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Photo: Riley MacLeod (Kotaku) The event that competitive Fortnite players have been waiting for finally gets underway today at the Arthur Ashe Stadium in Queens, New York. Hundreds of pros will be present at the three-day Fortnite World Cup, and thousands or millions more will be watching. When all is said and done a few will end up a whole lot richer. The event will begin with an opening ceremony at 12:30 p.m. ET. Nobody knows what Epic has planned for it. There could be dancers. A new mode might get announced. Maybe Lil Nas X will show up and perform a special new Fortnite remix of “Old Town Road.” Epic Games announced it was spending $100 million on Fortnite esports back in February. There have been innovations in how esports are streamed, controversies over certain screen resolutions getting banned from competition, and no shortage of attempted cheating along the way. Some of those cheaters even eventually qualified for this weekend’s event. Now fans will get to see if the spectac...

Photo: Matthew Eisman (Getty Images) Former LA Laker Rick Fox’s esports organization Team Echo Fox plans to sell its slot in the North American League of Legends Championship Series to Los Angeles Rams owner Stan Kroenke, according to a new report by ESPN. It’s the latest development in an increasingly complex drama that’s been unfolding since late April when an investor in Echo Fox, Amit Raizada, was revealed to have used a racial slur against fellow business partner, Jace Hall. Riot Games, which runs the League of Legends Championship Series, gave Echo Fox the choice of either removing the racist individual from its organization or losing its spot in the league. It now appears that Echo Fox has decided to exit the league. ESPN reports that Kroenke’s monolithic LA-based holding company, Kroenke Sports & Entertainment, which also owns Arsenal and LA’s Overwatch team, is the proposed buyer, having offered Echo Fox $30.25 million for its League of Legends franchise. Esports organiza...