People abusing Social Media to get players breaking rules this is getting to be a normal thing ????????????????????????????

Summary

I was sent a link again today from a friend.

The link was a Tiktok video showing XP gains into the millions and Vbucks in vending machines i mean come on ???

Tiktok:

Apparently they is numerous Tiktoks from the same person showing the same video on repeat

Check the Island code promoted in the video and it takes you here:
https://fortnite.gg/island?code=5144-9898-7333

Is this what creative is turning into ?
Who has the best scam videos on Social Media ?

I think creative is truly amazing but things like this are an abuse and get people players through means that definitely break Epic’s rules

This is what every creator will have to do to compete unless something is done about it

Please select what you are reporting on:

Creative

What Type of Bug are you experiencing?

Other

Steps to Reproduce

n/a

Expected Result

something to be done about it from Epic Games

Observed Result

n/a

Platform(s)

all

Although i cannot confirm when all this video started. As you can see the map has gone crazy popular. Is it because its the map ??? I think it could be the abusive Social Media myself
but hey that’s my opinion

Same map live on 2 accounts

2 Likes

they dont care, they never deal with stuff. Constant abuse. I have reported obvious scam maps over and over saying they give free vbucks and skins and a few hours later I check the report and it says “no action taken”. Its a joke. Discovery is becoming a cesspool of scam maps. SO maybe instead of fighting it, I should join them. Epic doesnt seem to care, so why should i or you?

2 Likes

bump

If you read this post just comment your opinion on if Epic are letting too many things pass.

Fake xp maps

Total disregard for IP. I mean full Toy Story map thumbnails ect as a example ?

I did see in the job board on the official Discord before it got taken down people selling other peoples Ip ? I mean its crazy.

i feel a lot of honest creators are having to compete with criminals… I’m sure that is the definition of what they are doing. ITS A CRIMINAL ACT

Have your say

A simple comment to get this noticed by Epic will take you a mere minute but could get something done about it and what’s wrong with this system.

1 Like

FORT-815513 incident has been created. Status is ‘Unconfirmed’.

I see people breaking the rules really every single day on social media now. Many scam live streams and scam xp map advertises but also the # fortnite hashtag, which is forbidden to be used according to the island creator rules.
It really feels like there are no consequences for those who break the rules constantly, but I just hope that epic will eventually do something about that.
Keep up hopes, trustworthy island creators, long lasting success won’t come from scammers and fakes but from hard work, ingenuity and real game dev craftsmanship.
Keep up the good work devs! :mending_heart:

3 Likes

Sonic and Shadow in the thumbnails, Captain America Shields, etc…

1 Like

just a further update.

The Tiktok is still live

Recent snip of the island advertised in the fake xp/vbuck scam video

@Flak

Does this really not get noticed by anyone at Epic.

Someone at Epic must be flicking through Social Media and notice some of this stuff.

If it were my decision i would erase the criminals maps… All of them. Send an email stating if they are involved with anything like it again then their ip address would be banned from using any of Epics services.

It wouldn’t take many crims to get banned before word spread that Epic takes this stuff seriously

1 Like

did you see the kfc tycoon.

I seen someone did a GTA thumbnail and did actually get an email from Rockstar Games :rofl:

Lol that is great, I did see the KFC one. Unfortunately I don’t think these companies are seeing these or else they would probably do something about it. (Or maybe not? As it is free advertising for them). I can absouletly see RockStar getting upset about it though.

1 Like

Another one

https://fortnite.gg/island?code=2243-2231-4888

Check player base and when map was created :rofl:

another…

https://fortnite.gg/island?code=5014-6712-5092

I could do this all day EPIC

This is wrong

This is how these creators are having a huge impact on discovery.

People think they have to wait on the map to get the xp ect so the Algorithm thinks its popular yet the only reason is because of these fake videos and people mainly young people are getting roped into this charade

Its wrong and honest creators are paying the price

Is this what we all should be doing ?

I do question if you cnt beat them join them

Please Epic this is not right and is a major issue

What are you gunna do about it ?

1 Like

Epic is never communicating on this somehow, feels like they accepted their fate or it’s too much work for them :person_shrugging:

The fact that those people often get away with it and that Epic let them run with the money is also concerning

I wish they would add a tiny bit of manual moderation on maps doing 1000+ CCU, shouldn’t be too hard to do, but what do I know

2 Likes

This is a huge issue

I get Epic wanting to get players and people onto the game but this is just against everything that Epic stands for

You cannot mention XP gain in a map ect but a full tiktok/yt ect showing it and then players swarming to the map thinking its legit then the creator gets paid huge amounts of money for a absolutely disgusting tactic that makes me sick

1 Like

Another

1 Like

You can make 1000 more posts about this type of “promotion”, but in those posts you don’t provide any proof that this content was created by the creators of these maps.
This problem cannot be solved. If Epic will start takes action and bans every map with this type of promo - someone will easily blackmail a random island and ban their ICP.

1 Like

I do somewhat agree that they is a lack of proof

but

I don’t think someone would go out of their way to promote someone else’s map

Unless they are kind hearted individuals that don’t care about money and the promoted persons maps were just random but then why create a video like that in the first place ??? If not for personal gain

I never said it would be easy but this is getting crazy man

it’ll be a service soon people selling tiktok time for an increase in players i can just imagine

How different this space would be if Epic didn’t pay creators

Hint Hint :rofl:

you would think at some point the gullible 12 year olds would figure it out, when they dont get renegade raider or vbucks added to their account or massive amounts of XP

1 Like