I would post this on the competitive subreddit, but devs usually browse through this subreddit and this needs the most attention it can get. Epic destroying Friday Fortnite is really sad. It was a good tournament style which was ruined when Epic stole all the player base and capped the prize money.

As it is shown in your previous attempts, you have no real solution to find a good balance between an e-sport and enjoyable content. As of today, Epic singlehanded destroyed Keemstar’s Friday Fortnite, a tournament which had some of Fortnite’s biggest names in content creators and comp players. This gained millions of unique viewers that would tune in for hours on that Friday. It also allowed third parties to try and perfect how Fortnite BR should be played competitively. Now, Epic holds their own poorly ran tournaments for absurd prize pools(instead of supporting these third parties or into servers to allow C4s and spectators) and not allow other tournaments to match that amount or surpass it. They have effectively put a monopoly on their game to be played competitively unless Epic has some sort of hand in them, which is wrong.

TLDR: Epic made a douche move and monopolized their game as an esport. If Epic prioritizes E-Sport advancement over money, they need to support these tournaments rather than cut them off and not let them flourish and allow Fortnite to grow as an e-sport.

Submitted July 20, 2018 at 05:32AM by OwenOnReddit https://ift.tt/2JEt37g https://ift.tt/eA8V8J