Published 10:35 IST, July 29th 2020
FaZe Clan associates with $50K Valorant Ignition Series Invitational Tournament
FaZe Clan will be partnering with Nissan, Verizon and Nerd Street Gamers to host FaZe Clan Valorant Invitational with a prize pool of a whopping $50,000.
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One rth America's popular esports organisations, FaZe Clan, will be partnering with Nissan, Verizon and Nerd Street Gamers to host FaZe Clan Valorant Invitational. tournament will be part of Valorant Ignition Series and will carry largest prize pool in game's competitive history - $50,000. tournament will be played with 16 teams total - one being FaZe Clan mselves and 11 or teams including that of professional players and streamers. remaining four teams will qualify through open-for-all qualifiers.
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FaZe Clan Valorant Invitational schedule, prize pool
free-to-play qualifiers will be played on August 1 and 2. Top two teams from each qualifying round will compete against best Valorant teams in rth America. qualifiers will be played in a single-elimination format (Best of 1). It will be powered by Nerd Street Gamers and registration for same has already started.
16-team Valorant Series tournament is scheduled for August 6-9. Thanks to partnerships with some of biggest brands in country, teams will battle for a combined prize pool of a whopping $50,000. winning team will be awarded $25,000. next four teams will take home $15,000, $7,500, and $2,500 respectively.
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FaZe Clan Valorant Invitational will be FaZe's debut in competitive Valorant. Already an established name in Call of Duty and Overwatch, FaZe has been recruiting players to form a team for Riot's new gaming title. So far, team boasts of Overwatch stars Corey “Corey” Nigra and Zachary “zachaREEE” Lombardo, along with CS: GO sensation Jimmy “Marved” Nguyen in ir roster. It is expected eSports team will be making anuncement of rest of team in week leading up to tournament.
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FaZe Clan Valorant Invitational streaming details
Since invitational tournament is a part of Valorant Ignition Series, streaming of tournament will be available on Valorant Offical Twitch channel. In addition, event will also be streamed on FaZe's official Twitch handle. main tournament will kick-off at 2:00 PM PT on August 6 (2:30 AM IST, August 7).
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(Im Credits: Nerd Street Gamers Twitter Handle)
10:35 IST, July 29th 2020