What a time to be alive!
We’re living in a world where 15 and 16-year-olds are winning millions for playing a video game. Kyle Giersdorf is the 16-year-old Fortnite World Cup Solo winner on Sunday afternoon at Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York winning a $3 million prize.
15-year-old Jaden Ashman will split 2.25 million with his Dutch partner, Dave Jong, after the pair came second in the duos sections at the first Fortnite World Cup. Jaden says his 8-hours a day of video game playing caused fights with his mom and she even threw out his Xbox once!
The 15yr old millionaire Fortnite player Jaden Ashman and his mum Lisa Dallman. He came second with his teammate on the duos and will split $2.25m! His mum says accepting him as an e-sports player has been very hard and she’s even thrown out an X-Box in past!! #FortniteWorldCup pic.twitter.com/UCUqGzUOLW — Joe Tidy (@joetidy) July 27, 2019
The 15yr old millionaire Fortnite player Jaden Ashman and his mum Lisa Dallman. He came second with his teammate on the duos and will split $2.25m! His mum says accepting him as an e-sports player has been very hard and she’s even thrown out an X-Box in past!! #FortniteWorldCup pic.twitter.com/UCUqGzUOLW
— Joe Tidy (@joetidy) July 27, 2019
More than 100 finalists were set to take part in the event’s various competitions, having been whittled down from around 40 million who attempted to qualify for the tournament and compete for the 3 million US dollar prize.