There has never been a more enticing time to want to become a professional Fortnite player than this week. With the conclusion of the Epic Games' Fortnite World Cup event that boasted a groundbreaking $30,000,000 prize pool, (Although it should be noted that Dota's 'The International' has surpassed this in crowdfunding) we have a handful of new, young and excited Forbes 30 under 30 nominees. The first batch of winners were announced on July 29th, the list included:
Duo Finalists
1st - [COOLER] Nyhrox + [COOLER] Aqua - $3,000,000
2nd - [Lazarus] Rojo + [Lazarus] Wolfiez - $2,250,000
3rd - [100Thieves] Elevate + [100Thieves] Ceice - $1,800,000
4th - [GhostGaming] Saf + [NRG] Zayt - $1,500,000
5th - [100Thieves] Arkhram + [Free Agent] Falconer - $900,000
6th - [FaZe] Mongraal + [Atlantis] Mitr0 - $450,000
7th - [FaZe] Megga + [FaZe] Dubs - $375,000
8th - [Kungarna] Derox + [E11] Itemm - $375,000
9th - [TSM] Zexrow + [TSM] Vinny1x - $225,000
10th - [Lestream] Vato + [Lestream] Skite - $225,000
Solo Finalists
1st - [Sentinels] Bugha - $3,000,000
2nd - [CLG] Psalm - $1,800,000
3rd - [NRG] EpikWhale - $1,200,000
4th - [Lazarus] Kreo - $1,050,000
5th - [9zTeam] KING - $900,000
6th - [ValhallaVikings] Crue - $600,000
7th - [Lestream] Skite - $525,000
8th - [Lestream] Nayte - $375,000
9th - [Liquid] Riversan - $300,000
10th - [Kungarna] Fatch - $225,000
What's Next?
Epic Games have yet to announce they will be hosting another Fortnite World Cup in 2020, however they have recently announced a new premiere event named the 'Fortnite Championship Series' which will commence alongside Fortnite Season 10. Very little is
known about this series and its place in the competitive Fortnite scene such as qualification requirements or a scoring system.