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Im 35 years old, and I playFortnite.
Thats not really that weird–lots of adults are Fortnite fans.
Its where they live.
No, of course not.
But Ive put in the work.
Its actually not that scary as long as you know a couple of dos and don’ts.
First,don’tvoice chat with people you dont know.
And hey, there’s even a non-voice version of the Among Us mode.
This brings us to something youshoulddo: learn the basics of non-verbal Fortnite communication.
Fortnite players use it that way, too, but theres Fortnite-specific nuance to it.
Fortnite players use it so often its essentially in-game etiquette.
Heres a fairly common scenario.
So your Obi-Wan cuts off the emote and crouches back.
But you dont want to stand there forever.
Youll have to figure out specific situational meanings on your own for the most part.
But thats the easy part, because just knowing was half the battle.
Im talking about what I think of as horny emotes.
There are three main ones that fit this bill:Ride the Pony,Eagle, andBring It Around.
But its mostly those three.
Like the crouch-nod, these emotes have some contextual nuance, and they dontnecessarilymean anything weird or negative.
Most folks will just use a heart or fire emoji for that, since those are less ambiguous.
Beyond that, people dont usually have a go at communicate anything complicated with emotes.
Usually, a dance is just a dance.
A heart emoji is a positive expression.
Theres nothing to decode.
Its just folks being silly, and in Fortnite people are almost always down for silliness.
We rode in peace until we got to Coney Crossroads, where we ran into another player.
Step aside, Bilbo Baggins–thiswas the real unexpected journey.
I had fun with those folks for about 20 minutes before we all started trickling out.
I dont need to ruin that by meeting the real people controlling them.
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