The Best Fortnite World Cup Announcement Reactions
By Nicholas Barth ·
A total of $40,000,000 will be up for grabs in the 2019 Fortnite World Cup, and we rounded up some of the best reactions from the community to the major announcement.
Friday, February 22nd saw Fortnite Battle Royale developer Epic Games announce the first details of the 2019 Fortnite World Cup where there will be a total of $40,000,000 to be won in prize money. The culmination of the event will take place in the form of the Fortnite World Cup Finals tournament in New York City where a prize pool of $30,000,000 will be on the line for qualified players. Due to the combination of the extremely large prize pool for the Fortnite World Cup and many months of waiting by the community to hear any details regarding the competition following its reveal at E3 2018, there were plenty of reactions to the major announcement by the biggest personalities in the community.
Fortnite World Cup Community Reactions
The massive prize pool for the Fortnite World Cup, the biggest in esports history, naturally led to some of the most popular players in the community for the battle royale title to give their thoughts on the upcoming historic event. We have gathered together some of the reactions to the 2019 Fortnite World Cup prize pool announcement together for you to view in one spot below.
dakotaz
— dakotaz (@dakotaz) February 22, 2019
FaZe Yelo
good thing i didn't quit for apex LMAO grindtime
— FaZe Yelo (@yelotree) February 22, 2019
TSM Myth
:O
— Myth (@TSM_Myth) February 22, 2019
compLexity Hogman
#FortniteWorldCup pic.twitter.com/FQMfGJSiio
— Code Hogman (@Hogmanlolz) February 22, 2019
However, not all of the reactions by some of the high-profile members of the community were of a positive nature, as the announcement of the qualification for the $30,000,000 World Cup Finals tournament being of an online nature did not sit well with some players. The reasoning for this is due to the Winter Royale tournament where the online qualifiers were plagued by players cheating.
FaZe Cloak and Counter Logic Gaming's Wish
The quick leave games costing me a point is what i'm REALLY lookin forward to :D
— CLG Wish (@WishYaLuckk) February 22, 2019
It remains to be seen how the 2019 Fortnite World Cup will turn out or be received, but there is no doubt that millions of players will be practicing in order to have the best possible shot of grabbing a share of the truly life-changing money that will be on the line for the highly anticipated event.
(cover photo courtesy of Epic Games)