At the first Twitch Rivals Streamer Bowl featuring Fortnite, we saw 15-year-old Cody "Clix" Conrod win with his Duo partner and NFL player, Tarik Cohen, with proceeds going to charity. It was an exciting mix of action, and the Twitch Rivals Streamer Bowl 2 promises to be even bigger, featuring Twitch streamers, community members, and NFL players in a multi-stage Fortnite tournament, starting in December and running until the end of January 2020. Here's what you need to know about the Twitch Rivals Streamer Bowl 2 Fortnite tournament.
Prize pool
The Twitch Rivals Streamer Bowl 2 Fortnite tournament will feature a 250,000 USD prize pool in the Title Card Fights (more on that in the Format section of this article), as well as one million USD in Charity Prizing, where participants will get to decide to which charity their money goes.
At the time of writing, the exact prize pool distribution is still unknown. Further, only Twitch Streamers are eligible to win prizes from the Title Card Fights
The players
The Twitch Rivals Streamer Bowl 2 Fortnite tournament will be made up of 30 Twitch streamers, 30 NFL Players, and 30 community members.
We already know Cody "Clix" Conrod will participate, as he has first pick in the drafting phase of the tournament.
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At the first event the likes of Tfue, TimTheTatman, NICKMERCS and many more famous streamer as well as NFL players, and some Fortnite pros such as Bugda competed so we expect a tonne of famous content creators to join in this year as well.
At the time of writing, however, the players participating in the Twitch Rivals Streamer Bowl 2 Fortnite tournament have not been revealed.
Format
The tournament format for the Twitch Rivals Streamer Bowl 2 can be a bit confusing, so we will break it down for you.
Each Playoffs Game day will feature one Undercard match, and two Title Card Fights. In the Undercard match, NFL players and Twitch Streamers will battle it out, while in the Title Card Fights, Twitch Streamers will compete in 2v2 and 1v1 match-ups.
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After all the Playoffs Games complete, the Streamer Bowl 2 Player Draft will commence, with Clix having the first pick of his teammates. All other streamers will be placed in the draft order by random draw, based on their performance in Playoffs Games.
The main event is called the Streamer Bowl taking place in February 2021 and will see
30 Trios compete in five games of Arena Trios for Charity. Six games will be played to crown the champions, and each Trio will consist of one NFL player, one Twitch Streamer and one Community Player.
Schedule
The Twitch Rivals Streamer Bowl 2 Fortnite tournament is a massive event, which will run from 15th December PT with the first Playoffs Game, then continuing on in January 2021 and finally, finishing up on 4th February PT with the Stream Bowl 2 main event.
The schedule:
- 15th December 2020 - Playoffs Game #1
- 5th January 2021 - Playoffs Game #2
- 12th January 2021 - Playoffs Game #3
- 19th January 2021 - Playoffs Game #4
- 26th January 2021 - Player Draft
- 4th February 2021 - Streamer Bowl 2.
The check-in time for the Playoffs Games as well as the draft is 15:00 PT / 18:00 ET, while the Streamer Bowl 2 is 13:00 PT / 16:00 ET. For those in the UK, this means, for example, the Playoffs Game #1 will start at 00:00 on 16th December.
Twitch Rivals Streamer Bowl 2 Fortnite: How to watch
The Twitch Rivals Streamer Bowl 2 Fortnite tournament will be broadcasted on the official Twitch Rivals channel, so you can tune in to watch all the action following the schedule in the previous section.
You should also be able to catch all the action by jumping into the streams of one of the participants, for example, Clix's Twitch channel.