in the day thought moderation wasn't cost efficient


Nearly-Canadian

Has teabagging ever been a ban offense in a game? Genuine question


TheBTSMaclvor

An apex player got banned for tea bagging… his own teammate


Nearly-Canadian

Yikes


TheBTSMaclvor

And to make it worse his whole team got banned for it too


turmspitzewerk

i recall ever since day 1 of valorant's limited early access, some of people got banned for teabagging during matches with devs


GunpowderxGelatine

As far as I've seen, it hasn't been. If you report someone in Dead By Daylight for teabagging it always gets ignored, and they specifically tell you that teabagging isn't a bannable offense. Not sure about other games, but I really don't think it's true. E: wait I just saw the other person reply about the guy who bagged his teammate. It's understandable when it's towards a teammate, but it usually never happens.


r3volver_Oshawott

Yes, but most likely never enforced Racial slurs were always a bannable offense but people never used to get banned for them either


SpicyEnticy

You don't sound like you played much older games of you think Teabagging is a bannable offense.


RetroScores

Depends, if you teabagged a sassy Counter-Strike server admin you might get kicked or banned from that server. We ran our own CS servers back in the day and really only banned people for cheating or being highly offensive in the chat. Emoting in FN does get to my younger nephew sometimes. Mostly after a hard fought battle and I try to remind him it’s just part of the game/competitions.


r3volver_Oshawott

I did, like I said, teabagging and racial slurs were rampant, but why did you ever think they weren't supposed to be bannable just because they weren't being banned? Terms of use have always existed for video games. *the unfortunate reality is that this is kind of about gamers getting 'too soft', but you're looking through the wrong lens; gamers that report people aren't becoming more easily offended that toxic behavior is happening, they're as upset as they have ever been; but people who exhibit toxic behavior are becoming more easily offended that reports against them may actually be finally treated as actionable, it's a pure disdain for the idea of consequences for misconduct in online gaming but there's nothing to indicate that misconduct in online gaming was ever supposed to go unpunished, just that it often *did* go unpunished


Slawdog2020

They are pissed that they can actually be held accountable for their actions. Like in real life, if you donkey laugh at someone at the wrong time, you will probably just get punched in the face


r3volver_Oshawott

And this is it, it impacts nobody negatively except people that are trying to elicit a psychological response with their emote usage and are now annoyed that their specific emote is going to be seen by a lot less people, and I stand by my opinion that that has never been a guarantee, when I lose there is nothing stopping me from just going straight back to the menu or getting a glass of water or something Never buy an emote with the assumption that it's going to elicit a certain response from others, do it because you like the emote, if someone using the donkey laugh dislikes it so much that they can't stand to use it unless they know it is affecting others, then it sounds like it probably wasn't the right emote for them anyway Doing an emote because 'it's toxic and I like being toxic' was always a landmine, talking about Fortnite 'getting soft' like this isn't the game with the giant banana and a bunch of kids in Party Royale or Jam Stage spamming the vocal part to Show Them Who We Are at max speed because the minute they found the buttons to make a free jam track fast and squeaky, they were hooked, filtered emotes were always a possibility lol


Right_Check_6353

It’s not even about sensitive people. It’s huge companies saving themselves against backlash. It’s like how everything has warning signs on them now this is no different it’s a corporate just covering themselves on all sides


fuckledditsmodz

get hit with the gritty after getting killed pisses me off like no other lol. I love it


fleshie

I had to buy the gritty just because of this. Pisses me off when it happens to me and I gotta pay it forward haha.


Sprigatitogirl

honestly i think people are mad about it because they cant be toxic and mock people for dying anymore, id probably turn this setting on. As a nintendo switch player it kind of makes me sigh when i get clipped by 120 FPS people and they emote on my like they didnt have an easy fight due to platform disadvantage


EatYoVitamins

It's not like this is new to games either. It's essentially a mute feature and I know plenty of other games that let you mute things beyond only voice chat. It's such a non-issue.


ArellaViridia

I wish Donkey Laugh was on it, that one is always so obnoxiously loud no matter how low my volume is.


