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How To Watch: Fortnite FNCS Chapter 2 – Season 3 Grand Finals

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14 Aug 2020

Nathan Bonello

The Fortnite FNCS Chapter 2 – Season 3 Grand Finals will be kicking off in a few hours and it will certainly be an event not worth missing. Here’s everything you need to know about it, and how to watch it.

Tournament’s background

The Fortnite Championship Series is the official league tournament for Fortnite. The FNCS is operated solely by Epic Games.

Prize pool

For the Fortnite FNCS Chapter 2 – Season 3 Grand Finals there is a total of $1,255,000 to be distributed. Here is how the prize pool is split between each region:

Grand Finals Prize Pool:

  • Europe: $475,000 USD
  • NA East: $300,000 USD
  • NA West: $120,000 USD
  • Brazil: $120,000 USD
  • Asia: $80,000 USD
  • Oceania: $80,000 USD
  • Middle East: $80,000 USD

For a more detailed prize pool distribution check the event’s liquipedia page here.

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Credits: Epic Games

How to qualify for the main event

To qualify for the Fortnite FNCS Chapter 2 – Season 3 Grand Finals, players had to advance from a previous Series Qualifier or place in a very high rank on the Series Leaderboard to be invited to this event. The tournament is played across two rounds which are: Heats (top 400 players from EU, NAE, NAW, BR, top 200 players from OCE, Asia, ME) and Grand Finals (top 100 players per region). For Heats, all of the qualified players are seeded into a single session based on their finals standings on the Series Leaderboard. The best placing players from each session will advance to the Grand Finals.

Tournament format

Here below is the tournament format for the event:

  • There is a 6 match limit
  • The scoring is based on the players placement and eliminations.

In Europe, NA East, NA West and Brazil there are 4 heats, and the top 25 players advance to the final stage. In Oceania, Middle East, and Asia there are 2 heats and the top 50 players advance to the Grand Finals.

The scoring system for the Fortnite FNCS Grand Finals is as follows:

  • Victory Royale: 14 points
  • 2nd: 11 points
  • 3rd: 10 points
  • 4th-5th: 9 points
  • 6th-10th: 8 points
  • 11th-15th: 7 points
  • 16th-20th: 6 points
  • 21st-25th: 5 points
  • 26th-30th: 4 points
  • 31st-40th: 3 points
  • 41st-50th: 2 points
  • 51st-75th: 1 point

Each Elimination is 1 point but it is capped at 20 elimination points per match.

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Credits: Epic Games

Schedule list

Here below is the full schedule for each region in the Fortnite FNCS Chapter 2 – Season 3 Grand Finals:

Europe:

Friday, 14th August

  • Heat 1: 3pm – 6pm CEST
  • Heat 2: 7pm – 10pm CEST

Saturday, 15th August

  • Heat 3: 3pm – 6pm CEST
  • Heat 4: 7pm – 10pm CEST

Sunday, 16th August

  • Grand Finals: 7pm – 10pm CEST

NA East:

Friday, 14th August

  • Heat 1: 1pm – 4pm ET
  • Heat 2: 5pm – 8pm ET

Saturday, 15th August

  • Heat 3: 1pm – 4pm ET
  • Heat 4: 5pm – 8pm ET

Sunday, 16th August

  • Grand Finals: 5pm – 8pm ET

NA West:

Friday, 14th August

  • Heat 1: 1pm – 4pm PT
  • Heat 2: 5pm – 8pm PT

Saturday, 15th August

  • Heat 3: 1pm – 4pm PT
  • Heat 4: 5pm – 8pm PT

Sunday, 16th August

  • Grand Finals: 5pm – 8pm PT

Brazil:

Friday, 14th August

  • Heat 1: 12pm – 3pm BRT
  • Heat 2: 4pm – 7pm BRT

Saturday, 15th August

  • Heat 3: 12pm – 3pm BRT
  • Heat 4: 4pm – 7pm BRT

Sunday, 16th August

  • Grand Finals: 4pm – 7pm BRT

Asia:

Friday, 14th August

  • Heat 1: 5pm – 8pm JST

Saturday, 15th August

  • Heat 2: 5pm – 8pm JST

Sunday, 16th August

  • Grand Finals: 5pm – 8pm JST

OCE:

Friday, 14th August

  • Heat 1: 4pm – 7pm AEST

Saturday, 15th August

  • Heat 2: 4pm – 7pm AEST

Sunday, 16th August

  • Grand Finals: 4pm – 7pm AEST

Middle East:

Friday, 14th August

  • Heat 1: 4pm – 7pm GST

Saturday, 15th August

  • Heat 2: 4pm – 7pm GST

Sunday, 16th August

  • Grand Finals: 4pm – 7pm GST

Streaming platform list

All matches of the Fortnite FNCS Chapter 2 – Season 3 Grand Finals will be streamed on the official Fortnite twitch channel and on the official Fortnite youtube channel. However it is advised that you watch the event on their twitch channel due to the FNCS twitch drops. 

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Credits: Epic Games

This is where viewers are able to earn Fortnite themed items which include a spray, emoji and back bling. However it is important to link your Epic Games account with Twitch, otherwise you will not be receiving any drops.

Watch the Fortnite FNCS Chapter 2 – Season 3 Grand Finals stream on esportsguide.com

You can also watch the Fortnite FNCS Chapter 2 – Season 3 Grand Finals live stream via our very own website. Providing an extensive list of the biggest esports together with streams for each esports match live today or upcoming matches.

Predictions

Competitive Fortnite, due to its randomness, is very hard for predictions, however if one had to anticipate which players had the highest chances of winning by looking at recent results, you would come to the following conclusions:

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