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Daily Mirror
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Fortnite top gamer's 8 most loved weapons - and 8 he hates
Fortnite has amassed a number of different weapons since it came onto the scene in 2017 but pro-streamer SypherPK says some are much better than others Pro-streamer SypherPK knows what he's talking about when it comes to Fortnite. He has created hundreds of videos on the subject for his Youtube channel where he has 10.5m subscribers. And he has a further 2.22m on his More SypherPK You Tube channel for those who "just can't get enough" of him. So when it comes to which weapons are worth the effort - and those best to ditch - he is the person in the know. He has now pulled together a list of his favourite eight weapons which have been in the game over the eight years of the game since its launch in 2017. And while some might be controversial he has set out exactly why he loves - or hates - each one. He says: "Fortnite has a lot of different weapons. Some of them people love and some of them people hate so today I put together a list of the eight most loved weapons and the eight most hated." Most hated 1: Crossbow He explained: "To start with hated weapon number one, the crossbow. This was added early in Chapter 1 and people were pretty excited for an alternate way to kind of snipe people but it was terrible. "It was part of a Valentine's Day update and the blue and purple one only did 75 and 79 damage. But that wasn't even the worst part. "Hitting a shot with this crossbow was nearly impossible. It had a different bullet travel compared to the sniper rifle so nobody was used to it and it only did one structure damage meaning you could not break any builds using this crossbow. "You also had to pull the bow back every single time you shot which was awkward and made it very very slow and clunky." 2: Lever-action shotgun "The thing about this weapon is it replaced the pump so when you remove the pump shotgun and replace it with a weapon that is as weak as the lever action people are going to hate it just a little bit extra. "The damage drop off on this gun is insane. It's only ever useful in super close quarter and honestly it doesn't do that much damage. "Sure it shoots pretty fast but when this was added to the game there was no zero build so all the fights were like box fights and build fights and the fact that it shot faster didn't really help it too much. It doesn't really have an identity." 3: The typhoon blade While this one looks "very cool" with its quality animations he says once people start swinging at you with the typhoon blade and they're really close to you their character is jumping all over the place making it impossible for you to hit a shot. He added: "There were so many deaths that happened where I have somebody one shot they pull out the typhoon blade start spamming it and I just can't land a shot." 4: Charge SMG He says this one is a "no-brainer". He explains: "The whole point of an SMG is it's supposed to be quick you're supposed to be able to shoot people fast, reload fast. "This thing required you to charge the gun before using it, making it the worst SMG Fortnite ever added. let alone maybe the worst weapon Fortnite ever added." 5: Kinetic Boomerang He said following on from the Kinetic Hammer which "was insane" and its successor the kinetic blade gamers were expecting "something crazy". "Maybe the ability to teleport to where the boomerang was thrown, maybe the ability to pull people towards you, maybe a ton of damage. This thing had none of that. "You threw the boomerang. It tracks players, did only 60 damage of throwing. It was clunky, it took too long - 99% of the time this thing was not practical to use - and I'm sure it's the weapon that has the least amount of total eliminations all time on Fortnite." 6: Every DMR According to the gamer every DMR is bad. He says: "I would rather have a sniper or any assault rifle than a DMR. Sure if you hit a couple head shot with this thing it was going to do some damage and yeah maybe the one from Chapter 5 which you could put a bunch of attachments on was somewhat useful because of the attachments but at the end of the day like what are we doing here? "This thing is not a sniper or an assault rifle. It doesn't do the job of either one. It is just mediocre and average." 