Fortnite has finally taken action against the scourge of hormonal teens everywhere, and stopped certain emotes in the game being used in close [[link]] proximity. The emotes in question are all moves that, when combined with certain other moves, may make it look like the avatars are engaging in a sexual act. Despite being fully clothed and having no genitalia.
The new limits appear to apply to specific emotes such as "poki" and "party hips" being used in conjunction with the moves "bring it around" and "ride the pony." This is across all modes, and my favourite description of the change comes from one of the many unofficial : "gooning has been vaulted in Fortnite."
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An idea of the kind of thing this is stopping can be had from the below video.
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Fortnite does have an audience that skews younger, and this move may have been inspired by some recent changes in Roblox, which two weeks ago updated its [[link]] community standards around "." These have been established for a long time but two of the prohibitions now specifically target content that implies sexual acts and "sexually suggestive content or behavior, including but not limited to: avatar bodies, assets and clothes, avatar emotes, or settings/environments in experiences."
There have also been some relatively minor controversies over Fortnite adding stars like Sabrina Carpenter, whose songs and performances lean heavily into her sex appeal. In a classic of the form, the Daily Mail fulminated about her "" appearing in the game, before using this as an excuse to post about a dozen photos of Ms Carpenter in revealing outfits. For illustrative purposes.
I've asked Epic for any statement it has about the change and what prompted it. I'll update with any response.
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