Summary

  • Fortnite Season OG has brought back the original Island, but a new visual glitch is causing cheaters to appear tiny in the game.
  • Players have reported encountering ant-sized cheaters and shared screenshots online, triggering bans for those exploiting the glitch.
  • This visual bug is not new, as similar glitches have occurred in the past, and other issues like invisible players have also been reported in Fortnite Season OG.

Fortnite Season OG has welcomed millions of players back to the original Island, yet there are reports of a new visual glitch that is causing cheaters to appear incredibly small in the game. Fortnite players have been sharing their encounters online, noting that the glitch is being exploited; some have mentioned that it's also a glitch that looks similar to one from before in Fortnite's past.

Ever since it launched in 2017, Fortnite has become a widely-known multiplayer title whose popularity has been supplemented by its free-to-play status and cross-platform functionality. Before long, the game garnered a massive fanbase, with players filling up lobbies in the game's battle royale mode. This left the original Save the World game mode on the back burner for better or worse, with Epic Games seemingly focusing on its battle royale experience to continuously optimize its experience. As time went on, Fortnite has seen countless updates, with the latest season bringing players back to Fortnite' s roots. While Epic Games has brought the title back to Chapter 1's battlefield landscape, it appears some issues have been brought onto the Island.

Much like any multiplayer game with a live-service model, Fortnite still receives its fair share of gameplay issues, and Season OG unfortunately brings in a visual one. Players have gone to Reddit to share some recent interactions where they've run into other players exploiting a visual glitch. The bug shrinks the player's appearance, making them appear almost ant-sized, nearly impossible to see. User valetoBG008 posted a few screenshots of their encounter with an anonymous player whose character model can barely be seen. After capturing the evidence, valetoBG008 then went ahead to report the incident, thus triggering a ban on the anonymous cheater.

It may be difficult to decipher if the visual glitch is a persistent issue, especially with the upcoming changes to the Fortnite map, though other players have shared similar experiences. In essence, if a player utilizes an in-game glitch, they're exploiting the game entirely. The lines may seem a bit blurry, yet one user, ArenaGrinder, wraps up the concept briefly: "If it’s a glitch it can be considered an exploit, which can also result in a ban." Interestingly, the ant-sized bug has plagued Fortnite in the past. There are several YouTube videos of players showcasing the glitch in different ways.

Moreover, the ant-sized visual glitch hasn't been the only reported issue to come out of Season OG of Fortnite. Other reported glitches include invisible players, Princess Lexa's skirt appearing incorrectly, random teleportation, and more.

Fortnite may have broken player count records when Season OG launched, though the game is still exhibiting some issues. Players should report their ant-sized confrontations if they run into any similar situations. The Fortnite Status Twitter account provides further details on any issues that have been reported, though none seem to mention anything about ant-sized players in the game.

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September 26, 2017
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