In Fortnite: Battle Royale, the first official tournament season is currently underway. However, it is primarily largely unknown amateurs who shine there, making a big splash and pulling in a lot of money. Epic’s plan for “esports for everyone” seems to be working.
The first big Fortnite tournament: Behind the name Summer Skirmish lies Fortnite’s first big esports tournament.
There, not only invited professionals like Ninja compete, but also regular amateur gamers. They qualified only through good performance in the previous showdown rounds. These are special in-game events that anyone who plays Fortnite normally during that time can participate in.
Amateurs are the big stars of the tournament
Ninja is not the big hero: Among the top players in the tournament are famous streaming professionals like Ninja or DrLupo, with millions of followers. Well-known esports teams like Faze, TSM, or Liquid also send their players to the Summer Skirmish to grab fame and prize money.
But they are not the stars of the past weeks.
Rather, the true success stories are about largely unknown newcomers who only made it into the tournament through their good performances.
Amateur NotVivid wins 3 out of 4 tournaments he was in
NotVivid storms the tournament: One of these successful amateurs is player NotVivid. The 20-year-old was previously a small fry among the Fortnite streamers. In the first week of the tournament, he won first place.
Since the first week went terribly overall, this success got lost in the general murmurs.
From zero to 100 in a few weeks: But then NotVivid suddenly achieved first place in the solo event in week 4, and in week 5 he was able to secure first place again with the professional player “TeamLiquid Poach”.
As NotVivid was only invited to 4 of the previous 5 tournament weeks, this means he has won 3 out of his 4 tournament games. An unparalleled achievement!
Father apologizes for not taking his son’s hobby seriously
Tournament victories in the Summer Skirmish yield a lot of money: Therefore, NotVivid has not only gained fame and honor but also made a tidy sum of money. He has received prize money totaling now 150,000 dollars for his successes!
This has also not gone unnoticed by the gamer’s family.
Dad, I think I’m rich: Initially, however, NotVivid’s father was still skeptical. When his son presented him with his first winnings of 25,000 dollars, he said, “I believe it when I see it.”
But then NotVivid kept racking up one victory after another, and the prize sum kept increasing.
Eventually, the father also took the subject seriously and wanted to see for himself what was going on. NotVivid sent him links, and his father was later completely transformed. He immediately apologized for never taking his son’s gaming seriously and is now incredibly excited about his son’s performance!
Fun Fact: Another amateur, the mini-streamer Reverse2k, also raked in big bucks in the second tournament won by NotVivid (week 4) and earned even more money due to a special feature of week 4! Here, too, the father of the streamer was thrilled!
