{"id":46211,"date":"2018-05-21T15:24:12","date_gmt":"2018-05-21T22:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/?p=46211"},"modified":"2018-05-21T15:24:12","modified_gmt":"2018-05-21T22:24:12","slug":"how-much-money-is-in-fortnite-esports-all-the-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2018\/05\/21\/how-much-money-is-in-fortnite-esports-all-the-money\/","title":{"rendered":"How much money is in Fortnite esports? All the money."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Epic is putting up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.epicgames.com\/fortnite\/en-US\/news\/epic-games-will-provide-100-000-000-for-fortnite-esports-tournament\">$100 million<\/a> to fund the esport prize pool for Fortnite Battle Royale. That&#8217;s $100 million straight from the company&#8217;s own funds, rather than crowdfunded by fans. How crazy large is that prize pool? It&#8217;s more than the total for the ten most popular games of 2017 combined. It&#8217;s epic money. According to the studio, the funding is being done with an eye towards fun and inclusivity, although it&#8217;s not clear yet what that really means for the competitive events.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Epic is putting up $100 million to fund the esport prize pool for Fortnite Battle Royale. That&#8217;s $100 million straight from the company&#8217;s own funds, rather than crowdfunded by fans. How crazy large is that prize pool? It&#8217;s more than the total for the ten most popular games of 2017 combined. It&#8217;s epic money. 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