On Saturday (December 17), YouTube legend Jimmy "MrBeast" hosted his $1,000,000 Extreme Challenge Fortnite tournament. The special event was a huge success, with several prominent Fortnite personalities competing.
Aside from the million-dollar prize, the top 100,000 players in the Extreme Challenge Fortnite tournament received the exclusive Beast Brella Umbrella:
In this article, we'll take a deep dive into the event, examine the format, and detail the leaderboard, total prize, and tournament winner.
The tournament was held on a special in-game island created by Atlas Creative called MrBeast's Extreme Survival Challenge. In this, players had to avoid hazards, survive "extreme challenges," and earn "Score" within a certain amount of time. In an official announcement, Epic Games mentioned:
Epic Games stated that players can play "as many matches" as they want during this time. The game's developers also clarified that the placement will be determined by the Score of the player's "best match":
The much-anticipated event concluded and it was revealed that Fortnite professional player "Anas," who plays for esports team Guild, rose above all and bagged the $1,000,000 cash prize, scoring a total of 142,099 points.
De_Tibbe finished second, trailing by 1,501 points (140,598). Dave 3l was awarded third place, with the Canadian gamer missing out on the runner-up spot by only five points (140,593):
Anas took to Twitter to celebrate the victory. His update went viral on the social media platform, garnering over 69,000 likes and more than 3k community members commenting:
Here are some of the most relevant fan reactions from Anas' conversation thread:
In addition to the $1M cash prize and the limited-time Beast Brella Umbrella item, Fortnite
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