Hurricane Matthew forces UMG to cancel Orlando 'Call of Duty' tournament
 

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 in anticipation of the hurricane.*

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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...

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