The World Showdown of Esports (WSOE) is holding their $100,000 Fortnite duos tournament on December 30, and will feature players from the best known esports teams in the world.
Held at OGN Studios in Manhattan Beach, CA., fans can attend in a live audience and watch 100 of the best Fortnite competitors battle it out for their share of the large prize pool.
On December 27, WSOE are also holding an open qualifier, which will allow players of all levels to try their hand at making to the main event. You can watch the official stream below.
Live stream
Watch live video from WSOE on www.twitch.tvIn addition to qualifying players, 50 professional players will be representing teams such as OpTic Gaming, Cloud9, TSM, NRG Esports, Ghost Gaming, FlyQuest, GankStars, G2 Esports, and Team Vitality.
The matches will be casted by none other than Alex ‘Goldenboy’ Mendez, streamer Javier ‘MonsterDFace’ Collazo and Dexerto’s very own Troy ‘2LoudTX’ Tuttle. In the hosting chair will be popular esports journalist and host Richard Lewis along with Chris Puckett, Lucy Mae, Lauren Jbara, and Jon ‘Falloutt’ Kefaloukos.
Matches for the main event will begin at 10am PT / 1pm ET / 6pm GMT on December 30, with a pre-show beginning half an hour beforehand.
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WSOE have already declared that competitors are free to bring their own peripherals and controllers, while default setups will also be available.
Players are also permitted to use whichever screen resolution they desire – unlike Epic Games’ own Fortnite tournaments, which controversially stipulate that players must use default resolution.
UPDATE for the December 27th #WSOE 3 #Fortnite Qualifier:
• Registrations are now FULL!• Players may use their own peripherals, controllers, or our default setups• Resolution up to the player• There are still some spectator tickets left for 12/30: https://t.co/A0UX4ggTOX
— WSOE (@WSOE) December 26, 2018
Invited Players
TSM Myth | TSM Hamlin |
TSM Kaysid | TSM Cowbo |
Reverse2k | Vinny1x |
Herrions | Team Vitality Gotaga |
Team Vitality adz | Rogue gommru |
Rogue 00flour | CLG WishYouLuckk |
CLG Chrispy | Ghost zzdmo |
Ghost Bizzle | Ghost Saf |
Ghost Aydan | Ghost Ghoul |
Ghost Sean | Ghost Kayuun |
Ghost Snood | Ghost Thwifo |
FlyQuest Crunch | FlyQuest Hansol |
Gank Brandon | Gank Logan |
Gank Ceice | NRG zayt |
OpTic Gunfly | OpTic Baldy |
Cloud9 Jacob Hysteria | EvilCake Tendons |
G2 RazZzero0o | G2 Lothar |
RBK Elevate | Lamar |
Morgausse | FaZe Tennp0 |
FaZe Jaomock | FaZe Replays |
FaZe SpaceLyon | FaZe Funk |
FaZe ClipZ | Piques |
ryanxpdf | compLexity Hogman |
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Prize Pool
WSOE haven’t revealed the full prize breakdown yet, but have confirmed that 1st place will take home $40,000 of the total $100,000 prize pool.