Ninja and Hysteria Look to Defend Week 8 UMG Friday Fortnite Title
By Nicholas Barth ·
Tyler "Ninja" Belvins and Jacob "Hysteria" Reiser will be looking to become the second team ever to secure multiple KEEMSTAR UMG Friday Fortnite Tournament titles in Week 9 of the popular event.
The weekly KEEMSTAR Friday Fortnite Tournament hosted by YouTuber Daniel "KEEMSTAR" Keem and competitive gaming platform UMG has helped to ignite passion, excitement and interest in the competitive scene for Epic Games' popular battle royale game.
Bringing together some of the biggest names in gaming on a weekly basis to compete for a prize pool of $20,000 and ultimate competitive bragging rights, the KEEMSTAR Friday Fortnite Tournament has seen a great deal of success in viewership and creating an environment for the brightest stars in Fortnite to show off their talent.
This was the case for Week 8 of the KEEMSTAR Friday Fortnite Tournament, as Luminosity Gaming content creator and community leader Ninja and Cloud9 streamer and professional Fortnite player Hysteria were able to survive a grueling day of battle royale action to claim the Week 8 KEEMSTAR Friday Fortnite Tournament title.
The victory marked for the championship win of the event for both Ninja and Hysteria and was highlighted by a win over the three-time KEEMSTAR Friday Fortnite Tournament champions of Turner "Tfue" Tenney and Dennis "Cloak" Lepore in the grand finals with an impressive losers bracket run. Not only did the victory give Ninja his first victory in the event, as he was able to claim some revenge against the FaZe Clan duo of Tfue and Cloak who had defeated Ninja in the grand finals of Week 3 of the KEEMSTAR Friday Fortnite Tournament.
However, Ninja and Hysteria will have a tough road ahead of them on their path to defending their Week 8 title and becoming the second team ever to win multiple KEEMSTAR Friday Fortnite Tournaments in Week 9.
The two former professional Halo teammates are set to face off against former OpTic Gaming professional Call of Duty player and current member Damon "Karma" Barlow and former professional Call of Duty player and current Team Vitality streamer Corentin "Gotaga" Houssein. With both Karma and Gotaga both being known for their skillful play, the talented duo of Ninja and Hysteria will need to be playing their very best in order to avoid being knocked into the losers bracket after round one.
Live with Fortnite 20k friday @JacobHysteria and I's first matchup is vs @Gotaga and @OpTic_DKarma at 3 Central, and I know these guys have the skill to win the whole thing so this should be a fun round one. Starting with no delay but ill add it later.https://t.co/QC3Dpr8MTr
— Ninja (@Ninja) July 6, 2018
Ninja and Hysteria will then have to fight their way through either the duo of 100 Thieves owner Matthew "Nadeshot" Haag and 100 Thieves professional player Parallax or FaZe Clan members Rain and Blaze in their following match of the event.
With a chance to continue to cement their dominance in the competitive scene for the battle royale title of Epic Games by collecting a second straight KEEMSTAR Friday Fortnite Tournament, viewers of the event can expect to see some exciting action from the defending champions of Ninja and Hysteria.
Check out the action, bracket, stream and rules of Week 9 of the KEEMSTAR Friday Fortnite Tournament on our dedicated hub for the event.
(cover photo courtesy of Epic Games and KEEMSTAR)