The Gaming Community Reacts to Fortnite: Battle Royale Receiving a $100 Million Prize Pool for Esports Between 2018 and 2019 – Nadeshot, H3CZ, KEEMSTAR, and More!
The gaming community went into a frenzy following the announcement by Epic Games that Fortnite: Battle Royale will have a $100 million prize pool between 2018 and 2019 for esports competition.
In a shocking reveal, Epic Games announced on May 21st that Fortnite: Battle Royale will receive a $100 million prize pool between 2018 and 2019 for various esports tournaments and competitions.
A sanctioned tournament has still yet to be held for the Battle Royale game since its release in 2017, with the genre as a whole still being relatively new when it comes to esports due to the ‘randomness’ of loot and other in-game aspects.
Although many thought that the announcement included some sort of typo, it later settled in that the title will actually include such a massive sum of money, leading to a number of different reactions from gaming community members across the board.
Whether it is someone in complete and utter disbelief or a professional esports competitor joking about changing titles, some of the best community reactions can be viewed below.
OpTic CouRage
Epic Games just announced they will support competitive Fortnite with $100,000,000 in prize money…
For the first year alone. I’m throwing on my John Wick skin and dropping right into Tilted Towers for the next 6 months.
I’ll see you guys on the other side.
— OpTic CouRage (@CouRageJD) May 21, 2018
FeLo
100 mill for ONE year of tournaments that’s truly mindblowing
— eU Tyler (@FeLo) May 21, 2018
Nadeshot
Come again? https://t.co/tiUTXT4tzV
— 100T Nadeshot (@Nadeshot) May 21, 2018
SirScoots
To put this in some perspective, in 2017, the top 10 games COMBINED gave out $91.2mm in prize money. @FortniteGame with the biggest HMB in esports history.
— Scott Smith (@SirScoots) May 21, 2018
Crimsix
Anyone else curious as to how this meeting went down? “What’s dota have? League? COMBINE THEM. Everything thing we do works anyways, $100 million sounds nice.” *Everyone grabs their office beers and walks out of the meeting room collectively laughing* @EpicGames https://t.co/Yleq6NxfnJ
— Ian Porter (@OpTic_Crimsix) May 21, 2018
Adam Apicella
$100mm for prizes put up by the publisher for esports tournaments!? Where was this 10 years ago when we were struggling to keep the electricity paid at the office ?
What an awesome turn of events for this space. Stoked to see the continued evolution of esports support.
— Adam Apicella (@MrAdamAp) May 21, 2018
KEEMSTAR
$100,000,000 prize pool for fortnite e-sports.. @FortniteGame
WOW!!!!!!!!! AWESOME! @EpicGames
— KEEM :popcorn: (@KEEMSTAR) May 21, 2018
NBK
Alright, good bye CS https://t.co/QS9bzCYNn8
— Nathan Schmitt (@G2NBK) May 21, 2018
FaZe Attach
$100,000,000 in prizes for Fortnite.
Interesting
Very interesting.— FaZe Attach (@Attach) May 21, 2018
Brice
With the announcement of 100 million for prize pool funding from epic games I expect every moron and their dog to appear in that scene now.
Charlatans will be out in force, stay safe people 🙂— Brice (@Bricetacular) May 21, 2018
OpTic Octane
100 MILLION dollars for one year and the game is still relatively new….
— Sam Larew (@Octane_) May 21, 2018
ACHES
Why would anyone play any BR other than Fortnite now? (That’s trying to be competitive) That’s ridiculously absurd. Must be nice not having a super greedy publisher. Happy for FN ppl tho.
— Patrick Price (@ACHES) May 21, 2018
KOSDFF
6 years ago we were sending teams to 10ks in hotel rooms. Future looks much brighter 🙂 https://t.co/OWkpzcs4JY
— Justin Chandler (@KOSDFF) May 21, 2018
H3CZ
You either move when you need to, or you play catch-up. They’re just having fun tho, this is going to be SICK!!! Can’t wait to attend the first event. https://t.co/Y4NPJNJmd0
— Hector Rodriguez (@OpTicH3CZ) May 21, 2018
NAMELESS
100 MILLY IN FORNITE? Hold up son, I’m about to go pro. LMAO
— Anthony Wheeler (@NAMELESS) May 21, 2018