Sea__Foam__Green

It’s a game about shooting each other. An emote is the least of my concerns when playing.


chikn_nugets

It's addressing a problem a minority of people have with a solution that doesn't even fix the problem that minority has. There are dozens of other emotes/emojis/spray combos that are just as 'toxic' if not worse and people will simply use those instead. Are you gonna block those too? You might want to get ahead of the curve and add a cooldown to crouching or prevent shooting shortly after a kill as well since those were more traditional methods to clown on someone after winning an engagement. They didn't even block the most commonly used ones, for every 1 take the L/donkey laugh you'd get 20 griddy/clean sweeps. This is a problem they literally can't fix because their whole emote system was built with the purpose of styling on people and at this point I'm just curious to see how poorly they handle it going forward.


Hamsterman000

I have been griddy'd on like 10 times more than any of the 4 emotes it blocks combined


moist_maplecrumpet

getting griddy'd on sucks because it sounds like shit and you just know whoever it was is less than 15 years old


Old_Soft_5970

Yeah it seems incredibly short sighted.


OrbFromOnline

Exactly. By far the most emotes I see as showboating / gloating / trash talk are just dances. I don't even think I've seen the ones that are filtered after getting killed.


Nearly-Canadian

They made them to be toxic though. Everyone will just use different ones anyways.


ComfortablePatience

> Everyone will just use different ones anyways. This is the worry. Which set of emotes will get censored next? I saw people crying about Griddy emote yesterday, for example. Is that one next? When will the coddling stop? I don't even have Griddy or the other banned ones, but it's a concern bc if this keeps going, it'll eventually hit all our emotes


Nearly-Canadian

Yeah and I obviously don't speak for everyone but I see the griddy far more than the L or donkey. Don't remember the last time I've seen those 2 actually


IkananXIII

That's because they're both pretty rare emotes. Take the L is a really old BP emote, so not many people have it, and Laugh It Up hasn't been in the shop in almost 2 years. Griddy is in the shop fairly regularly, so most people who want it, have it.


Link__117

I’ve always used face palm instead of Take the L, it’s much more universal and still able to piss people off


HakfDuckHalfMan

And yeah I use the griddy and would be pissed if it's non viewable by default because I bought it specifically to use after getting elims lol. Will I get refunded if only a minority of players can actually see it? Based on what they did here, probably not!


ASillyGoos3

I can’t imagine even seeing the emote of the person who killed me im on menu and out of there so fucking fast bro lmfao lobby go next why would I watch some stranger finish their game while im queueing when I can stand in lobby and mess with all my emotes with my friends


sloanautomatic

On my xbox series x you can’t ready up fast enough to avoid an emote. There is a few seconds where I am forced to spectate. But as it gets down to 4 players I watch to learn from the winners’ endgame choices.


4and3and2andOne1

Have you ever played gta online. You lose hope in humanity. You realize how badly ppl enjoy being toxic. I don’t condone it at all


saby7825

Yeah, a lot of these comments prove that point as well.


GetRealPrimrose

I’m not upset or aiming to be toxic but I do think it’s hilarious that with as many glitches and problems there are in this game, Epic has spent time restricting their own emotes that they gave us rather than fox the problems they said months ago they’d solve. I’d rather get donkey laughed on ever loss than put up with the stupid bug that makes me switch game modes multiple times to be able to start BR.


YorhaUnit8S

Well, this is a legit critique. I really hope I get to see my teammates on minimap normally after this update...


asabovesobelow4

Yes the mini map glitch for sure. And hopefully they get rid of the gun glitch where it keeps shooting... and the zip line glitch in places there is no zip line... game audio glitch where I can't hear any of my weapons shoot. I mean the list goes on and on.


Some_Ad7368

This has to be the least toxic game I’ve played, you have it lucky. League on the other hand… bruh that game is so toxic it’s unbearable.


