Battle Royale giants, Fortnite just wrapped its first-ever sporting event in New York’s Arthur Ashe tennis stadium.
The tournament saw Kyle ‘Bugha’ Giersdirf, a 16-year-old kid defeat famous steamers and professionals to take home $3,025,900 or ₹20,83,55,909 as an individual winner.
That’s the largest-ever payout for a single player in an esports tournament.
To put that into perspective, when Novak Djokovic won the 2019 Wimbledon final, he received a cash prize of $2,983,748 or ₹20,54,53,427.
Similarly, according to ESPN, Tiger Woods received just above $2 million after winning the 2019 Masters, while 2019 GPA winner Brooks Koepka won $1,980,000.
16-year-old @bugha just won $3 million as #FortniteWorldCup solos champion. Not a bad summer job for a high schooler. pic.twitter.com/jE510UcfVn
— Jeff Eisenband (@JeffEisenband) July 28, 2019
3 MILLION DOLLARS AND TO A 16 YEAR OLD rip me #FortniteWorldCup
— christina (@19xtina) July 29, 2019
pic.twitter.com/SCOEdpg8yj
Bugah’s Youtube Channel right now 😂🙏🏻#bugha #FortniteWorldCup pic.twitter.com/CYiS92PXJd
— Valentin Weber (@ValentinWeber8) July 28, 2019
„Woke up, had a banana, won $3 million.”#JimmyFallon #Bugha
— Ivánek S. (@Ivnek2) July 30, 2019
Congrats to #bugha in the #FortniteWorldCup2019
— Jesus Bryce (@thejesusbryce) July 28, 2019
16 years old.
59 points
3 million dollars richer.
“Video games are pointless”
What a time to be alive!
a comment to the Boomers who told us that video games would take us nowhere—#Bugha just made 3mil by taking a W.
— Cody Zimmerman (@codytzimm) July 29, 2019
I guess that means the future has just arrived!
