How The Pit Became Fortnite's Biggest Map

A meteoric rise from a simple minigame to an icon of Fortnite Creative: this is the story of Geerzy's The Pit, featuring an exclusive developer interview with Team Geerzy member ‪@krootzy9169‬!
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[@Geerzy]

You really did your research, I'm impressed.

[@AirzGD]

hello geerzy.

[@fyyyy]

geerzy!

[@Netploit]

Geerzy

[@Imbrianmate]

Did you make the pit

[@cuiscopper]

Ey it's the man himself!

[@exman5087]

Only og remembers dessert zone wars

[@aeongiedubu5184]

BROOOO that was so lit I remember late ch1 early ch2 playing that with my friends! I can’t find the map code now tho 😢😢

[@freedom3208]

that was so damn fun i actually miss it

[@pr1c1se]

Sameeee bro I remember playing it in like early chapter 2

[@unknowncomrade5023]

Or downhill river zw

[@edbbeats]

@@aeongiedubu51849700-3224-6429

[@SoloSkye.]

“How the pit became Fortnite’s *most hated* map” is a more suitable title now

[@TheGooseGroup]

Wait what happened?

[@marcelolopes735]

​@@TheGooseGroup Aperently Geerzy decided to copyright those who use the word "pit", thinking he owns the word "pit" To the point he got roasted by sypher PK himself on twitter. But i guess you know it already

[@CodeXDLOL]

This aged well.

[@vaxo9206]

I don't get it why?

[@Trillion_Dollar_Extreme]

@@vaxo9206 HE stole the whole idea cause his brain is not functional

[@mchoughtonfam0749]

Honestly a good factor is size. The size allows so much to happen. I have had many good memories building massive bases and starting wars in the Pit with my friends

[@Ethboy33]

Welp, this aged horribly

[@Jinxed7000]

I remember start of season 7 when creative first released. Making a giant ring in the sky with loot on it, and just playing this exact thing. But without all the flashy lights, like you could build and shoot on the ring, but we would have a truce. Was made out of the same like building pieces as well. The idea was super basic but fun. I miss that.

[@Haerinieso]

The interview was crazy cool to be able to interview the man himself. WHERE IS SEASON 2?

[@ModoBro]

lets not forget he's stinking rich and gets every other Pit map taken down with a copyright strike. I'd be interested to know exactly what copyright he owns. I wonder who owns the Minecraft Pit 'copyright'

[@FullMoonFNC]

W video. Loved the interview with Krootzy, was super layed back

[@n9ne.n9ne.n9ne]

The pit is crazy… i always have like 0 delay it feels like when playing it idk howwww but any other creative map doesnt even compare… goated fr it feels so smooth even with all the spawns and guns and players it runs well…

[@plague_android6773]

all bro needs to add is a barrier on the wall half the lobbies get scared to fight, or just use shockwaves to take a grand tour of the map

[@BriteStarlite]

This aged well lol

[@jakusidk]

🙃

[@SantiPowerShow26]

​@@jakusidk And Now,in reality Is a copyplate versión of hypixel gamemode of the pit

[@mogamadrifaatabrahams8643]

To be honest this is more fun that battle royal because u can fool around with lots of different weapons which arent in battle royal

[@derpsterYT]

This channel is hella underrated.

[@dreamscapeps]

fantastic vido jakus!

[@Imbrianmate]

Ah yes it was a fantastic vido

[@shadowtheedgehog3568]

It's crazy how popular it got

[@Madoctoling]

The meat riding is crazy

[@completelytransparent6320]

Yeah this grearzi kid is cringe and lonely

[@HxroGAMING]

You must not know what meat riding means.

[@Ryderboycolor9]

Idk if you will see this but I loved the Pit first started playing it in 2021 I think? When season 7 of chapter 2 launched I really enjoyed it I did jot build in it at all and did well had fun found loopholes in the map was able to get the Legendary rpg before it was officially added to it years went by and I moved to its zero build version I like that one do don't play it as often but it's fun one of the better maps for sure.

