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It’s a relatively new sight for game enthusiasts to watch famous people team up and shoot guns or build forts for their respective charities. No one can deny how entertaining it is to watch people demolishing building and blasting guns in a tournament as a spectator, but never before hasthis concept been introduced.
This installment of Epic Games is currently generating most of the interest in the gaming universe and is creating buzz about it being one of the leading games of E3 2018 games. Rumor has it that that during the show of Fortnite on Switch, Epic will host a Fortnite Celebrity Pro-Am. This will comprise of a duo-team tournament that will pool funds for sizeable $3 million in prize money; which will be donated to the team’s choice of charity.
All 50 teams that will compete in the tournament will consist of one pro player and a celebrity to form a duo. Expert gamers like TSM’s Myth, Ninja and Pokimane will pair up with celebrities from the world of entertainment, sports and music. This is surely the superlative of gaming events and enthusiasts will witness an anarchy unfold.
The Celebrity and Pro Player Mash-ups
Let’s have a look at the dynamic duos that are all set to play:
- Ninja / Marshmello
- Myth / Paul George
- Pokimane / Desiigner
- Markiplier / Joel McHale
- Gotaga / Demetrious Johnson
- Ali-A / Pete Wentz
- Willyrex / Prince Royce
- XpertThief / Janina Gavankar
- Nadeshot / Tyron Woodley
- One_Shot_Gurl / Jack Falahee
- King Richard / JT Brown
- StoneMountain64 / Jordan Fisher
- Berkcan / Ryan Cartwright
- Darkness429 / Marcus Scribner
- Orkun / Jordyn Jones
- CDNThe3rd / Xavier Woods
- Lachlan / Robbie Amell
- Muselk / Liam McIntyre
- LOLiTO FDEZ / Ron Funches
- Jeriicho / Dillon Francis
- Cizzorz / Reggie Jackson
- NoahJ456 / Madilyn Bailey
- Skyyart / Nathan Kress
- SypherPK / Tarik Cohen
- Izak Live / Drezo
- Elrubius / PartyNextDoor
- SSSniperWolf / Terrence Ross
- TimtheTatMan / Mack Wilds
- Valkyrae / Murda Beatz
- Summit1G / Kenneth Faried
- Vikkstar123 / Ty Dolla $ign
- NickMercs / Andre Drummond
- Lirik / Rahul Kohli
- GoldGlove / Witt Lowry
- LoserFruit / The Backpack Kid
- TBNRFrags / Lil Yachty
- KittyPlays / Chandler Riggs
- TryMacs / Echo Kellum
- Nadanial / NickKim
- DreadZTV1 / ARTV
- Kinstarr / Sean O'Malley
- Friz / Geoffrey Arend
- Typical Gamer / Vince Staples
- HandOfBlood / Jon Heder
- YT2Tap / Jawnha
- Samara Redway / Cyrus Spencer
- FemSteph / Franz Drameh
- Nanaka / Tenchim
- Bokyeom / Acau
- Patriota / Kyla Drew
When and How to Watch the Star-studded Tournament
The Celebrity Pro-Am of Fortnite will kick off on June 12th, 3:30pm Pacific timings on Tuesday (6:30pm Eastern and 11:30pm BST). For all the Nintendo fans out there, take heed that this would clash with the Smash Bros and Splatoon 2 tournaments scheduled to start a little earlier that afternoon. There will always be the Twitch archives for that though; the Celebrity Pro-Am should be your priority.
The where of it all can be easily answered on the Fortnite official website. This official stream however, will probably have a multitude of spectators watching it so don’t be surprised if it lags a lot. If this is the case, alternative streams like Fortnite’s YouTube channel, Facebook page or the Fortnite Mixer pages are the places you need to check out!