Fortnite: Party Royale celebrates weird sports with ESPN 8 - The Ocho

Players will be able to watch ESPN 8 - The Ocho live through the Fortnite Party Royale virtual venue. This stream aims to celebrate the wonderful world of weird sports on 8/8, also known as Ocho Day.

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ESPN 8 - The Ocho, where have I heard that name before?

Anyone who was a middle schooler in 2004 will almost certainly have heard of ESPN 8, the Ocho before. This channel began as a joke in the Vince Vaughn comedy, Dodgeball, wherein Vaughn competes against a hyperactive Ben Stiller character in competitive Dodgeball in order to save his failing gym, all while providing us with the best Jason Bateman line in history.

Roughly three years ago ESPN decided to make The Ocho into a real event with the full backing of the network, and it’s been going on every year since.

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The Ocho comes to Fortnite

Jump into the heat of the competition 🔥@ESPN 8: The Ocho is coming to Party Royale!A marathon of the finest in seldom seen sports from Cornhole to Spikeball and more, catch it all on the Big Screen starting on August 8 at 9 AM ET. pic.twitter.com/Loe22NoDS8

— Fortnite (@FortniteGame) August 4, 2020

As eSports have grown into a worldwide phenomenon it’s easy to see how something like Fortnite or other competitive games might have once fit into The Ocho’s programming, or as they said themselves “if it’s almost a sport, we’ve got it here!”

Although by now many such games have garnered enough of a following to be considered more mainstream, The Ocho was initially created to be an ally to the often ignored competitive events that had not yet become mainstream. In 2004, it would be easy to see how that might have included competitive gaming.

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Fortnite Party Royale

The Fortnite Party Royale venue has played host to a diverse selection of events, from musical performances, to films and cultural discussions. The Ocho will be a welcome addition to Fortnite in much the same way that Fortnite will be a welcome addition to The Ocho.

Current highlights in the schedule include the Johnsonville ACL Cornhole Championships, Stupid Robot Fighting League, Classic Tetris World Championship, and more. The Fortnite Party Royale live broadcast will start on August 8th at 9:00AM (ET) and go until 1:45 PM with a rebroadcast scheduled for 4:00 PM.

Welcome to Marble Monday here on the Ocho. Today we have race 3 of the WGMR Rally. Follow the full series below. Good Luck https://t.co/crw41haUcD pic.twitter.com/m6n6YxW66N

— Reddit's /r/TheOcho (@r_TheOcho) August 4, 2020