Fortnite players to become millionaires

ic1male · 27 Jul 2019 at 22:01

That was pretty exciting. The action was so fast, the Twitch bandwidth couldn't cope and often went blocky. Shame there was not a single female in this event. What are all those booby Fortnite streamer girls doing?

(Selling their bath water it seems)

G-MAN2004 · 27 Jul 2019 at 22:22

One of the kids in the tournament tweeted yesterday saying "crazy how I'm gonna be a millionaire tomorrow"

Him and his duo partner finished third, netting him 900k.

Merlin5 · 28 Jul 2019 at 03:01

G-MAN2004 said:
One of the kids in the tournament tweeted yesterday saying "crazy how I'm gonna be a millionaire tomorrow"

Him and his duo partner finished third, netting him 900k.

And a british teenager under the name Wolfiez came 2nd.
Quite an achievement considering 40 million applied to the competition. And it says him and his duo partner will split £1.8 million. So, same prize money as 3rd place?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-49141738

Pawnless Endgame · 28 Jul 2019 at 06:48

I remember back in 2006 World of Warcraft was huge business. E-Sports wasn't a thing back then, although WoW would become the next big online RPG after Everquest / Everquest II. Could this compete with Fortnight or has WoW had its time?

robfosters · 28 Jul 2019 at 08:15

Seeing as this is a PC forum, I’ve got to ask, I wonder what specs the supplied PC’s are at the event?

Buddy · 28 Jul 2019 at 09:50

Diddums said:
Fortnite is a fantastic game, albeit in small doses.

One thing the devs really, really need credit for is somehow keeping the community fairly decent. That's one hell of a task with free games, just look at LoL's community.

Have you ever experienced the DOTA community? Pure cancer.

robfosters · 28 Jul 2019 at 09:52

I’m surprised the console players haven’t had a moan about there not being a console version of the WC.

Scania · 28 Jul 2019 at 10:02

Fair play to the 15 year old kid from Essex,

Shame there isn’t a championship for finishing rounds in Battlefield 4 with a loss, I’d be rich!

Terminal_Boy · 28 Jul 2019 at 10:05

StriderX said:
Hey, profuse masturbation is a sport...

What? 30 years ago I could have been World Champion!

Psycho Sonny · 28 Jul 2019 at 10:36

robfosters said:
I don’t know why tech youtubers use it in benchmark vids either. It’s like CS, it runs on a bloody potato!

Maybe because it's the only game a lot of kids play so all they want to know is how good will it run fortnite?

Psycho Sonny · 28 Jul 2019 at 10:37

Diddums said:
Fortnite is a fantastic game, albeit in small doses.

One thing the devs really, really need credit for is somehow keeping the community fairly decent. That's one hell of a task with free games, just look at LoL's community.

Didn't realise you were 12 years old. Explains a lot

Trifid · 28 Jul 2019 at 11:13

Psycho Sonny said:
Didn't realise you were 12 years old. Explains a lot

Person on internet mocks "childish" game with childish insults?

Epic have done a great job with keeping Fortnite alive. It's free, it constantly evolves while keeping the core game familiar, there is no competitive advantage to paying. And most importantly, it proves you don't need expensive realistic graphics to make a game fun. A good concept backed by a great engine is all you need.

Scania · 28 Jul 2019 at 11:22

Trifid said:
Epic have done a great job with keeping Fortnite alive. It's free, it constantly evolves while keeping the core game familiar, there is no competitive advantage to paying. And most importantly, it proves you don't need expensive realistic graphics to make a game fun. A good concept backed by a great engine is all you need.

Agreed,
They are managing to make a boatload of cash with it, runs on a potato so the player base isn’t held back by requiring an absurdly priced GPU etc, I’d imagine people like EA are watching and plotting their own route towards this cash cow.

MartinPrince · 28 Jul 2019 at 11:29

Scania said:
Agreed,
They are managing to make a boatload of cash with it, runs on a potato so the player base isn’t held back by requiring an absurdly priced GPU etc, I’d imagine people like EA are watching and plotting their own route towards this cash cow.

Precisely. I remember when Crysis came out and I thought that the game was actually developed by GPU and hardware makers.

Diddums · 28 Jul 2019 at 12:21

Psycho Sonny said:
Didn't realise you were 12 years old. Explains a lot

I imagine watching you try and throw shade is a bit like watching a T-Rex have a tug. The end result might be spectacular but those little arms just never get there

chroniclard · 28 Jul 2019 at 12:29

Scania said:
Agreed,
They are managing to make a boatload of cash with it, runs on a potato so the player base isn’t held back by requiring an absurdly priced GPU etc, I’d imagine people like EA are watching and plotting their own route towards this cash cow.

Well, Its not that dissimilar to Apex Legends, that runs on fairly low spec machines too.

Psycho Sonny · 28 Jul 2019 at 12:38

Trifid said:
Person on internet mocks "childish" game with childish insults?

Epic have done a great job with keeping Fortnite alive. It's free, it constantly evolves while keeping the core game familiar, there is no competitive advantage to paying. And most importantly, it proves you don't need expensive realistic graphics to make a game fun. A good concept backed by a great engine is all you need.

CS:GO, Apex Legends

Both much better games and played by adults.

Both run very well and cs will run on any cpu and gpu you can buy and max out frames at 1080p I get 300-400fps at 1440p

Psycho Sonny · 28 Jul 2019 at 12:39

Scania said:
Agreed,
They are managing to make a boatload of cash with it, runs on a potato so the player base isn’t held back by requiring an absurdly priced GPU etc, I’d imagine people like EA are watching and plotting their own route towards this cash cow.

EA already have a much better game in apex legends

Diddums · 28 Jul 2019 at 12:49

Psycho Sonny said:
CS:GO, Apex Legends

Both much better games and played by adults.

Both run very well and cs will run on any cpu and gpu you can buy and max out frames at 1080p I get 300-400fps at 1440p

You seem to be incapable of understanding that it is in fact possible, and many adults do, rather frequently, play more than one game? Picking one isn't a commitment, you can play whatever you want, whenever you want. It's not a competition, nobody's judging you, load up whatever you want and play it.

You do understand this, right?

Wizzfizz · 28 Jul 2019 at 12:51

Psycho Sonny said:
Didn't realise you were 12 years old. Explains a lot

Let's mock 12 year olds from the guy that shares his Xbox and PSN gamer tag as his sig roflmaololm8eeeeeee!!!1111oneeeeeeee