The Milk Cup runneth over, as 4.3 million individuals tuned in to look at the highest 50 feminine Fortnite duos battle it out at TwitchCon over the weekend — and that’s not together with the 1000’s who attended the San Diego Conference Heart occasion in individual.
Twitch CEO Dan Clancy even name-dropped The Milk Cup in his opening remarks to kick off the con on Friday, earlier than XSET Nina and Vader in the end received the competitors with two Victory Royales on Saturday. Moreover, Nina was named MVP, whereas MiniMikae1a received the Sportsmanship Award by a vote from her friends. All who certified acquired their share of the $300,000 prize pot.
“That is such an enormous second, it’s completely historic,” co-founder Heather “sapphiRe” Garozzo stated earlier than the massive video games. “I need all the ladies internationally of eSports and all our allies to have a look at this and be like, ‘Sure, girls eSports is actual and we belong and we deserve these huge phases’ … We’re actually setting the bar excessive and I hope a number of different eSports proceed to comply with and see the affect that we’re making for these gamers.”
Gonna Want Milk and Raidiant’s all-women LAN match — the biggest ever — additionally turned the primary third-party championship to be broadcast on the official Epic channels. Livestreams have been obtainable by FN Aggressive, in addition to with creators like LuluLuvely, HappyHappyGal, AussieAntics, OliverOG, Zemie, Viancyy and Khanada.
“It does imply lots to the gamers to have the writer concerned as a result of they maintain the keys, so that you clearly need Epic’s blessing,” sapphiRe added. “And to not solely get their blessing, however their buy-in, their help — it actually simply elevates it.”
The Milk Cup’s activation additionally included a Dairy Sprint recreation, the place gamers may win a cow-print Nintendo Change, Labubus, Peekies and plushies, in addition to a milkshake bar, a VIP leisure station, a lit mirrored photo-op, a tiered stage for the gamers and free samples of the strawberry-flavored Milk Power drink.