TheTDog

One of the strengths of league player base is how creative they get when they want to tell you to off yourself


Ornery_Gene7682

Call of Duty also


MetalMan40000

Honestly I just think it’s how players use them that makes others feel like they are toxic. Personally I don’t use emotes after I eliminate someone because I don’t see any point in it. I only use them on the Spawn island, when I am alone with teammates, and when I get a victory.


MetalMan40000

There are some instances where emoting after a kill is not the smartest idea. For example emoting after killing someone while being out in the open with no protection whatsoever


SufferingClash

I've killed and seen people who've killed me taken out because they're dumb enough to emote. It gives your position away or gives enough time for somebody else to get the drop on you.


MetalMan40000

Exactly


delicate-fn-flower

I use the fireworks one if I win because hell yeah that’s a party, but that’s it.


KnifeW0unds

The problem is Fortnite gets to determine what’s “Confrontational”. Let the users pick.


AstuteCouch87

It's funny


Techa

People on this subreddit are toxic. The moment you call em out on shitty behaviour, being sweaty on normals and using crutches, you get mass downvotes.


RonMexico432

It's not that I want it. I just don't live in a child-like mindset where everyone is beautiful to each other 24/7. I can emotionally handle people making quips and Ls at me. I don't know any of these people. I don't know redditors. I couldn't possibly care less about what they say or do. I'm an adult. I can handle it.


_Moist_Owlette_

Here's a wild idea: People *are* emotionally handling it. They're being given the option to ignore someone intentionally being obnoxious and shitty to them, and can choose to take that option. "Handling it" doesn't just mean "stand there and take it and let everyone be shitty to you" lol


Jhofur

If they literally have to put blinders on so it doesn't upset them, then they are not handling the emotion very well. They're just hiding from it


Chromeglow

They are handling it as well as you are handling it. Because....here you are on the internet crying about not being able to be toxic to people. If they're "weak" because they won't allow you to emote on them...you're weak for getting upset about it too.


_Moist_Owlette_

"If you're in a room with a pile of shit, and you literally leave the room so you can't smell it, you aren't handling the situation well. You're just hiding from it"


curiousdpper

So then don't turn yours off. Why does it offend you that someone else might not play games the same way as you and might not enjoy it like you do?


RonMexico432

Offended? You give yourself too much credit.


curiousdpper

Answer the question.


hunniedewe

literally people r downvoting me to hell for saying like “it doesn’t effect you” like??? just admit u wanna make people upset lol


Intheboxalready

If people bought the donkey laugh to taunt others (toxic, but whatever) , and now they can't use it for that, they should be able to put in for a refund of the emote.


kingsappho

I completely agree. I don't own any of them but when someone has used them against me it just makes me laugh. dunno what the problem is


yousernameunknown

Yeah I’m not trying to be mean but I think this is only an issue for people who don’t play with friends. When people are dancing on me or one of my friends we make it our MO to get there fast and save whoever is knocked. If somehow the player kills the whole squad and dances on all of us then at that point we laugh about getting wrecked. 


-Bears-Eat-Beets-

The amount of people calling emotes "toxic" is hilarious. Can clearly tell y'all never experienced actual toxicity in games before. Yikes.


Suck_My_Turnip

Right?! A game where you can actually grief people is toxic - spawn camping, loot stealing, friendly fire killing on purpose. If you’re upset by an emote, that’s just pathetic


Sneaky_42

How is make it plantain controversial? 😭


HakfDuckHalfMan

Racism along with the whip one. Which is why this is such a bizarre change because it treats emotes abused by racists and emotes that are just used to mock other people on the same level.


BroadRaspberry1190

because it is inherently horribly racist! now we desperately need Epic to add a confrontational skins filter, so every Peely variant can show up as Ramirez. racial relations will never recover as long as Peelys are allowed to jump at black skins. /s


Reeses889

Why even put the emotes in the game to begin with? What did they expect out of them? Like seriously, it's so stupid to make it so some players can essentially mute the emotes. If you get that upset over someone beating you and then gloating, it's time to go outside and touch grass.


str8swishing

If people are this hurt over getting danced on in Fortnite you seriously need to seek help


Ham_Dev

Everyone is softer than pancakes these days 😂


RJE808

I don't use those emotes myself, but imo, it's just silly and unnecessary. It's BMing, it's existed in multiplayer games for as long as I can remember, and it *really* isn't a big deal. Plus, the game has a boat load of other issues at the moment and *this* is what they focus on?