[@RajanPlaysGames]

Love this video! You should definitely make more videos just like this on other maps 😊

[@theshadowhunts]

It got more popular than the hypixel pit so he made the pit popular is what he was tweeting about against sypher

[@shayisbub]

I PLAYED THE VAULT ON DECEMBER 22 2018 I REMEMBER THAT OMFG WHAT A COINCIDENCE THAT THISS IS THE GUY THAT MADE IT woooaaaaaaahhhh

[@mguymario]

Box PVP is slowly beating it in playercount. Might not be as fast due to the many clones it has cuz of how easy it is to just copy and paste a superpower Box PVP map with the only change being the theming

[@geekyy2143]

please make more of these, i would love to see a video about go goated

[@6P06]

i miss 1v1 with any gun i even made a recreation of that map with every gun and adding on things in season X/early chapter 2 but epic pushed out a update some time in chapter 2-3 which ruined the item spawners

[@jakusidk]

[@krootzy9169]

[@Technonux]

true

[@Mams086]

Love this map and the chaos in it!

[@zugnam]

How does Blud only have 500 views 💀

[@Burg7.]

remember playing this often when it came out with my cousin

[@tryhardrex2419]

Bro knows so much

[@Paperly]

This video is so well done

[@valueking11]

This did NOT age well 😭 💀 🙏

[@INFvoid-fr]

Why?

[@JPruWithMe08]

@@INFvoid-frgeerzy is being terrible and taking down all maps with “pit” in the name and basically saying he owns the word despite his map being a copy of a Minecraft map

[@jipowrld]

Yesterday I saw the pit with 100k players

[@SosaIDK]

Bro got mad at sweats but plays like this💀

[@Sackiri]

How the pit became the most hated map should be next

[@TheGlobalStudios]

Wake up Jakus uploaded!

[@Mason391YT]

Really good video ❤

[@BigSlothFn123]

Why is your map not overflowing with players your map is great!

[@christinapowley9012]

I had 20k kills and it just did a reset

[@DragoFNBR]

Great video!

[@hudshill7755]

Anyone remember pro💯

[@Dreamy9598]

W

[@fyyyy]

amazing video

[@ZA_Zenu]

Ngl i use this map to warmup my aim and mechs(public)

[@dogsarefunny6083]

yes

[@JackTrahanOfficial]

Yes it alsways has 100K

[@ThatNerdAlbert]

isnt this the minecraft hypixel pit gamemode in fortnite edit: ok i should've watched the vid first

[@Cheeseburgergun90]

This aged well

[@Ginge_Productions]

I feel like this Video should just *Disappear*

[@EPR999k]

I had 12k put kills but they got reset

[@AbdLaKrass]

Interesting

[@kirithesharkboy]

Idek why the pit is the most played ffa map? In my opinion thatt ffa sucks, I suggest playing "freefall (ranked)" instead. Its the best ffa map out there, trust me.

[@arcgabbro10]

I'm gonna get a lot of hate for this but... The Pit is way too overrated.

[@rexy8787]

Its just the perfect map , if you want to free build , box fight , long range practice , fast close fights , talk to people

[@ModoBro]

I think for a player base of mainly short of attention span, dumb tweens it's perfect

[@Vivid1K]

That map dont deserve all that

[@Technonux]

i mainly play the pit zero build!

[@CRICEDITZ864]

6:50 But he copied from Minecraft

[@TheFiredoge]

I just camp on the walls and snipe

[@Srdaph]

Here's how the interview should've gone: We shouldn't be making this much money ripping off the Fortnite developers assets animations textures and gameplay but their stupid lol

[@Steve21_harris]

Lol mostly play battle royal and the pit

[@4x250ltar]

The pit and red vs blue are for noobs

[@mysurfing3550]

The pit is fun for about 5 minutes and is technically good for shooting practicrle but it's just boring.

[@Rico_Weems]

This aged quite well.

[@Ginge_Productions]

I feel like this Video should just *Disappear*

[@HxroGAMING]

Why?

[@Ginge_Productions]

@@HxroGAMING after the Incident with Geerzy it's just wired to have a video complementing Gerzy's map

[@HxroGAMING]

@@Ginge_Productions this was made before the incident that doesn’t mean that this should be deleted after the incident happened.