Fortnite, Epic Games’ battle royale released in 2017, built its matches around a shrinking storm that forces players into an ever-smaller safe zone, and the damage cue for being caught outside it became part of that core loop. As gameplay clips spread on YouTube and TikTok, editors lifted the sound to signal danger, bad rotations, and last-second escapes without needing any commentary. It sits alongside other recognisable Fortnite audio, including the pump shotgun sound and the default dance, and it remains useful because almost any Fortnite player instantly knows what the warning means.