7: Paper bomb kunai He says this was "so bad" with 35 damage 35 explosive. he adds: "This thing was so bad. It was slow, nobody got a kill with it." 8: All the makeshift weapons The expert says in his view "all the makeshift weapons were bad". "Chapter 2 Season 6 Primal makeshift weapons obviously weren't meant to be used because you had to find parts and upgrade them but having to fight in the early game with a makeshift submachine gun or a makeshift rifle or God forbid like the makeshift pistol this was horrible. "Nobody wanted that. Worst weapons, worst stats, inaccurate no first person accuracy. The only thing they were good for is doing a challenge video where you try to win with only the makeshift weapons." Most loved 1: Guided missile launcher This "very loved" weapon from Chapter hasn't been seen for very long time. But the gamer says the guided missile launcher was "insane". He says: "It was extremely unique. You got to control a rocket that shot out of the guide missile launcher leaving your character behind but then you could track and find your opponents, sending the rocket straight into them. "It was kind of powerful because back then people didn't really know how to build so it was easy to land the rocket on them every single time. But that's not where the weapon really shined because you could actually use this guided rocket and Rocket Ride your teammates or even yourself with the guided missile launcher creating some insane moments and awesome clips. "The rocket itself also did 100 damage so getting hit with this thing was pretty serious." 2: Purple tack He says this is OG classic weapon that did "an insane amount of damage" He added: "If you weren't good with landing your pump shots you were going to go for the tactical shotgun. In Chapter 1 you were either a pump shotgun player or a tactical shotgun player. "The tactical shotgun could keep up with the pump and in terms of damage, sure you didn't have the one pump capabilities, but it did a lot of damage and it was something that you could pick up over the pump. 3: Mythic havoc shotgun "People sometimes complain when a weapon is too overpowered - this was one instance where a very overpowered weapon was actually loved. The ability to hit 250 headshot damage kind of reminded us of the OG Chapter 1 pumps that used to also hit for 250 headshot damage so we kind of felt like it was the OG pump but reskinned in a new way. "It was the first shotgun that could also one pump players who were in zero build because, of course in zero build you have the 50 overshield and that's what made it very, very powerful because even if you missed the head shot and you just hit them in the body you were hitting them for like 116 damage which is a little ridiculous but that didn't stop people from loving it." 4: Stark Industries rifle "This thing was amazing for getting surge for tagging people across the map. It was super accurate and it was one of our first weapons that had two different modes. "If you aim downsight, you were going to shoot slow hard-hitting shots if you hip fired with it it was going to shoot a lot faster making it kind of like a AR SMG combo. It was the best assault rifle during Chapter 2 Season 4." 5: Gold scar The gamer described this weapon as classic which was "a beast" when it was first added with a 97 headshot damage. It is back with the return of Fortnite OG where he says it is still one of the "best assault rifles in Fortnite." He adds: "It still does a ton of damage especially with the old head shot multiplier which is where the scar thrived and what we have have in current Fortnite OG. 6: Mammoth pistol He says this weapon was "an instant classic" as people loved it as soon as it was added. "It literally saved an entire season of Fortnite," he claims. "Chapter 4 season 3 was an absolute disaster and this one weapon managed to save it. "Insane damage, very accurate, fun to use." He added: "We have a Mythic version of it and it goes crazy too. Everyone loves this gun." 7: Spider-Man web shooters The gamer tells viewers: "I know this isn't really a weapon but I had to include it because like this thing was perfect. You were swinging around as Spider-Man better than actual Spider-Man games. You feel like you were playing a completely different game. "Fortnite really showed us that they were different. It had 80 charges so you could use it the entire match and it was actually balanced, like sure swinging a Spider-Man was a little powerful but if you got shot while you were swinging you would fall and take fall damage so they actually managed to make it a very, very unique item." 8: Infinity Gauntlet He says this weapon was "iconic" adding: "We got to turn into Thanos and drop a 30 bomb on the defaults." He said they knew it would be special saying: "200 Shield, 500 health. You get to fly around and jump as Thanos. You would regen your health on kills, making you a walking boss. "This is back when everybody sucked so when you turned to Thanos you were getting 10, 15, 20, 30 kills very easily. One of the most fun I've ever had playing in a video game."
