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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
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 31 2019, @01:42AM
fwiw, I play and watch Rocket League. The prizes are nuts but when you factor it all it in it adds up. It's an economy of sponsors and advertising. The players get paid, the casters (1st and 3rd party) get paid, the orgs get paid and of course Psyonix/Epic gets paid. There are even regular independent events... enough to lose track of. The players really enjoy competing and the community really enjoys watching the competitions.
The age thing though... it's real weird. Some of the best players in the world had to wait a year or two to compete officially because they were that young. By the time you hit your mid 20s you're likely too slow in the brains to keep up.