[EU] Fortnite: Zone Wars
Please see the "Overview - Prizes" section for the prize summary.
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*NOTE: A minimum of eight (8) participants must compete in the tournament for prizing to become unlocked. Once a tournament has concluded, the winner(s) will be contacted via the email associated with their EGL account regarding their prize and how to claim it. Cash prize payments are paid via PayPal only and are paid the following month.The amount of cash prizing received is determined by the amount of participants in the tournament, please see the table below for the breakdown in prizing. Only 1st place will be awarded a cash prize. All players on the winning roster will be contacted via email and the cash prize will be equally split among team members:
Participant Sign Ups | 1st Place |
8+ Participants | €30 to the winning player |
Player IDs & Roster Lock
Player IDs
For this tournament, all players must register their Epic Games Account Username to their EGL Game & Social Accounts section on their EGL profile. All Player IDs on a team’s roster must be 100% valid and accurate. Spelling, spaces and characters must be exact, but do not need to be case sensitive.
If your username is found to be incorrect or you have input an email address instead of your Epic Games Account Username then your team will be disqualified as this is strictly prohibited.
Roster Lock
Player IDs are stored when you enter a tournament, meaning that any changes made to a Player's ID after they sign up for a tournament will not be updated on the roster. To avoid this update the relevant Game ID before signing up for a tournament OR leave the tournament, update your Game ID on the Game & Social Accounts section of your profile so that it is up-to-date and proceed to re-enter the tournament.
How To Compete
Matchmaking Region
The matchmaking region of every player has to be set to Europe.
Cross-Platform
This tournament is cross-platform meaning that PC, Playstation, Xbox, Mobile device & Nintendo Switch players are all permitted to compete. Both Controller and Keyboard/Mouse are permitted also.
Game Session Setup
The higher seeded player will invite their opponents to the game session, once all members are in the lobby you will enter the Creatuve Hub. At the Creative hub or prior to playing be sure to add the map code provided on the Rules page. Ensure you are playing the correct map/island as they may change.
Best of 3
All matches are Best of 3 and are decided after two or three game.
How To Win
You are to pick your team and defeat your opponent first to 5 wins, capture video proof of your win in case of a dispute.
Sabotage
Teams will party up as a SQUAD with their opponents. The teams that have queued up together are NOT ALLOWED to contribute/cause the death of the player(s) they're competing against within that game. Players caught doing so will be disqualified from their match.
Examples of sabotage include but are not limited to:
- Breaking, editing or weakening your opponent's built or non-built (a structure that they were using but did not build, e.g. someone else's structure, trees, buildings etc) structures or cover by any mean. Resulting in your opponent falling, losing cover or taking damage in any way shape or form.- Causing your opponents to miss shots or miss opportunities for advancing their scores in any way shape or form.
- Building in-front of your opponent or boxing them in.
- Using any type of vehicle to drive into your opponent.
- Picking your downed opponent up and carrying them is not allowed.
- Using any in-game features such as grenades, traps etc that negatively affect your opponent's health or ability to play normally against your opponent is not allowed.
Examples of NONE sabotage include but are not limited to:
- Kill stealing is NOT a form of sabotage.- Loot stealing is NOT a form of sabotage.
- Following your opponent is NOT a form of sabotage.
- Re-spawning or reviving your teammate/opponent is NOT a form of sabotage.
- Not re-spawning or reviving your teammate/opponent is NOT a form of sabotage.
Any claims of this happening must be submitted in video form and show all players usernames involved in the incident. Proof must be submitted either in the match dispute or through a ticket on the website. We will not accept screenshots in this case.
Eligible Countries
This tournament is open to players of any age and any user that resides within Europe.
The following countries are permitted to enter into this tournament:
Support
If you have a problem with your match, please click on the 'Contact Support' button found on your Match Fixture page. You can also reach us on the EGL - Global Discord channel for general questions and discussion.