NICKMERCS explains why new Fortnite pros are \u201ccompletely spoiled\u201d FaZe Clan \/ Epic GamesExperienced Fortnite streamer and FaZe Clan member, Nick \u2018NICKMERCS\u2019 Kolcheff has called out the new wave of Fortnite pros and criticized them for being \u201cspoiled\u201d by massive prize pools. Having been an active online competitor and prominent Fortnite streamer since the battle royale rose to fame, NICKMERCS could be considered somewhat of a veteran in the scene. While many up and coming players in the Fortnite community have been able to make a name for themselves from a young age, the 29-year-old streamer argues that most are \u201ccompletely spoiled\u201d by some of esports\u2019 biggest prize pools. Outlining how he believes Epic Games has all but \u201cspoiled\u201d the competitive Fortnite scene with lofty prize pools right from the jump, NICKMERCS emphasized that modern-day professionals don\u2019t understand just how good they have it. \u201cIt\u2019s not their fault, you can\u2019t get super angry because they don\u2019t know better,\u201d he expressed throughout a recent Twitch stream. \u201cThey don\u2019t know about playing for breadcrumbs. They have no idea. None of them ever did it.\u201d As a former Gears of War and Halo competitor, having raised trophies at events from as early as 2009, the now-transitioned streamer argues that current pro players never had to play for \u201canything but billions of dollars.\u201d \u201cYou can\u2019t blame them too hard, that\u2019s all they know, that\u2019s all they\u2019re used to. They\u2019re f***ing spoiled. They\u2019re completely spoiled.\u201d The most iconic Fortnite competition to date, 2019\u2019s World Cup Finals, featured 100 players from around the world as they battled for their share of over $15 million. The kitty made it the single most lucrative esports competition outside of Valve\u2019s Dota 2. The bar was certainly set high with Epic\u2019s first-year event. The average age of competitors featured in the 2019 World Cup Solo tournament stands at 16. Therefore, it\u2019s safe to assume that the large majority of professional players finding success in Fortnite, are new competitors without prior experience in any other scenes similar to NICKMERCS. As a result, the streamer outlined that \u201cfor the rest of time, any younger, newer game community\u2026they\u2019re always going to be full of complaining little bi***es.\u201d While the young Fortnite player-base may not have competed in the earlier days of the esports industry, perhaps NICKMERCS veteran speech could help inspire a few to be grateful for the prize pools they\u2019re able to vie for in 2020. Announced on March 9, duos will be the focus of Fortnite\u2019s next competitive push, as the Fortnite Champion Series looks to make its return in the near future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
NICKMERCS explains why new Fortnite pros are \u201ccompletely spoiled\u201d FaZe Clan \/ Epic GamesExperienced Fortnite streamer and FaZe Clan member, Nick \u2018NICKMERCS\u2019 Kolcheff has called out the new wave of Fortnite pros and criticized them for being \u201cspoiled\u201d by massive prize pools. Having been an active online competitor and prominent Fortnite streamer since the battle […]<\/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-76618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76618","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=76618"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76618\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}