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Tyler Blevins ("Ninja"): The First Gamer on the Cover of ESPN Magazine

posted by martyb on Thursday September 20 2018, @01:17PM   Printer-friendly
from the ligma-cured dept.

takyon writes:

Ninja is the first gamer on the cover of ESPN Magazine

Ninja is the first professional gamer to feature on the cover of ESPN Magazine. The 27-year-old streamer, real name Tyler Blevins, is most famous for playing Fortnite and has more than 11 million followers on Twitch.

He reached the mainstream earlier this year when he broke Fortnite streaming records after playing with Drake.

But some people are questioning if a gamer should be in the same category as athletes.

Ninja started off as an e-sports competitor, mostly playing Halo. He switched to streaming, becoming known for battle royale - or last player standing - game Player Unknown's Battlegrounds. But when Fortnite introduced its battle royale mode, Ninja jumped ship and then started getting really big.

Back in March, Forbes reported that he had 3 million followers and 4 million YouTube subscribers. He now has 11 million Twitch followers and 18 million YouTube subscribers.

Related: Ninja explains his choice not to stream with female gamers

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  • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 20 2018, @02:57PM (6 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 20 2018, @02:57PM (#737522)

    Yes, but esports aren't sports. Only fat sweaty nerds think that esports are actual sports.

    How pathetic to people have to watch other people playing games?

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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by takyon on Thursday September 20 2018, @03:12PM (4 children)

    by takyon (881) <takyonNO@SPAMsoylentnews.org> on Thursday September 20 2018, @03:12PM (#737535) Journal

    Your comment is insensitive to the pro gamer community. We just had the Jacksonville tragedy, and Ninja himself recently recovered from the deadly disease ligma.

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 20 2018, @04:15PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 20 2018, @04:15PM (#737566)

      and Ninja himself recently recovered from the deadly disease ligma.

      How is that relevant to sports or esports?

    • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Thursday September 20 2018, @05:17PM

      by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Thursday September 20 2018, @05:17PM (#737607) Journal

      A long time ago, like 15 years, on a different green site, I had a sig: gamers are the root of all evil.

      That would probably not fly in today's PC world. Er, I don't mean the magazine. But . . . nevermind.

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    • (Score: 1) by oldmac31310 on Thursday September 20 2018, @07:58PM (1 child)

      by oldmac31310 (4521) on Thursday September 20 2018, @07:58PM (#737698)

      wow. I learned something I really did not need to know. Thanks a lot.

  • (Score: 3, Touché) by DeathMonkey on Thursday September 20 2018, @06:44PM

    by DeathMonkey (1380) on Thursday September 20 2018, @06:44PM (#737654) Journal

    Yes, but esports aren't sports. Only fat sweaty nerds think that esports are actual sports.

    Neither is golf or bowling but that doesn't seem to stop anybody.

    How pathetic to people have to watch other people playing games?

    Agreed, it's pathetic that people watch games like football.