I only fired my gun once and that was by accident. We were super confused and thought we had been sniped when the noticed popped. Turns out you can win by skill in stealth alone (or blind luck).

I was the teammate:

How quick did the final numbers dwindle? Was it stuck around 6 left for a while until they killed eachother, or did it all happen before you guys knew what was even going on?

@wheresderrick: We just crawled to the circle and there were 7 left. We heard shooting then the game ended.

I wondered if this was possible, that's awesome!

I'm always surprised when people die outside the playzone lategame. Like, I know, you think it's unsafe to leave whatever cover you're in because you'll be exposed. But if you stay in cover and the playzone constricts, there is a 100% chance that you die rather quickly; if you leave cover and run for it, maybe your opponent is a terrible shot? At least there is a non-zero chance of you surviving if you make a run for it.

It can happen obviously. Sometimes caution can be the better side of valor. Chicken for two!

Not only can it happen but hardcore camping is the easiest way to get #1 by far.

@munkippo: this is how I hope to win some day, preferably while in a fast car while #2 gets kill by the electric wall.

Once you get down to the last bit of the match and the circle is incredibly small, it can be pretty tough to move up into a space where there's no cover and death is almost certain. The blue wall also does more damage the farther you go into the match, so the death is much faster towards the end if you get caught outside the safe zone.

@bisonhero: I've noticed really good streamers get caught up in clearing and looting large complexes they don't notice how much time they are taking. They get tunnel vision and only see a mountain of loot and no opposition. Before they know it they are far from the new safe zone and start spamming energy drinks and health ups while running for their lives. I've also seen streamers look at the map, determine they will eventually die and commit suicide via holding a cooked grenade.

I really hope the final version of this game has the win screen with your character/team sitting at a table eating chicken.

Sometimes you get involved in a firefight as the circle's constricting. It sucks. I've been on teams that have straight up won 2v4 fights and then died to the blue circle.

I got second with another pair of duders earlier tonight. Easily the most fun I've had with this game! You can join the discord here:

https://discord.gg/nBSKC

No stress if you're new, we started our two first games being the first team killed, then took 2nd. It's a blast!

Me and my friend got 3rd in duos last night because as the circle got smaller we got into an open field fire fight and I was in first person and somehow managed to not be able to get out of first person view, couldn't run, and by the time I did the blue wall killed me. I swear to god I tapped out of first person and it didn't let me. I was trying to get up at the same time so maybe that was the problem.

Game is janky as hell but I didn't even care I lost like that. It's so much fun.

@munkippo: I see a lot of people trying to take choke point and power positions as the circle shrinks and honestly i do better avoiding conflict for as long as possible. I've gotten into top 10's a ton of times with barely firing a shot. just takes patience and good stealth techniques like only moving when you absolutely have to and picking good places to hold up.

The only other thing that could beat this is killing all 98 other players. hahah