American gamer Tyler Blevins, known as
“Ninja”, embarked on a multi-million dollar career from his parents’ basement and told AFP his family only began to understand his obsession when the cheques started rolling in.
Almost unknown to the over-30’s, Ninja’s spikey blue locks, dangerously pale complexion and nervy fast-talk are almost universally known to the younger generation, who have been swept away by the massively popular Fortnite game. A significant part of his income comes from cash donations from fans while watching him stream.
“I’ll stick with Fortnite until I think it is no longer beneficial but the game is fun, it’s great. It is not going anywhere anytime soon,” he said. “When I was 19… I started streaming for a full year. And I was like: ‘mom if I start making over like minimum wage, I want to full time stream and she was more than ok with that. I told her if I was making less than that, then I would go back to school,” he said.
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