{"id":2919,"date":"2020-02-26T11:43:51","date_gmt":"2020-02-26T11:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/fortnite-college-esports-playvs"},"modified":"2024-07-22T08:13:47","modified_gmt":"2024-07-22T08:13:47","slug":"fortnite-college-esports-playvs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/fortnite\/fortnite-college-esports-playvs","title":{"rendered":"Fortnite announce collegiate esports league with PlayVS"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Fortnite partner with PlayVS for college esports program.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Seasons will be divided into a preseason, eight-week regular seasons,&nbsp;and playoffs.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><b>Tournament format will be Duos.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>US students will soon get the opportunity to play for their schools&nbsp;after Fortnite announced a partnership with PlayVS to create a collegiate esport program.<\/p>\n<p>The tournament will be open to all US enrolled college students&nbsp;over the age of 16,&nbsp;with <a href=\"https:\/\/app.playvs.com\/high-school-player-signup\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">registration<\/a> for the Spring 2020 season closing on 28\/02\/2020.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div data-oembed-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FortniteGame\/status\/1232409935540969472\"><twitter-widget class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\" data-tweet-id=\"1232409935540969472\" id=\"twitter-widget-0\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden; display: block; transform: rotate(0deg); width: 500px; margin: 10px auto; max-width: 100%; min-width: 220px;\"><\/twitter-widget><twitter-widget class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\" data-tweet-id=\"1232409935540969472\" id=\"twitter-widget-0\" style=\"position: static; visibility: visible; display: block; transform: rotate(0deg); width: 500px; margin: 10px auto; max-width: 100%; min-width: 220px;\"><\/twitter-widget><script async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Each school year will have two seasons, a Fall season running from October to January and a Spring season from February to May. Each season will culminate in the Championship playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>Matches will be played every Wednesday at 8pm ET, players will have a two-hour window to collect as many points as possible.<\/p>\n<p>The top duo of each week will automatically qualify for the end-of-season playoffs called the Championship where the top 50 Duos from across the country will play 5 games to decide the season winner. Up to 6 Duos from each institution can be represented at the Championship. Players will be expected to play all their matches from computers on consoles located on-campus.<\/p>\n<p>There is no announced prize pool for the tournament&nbsp;&#8211; duos will be playing for prestige and for the chance to represent their university at a national level.<\/p>\n<p>PlayVS currently runs leagues in League of Legends, Rocket League,&nbsp;and Smite, with over 80,000 students signed up from over 13,000 schools. Players pay &#36;64 per season to&nbsp;cover the cost of the league&#8217;s administration.<\/p>\n<p>Fortnite&#8217;s entry into collegiate esports is just the latest in a number of opportunities for college students to get involved in esports.&nbsp;Psyonix, developers of Rocket League, hosts an&nbsp;official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocketleagueesports.com\/news\/crl-spring-season-kicks-off-today\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Collegiate Rocket League<\/a> tournament with a&nbsp;scholarship prizing pool of &#36;75,000, while an increasing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamedesigning.org\/schools\/varsity-esports\/\">number of universities have varsity esport programs<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fortnite partner with PlayVS for college esports program. Seasons will be divided into a preseason, eight-week regular seasons,&nbsp;and playoffs. Tournament format will be Duos. 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