In Fortnite there will be a test tournament “Fortnite World Cup Warm Up” for 500,000 dollars. Not only the winners will receive prize money, but many participants as well. It seems that Epic wants to calm the pros a bit.
What is all this money for? The money must be earned by the pros themselves. A test tournament will take place on April 6 and 7, inviting the best players of the new Arena mode.
The tournament is called “Fortnite World Cup 2019 Warmup.”
In this tournament, not only the winners will receive prize money, but even the players who finish in 500th place. So basically, everyone who makes it to the second round on Sunday gets a piece of the money.
The 1st in Europe receives $5000 – the five-hundredth is still in with $300. It is played in “Duos.”
That is why this tournament of Fortnite is so special
Pros in Fortnite recently complained about: In recent weeks, there has been a lot of stress between Epic and the pros:
- due to the removal of the “Aggro” rules, Fortnite has become slower again
- there is now an Arena mode for competitive Fortnite, but this mode is plagued by long wait times
- therefore, pros complain that they can no longer train for the World Cup – because different rules apply in normal matches than during the World Cup, and they wait too long before arena matches
- Recently, Epic set the screen resolution in tournaments, which caused dismay among many pros.
This is what Epic aims to achieve with the tournament: With the test tournament, Epic is throwing a bunch of money at the problem:
- The test tournament allows the pros to practice again before the qualification for the World Cup starts in the coming days.
- Additionally, players can win some money and entertain their fans, which could make many pros more conciliatory after all the recent criticism.
From next week on, it will be 1 million $ every week
What is interesting about this: This test tournament is surprisingly for many players. The action was actually supposed to start on April 13 – the “qualification tournaments” for the World Cup were supposed to award $1,000,000 each.
Nevertheless, it is impressive that Epic is offering a prize pool of 500,000 dollars just for a test.
According to the US site Kotaku, the e-sports department of Fortnite probably has more money than it can spend.
The amount of the prize money comes together because
- the tournament will be held in 6 regions, each region has its own prize pool
- the large regions Europe and North America East can have up to 500 winners – smaller regions like Oceania (50) or Brazil (75) are cheaper
Most World Championships of other games do not deal with so much money. However, the World Cup in Fortnite will involve $30 million.
How the pros are reacting to this: Ahead of the tournament, most are still talking about “Revert”, meaning that Epic should revert the last patch 8.20.
Additionally, Epic introduced another tough change just before the World Cup with the “Respawn Van”, which professionals will have to adapt to.
A streaming colleague has also lifted the mood of a pro:
