Fortnite Summer Skirmish PAX West: 300 Players Waiting In Rain At 6 AM

Fortnite really has gripped the world, hasn’t it? The final Summer Skirmish event takes place this weekend at PAX West 2018 in Seattle and for the first time, the event is open to the public with direct qualifiers. Fans were so keen to get in on the action, around 300 players were queuing from 6AM in the rain just to ensure they got a place. Jeremy Hoffman, director of video production at Epic Games, captured the footage below in the early hours of this morning.

6am - 300 people lining up in the rain to register for the #FortnitePAXWest Summer Skirmish Qualifiers and play today. pic.twitter.com/SizV6IONv0

— Jeremy Hoffmann (@hofftv) August 31, 2018

That’s dedication shown by all the budding pro players. Perhaps we’ll see some of them in the final matches this weekend, maybe one of them will take home the trophy? One thing’s for sure, they’ll have to be careful about fatigue because queueing for so long then playing all day is sure to have an adverse effect in-game.

If you’re keen on watching the Fortnite Summer Skirmish at PAX West, make sure you tune in to the official Fortnite Twitch channel which we’ve embedded below. Epic have also just announced an upcoming High Stakes event, but they haven’t disclosed information of what that will entail whatsoever, just that gameplay will be shown tonight from 6PM PT.

Watch live video from Fortnite on www.twitch.tv

The tweet included the four card suits so it seems like it’ll be themed around gambling or betting in some fashion. You can read more on the High Stakes event here. In other Fortnite news, Jessica “JGhosty” Blevins has shown off the first look at the upcoming Fortnite Funko Pops we reported on a while ago and Dr Lupo & CouraGeJD will be casting the Summer Skirmish together at PAX West.

(Header image courtesy of Jeremy Hoffman, Epic Games.)