Stretch to re-sign with Team Liquid – Why is this Big news?
If you’ve been keeping up to date with all the Fortnite events and tournaments, you know that Stretch is currently dominating North America. He has been winning tournaments all year long, but has recently picked up his performance and becoming more consistent at events.
Here below is a list of all his recent achievements:
Stretch is still very young in his esports career, but he’s showing that he has loads of potential. Hopefully with this re-signing, meaning that he will stay with Liquid, he’ll continue to bring more consistent results for both the organization and himself.
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Cloud9 add Nosh to their Fortnite lineup – Who is Nosh?
Nosh is an up and coming young player in the world of Fortnite. He is only 16-years of age and has already placed his name in the high ranks. Recently he has played alongside Zyfa and Clix when it comes to squad tournaments, so he has certainly shown that he has a lot of potential in the esport.
This is big news because the scene had already shown signs of decline in terms of its esports side. However with an organization such as Cloud9 investing in their Fortnite division, the game just keeps growing and growing.
Credits: Cloud9
It is definitely interesting to see more players getting signed to top organizations in the esport. Considering the backlash it has received in the past few months. Cloud9 is set to announce more members very soon.
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Following the conclusion of the August event, the Fortnite DreamHack Open – September iteration is next. The incredible online, open event is back and looks to unite the competitive Fortnite community. Here’s a preview with all the details.
Accordingly, the same three regions will once again be involved. Namely, these are Europe, NA-East and NA-West. The format will also remain identical. Here’s a reminder of how the format works:
Stage 1 – open heat with only the top 250 players progressing forward to the next stage
Stage 2 – another heat of ten matches to determine a top 100 for the Grand Final
Stage 3 – the final 100 battle it out in 8 games to determine the overall winner
Credits: DreamHack
Indeed, a prize pool is on the line. The prize pool for the Fortnite DreamHack Open – September event differs for each region as shown below:
NA East – $82,550 – 09/18
NA West – $33,350 – 09/13
Europe – $133,600 – 09/20
Starting dates are also shown above besides the prize pool.
In terms of predictions, it’s difficult due to the open nature of the event. However, we can easily take a look at the winners from last month’s event:
NA East – Coop
NA West – 4DRStorm
Europe – k1nzell
Bearing all this in mind, it looks to be a great event.
Vivid has just announced on his twitter, that he is no longer tied to Team Liquid’s Fortnite team, and is now looking to represent another organisation in the esport. Here is his announcement:
Now a free agent
Currently looking to explore options in terms of representing an org for Fortnite.
21-year old Noah “Vivid” Wright has been playing Fortnite competitively since 2018, and was instantly picked up by Liquid. He has an approximate total of $379,075 in esports earnings and is looking forward to increasing that number under a different organization. Here are some of his best achievements:
Vivid has not hinted to any organizations that are interested in picking him up, however a player with his talents will surely find a new home in no time. Who knows? Maybe we’ll be seeing another Fortnite addition from North American organization NRG.
It will be very interesting to see where Vivid ends up going, as a player with his talents will surely benefit any organization that picks him up.
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As we previewed in an earlier article, the FNCS: Chapter 2 Season 3 event took place last week across six regions. The Open Fortnite Champion Series saw over 5000 competitors try their luck, with only 7 overall winners emerging. Here’s a quick recap!
Indeed, although the prize pool differed across each region, that hardly affected the level of competition. We’ll dive into listing the winners shortly, but first, let’s take a look at NA East. Here, the world champion of ‘Bugha’ rose up despite accusations of cheating to a respectable fourth place finish.
Accordingly, with that out of the way, here are the champions from FNCS: Chapter 2 Season 3:
The #FNCS Chapter 2 – Season 3 Grand Finals have concluded in all regions!
Out of all the predictions we made based on the prior Season, only one came true. Namely, “King iwnl” taking the crown for Brazil. By all means, witnessing a fresh list of champions is great for the esport. Respectively, the third person battle royale constantly varies in results due to the nature of battle royale. Many of the past winners managed to make it high into the leaderboards, though failing to really make a dent on the competition once again.
Competitive Fortnite is back on the menu thanks to the Fortnite DreamHack Open – August 2020. Acting as the second monthly solo open event held by DreamHack, it’s divided into three regions. Accordingly, NA West is complete and Europe and NA East are remaining. Read on to learn How to Watch!
For the most part, the European and NA East events are entirely alike one another. As Open events, both are allowing entry to any public player to try and take the regional crown. The main differences between the regions are the prize pool and the running dates:
Europe – August 22-23rd – $133,600
NA East – August 20-21st – $83,050
Credits: DreamHack
It’s every man for himself. Running the competition through a solos tournament of the third-person shooter is definitely tough. The online environment may also make it more difficult.
Usually, in other How to Watch articles, we provide a list of competitors. Here, this isn’t possible due to the overwhelming number – over 700. We’ll move on to the format then.
Format
The following is the format according to DreamHack, as with an Open event, it’s pivotal to isolate the top competition.
As aforementioned, the format is identical for both except for the precise dates. Split into three stages, the first stage takes place on the first while the remainder take place on the final day.
