Fortnite: eSport In Germany Starts Now With 25000 € And Montana Black
Fortnite: eSport In Germany Starts Now With 25000 € And Montana Black
Epic hosts the first eSport tournament for Fortnite in Germany. It’s about 25,000 €. Partner in the tournament is the YouTuber, Montana, back. He invites famous players to the tournament. This starts today on Sunday.
This is how you can see the Fortnite tournament: Here we embed the live stream of Montana back. Montana black comments on the very self.
It runs so that a duo for 3 rounds “Duo vs. Squad “in a public Fortnite lobby log in and kills. Who has the most kills in the end, wins the tournament and thus hefty prize money.
This is Epic’s announcement: Fortnite developer Epic Games announced its 2019 eSport program for Fortnite on Friday this week :
- Epic Games will spend $ 100 million in prize money in 2019
- Between April and June, there are regular tournaments of $ 1 million each
- At the end of July, the world championship will be worth $ 30 million in New York
- and they work with “local partners” to host tournaments locally – they want to reach as many as possible
Local tournaments planned on-site
What’s up with Germany? From Epic there is no precise information, which partner has since in Germany on the fishing rod.
But apparently, the first partner of the creators is “Montana black.” The influencer is the largest creator and streamer in Germany on the subject of Fortnite.
This is the announcement by Montana black: He talks to his fans via Twitter and maintains a very unique style of communication.
Already on Tuesday, Montana black announced a € 25,000 Fortnite tournament. The money will be provided by Epic Games “on honor”.
It will probably be a duo tournament: The players then move in “Duo vs Squad” mode and collect the most kills. So they play only indirectly against each other and ball through normal lobbies.
If you have the most kills after 3 matches, you win.
The first place receives € 20,000, the second € 3,000 and the third still € 2,000.
Who plays there? Apparently, this is not a “free tournament”, but Montana black has invited well-known players to go hunting there. He announced 7 duo teams. Whether there will be more, one does not know:
- Among the invited players is with Mongraal also the Fortnite prodigy with mild impulse control problems.
- Mongraal joins in with Teeqz, the Belgian made already in April 2018 with the former solo Kill record of talk.
- Kamo is perhaps one of the most famous German players. This is for GhostGaming. Many keep their fingers crossed for that.
The tournament is scheduled to start today, Sunday, at 19:00.
Let’s see how the first eSport Tournament of Epic in Germany then runs like this.
Another creator would have liked the status that Montana black enjoys – as the official honorary brother of Epic.
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February 25, 2019 Comments Off on Fortnite: eSport In Germany Starts Now With 25000 € And Montana Black
The First Official Teaser For Season 8 In Fortnite Is Here – That’s How The Fans React
The First Official Teaser For Season 8 In Fortnite Is Here – That’s How The Fans React
Fortnite has released a teaser for the new Season 8 of the Battle Royale. Apparently, pirates and Buccaneers are waiting for you.
This is shown: On Twitter, the official account of Fortnite has published a picture in which the silhouette of a hook hand on a black shadow can be seen. There is a text:
Sweetheart in sight Riches, the mouths But what is lost will be found again, 4 days until season 8.
But you have to do some tasks for that. This is possible until the 27th of February.
What exactly you can unlock with Rewards Season 8 Battle Pass is not yet known. But Fortnite will publish more detailed information within the next 4 days.
What do the fans say about the teaser?
How the community reacts: Many players are already looking forward to the pirates and there are speculations as to what players can probably earn for rewards. The suspicion is obvious that a pirate skin is introduced.
These assume the players as Tier 100 reward, similar to the Ice King of Season 7. Again, the Ice King was a teaser and was the highest reward in the end.
Some users also enjoy the connection with the free BattlePass:
I knew that the free Battle Pass would have a catch.
SpMagier23 on reddit .
What does the earthquake have to do with it? A few weeks ago, players found evidence of an earthquake in Fortnite. A leak then claimed that players could play underground because the card was breaking up.
Some fans on Reddit did a bit of research and learned what else could happen during an earthquake. One possible consequence is a tsunami, a huge wave that can devastate large areas.
Such a wave would fit better with a flood and the maritime theme to the pirate idea. So it might well be that the earthquake really starts season 8.
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February 25, 2019 Comments Off on The First Official Teaser For Season 8 In Fortnite Is Here – That’s How The Fans React
Fortnite: That’s How Easy It Is To Get The Free Season 8 Battle Pass
Fortnite: That’s How Easy It Is To Get The Free Season 8 Battle Pass
In Fortnite: Battle Royale you can get the Season 8 Battle Pass for free. How to do it quickly, we explain here.
Not all of the 20 challenges of the extension are easy to do. Some are pretty simple though. Here’s the best and fastest way to get to the new pass in no time.
The fastest way to the new Battle Pass
These 13 challenges go fast: Who wants to have the new pass without much effort at the last minute, should do these challenges from the extension challenges. These tasks do not take long, are easy to do, and bring you so quickly to your goal:
Challenge 1: Complete Free Extension Challenges: Here you only need to complete 5 other tasks. Easy!
Challenge 5: Search Chests or Ammo Boxes at a Motel or Caravan Place: Collecting a few chests is not a problem. Here is a guide for the required locations.
Challenge 9: Regenerate condition through campfires in various matches: Campfires are now also available in bulk as solid objects. You only have to use a campfire in three rounds.
Challenge 10: Visit Different Named Places: Simply fly 10 named locations with the plane, then you’ll have the job done in a flash.
Challenge 11: Search for a supply of supplies in various matches: Especially in modes with respawning or better loot, many of these supplies are available. Otherwise, you should just camp long enough, until at the end of the game several boxes are dropped.
