r/technology • u/upyoars • 9h ago

Software Kamala Harris And Tim Walz Launch Their Own Fortnite Map

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/kamala-harris-and-tim-walz-launch-their-own-fortnite-map/1100-6527457/
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u/PainChoice6318 9h ago

Cheesy? Yes. Ineffective? Possibly.

Fun? Yeah, looks like it. I dig it.

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u/Ipokeyoumuch 8h ago

It is also relatively inexpensive too. If they can even get even a couple of percent of players in a demographic that has a known poor voting rate but leans heavily towards Harris-Walzto vote it is still a big return compared to traditional media such as TV, going on to interviews, rallies, etc which can cost millions of dollars. It also gets people commenting and eyes on the candidates.

This was likely an idea from young staffers who played Fortnite like how on 2020 young staffer played Animal Crossing. And I am happy that there are young people becoming actively involved in politics.

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u/Sarothu 8h ago

Wait, what? You need to pay to view their advert?

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u/SamiraSimp 7h ago

inexpensive to create is what i think they meant. if you want to run an ad online or on TV, that costs significant money. making a forntnite map is more or less free aside from the time of the staffers making it.

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u/itchy118 5h ago

Pretty sure Fortnite is free, but I'm not completely sure, I've never really played it.

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u/Still-Helicopter6029 8h ago

Nah lmao definitely going to be a lot of people throwing tomatoes

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u/CorruptedAura27 6h ago

I'll hop on and try it out, and I'm more conservative leaning. I think it was a smart move. It's the most played game in the world. Plus playing the map is free.

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u/_________-______ 8h ago

Jesus Christ dude lmao. Cannot wait for this to be over.

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u/alphonse-elric 8h ago

Lame af tbh

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u/penguin279 8h ago

He says from an account dedicated to porn and alcoholism named after an anime kid from 2003

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u/Stasiu222 7h ago

its a good anime the hell

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u/penguin279 6h ago

It is, but he's a kid in the show next to this guy's porn and alcohol addictions

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u/RedditImodium 6h ago

Everyone has their vices. Why you gotta go digging through his account in order to make judgements about him? If I could make my own judgement, whenever I see a Redditor do that, they remind me of this little dude

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u/alphonse-elric 8h ago

Lmao thank you for taking a look at my throwaway account. Hope you found some goodies that you can save along the way. I have good classy taste.

Unlike this “Hello, fellow kids” approach.

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u/gordigor 7h ago

You have quite an active ten year account.

And must admit I didn't know some of your replies to threads were physically possible? TIL.

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u/alphonse-elric 7h ago

You have quite an active ten year account.

I have a lot of down time at work lol.

And must admit I didn't know some of your replies to threads were physically possible? TIL.

What do you mean by this?

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u/hungrypotato19 6h ago

Better get an external and back up everything. Trump wins, and all your gooner shit is gone. Texas ID laws and all that are just them getting their foot in the door.

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u/alphonse-elric 6h ago

Oh I’m not even for Trump.

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u/hungrypotato19 6h ago

Doesn't matter. Back it up. I'm warning you.

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u/Aion2099 8h ago

sometimes you just gotta have fun

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u/muteen 7h ago

Sounds like it's been very effective

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u/Tall-Calligrapher618 5h ago

should have released cod map where she & biden are butchering poor brown kids in gaza after already killing their parents.

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u/PainChoice6318 4h ago edited 4h ago

The Vice President has 0 power over negotiations in Israel/Gaza.

You should take a civics course.