CARY – Players of Epic Games’ globally popular battle royale Fortnite are up in arms about the company’s crackdown on “underage gambling.”

As news spread of the move to more tightly enforce Fortnite rules, players took to Twitter and began trending with “RTP Fortnite” and “Is Fortnite dead?”

Another Twitter feed, Thank you Fortnite, also erupted with complaints.

The flood on tweets emerged after an acknowledge professional player with a huge following on Twitch said Epic had told him to stop wagering or face a ban.

“Won’t be playing or having anything to do with wagers anymore, just got personally messaged by epic and was told to stop or will result in a ban. Recommend others to stop as well, tweeting this so people are aware,” tweeted Clix Thursday evening.

Turns out he wagered against an 11-year-old, according to gaming news site Sportskeeda.

“Since many players participating in these Fortnite wagers are below 18, it is understandable why Epic chose to crack down on such matches,” Sportskeeda added.

Money on the line

“It’s common knowledge that Clix’s broadcasts on Twitch often include Fortnite wagers. He, along with a couple of other pros, indulge in box fight matches and often compete for a pool of money,” Sportskeeda added.

It’s the latest crackdown by Cary-based Epic, which has been made worth billions of dollars by Fortnite’s success/

“Epic’s decision to officially stop Fortnite wagers comes a few months after they decided to ban subscriber-based custom scrims, wherein many streamers organized custom scrims in exchange for subscribers.”