KEEMSTAR Announces $5K UMG Saturday Fortnite Tournament

The last two weeks has seen the interest in competitive Fortnite Battle Royale skyrocket thanks to the Friday Fortnite Tournament hosted by well YouTuber Daniel "KEEMSTAR" Keem and UMG.

The past two weeks have seen some of the biggest content creators from both Twitch and YouTube compete against one another for the KEEMSTAR Friday Fortnite Tournament championship, and a grand prize that increased from $5,000 in week 1 to $10,000 in week 2.

Week 3 of the KEEMSTAR event will have a $20,000 grand prize up for grabs, which means that fans will most likely be seeing the return of many high profile Twitch streamers and YouTubers to the KEEMSTAR Friday Fortnite UMG Tournament. 

However, today, KEEMSTAR announced on Twitter that he and UMG will be hosting another competitive battle royale event this weekend in the form of the KEEMSTAR Saturday Fortnite UMG Tournament. Saturday's UMG event will feature a $5,000 grand prize and is looking for smaller content creators from YouTube and Twitch to compete.

#SaturdayFortnite for Small YouTuber & Twitch streamers $5k 6/2/2018 @ 4pm est by @KEEMSTAR & @UMGEvents

To be invited you must Tweet @UMGEvents with your

Twitch
YouTube
& UMG username

If u don’t have a UMG user name make one. Use code (Keem) https://t.co/tynuvHTAZa

— KEEM (@KEEMSTAR) May 21, 2018

The YouTuber also went on to state that the Saturday's UMG event will be for the biggest of the smaller content creators with the goal of having competitors who regularly pull in 500 concurrent viewers. 

If you pull under 500 concurrent live viewers , then don’t be disappointed. Just work hard and get there. We have a great game Fortnite & a awesome community behind it.

— KEEM (@KEEMSTAR) May 21, 2018

With some members of the community having been displeased with the battle royale event only focusing on high profile content creators and players, KEEMSTAR's UMG Saturday Tournament will look to address these concerns by allowing smaller members of the community to showcase their skills in front of what could be a potentially substantial audience for the UMG Saturday tournament, as the viewership success that the KEEMSTAR Tournament has seen the past two weeks has been impressive for a title with no ability to create private and custom matches for competition.

With Epic Games announcing today that they will be funneling $100,000,000 worth of prize money in support of Fortnite esports events, the buzz around the competitive scene for the title is at an all time high, and KEEMSTAR's Friday and Saturday Fortnite Tournaments are currently where fans are going to view all of the exciting competitive action that Fortnite can bring.

(cover photo courtesy of KEEMSTAR)