Sunday, July 22nd was originally scheduled to play host to the third major Fortnite tournament hosted by collaborative YouTube music channel NerdOut in the form of the Sunday Storm Fortnite Invitational in collaboration with Bebo.
However, it looks as though at the time of this writing that the highly anticipated NerdOut Sunday Storm Fortnite event has been postponed due to a lack of funding for what was intended to be a $20,000 prize pool.
NerdOut posted the developing news of the postponement of the Sunday Storm Fortnite Tournament on its official Twitter account of Saturday, July 21st.
The NerdOut x @Bebo_Official #SundayStorm tournament is postponed.
— NerdOut! (@NerdOutMusic) July 22, 2018
However. Currently working on still running a tournament tomorrow in an easier format.
I'm working on finding funding for a tournament tomorrow.
— NerdOut! (@NerdOutMusic) July 22, 2018
I will try my best guys - Jack
Unfortunately I dont think we will be able to host the tournament tomorrow.
— NerdOut! (@NerdOutMusic) July 22, 2018
I promise you I will make it up to you guys and make the next one sensational! - Jack
The postponement of the NerdOut Sunday Storm event will likely be sad news for fans of the competitive scene of the popular battle royale title from Epic Games.
Sunday's event was set to be the culmination of an exciting weekend of competitive battle royale action, as Friday played host to the first 500K solo tournament for Week 2 of the Fortnite Summer Skirmish Series, while Saturday saw the second 500K solo tournament for the Summer Skirmish and the Rise Till Dawn Tournament hosted by Red Bull and Tyler "Ninja" Belvins take place.
Many were also looking forward to seeing the brand new format that the event was bringing to the competitive scene of Fortnite being played by some of the biggest and most popular names in the community.
It remains to be seen if NerdOut will be able to acquire the funding necessary in time for the Sunday Storm Fortnite Tournament to take place on Sunday, July 22nd. We will update this article with any updates regarding the event that was originally scheduled to take place today.
Even with the postponement of the NerdOut Sunday Storm Fortnite Tournament, fans can take comfort in the fact that the group will be working extremely hard in order to have their next competitive event be one to remember for all fans of the popular battle royale game.
(cover photo courtesy of NerdOut and Epic Games)