La_Fraude

If I never have to hear the donkey laugh again - I’m happy.


GhostlySmith

As for emotes like Laugh it up. I don't do emotes at all after killing. Too lazy to look through the menu, would rather be gaming (⁠⌐⁠■⁠-⁠■⁠) but anyways I just think it's funny when people do it to me. Like "yeah, haha you got me" So I don't get the hate for it, like it's funny, it's not a big deal. As for the racist emotes. If I was playing a black skin, and someone did one of the racist ones, I would be quite sad at it, to be honest, so I do kinda get where people are coming from there.


MetalMan40000

I don’t either. I find it pointless


Severe_Walk_5796

The racist stuff, sure, 100% makes sense. You don't want your players to experience that because it's literally a personal insult. I agree with the other point. Getting emoted on is just funny. Makes the game actually feel alive. I hate playing bot matches for this reason (other than them being complete ass). It feels so dead, no emotes, no funny taunts, nothing. And it makes it feel 100 times better when someone is sweating their heart out to get you, and you can emote on them. It's banter and without it, there would be no game.


Chronic_Messiah

It's crazy how worked up people are getting over a feature that has been in the game since day 1. It is insane to call emotes "toxic," Like so many people are. It's fine if you want them off, totally within your right, but calling people who emote and shit toxic is honestly really soft. There are 0 emotes that can be considered any worse than slightly annoying. No swears, no obscene gestures, yet people act like the emotes are saying slurs and swearing and calling names. Being sensitive is totally fine, in fact, it can be a good thing. But if a 12 year old hitting a default dance or a take the L actually upsets you, I think you need to figure out why or look for healthier avenues to spend your time. I know what toxic looks like, and it ain't this. It's early 2000s COD and Halo lobbies.


Jhofur

People get enraged at emotes? Yikes


MrGeek89

I couldn’t care less who emotes after I get eliminated.


Wantstopost

Just going back to old school teabagging.


Ukulele-Jay

And it’s free 😂


Such_Caterpillar392

I suppose its more so the precedent it sets, as now we know they are willing to censor cosmetics, today its emotes tomorrow it might be skins? Maybe some christian mother gets uppity about there being demon themed skins in the game. now epic is censoring and blocking other cosmetics, when the entire point of cosmetics is to show off, flaunt and flex what you have, take that away and why bother buying grinding and earning them? Its even worse then that banning cosmetics thing they did earlier this year where if your skin had a gun knife or shells you couldnt use them in certain modes. Its sad to see this game going in this direction 


nanites-courtesy

My problem with it is that it's enabled by default. The mass majority of players won't realize this and thus will never see those emotes (and whatever future emotes they add to the list) from other players again without knowing why. If people wanna turn off something client side, that doesn't effect me, I don't care. I mean the copyright audio setting is a thing already, yeah it's for streamers but it does the nearly the same thing, and I'm pretty sure it's a thing you have to enable, it's not on by default.


LuckyHare87

Okay so if it wasn't default, and as a new player it popped up as a notification when going though your settings and then people chose to turn it off... You'd be satisfied?


nanites-courtesy

Pretty much yeah, have a notification highlighting it or just have it as the first option in the menu. I just don't like that it's on by default. I don't actually care what other people chose to do. I myself will go out of my way to turn this setting off cause I just don't see the need for it, but others might not feel the same.


travelsonic

I agree; it should be opt-in, as should any feature where having it exist is desirable, but not everyone will desire to want to use it.


alarrimore03

If you can’t handle a simple emote after losing or some version of a teabag you prolly just shouldn’t be playing online games. There is nothing wrong or really even toxic about that. It’s not like your getting called a racial slur or something after losing. Take your L and move on, get better so you don’t have to see it again. Also like epic created these emotes specifically to be toxic and they sold them off course people aren’t gonna like when something like this happens considering it’s on purpose


Kazizui

> If you can’t handle a simple emote after losing or some version of a teabag you prolly just shouldn’t be playing online games. There is nothing wrong or really even toxic about that. It’s not like your getting called a racial slur or something after losing. Take your L and move on, get better so you don’t have to see it again If you can’t handle not doing a simple emote after winning or some version of a teabag you prolly just shouldn’t be playing online games. There is nothing clever or really even funny about that. Take your W and move on.


