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10-05-2016, 08:28 PM
Hurricane Matthew forces UMG to cancel Orlando 'Call of Duty' tournament
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Esports, meet nature.
UMG was planning on hosting a $100,000 Call of Duty tournament in Orlando Oct. 7-9 until Hurricane Matthews reared its ugly head. The organization an**unced that its UMG Orlando tournament was canceled Tuesday night (http://www.umggaming.com/page/Orlando-Cancelled) in anticipation of the hurricane.*
SEE ALSO: 9 of the most fearsome, awe-inspiring views of Hurricane Matthew (http://mashable.com/2016/10/04/fearsome-views-hurricane-matthew/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
UMG stated in the an**uncement that it will be refunding all team passes and attendee passes in due course.
"Regardless of the financial losses, which **t hosting the event exposes us to, we felt the safety of our community was obviously far more important," UMG said in its an**uncement. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/10/05/umg-orlando-canceled/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Esports, meet nature.
UMG was planning on hosting a $100,000 Call of Duty tournament in Orlando Oct. 7-9 until Hurricane Matthews reared its ugly head. The organization an**unced that its UMG Orlando tournament was canceled Tuesday night (http://www.umggaming.com/page/Orlando-Cancelled) in anticipation of the hurricane.*
SEE ALSO: 9 of the most fearsome, awe-inspiring views of Hurricane Matthew (http://mashable.com/2016/10/04/fearsome-views-hurricane-matthew/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
UMG stated in the an**uncement that it will be refunding all team passes and attendee passes in due course.
"Regardless of the financial losses, which **t hosting the event exposes us to, we felt the safety of our community was obviously far more important," UMG said in its an**uncement. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/10/05/umg-orlando-canceled/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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