• 3 days ago
A teenage Fortnite champ just took home $3 million after winning the game’s first World Cup competition this weekend. Fans and players who attended the event in New York told Brut what makes the game a world phenomenon.
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00:00What's your favorite Fortnite dance, and can you do it?
00:02Oh, no. Are you serious?
00:04Orange Justice.
00:05Oh, wow. Alright, let's see it.
00:13I'll take the L.
00:30How many hours a day do you think you can do it?
00:59How many hours a day do you play?
01:01Be honest.
01:02Probably till 3 a.m.
01:03Four hours out of the day.
01:04I've played Fortnite since Season 2, and I love the game.
01:07I play it every day. It's just, I love it so much.
01:10What's the coolest part about being here?
01:12Like, there's a lot of stuff, and there's a lot of people.
01:14Freedom, and the creativity of the game.
01:17Like, it's animated, and you would think it's stupid, but it's actually really cool.
01:21Just being in that stadium and feeling those players sweating their heart out.
01:25You know, I just love seeing these people playing.
01:28I think it makes me feel like people can also have a lot more in common than Fortnite,
01:34and they can also have a lot in common and Fortnite, which I kind of like that.
01:39We go to Comic Con, and so we get dressed up and cosplay together and stuff like that.
01:42We go to a bunch of, like, these events and stuff like that.
01:45To meet, like, the content creators and the pro players and just to watch them play.
01:59What would you like to achieve in the future?
02:12To win it in solo and duos, and to prove that I'm the best player in the world, if I can.
02:18Then I can live without working in another thing.
02:25What would you like to achieve in the future?
02:45It's really important to be confident in the game.
02:48Because if you are not confident, you will be scared by everyone.
02:52So, you have to be.
02:55What would you like to achieve in the future?