Team SoloMid Myth and Hamlinz Win KEEMSTAR Friday Fortnite Tournament
By Nicholas Barth ·
Team SoloMid's Myth and Hamlinz were able to defeat the YouTuber duo of Typical Gamer and SoaR Thief to claim the Week 4 KEEMSTAR Friday Fortnite Tournament Championship.
UPDATE: 6/8/2018 - 7:55 AM PST
Week 5 of the KEEMSTAR Friday Fortnite Tournament is taking place today, Friday, June 8th, and we have the bracket, stream and details all covered for you.
Original Story
The fourth edition of the KEEMSTAR Friday Fortnite Tournament hosted by YouTuber Daniel "Keemstar" Keem and UMG has crowned a championship duo, as the Team SoloMid duo of Ali "Myth" Kabbani and Hamlinz was able to defeat the YouTuber duo and Week 2 KEEMSTAR Friday Fortnite Tournament Champions Typical Gamer and SoaR Thief in the grand finals of Week 4 of the KEEMSTAR Friday Fortnite Tournament.
Typical Gamer and SoaR Thief were looking to become the first team to win two KEEMSTAR Friday Fortnite Tournament Championships and looked to be on track, as the duo made an impressive run through the winners bracket to reach the grand finals of the event. However, gaining momentum through a brutal losers bracket run, the Team SoloMid duo of Myth and Hamlinz was able to defeat the likes of fellow Team SoloMid streamer Aimbotcalvin and Team EnVyUs Fortnite player KingRichard and the Week 3 KEEMSTAR Friday Fortnite Tournament Champions of FaZe Clan's Tfue and Dennis "Cloakzy" Lepore.
However, it was a hard fought grand finals for the Team SoloMid team, as Myth and Hamlinz went behind 1-0 in the first series of the championship round. The second match then saw Hamlinz get downed at the very beginning of the match and left everything up to Myth who was able to get an elimination with a revolver with only 2 health points left. The Team SoloMid duo was then able to rally in the final moments of the second match to collect enough kills to surpass the kill total of Typical Gamer and SoaR Thief to force a second grand finals series.
THEY’VE DONE IT! @TSM_Myth @TSM_Hamlinz representing @TSM find the Victory Royale in the $20,000 @KEEMSTAR Friday #Fortnite to become champions!
— UMG Events (@UMGEvents) June 2, 2018
View their road to victory on https://t.co/vnYIZq8dAE pic.twitter.com/AuHI3s1JnU
The second grand finals series saw Hamlinz and Typical Gamer engage in a 1 versus 1 duel for the majority of the match, as both Myth and SoaR Thief were eliminated early on. Hamlinz and Typical gamer both played exceptionally well, and the end of the first game of the second series saw Typical Gamer secure a 13-11 lead for his team heading into the final match of the KEEMSTAR Friday Fortnite Tournament. Unfortunately for the YouTuber duo and Week 2 KEEMSTAR Friday Fortnite Champions, both Typical Gamer and Soar Thief were eliminated early on, and the Team SoloMid duo of Myth and Hamlinz was able to collect four kills and secure the Week 4 KEEMSTAR Friday Fortnite Tournament Championship with two straight 2-0 victories.
In addition to the Week 4 KEEMSTAR Friday Fortnite Tournament Championship title, Myth and Hamlinz of Team SoloMid took home the $10,000 grand prize. Typical Gamer and SoaR Thief went home with the second place prize of $7,000. The duo of Vikkstar123 and Tinnyy went home with a third place prize of $3,000.
Another week sees another highly successful KEEMSTAR Friday Fortnite UMG Tournament take place, while the excitement and interest around the competitive scene of Epic Games' popular battle royale title continues to grow at an unprecedented rate.
(cover photo courtesy of Epic Games and UMG)