CREATIVE NEWS : Creators Choice, How it works and more!

FCHQ CREATIVE NEWS

CREATOR'S CHOICE, HOW IT WORKS AND MORE!

On April 13, 2022 Epic released a new way to highlight creators in the community: Creator's Choice! And today I got the opportunity to witness how it worked in real time! Even got the chance to overhear certain issues or dilemmas that were present from creators who are well established within the community. With over 10 creators in the voice chat in the Fortnite Creative discord, there were some interesting discussions about what was going on, how the processed works and, uh.. more, lol! It was a great time!

Let's go over how it works:

HOW IT WORKS:
Creators who are featured are able to nominate members of the community for Creator's Choice everyday! Now, the only way any creator in the community can be nominated is by a creator who has the featured role in the Fortnite Creative Discord. You will know if a creator is featured, if their name glows blue. So if you are a smaller creator, and haven't been featured yet, this would be the right time to work on those networking skills! In fact there are quite a few large creators already play-testing for FCHQ, so be sure to connect!

NOMINATION
Creators are able to visit the creator's choice channel in the FNC discord and press nominate to nominate a map. They will be sent a DM, and asked to provide a code. They can put in any code they choose, even their own, from what I have witness today. But before the map is even eligible to be voted on, the map must be nominated 2 times. Once the map is has 2 votes, the map will then appear in the nominated islands channel to receive votes.

VOTING
When a map receives 2 votes, it is then displayed in the nominated islands channel. Now this channel is also only exclusive to the creators who have already been featured by EPIC. Maps can then be voted on for 24 hours,Β  from other featured creators within the community. The maps that receive the most votes will be displayed in the Fortnite Creative Discovery Tab labeled: Creators Choice, after review from Epic.


THAT'S IT! PRETTY NEAT!


 

COMPLICATIONS AND CONCERNS
Now some complications arose when placing nominations and voting. Such as, how many times creators can nominate and/or vote. Some creators found that when they nominate 3 maps, that they can no longer vote (for some time). Or if they voted 3 times, they can not nominate. There was one disclosure that might have been missed by creators when nominating that states:

"Creators have 3 nominations per round, which includes DMing the bot and pressing the πŸ‘Β (thumbs up) Β reaction."

And being in the voice chat at the time, it looks like this was an issue many creators were experiencing. Some even posting screenshots of the error messages they were receiving.

This process is definitely here for a reason. And that reason could be to prevent voting and/or nomination fraud, an issue that Fortnite Creative does not take lightly. In the past, when we use to do Featured Submissions reviews, it was an offense that could lead you to being banned on site. So its pretty awesome to see this new feature in action in live time!

Now I did help to nominate three maps, and at a time I could not vote for maps. I waited just a few hours and I was able to then vote, but only up to three times. Very interesting. If you try to vote more than three times, you will receive a DM letting you know why you can not do that.

Another thing I would like to note is that, if you vote on a map you have nominated, then change your mind, & then remove your vote to choose another map then when you remove your πŸ‘Β  to vote, it will also remove the map you have nominated!Β 

 


These issues were all explored today by creators in the Fortnite Creative discord in live time. And since this system is so new, it is great to see it taking the interest of many.Β  When used well, it can help shine a light on creative map makers within the community, to go further, creators who are established now have the chance to help smaller creators feel what its like to be featured on the front page of Discovery!

Happy Creating,

DRAGON

 

 

 

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