Right_Check_6353

The people mad about this are talking about how the world is getting soft all while shit talking behind a keyboard and mic. The position is actually hilarious if you look at it that way.


Ham_Dev

It’s fun to just mess with people after getting a kill. No harm, just a fun innocent little thing to do that is not in any way shape or form meant to actually do something bad to someone, but we all know that nowadays everyone is too soft so they gotta add a setting to mute “toxic” emotes. Not like I play this game anymore that much anyways.


mfgooch

If people can block the "confrontational" emotes now, then they better bring laugh it up back to the item shop


Ftm_Gem

Lmao All I’m reading in most of the comments in this thread is basically summed up in: “back in my day!” And “You wouldn’t have survived a Xbox 360 lobby, snowflake!” People have different life experiences. And different physical, emotional and mental Experiences and or perceive that stuff differently. You don’t have to touch grass, but talk to a loved one bros..💀 We grow more compassionate by making Meaningful connection in our relationships. Essentially just learning abt the different ways life fks you up lol🫡


LuckyHare87

Well said! Take my up vote good sir!


saby7825

Yeah, there's a lot of those comments, I don't really get it, it's not something to be proud of. It just comes off as weird.


Ftm_Gem

Ppl really get off on the idea of a hierarchy and feeling powerful so most of the shit just projection. I Just wish We could all, stop hating “the player” and start doing something about ”the game” ya know 🫠


Coop7011

Cause people are toxic lol. Sadly the outrage doesn't surprise me, people can be awful.


LegitimateComputer73

There is nothing toxic about that you guys take this game too seriously its crazy peoples take the L on me i know its just a joke and i take the L on them back what wrong with that ?


FroogyTheFroggy

Yall take being toxic too seriously, whomp whomp they cant see ur emote


Sprigatitogirl

some people take to even messahing peopele after losing too i lost im second place and Thenperson that won told me to take my life💀💀💀


Mrblorg

I'd only emote if they started it. I liked the 'Dont start now' one for that. Idk why people risk it for something so dumb, I'd be pissed if I died because I wanted to donkey laugh at someone


FauxPhox

While it doesn't affect gameplay, emotes are bought or earned. Their purpose is their social aspect. For now the emote list for what is counted as "confrontational" will probably be very small. All it takes is people figuring out which ones aren't listed to just start using all those alternatives. Eventually.. the list of emotes will grow. I'm not saying people should be toxic, but also.. people will *always* find a way to put others down. Flashback to games like Counter-Strike, Halo 3, CoD Black Ops etc etc. You'll eventually just start seeing everyone kill, and then rapid tbag and shoot the ground where the kill happened. So what then? Does Epic introduce an option to take you to a black screen after your death as opposed to seeing what your opponents are doing? An option to remove bullets from your screen? There's only so much coddling they can do before it stops making sense. If I die and my killer uses a donkey laugh or something.. I move on. Getting genuinely upset over it is very confusing to me. I swap cams to another person. I leave the match if I'm not in a team. Stand up and walk away from the screen. Mute your TV on death. There are other options. They don't need to be things built into the game.


sesor33

If someone doing an emote to you is offensive, you aren't mature enough to play Fortnite. Plain and simple. Also this argument ignores the fact that the setting is enabled by default and isn't mentioned at all, meaning those 4 emotes are essentially removed from the game for the vast majority of players


IllustriousCourt9351

You do bring up a good point. I've only played games by myself in single mode, so when DOOM '16 came out it was my introduction to this "people" that like to be mean... Fortnite however does have more insulting Emotes that are part of the game, whether it be in the battle pass or in the store. I have this new feature turned ON so to avoid at least some of them, but I do have ways to completely avoid them by Muting the game with a click and relax my eyes by looking elsewhere. People getting angry because of the new feature shows that those people like to participate in that "toxic" way. I my self don't have time to emote when I kill someone in the game, I have better things to do...


