Germany hosted a Fortnite show tournament called Amar x Eli Hybrid Lan from November 19 and 20, where 33 professional players and 66 popular streamers fought for a prize pool of 50K euros. This event became one of the most popular in the discipline in 2023: it even surpassed the FNCS 2023 majors in Europe and North America by Peak Viewers.
Amar x Eli Hybrid Lan differed from other tournaments by its unusual format. During the two days of the event, the participants played several team matches in triples. These matches had different conditions from the organizers: some were played according to standard rules, others were held in Zero Build mode. There were also special matches with special conditions: for example, all players had to land strictly in one location and could only fight within it.
Amar x Eli Hybrid Lan was organized by popular German streamers Amar and eliasn97. This is not their first joint tournament, but this time they organized a classic LAN with spectators and various activities. In between matches they interviewed the participants, discussed matches, and held contests. The event even featured Marvel superhero cosplay and a drummer performance.
Amar x Eli Hybrid Lan broadcasts accumulated 1.4 million Hours Watched. They reached 153.7K Average and 214K Peak Viewers. The matches were covered on 70+ unique channels, mostly in German. The largest audience was gathered by broadcasts from the organizers, eliasn97 and Amar.
Among the tournament participants there were many popular streamers: rezonfn, MckyTV, Niklas Wilson, LetsHugoTV, xFibii, whitecatosu, KubaFPS and others. Almost all of them streamed the tournament on their personal channels.
Most popular Fortnite tournaments by Amar
Amar is one of the most popular German Fortnite streamers and he has hosted quite a few such tournaments in recent years, and it was the Amar x Eli Hybrid Lan that was the most popular of them all. Previously, the streamer's most successful event was the Amar Trios Cup, which drew 181.6K Peak Viewers in 2020. Amar x Eli Hybrid Lan also was one of the most popular Fortnite events in November. You can find the statistics of other Fortnite tournaments on Esports Charts.
The Fortnite OG season kicked off in early November and one can see that Epic Games' battle royale game is experiencing its second youth. The developers brought back the classic map to the game, and with it, popular streamers have returned — Ninja, Gotaga, Rubius, TheGrefg, xQc and even Kai Cenat are active in Fortnite again.
On November 5, the game's official Twitter account announced that Fortnite has set a new record for the number of players, with 44.7 million people playing the game in 24 hours. This is the biggest figure in its history. Now Fortnite is in the Top 3 most popular categories on Twitch, and will certainly retain a high place in the ranking at the end of November.