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
New lawsuit seeks to force return of collected tariffs following court ruling
A new lawsuit filed in the U.S. Court of International Trade seeks to force the Trump administration to return tariffs it collected under the president's 'Liberation Day' announcement now that the court has ruled them unlawful. Chapter1 LLC, a Las Vegas-based skincare start-up, said it paid nearly $23,000 under the challenged tariffs when it imported a custom machine to mix its serum and toner products from China. The suit says the company's owner, 25-year-old Ali Shaubzada, ordered the machine in the fall, using most of his savings and business lines of credit. It arrived in the U.S. earlier this month, with the duties outpacing the roughly $16,000 cost of the machine itself. 'To pay for this unexpectedly large bill, Ali had to take out a personal loan,' the complaint reads. The class-action suit seeks to recover Chapter1's tariff payment and the billions in payments made by businesses across the country following Trump's announcements. 'Hundreds of thousands of other American businesses have exactly the same claim, based on exactly the same legal theory, against the United States: Each importer has a claim against the United States for repayment of the tariffs it paid,' the lawsuit states. Chapter1 is represented by Gerstein Harrow. The Hill has reached out to the Justice Department for comment. The suit, filed Thursday, comes a day after the trade court invalidated the bulk of Trump's tariffs. The three-judge panel unanimously ruled that the administration's broad interpretation of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), a federal law that authorizes the president to impose necessary economic sanctions during a national emergency, is unconstitutional. Trump previously cited trade deficits as emergency justification to impose his 'Liberation Day' tariffs, which imposed a 10 percent rate on all imports and higher, reciprocal tariffs on dozens of U.S. trading partners. Wednesday's ruling also blocked Trump's IEEPA tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China dating back to February that pointed to an influx of fentanyl coming across the border. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit temporarily lifted the order on Thursday but is expected to issue a new ruling after receiving written arguments from the parties in the coming days. Separately, a federal district judge in the nation's capital blocked Trump's use of IEEPA in response to another lawsuit. The administration has appealed that ruling, too. But the judge provided two weeks before his order goes into effect, meaning that no court injunction is currently blocking any of Trump's tariffs, for now. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
The Hill
3 days ago
- Business
- The Hill
New lawsuit seeks to force return of collected tariffs following court ruling
A new lawsuit filed in the U.S. Court of International Trade seeks to force the Trump administration to return tariffs it collected under the president's 'Liberation Day' announcement now that the court has ruled them unlawful. Chapter1 LLC, a Las Vegas-based skincare start-up, said it paid nearly $23,000 under the challenged tariffs when it imported a custom machine to mix its serum and toner products from China. The suit says the company's owner, 25-year-old Ali Shaubzada, ordered the machine in the fall, using most of his savings and business lines of credit. It arrived in the U.S. earlier this month, with the duties outpacing the roughly $16,000 cost of the machine itself. 'To pay for this unexpectedly large bill, Ali had to take out a personal loan,' the complaint reads. The class-action suit seeks to recover Chapter1's tariff payment and the billions in payments made by businesses across the country following Trump's announcements. 'Hundreds of thousands of other American businesses have exactly the same claim, based on exactly the same legal theory, against the United States: Each importer has a claim against the United States for repayment of the tariffs it paid,' the lawsuit states. Chapter1 is represented by Gerstein Harrow. The Hill has reached out to the Justice Department for comment. The suit, filed Thursday, comes a day after the trade court invalidated the bulk of Trump's tariffs. The three-judge panel unanimously ruled that the administration's broad interpretation of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), a federal law that authorizes the president to impose necessary economic sanctions during a national emergency, is unconstitutional. Trump previously cited trade deficits as emergency justification to impose his 'Liberation Day' tariffs, which imposed a 10 percent rate on all imports and higher, reciprocal tariffs on dozens of U.S. trading partners. Thursday's ruling also blocked Trump's IEEPA tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China dating back to February that pointed to an influx of fentanyl coming across the border. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit temporarily lifted the order on Thursday but is expected to issue a new ruling after receiving written arguments from the parties in the coming days. Separately, a federal district judge in the nation's capital blocked Trump's use of IEEPA in response to another lawsuit. The administration has appealed that ruling, too. But the judge provided two weeks before his order goes into effect, meaning that no court injunction is currently blocking any of Trump's tariffs, for now.
