a week ago, a guy was taken for cheating in the world cup qualifiers. him and his friends where punished yesterday. they got a 2 week ban. they cheated themselves to 50k, and got a 2 week ban. everyone is going to cheat now. there is WAY to much money in this for them not to. the qualifiers where already taking to long. now they will be a proper joke.
i think every single pro i have seen is saying that this is the last pro event they do. i though we would be at the world cup by now. they are as sick of this as i though they would be, but we are only in week 3 of 10. im not sure if they will keep playing even true the world cup. fortnite is not ready for a pro scene. there are way to many bugs for the player to take it this seriously. going from nothing to world cup that takes 10 weeks was not really the balance we where looking for. by trying to get as much entertainment from this as possible. as much publicity as possible, epic is killing their pro scene. that happens to be needed, since there are way to many pros playing this game. but thats not good for the game in the short term. epic wants to grow forever. not purge their elite and built a new core.