Newbee accused of stealing $100k from Fortnite World Cup players Epic Games \/ NewbeeChinese esports organization Newbee has been accused of stealing over $100,000 of prize money from its Fortnite World Cup players. The Fortnite World Cup took place in 2019 and guaranteed every participant at least $50,000 each just for qualifying, but it is now being reported that Newbee\u2019s representatives at the tournament didn\u2019t see a single dollar of that prize money \u2014 and potentially more. Rhidax, who coaches Fortnite players in the EU and Asia regions, tweeted on July 21 about the situation that developed at Newbee both in Fortnite and their wider esports ownership. Rhidax opened by stating that the organization\u2019s Dota 2 team has disbanded over match-fixing allegations in the Chinese Dota 2 professional league, before accusing the org of \u201ctrapping their players in contracts\u201d and \u201cstealing all Fortnite prize money since World Cup.\u201d As Rhidax notes, this also could explain why Newbee\u2019s Fortnite World Cup duo \u2014 XXM and Xmende \u2014 quit the game completely immediately following the record-breaking tournament. This also explains the whole “”why did 2 World Cup qualifiers quit the game immediately”” situation, I wouldn’t play if I just had 50k stolen from me. Reminder, these are literal TEENAGERS. pic.twitter.com\/1GKuEx3eQQ \u2014 Rhidax (@rhidax_) July 21, 2020 In a follow-up tweet, Rhidax even provided screenshots of text message conversations he had with various parties, including one in which he asks a \u201ctrusted source\u201d whether the two players ever got their prize money. \u201cNo,\u201d they responded. \u201cIt\u2019s all been swallowed by the organization. They can\u2019t even beat them in a lawsuit.\u201d Photo 1 and 2 are screenshots with WenQian, who had over 10k stolen from him. 3 is from a trusted source close to the players, name has been blurred out. pic.twitter.com\/jd63I8YKdn \u2014 Rhidax (@rhidax_) July 21, 2020 Rhidax also went on to tell fellow coach and analyst DestinysJesus that he would \u201cbe surprised if there\u2019s an org that\u2019s scammed more than this in Fortnite.\u201d Be surprised if there\u2019s an org that\u2019s scammed more than this in Fortnite \u2014 Rhidax (@rhidax_) July 21, 2020 How much truth is in these accusation remains a question, as the organization have yet to comment or respond, having not posted on their social media accounts since February 2020. Newbee established itself as a world-caliber organization with frequent attendance at Dota 2\u2019s annual The International tournament, including winning it in 2014. If these allegations turn out to be true, there will likely be investigations into the team\u2019s conduct over recent years to figure out whether this is an ongoing issue or a one-off.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Newbee accused of stealing $100k from Fortnite World Cup players Epic Games \/ NewbeeChinese esports organization Newbee has been accused of stealing over $100,000 of prize money from its Fortnite World Cup players. The Fortnite World Cup took place in 2019 and guaranteed every participant at least $50,000 each just for qualifying, but it is […]<\/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-76585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76585","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=76585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76585\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}