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US Teenager Wins $3m as Fortnite World Champion

posted by Fnord666 on Tuesday July 30 2019, @01:11PM   Printer-friendly
from the that's-a-lot-of-cheese dept.

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US teenager wins $3m as Fortnite world champion

It is the largest prize pool in the history of e-sports, with $30m shared amongst the winners.

Kyle Giersdorf, 16, won the solo event of the competition in the Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York, which hosts the US Open tennis tournament.

Jaden Ashman - a 15-year-old from Hornchurch, London - won almost £1m for coming second in the duos event.

And another British teenager - 14-year-old Kyle "Mongraal" Jackson from Sidcup, Kent - also walked away with a major prize.

Also at:
https://www.engadget.com/2019/07/29/fortnite-world-cup-bugha-prize-money-esports/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/gaming/2019/07/29/kyle-bugha-giersdorf-16-year-old-fortnite-champ-three-million/1855093001/
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/29/us/fortnite-world-cup-winner-bugha.html

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  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 30 2019, @05:11PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 30 2019, @05:11PM (#873179)

    just what the world needs! lets incentivize kids to spend all their time running proprietary war simulators on slaveOSes instead of learning how to program.

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