Challenge 12: Revive a player in different matches: This is no problem in team matches. Just be careful to pull your friends up again.
If you are in a hurry, just jump down somewhere and then get pulled up by your buddy. Do this often enough and you have the job in the bag.
Challenge 13: Visit different waterfalls: For the waterfalls, we have listed some localities.
Challenge 14: Deal with enemies with shotguns and submachine guns: With shotguns and SMGs, you can quickly get the required 500 damage.
Challenge 15: Search chests or ammo crates at The Block: The block is full of loot. There is always something to get there and you have the task quickly through.
Challenge 17: Play drift matches with a friend: All you have to do is play 3 drift matches together with a friend. You do not even have to win. Participate is enough.
Challenge 18: Thank you the bus driver in different matches: It could not be easier. Just thank the bus driver seven times and you’ve made it.
Challenge 19: Search chests or ammo crates at a race track or dance hall: The chests are opened quickly. Where to find the locations of the racetrack and the dance hall, you will learn here.
Challenge 20: Survive 75 enemies in the course of a match: It’s easier than you think. Campt long and you have survived the 75 players quickly.
It all happens so fast: All these tasks can easily be completed in the afternoon and evening. Often several people go at once, for example, to visit places, rappelling waterfalls, piercing opponents with shotguns and thereby opening chests in the desired locations.
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February 23, 2019 Comments Off on Fortnite: That’s How Easy It Is To Get The Free Season 8 Battle Pass
Fortnite Battle Royale – The Father’s Frustration, The Advertiser Lust
Fortnite Battle Royale – The Father’s Frustration, The Advertiser Lust
200 million players around the world have fallen in the world’s most popular computer game Fortnite: a dream for advertisers, it seems. But it is not that easy. Since Fortnite cannot be advertised, imagination is needed.
A father of three boys, I know from painful experience how powerful Fortnite is. On the first Saturday night in February, the world could have gone down, nothing lured the kids away from the console.
Chart striker DJ Marshmello gave his first in-game concert on Fortnite – a virtual appearance in the world of the squeaky shooter game – and around 10 million were watching alongside my sons.
And these are just the sales of smartphone users. The Fortnite company Epic Games is now valued at $ 15 billion, which would easily be enough for a DAX entry. By comparison, that’s how high the Deutsche Bank is traded.
As a father, I look with horror at the time-eater Fortnite. The first psychologists warn of the danger of addiction and already offer therapy camps.
The marketer in me is impressed by how the online game has quickly become a media phenomenon and what advertisers can learn from Fortnite and its incredible success – even though the game is basically ad-free.
Success mix of variety and scarcity
Why is the game so successful? Fortnite Battle Royal is free in itself. But you can spend a lot of money on better features of your character through in-app purchases. Individuality also counts in the virtual world. And that’s what the creators of the game pay well for: For eight euros, for example, the user can buy trendy dance moves for his characters.
But how well the character fights, is only due to the skill of the player. Just that the combat performance is not commercially available at Fortnite cemented its credibility with the young gamers.
High-speed variety and artificial scarcity are two more rules of Fortnite. So players are kept up with weekly updates and motivated again and again to spontaneous purchases: new covers, so-called skins, are only available for a few days.
Generation Z, born around the turn of the millennium, is used to a much harder pace than older target groups, bores quickly and is very receptive to the charm of the rare.
The game has become one of the most powerful Z generation social networks. The gamers arrange to meet in the virtual world, talk about headsets constantly about the best fighting strategies and can create their own environments.
Advertising is prohibited on Fortnite
Since Fortnite cannot be advertised, imagination is needed. It’s worth taking a look at Fortnite’s actions with brands and celebrities. Marvel partnered with Epic Games last year to promote the feature film Avengers: Infinity War.
Players were able to buy the “Iron Man” outfit for their avatar, the villainous figure of “Thanos” appeared like a threatening opponent – the promotion did not take place as a disturber or breaker, but was integrated into the game.
The pop star Drake, an avowed fan of the game, took advantage of it in 2018 by battling with the world’s most famous Fortnite gamer named “Ninja” and set the Twitch streaming platform a new attendance record.
If you do not know Twitch, gamers will broadcast their video games live there. And hundreds of thousands are watching. Former national footballer Mesut Özil is gambling and broadcasting there as well. Incidentally, Twitch is heavily involved in sponsoring the major gamer events, as have an energy drink and snack brands, telcos and, more recently, car makers.
In the smart brand integration and promotions of VIPs with player credibility so the effect is mutually reinforced and multiplied the attention, without the authenticity in the eyes of the target group suffers – a promotional win-win.
Said “Ninja” is one of the first brand ambassadors from the Fortnite universe and cooperates with a Korean smartphone manufacturer. Launching the latest device generation with particularly long battery life – suitable for mobile gaming – the top player showed his fans how he unwrapped the devices, installed the game and tried a “skin” that was offered exclusively to buyers of the latest models.
The marketing category for this mega-deal has yet to be found, so I’ll try: sponsored-unboxing-by-influencer meets branded-virtual-goods-in-game-advertising.
Finally arrived in the traditional sky of marketing, “Ninja” now also appears in commercials for the device manufacturer and integrates Fortnite by performing one of the typical dances or inviting a young gamer in the “national team”. So classic advertising as usual – and accordingly expensive, after all, the man alone earned over his twitch streams half a million dollars. In the month.
PS From parents to parents: Disable the function of in-app purchases on your kids’ smartphones. Can be very expensive otherwise. I speak from experience.
The author is a managing partner at the advertising agency Antonie and BILANZ columnist.
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February 23, 2019 Comments Off on Fortnite Battle Royale – The Father’s Frustration, The Advertiser Lust
