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Epic games to provide $100,000,000 for the first year of esports tournament prize pool

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  1. [4]
    TheFaised
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    WHAT IN TARNATION?! This is big, I loved epic on the developer side of things but I'm excited to see how they take care of eSports. It'll be interesting how a big company handles eSports. Where...

    WHAT IN TARNATION?! This is big, I loved epic on the developer side of things but I'm excited to see how they take care of eSports.

    It'll be interesting how a big company handles eSports. Where Blizzard tried to force Overwatch into a competitive game, Fortnite feels like it has natural interest.

    3 votes
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      tiz
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      Right! I read elsewhere this is more money than any other from last year. I never really like watching esports but I find myself putting on fortnite on twitch and enjoy watching it.

      Right! I read elsewhere this is more money than any other from last year.

      To put this in some perspective, in 2017, the top 10 games COMBINED gave out $91.2mm in prize money. Fortnite with the biggest HMB in esports history.

      I never really like watching esports but I find myself putting on fortnite on twitch and enjoy watching it.

      1. TheFaised
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        Fortnite is the perfect formula for eSports. Free to play game that does not require much to run. Actually FUN TO WATCH. Not hard to explain to a random person what's going on, just "Yeah these...

        Fortnite is the perfect formula for eSports. Free to play game that does not require much to run. Actually FUN TO WATCH. Not hard to explain to a random person what's going on, just "Yeah these guys just wanna be the last squad/man standing". But then watching pro players do their crazy builds and quick one pumps is incredible.

        Epic knows this and are tossing in the big bucks.

        3 votes
      2. rorso
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        I've always loved the idea of esports, but most the games used don't interest me. Fortnite however, is legitimately really fun to watch. It's fast paced but not too fast paced to keep track of. It...

        I've always loved the idea of esports, but most the games used don't interest me. Fortnite however, is legitimately really fun to watch. It's fast paced but not too fast paced to keep track of. It has a simple but eye catching artwork/graphics. The battle royale format means that you almost always get some good action, and rarely get bored. It's also just plain fun, with the building chaos and funny easter eggs.

        2 votes
  2. Invalid_Target
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    bring back paragon you bastards. :(

    bring back paragon you bastards. :(