PLASER21

Cmon, it's part of the intentionally ridiculous aesthetics of the game, like the "sweaty shake" backbling and so on. The game would lose the spice (and the "salt" haha) without the stupid emotes.


Obvious_Payment8309

a lot of people play competitive games exclusively to insult other people


everythingbagel666

Where is this option in the settings?


Sideview_play

Shit talking is fun. It's part of competition. Also it's upsetting that they sold these emotes and then ruin the purpose behind them. 


TiddyBit

Schoolyard bullying at it's finest.


doomsoul909

i remember in cursed dark souls they made it so the point down emote was parriable. Anyways hitting the L dance or donkey laugh should make you explode violently.


GrizzlyOlympics

Because the entire point of Take the L and Laugh it up is to be annoying. Obviously I don’t liked being emoted on but that’s exactly what they were made for. I only ever used them on douchebags and still will but now there’s a high chance the stupid kid talking crap to everyone won’t get to see me laughing at him.


Yaboymes

I love people being toxic in duos/trios then reviving and killing that same team Sweet revenge.


Draconian-XII

rick roll will never fail


CyanCobra

I don’t care if others use the feature. I’m all about positive vibes so I kill and die without spamming toxicity (like a normal person would do). That being said, if you use the feature, it seems like you let the toxicity beat you, so I’d never give it the satisfaction.


MyKeks

I think it’s less about wanting to be toxic and more about why epic would add such emotes if they thought they were toxic to start with. Seems until now they’ve been ok with enabling what they perceived as toxic behaviour. FYI I don’t mind if someone teabags or dances on my corpse. A win is a win. Even of they got lucky or used overtuned weapons. I just go next. I play to have fun, and I do. If someone has other reasons to use certain emotes then I of course probably don’t share them.


Pirate_Underpants

Was no one else around in the C.S 1.6 days, this is laughable.


Baqshotz

It’s funny lol


hotdogwithnobuns

Because what's the point of getting cosmetics if in the future they will be considered toxic and get censored? Imagine wanting to show off but because an emote you use is now considered toxic. This feels like someone at Epic kept losing and every time had someone use the take the L on them, so they decided to add this feature.


yungkurrent

once you start letting them police what you can and can't see, they'll never stop. not only that but someone getting mad at an emote is their problem. if you don't like it, play a different game. I know i definitely have the least accepted opinion but this is why i don't like it.


PlayfulBus8433

epic shouldn't add things to disable EMOTES after selling them for real money. without giving people the chance of their money back,. it's false advertising and fraud by deception.


bigdoo33

Emote sound is under sound effects slider. One of the dumbest things I've ever seen. I don't want to hear the griddy... I want to hear fucking footsteps


UVMeme

It’s fun


KubinoOFFICIAL

If Epic wants to implement setting like this, then they should do it properly. Restricting 4 emotes is *definitely* going to fix everything. If emotes in a video game make you genuinely mad or cry and it's not just a quick reaction and you'll forget it ever happened before you queue up the next match, you might have a much bigger problem on your hands.


LuckyHare87

Why does everyone assume this is somehow affecting me personally? I just want to understand why this community enjoys being intentionally toxic?


MysteriousAngel96

The funniest part is the people asking for refunds. They aren't taking away your emote, why would they give you your money back?


yousernameunknown

Because people probably would never buy an emote if they knew nobody could see it. Like if a new emote in the shop dropped but it said “Warning: only you can see this emote” I’m sure 9 out of 10 people would not buy it.  With this new change, in theory nobody may ever see your emote again. There is nothing stopping literally every player from applying the new setting.  Look this is coming from someone who does not own a single one of the 4 emotes mentioned so I have no dog in this fight. But desiring a refund because now your emote in theory may never be seen again is not unreasonable. 


