The World Cup in Fortnite: Battle Royale was not a shining moment for Tfue. The arguably best player in the world simply had no luck and fell far short of expectations. This is all that happened.
Who is Tfue? Turner “Tfue” Tenny is considered the best Fortnite player in the world. He has already won many tournaments. For example, he and his Duo partner Cloak won the Fall Skirmish.
How did Tfue perform in the World Cup qualifiers? But at the World Cup, he struggled from the very beginning and was able to qualify as the only one of the big pros for the Solo Championship. In the Duo Finals, he and Cloak had less success and were not even there.
Nevertheless, Tfue was seen as one of the big favorites, expected to at least make it into the top 10.
Professional player falls far short of expectations
This is how Tfue performed in the World Cup: Those who had bet on Tfue were probably quickly disappointed. Because the professional played extremely poorly and finished as follows in the six rounds of the Solo Finals:
- In Round 1, Tfue only placed 79th
- Round 2 went better, but more than 63rd place was not achievable
- In Round 3, he also only managed to place 65th after he was shot down mid-air due to a tactical error.
- Only in Round 4 could Tfue show what he was capable of, placing 22nd
- Round 5 was also another disappointment
- Only in Round 6 did Tfue play more aggressively and achieved 3 kills. Nevertheless, he missed the entry into the top 25
The final result was: Overall, Tfue only managed 7 points. Three of them were from placements and four from kills. Unfortunately, that was only enough for 67th place out of a hundred. In comparison: The absolute winner of the Solo Finals, the 16-year-old Bugha, achieved an impressive 59 points, making him almost double as good as the second place. In contrast to the professional and top streamer Tfue, hardly anyone knew Bugha.
How did Tfue react? After the tournament, not much was heard from Tfue. He just tweeted “GG only” and briefly congratulated the top player Bugha.
What does Tfue get for his performance? Nothing, aside from the prize money for his qualification of $50,000, Tfue gets no further money for his 67th place. But he had already boasted beforehand that he didn’t need the money anyway.
As expected, the World Cup shows that the best Fortnite players are very young and not among the “cool” top streamers like Ninja, Cloak, or Tfue. Rather, this is the hour of the unknown young “nerds”:
