The qualification for the Fortnite World Championship is entering its final phase. In week 8, duos were played again. It is noticeable that the same team consistently appears on the podium in Europe, while in the USA, it is getting tight for big Twitch stars like Ninja and Tfue.
This is what was played over the weekend: On Saturday and Sunday, week 8 of the qualification was played. This was the penultimate chance for duos to qualify for the Fortnite World Championship.
At the World Championship, there is a prize pool of 30 million US dollars. Anyone who participates gets $50,000:
- but only 100 solo players worldwide will qualify
- and 50 duos
The qualification is therefore extremely tough.
So far, very few of the “big Fortnite streamers” on Twitch have made it. Only Tfue has secured a spot in the solo World Championship .
But the stars are eager to attend the World Championship.
This is how it went for Ninja: The biggest streamer in the world, Tyler “Ninja” Blevins, also failed to qualify for the Fortnite World Championship in his 8th attempt. Although he reached Sunday with his partner Reverse2k, they could not succeed.
On Twitter, he says he played well, even secured a victory, but had bad luck with the match: “Crazy bad luck,” he says.
Again, Ninja and Reverse2k did not stream to gain an advantage.
This is how it went for Tfue: Despite the “0 Ping move” to New Jersey, the team of Tfue and Cloak did not qualify this week. They are also not in the top 100.
Instead, Cloak seems quite discontented and expresses his frustration about the format of the qualification on Twitter.
He shares tweets from others who complain about the qualifiers and would rather play trios.
What about Myth? Even the number 3 of Fortnite streamers only posted a short “That was nothing” tweet. However, he wishes everyone good luck who continues to pursue their dream.
Life is about setting goals and striving for them, says the 20-year-old.
This is the scandal of the week: A team of two players who were caught as “cheaters” qualified for the Fortnite World Championship after serving their short penalty.
This is currently a major topic; we will report on it separately.
Curiously: A duo of proven cheaters has also managed to qualify for the World Championship.
Austrian “qualified” 6 out of 8 times
This is noticeable in Europe: While in North America the winners change week by week, there is a different picture among duos in Europe.
Here, the same names appear at the top every week. This week, the top 3 teams in Europe were all teams that had already qualified for the World Championship. They then also receive prize money for their placements.
The World Championship spots are then given to the “next placed” teams that have not yet qualified. Therefore, this week, places 4 to 7 were enough to qualify for the Fortnite World Championship.
Especially one Austrian duo stands out.
E11 Stompy and Tschinken have been on the podium in every duo week so far:
- Week 2 – 3rd place
- Week 4 – 1st place
- Week 6 – 1st place
- Week 8 – 2nd place
E11 Stompy has also secured a ticket for the Fortnite solo World Championship with 1st place (week 1) and 4th place (week 7).
The duo could enter the Fortnite World Championship as favorites.
Two teenagers are also making a name for themselves in Europe: NRG Benjyfishy (15) and NRG MrSavageM (14) have both qualified solo and together in duos for the Fortnite World Championship and won a prestigious tournament on Friday.
