Epic Games’s massively popular online game Fortnite starts with 100 players who are dropped onto an island to face off in a game that resembles the one in Suzanne Collins’s book series The Hunger Games. Each player must scavenge or barter for weapons and eliminate the other players in their path; the last player standing wins. Launched in 2017, today the game boasts more than 300 million users. Players can play for free but often spend money on special skins

(costumes) and pay for access to specific battles. However, developers at Epic Games recently noticed a worrying trend: more advanced players were colluding in the game.

In response to the collusion, Epic Games is now banning any player that colludes.

a. What is the incentive for players to collude in Fortnite?

b. Why would Epic Games want to eliminate collusion in Fortnite?