Epic Games has blocked certain emotes in Fortnite to stop player harassment

Several emotes are now blocked by default, but they can be easily enabled

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Published onApril 24, 2024

published onApril 24, 2024

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Online communities can be toxic and gamers will often find different ways to flame and provoke other players.

Fortnite is notorious for its less-than-admirable community, and Epic Games will try to change that by allowing users to block certain emotes.

You can now block certain emotes in Fortnite to stop other players from flaming

It’s no secret that the gaming community can be toxic, and some players will use emotes or other in-game features to harass others.

Epic Games is aware of that, and it has made some recent changes in Fortnite to prevent that asArs Technica writes.

We want emotes to be a source of good vibes, but a few (cough Take the L cough) can sometimes feel a bit overly confrontational.Tomorrow’s update will introduce a new Confrontational Emotes setting to toggle visibility on these Emotes.Learn more:https://t.co/QxxnmbFghD

This was added in the v29.30 update, and according to theFortnite blog post, there’s a new setting available called See Confrontational Emotes. You can find this setting in the Social Privacy section.

When enabled this setting will block the following emotes from being shown:

By default, this setting is set only to show these emotes from friends in your party, but you can block them for all players.

If you have this setting enabled, you won’t see other players performing the emote or hear the sound associated with it.

The emotes are still in the game, and everyone can perform them, but players won’t be able to see them by default.

This has sparked a bit of controversy, as some players think they need a refund after buying these emotes.

In other gaming news, the newXbox console will be more like a PCas the lines between the two platforms are blurring.

Microsoft has teamed up with Meta to bring an Xbox VR headsetthat will change the metaverse gaming realm, so stay tuned for more news.

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Epic Games has blocked certain emotes in Fortnite to stop player harassment

You can now block certain emotes in Fortnite to stop other players from flaming