Tyler “Ninja” Blevins performs Name of Responsibility: Black Ops four throughout the Doritos Bowl 2018 at TwitchCon 2018 in San Jose, California.
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The world’s most recognizable Fortnite participant will not be collaborating within the greatest online game match of all time. Tyler “Ninja” Blevins, who has raked in thousands and thousands of dollars taking part in the sport, didn’t qualify for subsequent month’s Fortnite World Cup Finals.
Ninja was eradicated from the solo competitors two weeks in the past, and on Friday he missed the lower for the duos competitors. Together with companion Malachi “Reverse2k” Greine, completed with 64 factors, 25 shy of what they wanted to compete within the World Cup Finals.
Ninja, who did not stream his three hours of gameplay, took to Twitter on Friday to tell his four million followers that he will not be competing within the match however will nonetheless be in attendance.
64 factors w/ ma boy @Reverse2k_ we Did not qualify however when you guys noticed our begin… LOL 15 factors four video games in after which we turned it up. I will probably be on the World cup in NYC it doesn’t matter what although!
And thanks @FortniteGame for the chance.
— Ninja (@Ninja) June 22, 2019
Fortnite, one of many greatest free-to-play video games on consoles ever, took 2018 by storm. The sport turned a cultural phenomenon, and raked in $three billion for developer Epic Video games throughout all platforms final yr.
The Fortnite World Cup Finals, which has a $30 million prize pool, happen on July 26 to 28 in New York Metropolis on the Arthur Ashe Stadium. Tickets to the occasion are offered out, which means the one solution to watch is on-line.
In September, Blevins turned the first esports participant to land on the duvet of ESPN’s journal. Ninja has informed CNN that he made almost $10 million final yr taking part in Fortnite: Battle Royale.
