This weekend, Fortnite Champion Series took place, pitting the best players in the world against each other. In America, the event was marred by a suspicion of cheating. The cause of this: storm surge.
Competitive games are very grouped, which means that many players are gathered in a small area. To compensate for this overload, the storm surge will come to inflict damage on the players who have done the least damage to other competitors, pushing them into battle. This feature is a kelement in competition, being an integral part of team strategies.
This weekend during the Final, Bucke & Kreo and Slackes & Keys have been banned for 60 days. According to Fortnite, they deliberately swapped a few bullets in an attempt to do enough damage to avoid the famous storm surge, before going their separate ways.
On Twitter, Kreo — Top 4 in the Solo competition of the World Cup — regrets not being able to explain his act to Epic Games:
The reaction of the Epic Games teams — just a few hours after the competition — shows a certain desire to fight against any form of cheating or procedures deemed illegal. The 60-day ban will end long after the FNCS Grand Final event. This is a sanction with serious consequences, which could be transformed into a permanent ban in the event of a repeat offence.
A few weeks ago, Fortnite was struggling against players who were hitting the ball in the air to avoid attacking.
FNCS Duo Week 1 is now over. Find all the standings and results of this first week of competition in this article.
