Nadeshot Announces that 100 Thieves Will Have A Fortnite Team

Matthew "Nadeshot" Haag's esports organization 100 Thieves has already seen a large amount of success in its young life, as the organization's North American League Championship Series League of Legends team was able to make it to the NA LCS Spring Split Finals where it suffered a defeat to Team Liquid. 

With the success of the organization's League of Legends team established, Nadeshot is looking to expand the organization into other esports. In a recent video that the 100 Thieves owner uploaded to his YouTube channel, Nadeshot explained that the organization has plans to officially enter the competitive Fortnite scene as its next esports endeavor. 

"Fortnite is gonna be our next expansion with 100 Thieves. So 100 Thieves is going all in with Fortnite. We’re gonna be picking players and personalities and competitors. And I have news for you guys here, really soon, we’ll talk about it," said Nadeshot. 

The confirmation of 100 Thieves' commitment to Fortnite esports comes after Nadeshot had announced the organization had been actively scouting the competitive Fortnite scene for talent for the past month. Nadeshot's first statement regarding 100 Thieves' interest in possibly entering Fortnite esports came after Epic Games had announced a $100,000,000 prize pool to fund competitive Fortnite events in the year 2018-2019. 

100 Thieves has been actively scouting the Fortnite competitive scene for the last month but to all competitive players and entertainers alike, reach out to me. 100 Thieves is building something incredibly unique to esports and we're looking for talent to build and grow with. https://t.co/tiUTXT4tzV

— 100T Nadeshot (@Nadeshot) May 21, 2018

No official announcements have come yet regarding which players or community members 100 Thieves will be bringing to join the organization. However, with the likes of FaZe Clan, Team SoloMid, Red Reserve, Lighting Pandaz and most recently Mindfreak all having signed competitive Fortnite teams, Nadeshot and his organization will most likely be looking to create the best team as soon as possible in order to avoid falling too far behind their competitors, as their teams are already working on building chemistry. 

100 Thieves' last expansion in the esports industry with a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) team did not work out well in the end due to player issues. This has likely motivated Nadeshot and rest of the organization to have the organization's expansion into competitive Fortnite see the same level of success that its NA LCS team has seen so far in professional League of Legends.

(cover photo courtesy of Nadeshot)