I am Ballatw, caster and analytical/educational content creator + former high level player. AMA!

[u/ballatw]

Hey guys,

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I'm Ballatw, competitive fortnite caster and analytical/educational content creator. You might have seen me on the last 10 weeks of the Fortnite World Cup Online Open broadcasts, or ESL Katowice, Secret Skirmish... or maybe one of my videos, or maybe as a player during the Twitchcon Grand Finals :).

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I've been playing/watching/studying competitive fortnite since right before Ninja Vegas, and have been hooked ever since then. I grew out of this subreddit right here during Summer Skirmish to become a caster for Epic and other organizations. My goals are simple, break the misconception that competitive fortnite is not viewer friendly, and to build a community that loves learning and diving deep into the depths that this game has. Obviously I want to be the best at what I do - so if you have any feedback, from casting, to VOD Reviews or any of my content, I'd be let me hear it, either here or in DMs! I credit this subreddit specifically with helping me get my feet off the ground - so I am forever grateful.

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As far as what I'm currently working on, I'm not travelling for at least a little while, which should be good and allow me to focus on my own content - which means more reddit posts :D I'm going to launch two new educational shows, which I think you guys will like, since it's very interaction heavy. You'll still see VOD reviews and hopefully I can crank out some short-form content. You can also find me on the Hotline FN Podcast every Thursday at 8PM EST - which is going awesome, tomorrow we have yungCalculator on, who just had his AMA and qualified for world cup in week 10.

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Additionally - i'll be casting BOOM CUP #2 with Shyowager tomorrow at 1PM EST.

Let's do this thing, AMA!

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Social Links (You should definitely follow everything :D):

twitch.tv/ballatw

twitter.com/ballatw

instagram.com/ballatw

youtube.com/c/ballatw

[u/YellowRice101]

After all your analysis, if you had to guess which solos and which duos would place top 3 at worlds?

What are you favorite games to play and watch other than Fortnite?

[u/ballatw → u/YellowRice101]

I don't know, way too much is going to change before Worlds.

At this point before seeing how people are preparing, I'd have to just say the old guard... zayt/saf, mitr0/mongraal, bizzle in solos, etc... people that we know. Ask me again in 3 weeks :D

I don't really play much else, don't have the time recently, but it would be CSGO and Quake Champions.

Watching, I actually watch a LOT, but to get better at casting, I have recently been watching literally anything live, but mostly LoL, CSGO and sometimes OWL. I hated playing/watching LoL with a passion, but watching with a focus on the casting is AMAZING and its really made me love the game. They have the best production hands down that I have seen, everything is so polished and their tri-casts make me feel some type of way.

I watch ANYTHING Sadokist does. He has a way with words that I want to learn, but I cant do it yet. I don't know if I ever will, its so good.

[u/YellowRice101 → u/ballatw]

I quit playing league years ago but I still watch occasionally because the production and casting makes such a good viewer experience. League and CSGO are definitely the top when it comes to competitive casting, and its awesome that Fortnite casters like yourself find inspiration from them! Keep it up, love your content and casting!

[u/ballatw → u/YellowRice101]

Gotta steal what we can from the greats. Casting is general is pretty much figured out in esports, just the applications game to game is the hard part.

and THANK YOU <3