Fnatic to Host Tryouts for Fortnite Team at E3 2018
By Nicholas Barth ·
Fnatic will be hosting open tryouts for its competitive Fortnite team at the DXRacer Booth at E3 2018 to see if any of the E3 2018 attendees has the skill to join the roster of the Fnatic Fortnite team.
Epic Games' announcement of a $100,000,000 prize pool to fund competitive Fortnite events in 2018-2019 has raised the excitement level and interest in the esports scene of the battle royale game by organizations to an all time high. Many have already begun to sign and build competitive teams in preparation to compete for the $100,000,000 prize pool, even though no official professional format for competition has been announced for the title. The competitive events for the battle royale title have been of the grassroots variety, such as the weekly KEEMSTAR Friday Fortnite Tournament.
Fnatic is one of the latest teams to decide to enter the Fortnite esports scene, but it is approaching the creation of the Fnatic Fortnite team in a manner that no other organization has done so before for their Fortnite teams.
Taking place at E3 2018, the organization will be hosting open tryouts for its Fortnite team at the DXRacer booth at E3 2018. The tryouts for the Fnatic Fortnite team will be taking place between June 12-14. Current Fnatic team member and captain Johan "Ettnix" Bengtsson will be leading the tryouts, as he will be keeping his eye out for any players who impress enough to have a chance to join the Fnatic roster.
"For players that live and breathe esports, an opportunity like this is one in a million," said Ettnix. "This is their chance to show up and impress when the pressure is on. I might even give a few the chance to play against me!"
The approach that the organization has decided to take in how it will be forming its competitive team is most certainly unique in how other esports organizations have created their teams. However, Fnatic may be able to uncover some hidden professional level talent that is hidden away at E3 2018.
It remains to be seen if Fnatic will be successful in this method of forming a competitive Fortnite team, but any aspiring professional players should definitely take the chance to prove their skills and possibly land a spot on the roster of one of the esports industry's most storied organizations.
(cover photo courtesy of Epic Games and Fnatic)