Benjyfishy says competitive Fortnite could die as prize pools keep getting lower YouTube \/ FortniteSeason 5 of the Fortnite Competitive Series hasn\u2019t even started, but pro players \u2013 like Benjy \u2018benjyfishy\u2019 David Fish \u2013 are already calling out Epic Games over the lack of prize money that\u2019s up for grabs in 2021. The Fortnite Competitive Series (FNCS) wrapped up its Season 4 competition in November 2020, and players have been eagerly awaiting the start of FNCS in Season 5. On December 4, Epic Games announced their plans for the next series of Fortnite\u2019s top competitive tournaments. Epic later confirmed that Season 5 of FNCS would begin on February 4. Outside of FNCS tournaments, the developer also announced they would be \u201cputting together a schedule featuring more weekly tournaments, unique tournaments, and Creator Cups.\u201d While this seemed to be a community-focused move, player opinion turned negative when Epic revealed details on the prize pools for some of the additional events. After seeing the news, pro player benjyfishy voiced concerns on the state of competitive Fortnite in 2021. Benjyfishy tweeted out two separate threads regarding the competitive scene. He began by pointing out how 2021 features the \u201cleast amount of tournaments we have ever had with the least amount of money.\u201d He added that on top of those problems, Fortnite\u2019s fun-factor is also at an all-time low. The pro then voiced concerns about Epic\u2019s distribution of prize money. \u201cEvery time we see that they lower cash cup prize pool we think that they are gonna put it into FNCS or something but it literally never happens,\u201d he said, speaking about the reduced prize pools across the board. least amount of tournaments we have ever had with the least amount of money, with the game being the least fun as i can remember \ud83d\ude22 \u2014 benjyfishy (@benjyfishy) January 10, 2021 Benjyfishy started his second series of tweets by mentioning how these issues were handled much better in the past. He said that there is no longer a reason for him to \u201cgrind\u201d the game like he did in the past due to a lack of enjoyment and the smaller financial incentives. He also shared his thoughts on the current trajectory of the competitive Fortnite scene. Benjyfishy argued that if Epic continues reducing prize pools \u2013 and the incentive for new players and veterans to compete \u2013 \u201cthe comp scene will slowly start dying out.\u201d and with prize pools constantly getting less and less its gonna be even harder for unknown players to start making a living out of the game which will eventually make them want to stop playing and the comp scene will slowly start dying out if it carries on \u2014 benjyfishy (@benjyfishy) January 10, 2021 And the NRG player is not the only big-name player to share concerns on the current state of FNCS and competitive Fortnite. Other prominent pros and content creators voiced their own concerns too. Read More: Lachlan shows off Fortnite stream features – Fellow pro player Jaden \u2018Wolfiez\u2019 Ashman called out Epic for the large reductions in prize money. Referencing the announcement of \u201cFriday Nite Bragging Rights\u201d (where winners receive a mention from the competitive Fortnite Twitter account) Wolfiez joked that prize pools have been reduced to \u201cshoutouts.\u201d Fortnite Competitive Prizepools 2019: $30 million 2020: $3 million 2021: Shoutouts\u2014 wolfiez (@Wolfiez) January 6, 2021 Other well-known players like Ryan \u2018Chap\u2019 Chaplo and Leon \u2018Khanada\u2019 Khim shared their own concerns on the state of competitive play. Chap joked that the FNCS prize pool would be reduced to V-Bucks, while Khanada blasted Epic over their reductions in prize pool money. 600 for first r u fucking serious bro how does it go from 3k to 600 \u2014 DIG Khanada (@Khanada) January 10, 2021 \u201c600 for first are you f**king serious bro how does it go from 3k to 600,\u201d the pro player asked, referencing an 80% reduction in prize money for some events. The responses from fans showed the community largely feels the same way, with many voicing their own disappointment in the smaller prize pools. While most of the community has been critical of competitive play heading into 2021, some players are trying to find a silver lining. FaZe Clan\u2019s Nate Hill chimed in on the subject, offering his criticism of the situation but also providing an idea for Epic to address the community\u2019s feedback. Hey @FortniteGame if you crowd funded a small % from every battle pass to the Prize pool, we could have real tourneys that people are interested in watching. No one cares who got first place in a vbucks tourney. Dota 2 \u2013 34million. Fortnite \u2013 box of cupcakes. \u2014 Nate Hill (@NateHillTV) January 10, 2021 Using money from Battle Pass sales could be an easy way for Epic to provide higher prize pools moving forward. With revenue from each pass adding up to hundreds of millions of dollars, giving some of that back to the community could go a long way in addressing the current concerns. Epic has not released any new updates on competitive Fortnite since the Bragging Rights announcement on January 6. It remains to be seen whether the developer will respond to the community\u2019s backlash or take any action to up the prize pools for tournaments moving forward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Benjyfishy says competitive Fortnite could die as prize pools keep getting lower YouTube \/ FortniteSeason 5 of the Fortnite Competitive Series hasn\u2019t even started, but pro players \u2013 like Benjy \u2018benjyfishy\u2019 David Fish \u2013 are already calling out Epic Games over the lack of prize money that\u2019s up for grabs in 2021. The Fortnite Competitive […]<\/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-71623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71623","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=71623"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71623\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}