New York Post
13-05-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Kevin Costner's passion project ‘Horizon' ignites fresh legal battle after box office bomb
Kevin Costner's passion project, 'Horizon,' has turned into a nightmare — and not just at the box office. The Western, which Costner, 70, plunked several million of his own fortune into, is the focus of a new behind-the-scenes legal war, according to The Hollywood Reporter on Monday, May 12. The alleged dispute is reportedly between New Line Cinema, Horizon Series (Costner's loan-out firm), and City National Bank. Advertisement 8 Kevin Costner's $100 million passion project tanked at the box office. Warner Bros. 8 'Chapter 1' was supposed to be the first of four films in the Western franchise. Warner Bros. City National Bank allegedly filed the arbitration against both companies. New Line responded with a crossclaim seeking repayment from Horizon Series as part of its defense, per THR. Advertisement New Line Cinema and Horizon Series reportedly had a deal that required them to repay a portion of the financing. New Line Cinema allegedly believed it covered a portion of the payment that their partner didn't pay. However, City National Bank reportedly thinks it's owed more. Sources told the outlet that Horizon Series and New Line Cinema are in a stalemate over the cofinancing agreement. 8 Now, several companies involved with the project at reportedly at war. Warner Bros. Advertisement 8 Kevin Costner put several millions of his own fortune into making the movie. Getty Images for Santa Barbara International Film Festival New Line Cinema declined to comment. The Post reached out to City National Bank, Horizon Series, and Costner's rep but did not immediately hear back. The 'Yellowstone' alum previously said his personal investment for 'Horizon' was 'well above $50 million,' admitting he mortgaged '10 acres on the water in Santa Barbara where I was going to build my last house' for the passion project. 'Horizon: An American Saga — Chapter 1,' which Costner directed, starred in, co-wrote and used millions to finance, cost a whopping $100 million to make and only brought in a measly $11 million during its opening week. Advertisement 8 Kevin Costner started the passion project while on 'Yellowstone.' Paramount Network 8 He played John Dutton on the hit cowboy series. Paramount Network/Courtesy Everett Collection The flick was set to be the first of four installments, with a follow-up to be released seven weeks after the franchise's debut. However, when it tanked at the theaters, the sequel's release was held. While the fate of 'Chapter 2' is unknown, 'Chapter 3' started filming last year despite allegedly not being fully financed. Last year, Costner spoke about the struggles of financing his Blockbuster dreams. 8 Kevin Costner was unable to film the second half of 'Yellowstone' Season 5 due to scheduling conflicts. Getty Images 'I need some more money — I do. I need some of these big billionaires, with f—ing boats 'from here to here' who are fond of telling people they're billionaires to come with me and make a movie,' the star said on THR's 'Awards Chatter' podcast. 'I don't have the money they have and I've already made two of 'em. Where are you rich guys?' Meanwhile, fans weren't happy with Costner after he backed out of the second half of the 'Yellowstone' final season due to scheduling conflicts with 'Horizon.' Advertisement 8 He later addressed the controversy, claiming there was 'no script' for him when he arrived to shoot 'Yellowstone.' Paramount The actor, who played John Dutton in the cowboy series, later addressed the issues. He claimed he had a small window of availability to focus on 'Yellowstone' but 'there was no script.' 'What you read in the end was that I said, 'Well, look, I'm doing my movie. If you want me to work a week because you want to kill me or whatever else, I can give you a week,'' Costner told Deadline. 'I really didn't have that week to give them, but I said, I'll do that. And then they [spun that] into, I only wanted to work a week.' Advertisement He insisted that he 'made Yellowstone the first priority' and claimed 'to insinuate anything else would be wrong.' 'Yellowstone' aired its final episode on December 15, 2024, after five seasons, with the series sparking several spinoffs.
India Today
09-05-2025
- Entertainment
- India Today
Kantara makers say junior artiste did not die on film set, offer condolences
The makers of Rishab Shetty's 'Kantara: Chapter 1' finally issued a statement regarding the death of junior artiste MF Kapil. On May 6, the actor died by drowning while swimming in a river near Karkataka's Kollur. It was widely reported that Kapil died on the film sets of 'Kantara', when the shooting was on a Thursday, Hombale Films, the production house, issued a statement about his death. The makers claimed that Kapil did not die on the film sets, but when he was on a personal engagement. They requested people not to spread unverified are deeply saddened by the untimely passing of junior artist MF Kapil. Our heartfelt condolences go out to his family and loved ones during this incredibly difficult time (sic)," read the statement. Dismissing reports about Kapil's death on the film sets, they wrote, "In light of recent discussions, we would like to respectfully clarify that the incident did not occur on the sets of Kantara. No filming was scheduled on that day and the unfortunate event took place during his personal engagement, outside the scope of any film related activity (sic)." The makers also placed a request to everyone asking them to refrain from spreading rumours. "We sincerely request everyone to refrain from drawing unverified associations with the film or its crew (sic)," they makers of 'Kantara' have been facing challenges throughout the filming. From bus accidents to sets being destroyed because of heavy winds and rains to legal challenges from the forest department, they have been grappling with multiple All India Cine Workers Association (AICWA) reacted to the incident of junior artiste Kapil's death and demanded legal action."AICWA expresses deep sorrow over the tragic demise of junior artist MF Kapil who lost his life on May 6, 2025, around 3:45 PM near Souparnika River, close to Kollur, Karnataka, during the shooting of the film Kantara 2 (Chapter 1). Whenever a worker loses their life on a film set, the actual cause is often concealed, and any worker attempting to reveal the truth is threatened. This practice must end (sic)," their statement by Rishab Shetty, 'Kantara: Chapter 1' is a prequel to the film of the same name, which released in 2022. The film will release in theatres on October Watch
