A teenager continued to play Fortnite as a tornado ravaged his neighborhood in Greensboro, North Carolina.
As told to wxii12.com (via Kotaku) Anton Williams was sitting at home playing Fortnite when all of a sudden he heard “a bunch of noise”.
“I look out the window and I started seeing the roof come off the houses in front of me.”
Williams then sat back down to finish the game, until he noticed power lines coming down. At that point, he herded his sister and nephew into the bathroom.
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As a terrible tornado ripped through parts of Greensboro, North Carolina this week–bringing trees down and uprooting entire houses–a teenager just kept playing Fortnite trying to get a win. Teenager Anton Williams spoke to local news outlet WXII 12 about the scary event.
“I was sitting at home and I was playing Fortnite, and all of sudden, I hear a bunch of noise,” Williams said. “I look out the window and I started seeing the roof come off the houses in front of me.” As you can see in the video, an entire home shifted off of its foundation due to the extremely high winds, which apparently hit more than 135 mph.
Williams added that he wanted to keep playing instead of seeking shelter because he was among the final players in his Fortnite match. But when the storm worsened (in real life), Williams did the smart thing and hunkered down with his sister and nephew.
“I sit back down because I only have a couple people left in my game, and I was going to try to finish the game, but then it started getting worse and I started to see the power lines come down, so I told my sister and my nephew to come to the bathroom,” he said.
Asked what he was thinking about during this perilous time, Williams said he couldn’t get his mind off Fortnite. “Honestly, I was thinking about the game, but I was hoping everybody was OK around me,” he said.
According to GameSpot sister site CBS News, local authorities declared a state of emergency in Greensboro, while police said there was one death related to the storm. Thousands were apparently left without power, while some roads were made inaccessible due to fallen trees.
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Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition is getting a new character named Falke next week.
As detailed on Capcom’s recent blog post, Falke is coming on April 24 and will be available to purchase individually for $5.99 or 100,000 Fight Money, and is also part of the $29.99 Season 3 Character Pass. The pass includes Sakura, Blanka, Falke, Cody, G, and Sagat. You can check out Falke in action in the gameplay trailer below.
Falke was built to be an alternative clone for M. Bison and uses a staff called Harmony imbued with Psycho Power to fight her opponents. She also has a similar fighting style to Ed, requiring dual button presses to activate her specials. Visit Capcom’s post for a more detailed look at Falke’s special movies.
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The Walking Dead chose to end Season 8 with mercy prevailing over wrath, as Rick cut Negan’s throat but still let him live during their climactic final showdown.
The eleventh-hour twist probably won’t come as a surprise to fans of Robert Kirkman’s comics, since the moment is virtually identical to how it played out on the page: just when it seems like Negan might be coming around to Rick’s proposed peace treaty, Rick unexpectedly slashes his throat.
