In Europe, 14-year-old prodigy Kyle "Mongraal" Jackson of Team Secret booked his ticket to New York City with 63 points, good enough for sixth place in his region for the weekend. In the last chance to make the World Cup final for the solos division, a few familiar faces did make their way through the stiff competition to qualify. More details here - Fortnite June 5, 2019 We're shifting the dates and times of the Week 10 Online Open to June 20-21st. I'm not trying to get out of it - I want to be a part of it - but in a way I can still play on Sunday."Ī few days following the public outcry of the qualifier dates, Epic Games announced it had pushed back the ultimate duos qualifier a week so the participants in Los Angeles at the Block Party could participate. "I'm trying to get out of, in a way, not necessarily," said Ninja on stream when asked about the conflicting dates. Ninja, this year partnered with NFL legend Marshawn Lynch, even went as far as to publicly air his frustrations about the unusual scheduling of Fortnite's two biggest events of the year coinciding. Initially, the final qualifier was to take place during the Summer Block Party, and the decision drew the ire of the competitive community. Last year, Ninja and partner Marshmello of DJing fame were the odds-on favorites to win, and they did just that in memorable fashion at the Banc of California Stadium. The Fortnite Summer Block Party is a two-day festival event culminating in the second Fortnite Pro-Am, where the best Fortnite pros team up with some of the biggest celebrities in the world to see which tandem will win big for the charity of their choice and have bragging rights until next summer. That said, one of the biggest Fortnite events of the year might throw a wrench into practice plans that Reverse2k, Ninja, Tfue and his duos partner, Dennis "Cloak" Lepore, have ahead of the June 20-21 qualifier.Įpic Games is throwing its second-biggest event of the year, only outdone by the World Cup finals itself, on Saturday and Sunday. The pair have narrowly missed the cutoff to advance to the duos final in previous attempts. The only way the world's most famous gamer will earn a spot in New York City this July is by making it alongside his duos partner, Malachi "Reverse2k" Greiner, who himself is already qualified for the solo competition at the World Cup. 100% did not qualify for tomorrow.- Ninja June 8, 2019 Ninja, however, said Saturday that he was officially eliminated from solo contention after failing to make it through the last singles qualifier. Tfue has already booked his ticket for a chance at the $3 million grand prize for the solo championship by qualifying in Week 3 of that competition. The World Cup finals for duos and solo play will take place at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York from July 26-28. Tyler "Ninja" Blevins and Turner "Tfue" Tenney have been the one-two punch atop of the Twitch viewership mountain in 2019 with their streamed World Cup qualifiers bringing in millions of views, but both are still on the outside looking in for the duos tournament with one qualifier remaining.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |