Fortnite Summer Skirmish Series 250K Duos Tournament Teams and Rules
By Nicholas Barth ·
Saturday, July 14th will see a $250,000 duos tournament begin the $8,000,000 Fortnite Summer Skirmish Series hosted by Epic Games, and we have the teams and rules all covered for you.
UPDATE: 4:00 PM PST - 7/14/2018
Epic Games has announced the early ending of the Fortnite Summer Skirmish 250K duos Tournament after only three matches. Check out the reason behind the early cancleation of the event and the winners of the first four matches in our full recap article.
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Epic Games is officially kicking off the esports scene for its popular battle royale game on Saturday, July 14th with a $250,000 duos tournament that will begin the $8,000,000 Fortnite Summer Skirmish Series.
The Saturday Fortnite Summer Skirmish Series will be the first Epic Games sponsored esports event that the developer will be organizing regarding the $100,000,000 prize pool that it had stated it would fund competitive events in 2018-2019. Epic Games' newly announced event and its 250K tournament will begin at 4 PM EST on Saturday, July 14th.
Teams will compete against one another to be the first to two victory royales. A bonus of $6,500 will be awarded to the team who secures the most eliminations in each match played. A tie will result in the teams splitting the bonus.
Fans who want to see the collection of high profile content creators, professional players and other influencers compete in the Summer Skirmish Series duos tournament can view all of the action of the official Twitch and YouTube channels for the developer. You can view an embedded version of both streams for the Saturday Fortnite Summer Skirmish duos tournament below.
Fortnite Summer Skirmish Series 250K Duos Tournament Twitch Stream
Saturday Fortnite Summer Skirmish Series 250K Duos Tournament YouTube Stream
Many of the competitors that will be taking part in the event today will be looking to cement themselves as the early front-runners of the esports scene for the popular battle royale game in the 250K Saturday duos tournament to claim the first victory of the Summer Skirmish Series hosted by Epic Games.
A full list of teams can be found below.
With the likes of Ali "Myth" Kabbani of Team SoloMid, four time Friday Fortnite champion Turner "Tfue" Tenney of FaZe Clan, Jack "CouRage" Dunlop of OpTic Gaming, 100 Thieves content creator NoahJ456 and many other high profile members of the Fortnite community competing in the Saturday 250K duos tournament of the Fortnite Summer Skirmish Series, the action for today's event is sure to be a adrenaline fueled beginning to the esports scene of the most popular game in the world currently.
(cover photo courtesy of Epic Games)