Adam DiMarco (u/internetadam)

Adam DiMarco, more known by his Reddit handle u/internetadam was a controversial user on the r/FortNiteBR subreddit that gained notoriety for sharing confidential information on Season 4 of Fortnite: Battle Royale, from a friend who had previously worked as a QA game tester at Epic Games, Thomas Hannah.
==Origin==
Nearing the end of Season 3, the upcoming season begun to be teased; it would involve the mysterious meteor in the island's sky that seemed to get closer and closer. A popular theory was that it would hit Tilted Towers, as "evidenced" by several clues.
Between April 23rd - 27th, 2018, Adam began interacting with the r/FortNiteBR community, claiming that he had intel on Season 4. His most popular post with over a thousand upvotes went as follows:Archived by FortniteFTW. Updated/NEW Spoilers for Season 4 Battle Pass + Meteor
Adam's account was deleted a few days later, and so were his posts (possibly at the demand of Epic Games themselves to the subreddit's staff).
==Aftermath==
On May 1st, 2018, Season 4 was released and confirmed most of Adam's leaks.
*The Battle Pass was Superhero-themed with Outfits such as Carbide, Battlehawk, Valor and Omega.
*The meteor crashed into Dusty Depot (now Dusty Divot) and not Tilted Towers like many believed would happen.
*Constant map changes such as the Government's vehicles carrying meteorite samples and rebuilding locations damaged by the meteor's debris.
Later with the release of Season 5 on July 12th, 2018, Moisty Mire was completely replaced with Paradise Palms.
==Lawsuit==
On May 7th, 2018, Epic Games issued a lawsuit against Thomas Hannah, who had worked with the company between December 4th, 2017 and April 4th, 2018 as a QA game tester, for breaking a non-disclosure agreement from the company on Fortnite: Battle Royale. Epic claims that Hannah had broken the agreement by trading information on Season 4 with a personal friend, Adam DiMarco; the infamous u/internetadam, who then leaked it on r/FortNiteBR.Article by Polygon. Accused Fortnite leaker files defense against Epic's lawsuit
==Legacy==
This incident is regarded as one of the first major leaks in the game's history.
===Copycats===
Similar "leaks" started popping up on r/FortNiteBR, but most of them lacked any credibility and were quickly disproven by the community or the game itself like the "Leviathan LTM" leak, which would become a recurring joke in the community, often in an ironic tone and with gaslighting involved.
===Similar Incidents===
Another infamous leak happened in September of 2019 when an user posted on the r/FortniteCompetitive community an image of what appeared to be a new island, containing locations whose names were added into the files in Update v10.30 a few days prior. They claimed that it came from a friend who was supposedly an Epic Games employee. Chapter 2: Season 1 debuted a month later with Apollo as the new map; the exact same island from the image. A lawsuit was issued on Ronald Sykes, the QA game tester responsible for the leak.Article by Polygon. Epic Games suing Fortnite tester who leaked Chapter 2 Sykes had also leaked Chapter 2's swimming mechanics and Motorboats on Twitter. An user named @OotaMayoYT claimed that the image was a "concept" of theirs, and shared a slightly altered version covered with a watermark. It is very likely that they were just using the topic's traction at the time to gain attention. 
American YouTuber Tabor Hill gained popularity for leaking Party Royale and Chapter 2: Season 3 on his channel, but no lawsuit has come out of it.
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