The K1NG Cup, which already started yesterday, will take place between December 9th and 11th, starting at 18:XNUMX (Brasilia time) in Fortnite. The competition offers cash prizes from first to fifteenth place.
More than 217 thousand registrations were made. Functioning in the doubles format, the K1NG Cup is divided into three rounds. The five hundred best pairs of the first stage qualify for the next round, after which the pairs that occupy the fifty best positions advance to the final round.
Each competition session lasts three hours, with rounds featuring different game limits played by each pair. Victory royale will give players 38 points, while second and third place will get 30 and 28 points respectively. 23 pairs will receive points according to their position.
In the first and second rounds the elimination will be worth 2 points, while in the final stage each kill will add 3 points for the pairs.
The K1NG Cup offers a good prize pool, which will certainly make players look for their best performance to guarantee a place among the first places.
Check the prize for each position.
1º US$2.000
2º US$1.250
3º US$1.000
4º US$800
5º US$700
6º-10º US$450
11º-15º US$400
K1ng, the Argentine standout
The cup bears the name of Thiago "K1ng" Lapp, an Argentine player of great prominence in the competitive Fortnite scenario. In August 2019, the fourteen-year-old boy delighted the audience with an incredible participation in the Fortnite World Cup. K1ng still stood out with an excellent performance in the Fortnite Champion Series, the online championship open to all players.
K1ng's name certainly gives even more visibility to the competition, attracting many fans of the Argentine boy.
King has already received over $1 million in prizes thanks to Fortnite. His most recent achievement was the Champion Series Latin America, in which the player secured first place and the prize pool of $20.000, as he battled well-known Spanish names such as Bryan "KING" Carvalho. The competition was broadcast within the game itself, in battle royale mode.
Thiago "K1ng" Lapp, who is in 85th place in the ranking of players who made the most money in eSports, already has 700.000 followers on social networks, being one of the great highlights of the scenario in general.
