Javier 🇵🇷

What hard work looks like ..

@roaldvanbuuren Your last paragraph here summarizes it graciously. It’s all about the product, meeting the users with experiences they want, and the rest will pretty much fall into place. 🤝

Esports has a purist problem, and I say that as someone who used to be one. For years I, as many of us, believe the way to make esports credible was to look at traditional sports; bigger stages, more polished broadcast, stricter structures and rules all felt like the obvious path to give us the legitimacy we thought was needed. In the late 2000s and early 2010s we chased television, with the belief that if esports made it onto that stage, the mainstream would respect us. Then Twitch arrived and it proved the opposite; esports did not need TV. Instead, we built our own version of it, powered by the community and with a culture that felt way more authentic. The irony is that TV eventually came to esports anyways and when I worked on those shows for NBC, ESPN and Turner while at FACEIT, it was clear that traditional broadcasters wanted access to an audience they could no longer reach, so they were adapting to esports and gaming, not leading it. My shift in perspective when it became clear to me that the large-scale sports style events we produced were not a viable revenue stream on their own. For FACEIT, their primary prupose was to reinforce FACEIT's position in the market and drive players towards the platform. And the platform was where the real value, retention and growth existed. This is where the purism for me fell apart. It held together the idea that esports should be built around large stages and spectacle, even though it's been proven time and again that the industry's best and strongest innovation has come from solving digital problems through platforms such as FACEIT and Twitch. I don't believe esports will move forward by imitating sports or using the templates that even sports is now moving away from. It will move forward by building products that reflect how players actually compete, watch and engage. What I do believe is that the future of esports belongs to the people who understand digital culture, not those trying to recreate a model that never fit with this beautiful industry.

@omgfriday That was a fun event 🤝

photo credits to the best: @MonsterDface 🙌

1 week away from @DreamHack Atlanta Round 2 🥳🤍 little throwback from Dallas w/ @samanthajg71 @COPEgg @GoblintownRHDG @dyli_io <33

@ImmatureGamer Happy birthday 📈

Birthday today 🎉 Honestly just thankful. For my kids, my wife, the friendships, the community, and being able to wake up every day and create in an industry I genuinely love. Appreciate everyone who’s supported me along the way 💚

@BoopNL_ @FNCompetitive 🔥🔥

After watching the game for 5+ years, scrims, tournaments and more I'm incredibly happy and excited to announcement I've got my own booth for the FNCS Summit LAN in Germany. We'll be live from the 26th - 31st of May not only in the arena, but in the practice room hosting scrims, 1v1s and more content. Thank you all for being there and watching my stream all these years, it will be fun, LETS GO.

Hey @Clix I gave him the best advice I could come up with. He insist that he is ready to chat with you. 🤷‍♂️

@somebodysgun I only have about 320 episodes on it, so I’m waiting to share it until it gets a little further in.

@MonsterDface Since when did you have a podcast?

Fresh podcast is up 👇 We talk results, changes to customs and our thoughts on the domino effect leading us to a whole new LAN format without Bugha 😭 .. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…

@FrankieWard It’s on there too, if you just search up “The Fortnite Podcast”

@MonsterDface Spotify link plz?

@rileyy5x @MrSavage you probably missed it from 15 mins ago

@MonsterDface @MrSavage are u slow? nothing is wrong with it..??

As someone who is quite literally in the trenches with Epic, a number of Sponsors and Owned assets - this is the biggest W we’ve had in years. Custom settings are improving for the first time since what feels like it’s introduction 👏🏼 (Please keep this going and continue to show spectator hud some love too 📈)

@Fortnite @Swearin_ We are one step closer to controlling customs 🤝

v1 GoD mOdE uNlOcKeD? Check your Admin Panel when you set up custom matches on Thursday. BR + ZB only.

@mamacurve @JacobMvPR @CurveFN @PappaCurve 👏

Thanks to @JacobMvPR for always believing in @CurveFN and all your kind words to @PappaCurve and I throughout the comps!

I'll have to take another iconic photo of the goat in Germany 🍾 Bro showed up and just dominated day 2. with no excuses.

@FNCompetitive NGL this caught me way off guard. W addition 🥳

@Koyota0 @yumafv The 4x 💪 Legend

グランドファイナル1位🥇($16000)w/ @yumafv アジア初4x 応援してくれた方ありがとうございました!

Our current top 10 😭 ..

@FNCompetitive its official now 😭

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@7RavenFN @cdzfn6 @CoachDaxi @Kanaryfn7 @Aimfv2 📈📈📈

🏆QUALED GRANDSSS LFG🏆 @cdzfn6 @CoachDaxi @Kanaryfn7 @Aimfv2

@Moxieboo_ Epic cooked with the skins 🔥

im ngl seeing pros in heats using our skins is the coolest thing I’ve ever seen. thank you for the support guys 🥹