Epic is hosting the first eSports tournament for Fortnite in Germany. There is a prize pool of €25,000. Partnering with the tournament is the YouTuber MontanaBlack, who is inviting well-known players to participate. The tournament took place on Sunday, February 24th.
This is the announcement from Epic: The Fortnite developer Epic Games announced its eSports program for 2019 on Friday this week :
- Epic Games is committing a total of $100 million in prize money in 2019
- regular tournaments will take place between April and June, each with a $1 million prize
- the World Championship featuring $30 million in prizes will take place at the end of July in New York
- and they are working with “local partners” to host tournaments on site – they want to reach as many as possible
Local tournaments planned on-site
What about Germany? Epic has not provided specific information about which partners they have in Germany.
However, it appears that the first partner is the YouTuber “Montanablack.” The influencer is the largest YouTuber and streamer in Germany when it comes to Fortnite.
Honor – €25,000 tournament today
This is the announcement from Montanablack: He is communicating with his fans on Twitter, adopting a unique communication style.
On Tuesday, Montanablack announced a €25,000 Fortnite tournament. The money is being provided by Epic Games “out of honor.”
It is likely to be a duo tournament: The players will then head out in the “Duo vs Squad” mode and collect the most kills. They are indirectly competing against each other and navigating through regular lobbies.
The player with the most kills after 3 matches wins.
1st place receives €20,000, 2nd place €3,000, and 3rd place €2,000.
MontanaBlack invites 14 top players
Who is playing? It appears this is not an “open tournament,” but Montanablack has invited well-known players to join the hunt. He has announced 7 duo teams. It remains to be seen if more will be added:
- Among the invited players is Mongraal, also known as the Fortnite prodigy with slight impulse control issues.
- Mongraal will be competing alongside Teeqz, the Belgian who gained recognition in April 2018 with the then solo kill record.
- Kamo is perhaps one of the most well-known German players. He is competing for GhostGaming. Many are rooting for him.
The tournament is set to start today, Sunday, at 7:00 PM.
Looking forward to seeing how Epic’s first eSports tournament in Germany unfolds.
Who won the tournament?
Update February 25: The Fortnite tournament has concluded. The winners were Savage and Benjy.
You can watch the full tournament here in the recording:
€25,000 tournament!!! Watch it from MontanaBlack88 on www.twitch.tv
At peak viewership, the tournament had 160,219 viewers, as MontanaBlack announced on Twitter. This was probably a very successful evening for him.
Another YouTuber might have wished for the status that Montanablack enjoys now – as an official honorary brother of Epic:
