Fortnite's Fall Skirmish starts today with a whole boatload of format changes

Starting at 12 PM EST today, Fortnite will officially kick off the Fall Skirmish. Over the next six weeks, a different skirmish will take place each Friday, featuring a whole host of professional Fortnite players. This all leads up to the final week, which will be played at TwitchCon from Oct. 26th - 28th.

The Fall Skirmish is another iteration in Epic Games' attempts to perfect their competitive model. Over the next few weeks, we'll be certain to see spectator enhancements, different formats, and much probably even more crazy antics if the Summer Skirmish is any indication.

From what Epic has released already, here's what we know about the Fall Skirmish:

In addition to the weekly skirmishes, the creators and competitors in the Fall Skirmish are also split into one of five clubs: the Fort Knights, Lucky Llamas, Dusty Dogs, Rift Raiders, or Bush Bandits. Each club gets awarded points for their play in the Skirmishes and Weekly Trials. At the end of the Fall Skirmish, there will be a $4 million prize pool split among the clubs based on total points earned.

Speaking of Weekly Trials, there will now be trials throughout each week for the clubs to take part in. These will rewards a payout based on weekly placement, as well as contributing to total club points. For the first week of the Skirmish, the trial is "Squad Goals", which will reward the squads with the highest amount of total eliminations in a single match.

Week one of the Fall Skirmish kicks off at noon EST today with the EU group, and the NA groups will board the bus at 4 PM EST. The format of week 1 is called "Hold the Throne", and will be played in Duos. Here are the specifics of the format:

Six total matches are played, and duos earn points for both placement and eliminations

Placement: 

• 1st: +3 points
• 2nd-3rd: +2 points
• 4th-5th: +1 point

Eliminations:

• 8+: +3 points
• 6-7: +2 points
• 4-5: +1 point

Lastly, the duo with the most eliminations throughout the whole tournament earn the Hold the Throne title, which gives them +2 points. This title can be passed between teams after each game.

Personally, I'm really pumped to see how Epic pushes the envelope for the Fall Skirmish. Fortnite as a game has shown a willingness to evolve and grow extremely rapidly, and this next iteration of Fortnite esports will hopefully be no exception.

If you're interested in checking out more information and seeing the club rosters, you can find that here.
If you're interested in watching, the weekly skirmish can be found on Twitch here.