The qualification for the Fortnite World Cup is in full swing, and in week 3, the first big streamer, Tfue, has qualified. He celebrated his qualification joyfully live on Twitch until his girlfriend interrupted and shouted to the chat: “Tfue has to stop now, he is drunk.”
That’s why the World Cup qualification was a big deal for Tfue: Turner “Tfue” Tenney (22) had been trying unsuccessfully to qualify for the Fortnite World Cup for the past two weeks. As a streamer, he was at a huge disadvantage because others know his tactics, stream snipe him, and he became a preferred target for attackers.
The frustration grew steadily. Tfue even announced, that he would skip such tournaments in the future.
All the more exuberant was his cheer now. Because at the World Cup in Fortnite, it’s about 30 million dollars.
How Tfue celebrates his qualification for the World Cup
What the viewers see: A first clip shows Tfue’s gameplay that was enough for qualification. There, Tfue is still anxious and hopes that his 69 points are enough for qualification.
Once it’s clear that he has qualified, Tfue takes his stream viewers with him in his celebrations. He climbs out of a ground-level window and lets his family and friends douse him with champagne.
Meanwhile, the stream continues, and you can hear the shouting of joy from the streamer and his family.
This is how his girlfriend reacts: After Tfue comes back inside, he sits down at his PC and talks to his community. It’s clear that he is tipsy and can no longer express himself clearly. He explains that now that he is going to New York, everything else is trivial to him.
His girlfriend then comes over to his desk and says: “Chat, he has to stop now, he is drunk. Come on now!” Afterwards, she even says: “The softy weighs so little that he can’t handle it!”.
Tfue only responds that he is not drunk, just a little tipsy, but then submits to it.
Why the qualification is something special
Tfue is the first of the really big streamers to qualify for the World Cup. Before him, the Fortnite wonder kid Mongraal also qualified for the World Cup. The 14-year-old made it with his duo partner already in week 2.
Why do streamers have it so hard? The top streamers have thousands of viewers while they are battling for qualification. Some viewers are in the same lobby with the streamers and are essentially hunting them. Furthermore, their preferences are known.
This is what happened to Ninja in the first qualification rounds. This is likely one of the reasons why many big streamers have not yet qualified.
Many streamers also simply do not belong to the top players, but are entertainers.
What stands out in the qualifications: If you look at the list of players qualified so far, you hardly see any names known from Twitch.
The streamers known for their gaming skills like Myth or Ninja had their great successes early on in Fortnite. Back then, they impressed in games “against regular opponents” with aggressive and advanced playstyles and made a name for themselves early on.
These successful pros from 2018 are currently not breaking through, while players are coming to the forefront who have not built large Twitch channels.
This is certainly related to the fact that Epic is changing many rules that disturbed the top pros. These pros are now suffering from it while others flourish under the new rules.
Players must spend a lot of time getting used to the “new Fortnite” and readjusting. Many streamers who mainly go for kills and spectacular play are at a disadvantage here.
These two players will certainly not qualify for the World Cup:
