Fortnite players suddenly retire amid allegations of $100,000 scam against Newbee Gaming

Chinese Esports organisation Newbee Gaming is quickly becoming one of most controversial organisations in Esports history. Earlier this year, Newbee Gaming was banned for match-fixing by Chine Dota 2 Association (CDA). former TI champions along with  five DOTA 2 players who were involved in scandal were blacklisted from all tier 1 Esports events. 

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Fortnite stealing? Newbee Gaming accused of scam

While match-fixing scandal is still fresh in world of Esports, Fortnite coach Rhidax has accused Newbee Gaming of stealing over $100,000 in prize money from its own players. Rhidax, who coaches Asian and European players, shared a Twitter thread where he revealed details of scandal. Fortnite coach ted Newbee Gaming trapped its players in contracts and have been stealing ir prize money since Fortnite World Cup 2019. XXM and XMende had ir Fortnite World Cup prize money stolen by organisation. Rhidax also shared multiple screenshots of a conversation with WenQian (current player for Newbee Gaming) where latter admitted he is still owed $10,000 of his prize money and has hopes of getting his money back. 

Shedding light on latest Fortnite Esports controversy in China, Sportskeeda reports five professional players have suddenly anunced ir retirement with little to explanation. XXM and xMende - members of Newbee Gaming - retired in 2019 after global tournament in 2019. Since n, Evilmare, KBB and YuWang have also retired from competitive Fortnite. Evilmare represented FunPlus Phoenix (FPX), and KBB & YuWang represented Team World Elite. 

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Fortnite World Cup 2019 was one of biggest Esports events in history. global competition clocked over 2.3 million viewers and had largest prize pool in history of Fortnite competitive events - $30 million. For qualifying to tournament alone, players were rewarded $50,000. Kyle "Bugha" Giersdorf came first in Solo Cup and took home a cash prize of $3 million.

Newbee Gaming players, XXM and XMende (who had ir money stolen) finished 49th in last year's tournament, winning $50,000 each. duo quit competitive Fortnite soon after major event. team's current roster consists of five players - WenQian, Duomo, Yan, Grass and uxo. 

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(Im Credits: Newbee Gaming Twitter Handle)