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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
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 20 2018, @05:08PM (2 children)
Ok, the only thing that amazes whatvgigantic jackasses those streamers are. I read A Forbes or WsJ article on Ninja and how much he makes. The guy expresses himself like a full-on fuckwit. I would like to have a ton of money right now too, but not for the price of being such a fuckhead, sorry for epithets.Oh, hell the article wasTime Money section, I think.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Thursday September 20 2018, @05:19PM (1 child)
Devil's advocate: any prominent public figure that interacts with people online, but particularly streamers like Ninja, will face routine harassment, death threats, and even swatting. Tyler Blevins is married. If he streams (plays video games) with a female gamer who is not his wife, both parties will face even more harassment and wild relationship rumors from fans who enjoy relationship "shipping" and drama. So he chooses not to stream with other women. He unwisely explained this decision to a certain news outlet, and certain feminists lost their marbles over it, even though it is his decision to make and it doesn't really warrant the degree of backlash he got.
Unless there is something else you are referring to that he said or did. I don't know much about him. Oh, apparently he said the n-word in a "rapping" context. Although you will hear that word plenty of times in an "angry while gaming" context, probably coming out of the mouths of 12-year-olds.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 21 2018, @06:36AM
The only thing I meant is that a lot of people pay a lot of attention to YouTubers and Streamers, who display as much intelligence as an artichoke. I know a lot of people aren't very intelligent, not to bring up Carlin, but let's think how stupid an average person is and realize half of them are stupider than that. I think I'm just frustrated that intelligent stuff like space exploratoon, science and tech aren't appreciated enough. I recently read a screenplay fpr the movie Idiocracy and hell take it, it feels like we are living in an environment from this goddamn movie, and we are really goign down the drain, Trumpo being prime example. Will we let morons, policos, autocrats and other trash take over our planet's future? Sorry for the diatribe.