Fortnite pros lose out on $200,000 prize because they’re Russian

The winners of a latest Fortnite championship have been denied their prize cash as a result of they’ve Russian passports.

Skilled players Putrick and SizzY stunned many after they received the FNCS (Fortnite Champion Collection) Main in August. However the glory got here with out the bounty, as they have been denied the marketed money prize… as a result of they’re Russian.

Putrick went on Twitter to reveal what Epic Video games, the Fortnite developer, has mentioned to him and his teammate.

In a sequence of tweets Putrick explains that the duo is not going to obtain their $200,000 (£165,000) prize cash, they usually’ve been disqualified from the upcoming Fortnite Championship in Copenhagen.

Epic Video games’ reasoning comes from their coverage, which states, ‘Should you’re a person residing in Turkey or Russia (every, a ‘prize-restricted nation’) you acknowledge and agree (…) that you just’re not eligible for nor entitled to win any prizes in reference to the occasion.’

Putrick continued his case on Twitter, saying, ‘We gonna get visas quickly, spent some huge cash on it, time and simply getting scammed like this. All as a result of we have now Russian passports, and we will’t do something with it. Solely in Fortnite you may win Main and getting scammed like this.’

It’s not clear how somebody who’s Russian was allowed to compete within the competitors within the first place, contemplating how Epic Video games’ phrases and situations have been already in place are fairly unambiguous.

Jake Fortunate tweeted that Putrick informed him that he performed in Belarus, not Russia, on the time, and has a Kazakhstan checking account.

Epic Video games has not made a public assertion in regards to the problem, and appear steadfast that the choice is last. You may learn Putrick’s thread beneath.

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