Ahh, yes, proximity chat, the crown jewel of multiplayer shooters, where you can trash-talk your opponent in the middle of a gun fight. What's that? Fortnite added a new game mode centered around cross-teaming, backstabbing, and proximity chat silliness? Well, I think we all already know how that’s going to end.
When Fortnite officially released its Delulu mode last weekend, a mode centered on solo gameplay, with the explicit potential to team up with opponents via proximity chat, the game saw both an influx of players and an influx of player reports, with some going way too far with the game’s new voice chat features.
Even we at Dualshockers were worried that, once this proximity-based mode hit the Fortnite masses, a multiplayer game that now encompasses an overwhelming majority of online audiences, things wouldn’t go as smoothly as expected.
This abuse even led to the official Twitter/X account posting a reminder to players to report any behavior that goes against their policies. After all, even if it’s said through a seemingly inconspicuous voice chat feature, it still has the power to go against their terms of service and get you banned.
Delulu Mode's Mass Ban Wave
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