Stage 1 – Day 1
Two separate open qualifiers from which only 750 players will advance
Lasting three hours each, 10 games may be played at most
Based on scoring, the top 750 from each qualifier will make it to the semi-final
Stage 2 – Day 2
Semi-final lasts 3 hours, again with a 10 match limit
Here, only the top 100 will progress to the finals as based on scoring
Credits: DreamHack
Stage 3 – Day 2
The final showdown where scoring will determine the top 100 players
Scoring takes place in a single heat through an 8 match limit
Placing will correspond to a percentage of the prize, where all 100 earn a piece of it
Schedule for Fortnite DreamHack Open – August 2020 EU and NA East
Spread across just 2 days of action, keeping track of the schedule will be pivotal here as to not miss out. We’ll go region by region:
Credits: DreamHack
NA EAST (EST)
Heat #1 – Thursday August 20th – 5-8pm
Heat #2 – Thursday August 20th – 9pm-12am
Semi-finals – Friday August 21st – 5-8pm
Grand-finals – Friday August 21st – 9pm-1am
EUROPE (CEST)
Heat #1 – Thursday August 22nd – 5-8pm
Heat #2 – Thursday August 22nd – 9pm-12am
Semi-finals – Friday August 23rd – 5-8pm
Grand-finals – Friday August 23rd – 9pm-1am
Streams
To view the live broadcast for Fortnite DreamHack Open – August 2020 EU and NA East, DreamHack will be showing off all the action on their Twitch channel:
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For open events such as these, it’s difficult to make predictions to due to the vast number of competitors. However, as this is the second iteration of the event, we have some placements to go off of.
Let’s take a look at who came out on top in July for both regions:
Europe
1st – teeq
2nd – MrSavage
3rd – Snayzy
4th – Kami
5th – Merjin
North America East
1st – Stretch
2nd – Dubs
3rd – Divine
4th – Fryst
5th – Bucke
In terms of predictions, that’s all there is to back up this upcoming event. Hence, it could be said that the outcome is one which won’t be easily predicted.
The Fortnite FNCS Chapter 2 – Season 3 Grand Finals will be kicking off in a few hours and it will certainly be an event not worth missing. Here’s everything you need to know about it, and how to watch it.
The #FNCS Finals Broadcast kicks off at 1PM ET on Friday!
The Fortnite Championship Series is the official league tournament for Fortnite. The FNCS is operated solely by Epic Games.
Prize pool
For the Fortnite FNCS Chapter 2 – Season 3 Grand Finals there is a total of $1,255,000 to be distributed. Here is how the prize pool is split between each region:
Grand Finals Prize Pool:
Europe: $475,000 USD
NA East: $300,000 USD
NA West: $120,000 USD
Brazil: $120,000 USD
Asia: $80,000 USD
Oceania: $80,000 USD
Middle East: $80,000 USD
For a more detailed prize pool distribution check the event’s liquipedia page here.
Credits: Epic Games
How to qualify for the main event
To qualify for the Fortnite FNCS Chapter 2 – Season 3 Grand Finals, players had to advance from a previous Series Qualifier or place in a very high rank on the Series Leaderboard to be invited to this event. The tournament is played across two rounds which are: Heats (top 400 players from EU, NAE, NAW, BR, top 200 players from OCE, Asia, ME) and Grand Finals (top 100 players per region). For Heats, all of the qualified players are seeded into a single session based on their finals standings on the Series Leaderboard. The best placing players from each session will advance to the Grand Finals.
Tournament format
Here below is the tournament format for the event:
There is a 6 match limit
The scoring is based on the players placement and eliminations.
In Europe, NA East, NA West and Brazil thereare 4 heats, and the top 25 players advance to the final stage. In Oceania, Middle East, and Asia there are 2 heats and the top 50 players advance to the Grand Finals.
The scoring system for the Fortnite FNCS Grand Finals is as follows:
Victory Royale: 14 points
2nd: 11 points
3rd: 10 points
4th-5th: 9 points
6th-10th: 8 points
11th-15th: 7 points
16th-20th: 6 points
21st-25th: 5 points
26th-30th: 4 points
31st-40th: 3 points
41st-50th: 2 points
51st-75th: 1 point
Each Elimination is 1 point but it is capped at 20 elimination points per match.