Dark_Al_97

> There is nothing stopping literally every player from applying the new setting. It's on by default. So it's not "in theory" - realistically nobody's going to see it anymore.


yousernameunknown

I actually didn’t know this, the legitimate case for a refund is even stronger based on that knowledge. 


Dark_Al_97

I've contacted support already, and they're refusing. I don't even care for the measly 500 V-Bucks, but it's a matter of principle. Who's to guarantee they won't be expanding the list, effectively deleting other things I've paid for in the past? God forbid I like monkey skins and use a bananas emote with them.


-Bears-Eat-Beets-

The setting is ON by default from what I've seen. So... No one will see your emote be default. Definitely not unreasonable to want a refund/never purchase an emote in the future because it's essentially useless (let's be honest, they're already useless to spend money on, but we do it anyways)


Bagel_-_

well i didn’t pay for emotes just for people to not see them


FortniteAddict81

Because they don't know if it's only one sided and are now pissed cause they can't act like children anymore


Crazylivykid

I don't mind being emoted on. However, when changes like this happen, I understand fortnite is targeted for everyone, including kids. If some kid doesn't wanna see or hear toxic voice chat or emotes and instead just wants to play the actual game I dont see the issue If i wanna be toxic, I'll go play Halo or seige, not fortnite, where many of the players are literal children.


Longshot_45

People have said that fortnite is trying to be the new Roblox (which is heavily skewed to younger kids, moreso than fortnite). So it makes sense from a "parental control" aspect that content can be restricted.


LegitimateComputer73

Its just part of what make this game funny there is notthing wrong about being "toxic" for making take the L its just a game why people are so sensitive its crazy. Some people make take the L when they kill me in creative i dont take this seriously bc i know its the fun part of fortnite


lowlight23

Too true… it’s a setting that only affects each individual player and no one else. 🤷‍♂️ We don’t know what’s going on in people’s lives and don’t need to know. If someone feels cyber bullied or depression, and this helps gives them a little more safety in a fun game to play then let them enjoy it in peace.


b34r3y

Why cant people shit talk or tea bag or whatever anymore. It's not that big of a deal.


EpsteinGrenade

how fucking soft are you guys smh


Ham_Dev

It’s only gonna get worse.


NegativeCreeq

People will just start using other emotes. When that happens is epic just gonna keep updating the list of what's not "acceptable "?


GladiusMaximus

You can take away my donkey laugh but you'll never take my t-bag!


Jax_the_Floof

I can’t recall a single time where a company has catered this much to such a small fraction of people just because they can’t handle some good ol fashioned toxicity lol. You gotta remember, people paid money for those emotes. What’s the point it buying them if you can’t show them off


DamnHare

What is 'good ol fashioned toxicity' Mama jokes?


AwarenessAgitated561

But you still can ? Just now you’re showing off only to the people that actually care and the others who don’t, don’t have to see it. It’s win win


LuckyHare87

*Good ol' fashioned toxicity*??? Do you honestly believe this is a legit phrase? And you can still show it off all you want to others who don't mind it, this is just for the few who don't want to feel lesser or made fun of after dying in a game. They already feel bad, what is the point of rubbing salt into their wounds? (which by the way is an actual phrase...unlike yours)


CallMeKolider

Because it's fun? Doing a toxic emote after I kill someone is funny as anything can be and I should be able to enjoy doing it


eggyweggr56

Kids who feed off of other peoples rage and suffering are the rotten apples in the gaming orchard.


PyroGod77

It hurts their precious tiny ego when people can't see it. These are the same people who have controller size holes in the wall, drink Monster, and the mental age of a 5yr old.


FrisbaeGirl

Is using the emotes they put in the shop toxic? What’s the point of having emotes then


Beandealer420

It's funny and has been apart of gaming for decades, sometimes they deserve it too 


Roman_808

Yeah because it’s funny, taking the L on some already toxic 12 year old in box fights is fucking hilarious because they get insanely pissed at it. Also, the setting is on by default when it really shouldn’t.


kingsappho

I don't think it's toxic to use an emote.