{"id":52700,"date":"2025-01-28T18:01:09","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T18:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/2025\/01\/28\/keemstar-slams-epic-games-in-wake-of-his-new-100000-tournament-series-dexerto\/"},"modified":"2025-01-28T18:01:09","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T18:01:09","slug":"keemstar-slams-epic-games-in-wake-of-his-new-100000-tournament-series-dexerto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/2025\/01\/28\/keemstar-slams-epic-games-in-wake-of-his-new-100000-tournament-series-dexerto\/","title":{"rendered":"KEEMSTAR slams Epic Games in wake of his new $100,000 tournament series &#8211; Dexerto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KEEMSTAR slams Epic Games in wake of his new $100,000 tournament series Drama Alert host Daniel \u2018KEEMSTAR\u2019 Keem is taking issue with Epic Games yet again, just after the announcement of his brand-new tournament series. KEEMSTAR announced a $100,000 tournament series for battle royale and sandbox crafting title Creative Destruction on November 9. However, some fans asked that he bring back his \u2018Friday Fortnite\u2019 series, instead \u2013 to which KEEMSTAR had a vehement response. \u201cI will never run a Fortnite tourney as long as I live,\u201d KEEMSTAR Tweeted. \u201cFuck Fortnite!\u201d He followed up this statement with a second Tweet, claiming that he would never support Epic Games due to the alleged disrespect he was shown after teasing a return of Friday Fortnite in early September. \u201cThe amount of disrespect Epic Games showed me has made me an enemy for LIFE!\u201d he wrote. \u201cI\u2019ll ever support anything they do!\u201d After i did this &#038; we got the RTs , Epic games ran a event called ( Friday Night Fortnite ) Thats when i gave up! The amount of disrespect @EpicGames shown me has made me and enemy for LIFE! Ill never support anything they do! \u2014 KEEM :popcorn: (@KEEMSTAR) November 9, 2018 He then uploaded a video on the matter, where he called out those who felt that Epic Games were within their rights to create their own \u2018Friday Night Fortnite\u2019 initiative. \u201cIf you have this mindset, \u2018It\u2019s their game, they can do what they want,\u2019 you\u2019re an enemy of gaming entertainment,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s their game they can do what they want\u201d pic.twitter.com\/qO5PJIi1vE \u2014 KEEM :popcorn: (@KEEMSTAR) November 9, 2018 KEEMSTAR\u2019s \u2018Friday Fortnite\u2019 initiative was dashed due to reported scheduling conflicts with Epic Games\u2019 \u2018Summer Skirmish\u2019 tournament series, as well as the company\u2019s decision to cap the competition\u2019s prize money. Since then, KEEMSTAR has announced a major tournament series for Creative Destruction, which has seen interest from big names in Fortnite like FaZe Tfue and 100 Thieves\u2019 Kenith, among others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KEEMSTAR slams Epic Games in wake of his new $100,000 tournament series Drama Alert host Daniel \u2018KEEMSTAR\u2019 Keem is taking issue with Epic Games yet again, just after the announcement of his brand-new tournament series. KEEMSTAR announced a $100,000 tournament series for battle royale and sandbox crafting title Creative Destruction on November 9. However, some [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52700","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52700"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52700\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}