Morgan “RepulseGod” Bamford, a former Fortnite competitor from Australia, was disqualified from the Fortnite Champion Sequence occasion in Copenhagen in 2023 after sharing his account with one other participant with a purpose to qualify for the occasion. Bamford (or quite, the one that was enjoying on his account) and his teammate, who goes by Jace on-line, positioned first in a qualifying occasion in August, which earned the duo a spot within the $4 million World Championship. That’s, till Epic Video games realized about Bamford’s actions.
In 2024, Epic Video games introduced that it was “ramping up authorized motion” in opposition to individuals who cheat and individuals who promote dishonest software program. The corporate introduced Monday that it had pursued authorized motion in opposition to Bamford, who has since been banned from ever enjoying in a Fortnite match once more. Settlement cash from the authorized motion consists of the prize cash Bamford was awarded. Epic Video games declined to share particulars of the authorized motion with epicgamejourney. It’s unclear how way more Bamford should pay along with the match winnings. Regardless, all of the settlement cash will probably be donated to the Baby’s Play charity.
Bamford was additionally required to publish an apology to his private YouTube channel. “I shared my Epic Video games account with one other person, Forbes, to qualify for the 2023 Fortnite Championship Grand Finals. My actions violated Epics guidelines and I used to be disqualified from the match,“ he wrote in textual content shared in a 15-second YouTube video. ”Epic took authorized motion in opposition to me and now Im banned from collaborating in Fortnite tournaments ceaselessly. I additionally need to paya financial settlement, which incorporates the prize cash I obtained however didn’t win pretty, which Epic will donate to charity. Dishonest in tournaments ruins the enjoyable for the gamers who earned their spot in tournaments and I apologise to the Fortnite group for my actions. I wont ever cheat in Fortnite once more.”
From the qualifying occasion, Bamford and Jace earned $20,000 in prize cash. He’d beforehand been enjoying in Fortnite tournaments for years, successful 1000’s of {dollars} in prize cash. Bamford was one of some skilled gamers who accused Epic Video games in 2020 of not paying out prize cash from a DreamHack occasion; Bamford positioned fourth in a solo occasion and gained $12,500.
Epic Video games has additionally filed a lawsuit in opposition to one other Fortnite esports competitor, Sebastian “Sabortian” Araujo. The lawsuit was filed in December, Epic Video games introduced on social media. The corporate mentioned on the time that Araujo had used dishonest software program and {hardware}; he’d participated in lower-level weekly occasions over the previous few years, successful 1000’s of {dollars} in prize cash. That case is pending; Araujo was served with the lawsuit on Feb. 9, per court docket paperwork seen by epicgamejourney.