Credits: Epic Games
Schedule list
Here below is the full schedule for each region in the Fortnite FNCS Chapter 2 – Season 3 Grand Finals:
Europe:
Friday, 14th August
Heat 1: 3pm – 6pm CEST
Heat 2: 7pm – 10pm CEST
Saturday, 15th August
Heat 3: 3pm – 6pm CEST
Heat 4: 7pm – 10pm CEST
Sunday, 16th August
Grand Finals: 7pm – 10pm CEST
NA East:
Friday, 14th August
Heat 1: 1pm – 4pm ET
Heat 2: 5pm – 8pm ET
Saturday, 15th August
Heat 3: 1pm – 4pm ET
Heat 4: 5pm – 8pm ET
Sunday, 16th August
Grand Finals: 5pm – 8pm ET
NA West:
Friday, 14th August
Heat 1: 1pm – 4pm PT
Heat 2: 5pm – 8pm PT
Saturday, 15th August
Heat 3: 1pm – 4pm PT
Heat 4: 5pm – 8pm PT
Sunday, 16th August
Grand Finals: 5pm – 8pm PT
Brazil:
Friday, 14th August
Heat 1: 12pm – 3pm BRT
Heat 2: 4pm – 7pm BRT
Saturday, 15th August
Heat 3: 12pm – 3pm BRT
Heat 4: 4pm – 7pm BRT
Sunday, 16th August
Grand Finals: 4pm – 7pm BRT
Asia:
Friday, 14th August
Heat 1: 5pm – 8pm JST
Saturday, 15th August
Heat 2: 5pm – 8pm JST
Sunday, 16th August
Grand Finals: 5pm – 8pm JST
OCE:
Friday, 14th August
Heat 1: 4pm – 7pm AEST
Saturday, 15th August
Heat 2: 4pm – 7pm AEST
Sunday, 16th August
Grand Finals: 4pm – 7pm AEST
Middle East:
Friday, 14th August
Heat 1: 4pm – 7pm GST
Saturday, 15th August
Heat 2: 4pm – 7pm GST
Sunday, 16th August
Grand Finals: 4pm – 7pm GST
Streaming platform list
All matches of the Fortnite FNCS Chapter 2 – Season 3 Grand Finals will be streamed on the official Fortnite twitch channel and on the official Fortnite youtube channel. However it is advised that you watch the event on their twitch channel due to the FNCS twitch drops.
Credits: Epic Games
This is where viewers are able to earn Fortnite themed items which include a spray, emoji and back bling. However it is important to link your Epic Games account with Twitch, otherwise you will not be receiving any drops.
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Competitive Fortnite, due to its randomness, is very hard for predictions, however if one had to anticipate which players had the highest chances of winning by looking at recent results, you would come to the following conclusions:
Kyle “Bugha” Giersdorf, at the age of 16 years, claimed the world’s attention due to this success in Fortnite. Last year, as the Solos World Champion, he went home a millionaire. However, with the state of competitive Fortnite, cheating has run rampant. Accordingly, the world champion has just been accused – was Bugha match-fixing?
Cheating in competitive Fortnite has become a massive problem for Epic Games. Let’s look at the evidence.
Seemingly, “Bugha” was harmlessly playing at the online Fortnite Champion Series when a message appeared on his screen. It appeared as follows:
Naturally, he played innocent. Nobody would believe that world champion Bugha match-fixing was actually a thing. However, new updates has it that he was in a Discord with another competitor – Owl.Not feeling too well, Bugha owned up to being in the same Discord.
Then, as you can imagine, a flurry of defensive tweets surfaced from both parties. Twitter user SP has released certain clips which show the in-game communication:
Was Bugha cheating? In the grand scope of things, he could be saying the truth when stating that they defeaned one another in-game. Personally, the principle of having possible communication with competitors with so much money on the line is highly unacceptable.
He needs to tread carefully, or many will disregard his earlier achievements in his career.
SMASH have finally revealed their first ever Fortnite player, Rojo. He is their first signing in this esport and they definitely could not pick anyone else better to sign. Here is their announcement:
SMASH enters @FortniteGame 🔫! Today we can finally announce that we’ve signed the talented Dutchie @Rojo11 . 🥈 at the 2019 duo WC bagging over 💸1 million dollars💸.
Dave “Rojo” Jongis a professional Fortnite player from the Netherlands and despite his experience as a player, he hasn’t been under many organizations. Rojo was signed to Lazarus on the 16th of July and was released earlier in March. Rojo achieved a lot in the time he was under Lazarus, here are a few of his accomplishments:
The young millionaire has certainly achieved a lot in his somewhat of a short career in Fortnite. This SMASH signing will surely be a source of motivation for the Dutchman and he will definitely be looking for more high placements and wins at Fortnite events.
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NRG has just announced that Ronaldo, a top tier Fortnite content creator and competitive contender will be joining their squad. He will be representing NRG alongside Clix and Unknownarmy in the upcoming Fortnite tournaments and events. Here is their announcement:
Ronald “Ronaldo” Mach is an up and coming player which has shown his abilities on the big stage, and is finally given the opportunity to play for a top organization. He is mostly known for being booed during the Fortnite World Cup however since then, he has reformed his reputation and has gained a lot of followers for his community through his social media and live streams. Here are some of his highlights:
What about his Competitive Fortnite experience?
Ronaldo has been playing Fortnite competitively since late 2018, and a few months later he was signed with Rise Nation in 2019. He then joined Riot Squad esports for a short period, and then moved on to play for Built By Gamers. Since then he has continued grinding the game, and improving, leading to great placements and multiple wins in various tournaments. He has earned an approximate total of $137,475 in earnings.
Credits: Liquipedia
What’s next for NRG Fortnite?
At the moment, NRG might just have the best North American Fortnite lineup. They will certainly be looking forward to achieving some wins in the coming Fortnite cups and events. So make sure you are keeping yourself updated with all the latest esports news over at www.esportsguide.com!
