In Fortnite the first week of the qualifiers for the World Cup is over. Numerous players have already made a lot of money, including many cheaters and fraudsters. However, many of them have also been caught. Most wanted to bypass the region lock to qualify.
How does the World Cup in Fortnite work? The Fortnite World Cup is a gigantic tournament where a lot of money is at stake. In 10 weekly qualification rounds, each can win one million US dollars.
In July 2019, the finals will be about 30 million dollars, which the best players from the qualification rounds will compete for.
Cheaters win money and lose it straight away
This is how cheating happens at the World Cup: In total, Epic has banned 1,221 accounts for various cheating offenses. The reasons for the bans and the number of banned players are as follows:
- The majority of players, 1,163 in total, were banned for 14 days for violating the region lock. They played in more than one region, which was not allowed. Among them were 196 winners who will no longer receive their prize money.
- 48 accounts, including 9 winners, were banned for 14 days. The reason: they shared their account with other players. That is also not allowed.
- 8 accounts were caught for teaming up in prohibited ways. Among them was one winner who will now miss out.
- 1 account was banned for 72 hours for intentionally logging out to deny an opponent points. This ban resulted from several reports from players.
- 1 account was additionally permanently removed from the game and received a permanent ban. It was said to have used cheat software. According to Epic, it got caught after just 5 minutes in the game thanks to anti-cheat software.
Perhaps the banned cheat user was the professional JhonnyK, who was betrayed by his own cheat provider and has since been kicked from his team.
To continue ensuring integrity and fairness at the World Cup, Epic wants to further develop its anti-cheat software and hopes for active support from the community to put pressure on cheaters and fraudsters through reporting.
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