Friday Fortnite Week 3 Tournament Officially Postponed
By Nicholas Barth ·
KEEMSTAR announced that the Friday Fortnite Week 3 tournament has been postponed due to other major Fortnite events happening over the course of the next two weeks.
The return of the Friday Fortnite tournament series in 2019 has been a major success, as there have already been plenty of highlight and entertaining moments through the first two weeks. However, the highly anticipated Friday Fortnite Week 3 tournament that would mark the end of the return of the fan-favorite battle royale competitive event for 2019 has been postponed for a period of two weeks.
Friday Fortnite Week 3 Postponed
Taking to his Twitter account, Friday Fortnite organizer and YouTuber Daniel "KEEMSTAR" Keem revealed that the Week 3 Friday Fortnite tournament would be postponed until June 28th. KEEMSTAR explained the reasoning for this postponing of this week's event was because of the Celebrity Pro-Am event and the final set of World Cup qualifiers that will be taking place over the next two weekends.
Yeah #FridayFortnite wont come back till 6/28/19 for week 3
— KEEM ? (@KEEMSTAR) June 14, 2019
we have to take 2 weeks off to get out of the way of the ProAm & World Cup! More time for me to plan #MinecraftMonday tho & my RL event! pic.twitter.com/gFz3WkCyJQ
With many members of the gaming community has been looking forward to the Week 3 Friday Fortnite tournament, there are likely plenty of individuals who will be disappointed to see that they will have to wait an additional two weeks before Week 3 occurs. However, the postponement of the event will allow KEEMSTAR to make sure that a whole variety of popular players from the community of the high-profile battle royale game are able to compete in the competition without any other events interfering.
While there is sure to be plenty of excitement surrounding the Celebrity Pro-Am event and the final set of World Cup Qualifiers, the Friday Fortnite tournament has consistently shown to be a much more favored competition by members of the community who will likely not be too satisfied to hear they will have to wait half a month before Week 3 happens.
Are you sad to see that the Friday Fortnite Week 3 Tournament will not be taking place on June 14th, or is it not a very big deal in your eyes? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below by joining the Twin Galaxies community and jumping into the discussion.