Ninja to grab half in first valuable VALORANT tournament
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Tyler ErzbergerESPN Esports
- Crew creator for ESPN.com
- Lined esports since 2011
- Worked with greatest groups across titles cherish League of Legends and StarCraft II
Presumably the most neatly-recognized Fortnite participant on the earth is ready to examine himself in a new video game.
T1 announced Monday that Tyler “Ninja” Blevins could be captaining a group under the aptly named “Team Ninja” banner for the T1 x Nerd Avenue Gamers Showdown, a respectable VALORANT tournament. As section of the game developer’s Ignition Sequence, the Showdown is the greatest tournament to this level for the game that formally released June 2, with 16 top groups from the North American situation competing for a share of a $50,000 prize pool.
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Ninja’s group for the T1 x Nerd Avenue Gamers Showdown is a combination of first-person capturing game veterans and Fortnite standouts, including Austin “Morgausse” Etue, who gained the Fortnite Summer Skirmish Sequence championship in 2019. Morgausse outlasted a area of hundreds to grab home the first-build trophy and $225,000. Like Ninja, he’s having a look for to set himself early in the brand new esport of VALORANT after a successful Fortnite profession.
“I feel cherish loads of of us sleep on Ninja as a result of he’s a screech creator, nonetheless our group is stuffed with grinders,” Morgausse stated. “I am livid to pop off with the boys.”
Team Ninja competed no longer too lengthy ago in a VALORANT tournament, the $10,000 Lof x DTS Invitational Sequence. The group developed through a qualifier bracket and made it throughout the quarterfinals earlier than falling to TSM in the semifinals. TSM, the winningest squad to this level all over VALORANT’s quick lifecycle, has additionally been invited to the T1 x Nerd Avenue Gamers Showdown, making diagram for a that it is advisable to to presumably presumably recall to mind rematch.
Ninja’s participation in the T1 x Nerd Avenue Gamers Showdown coincides with the announcement of his streaming platform, Mixer, closing its doorways and teaming up with live streaming platform Facebook Gaming. Sources told journalist Rod “Slasher” Breslau that Ninja was offered double his initial supply from Mixer to stick to Facebook Gaming nonetheless declined, forcing the Microsoft streaming platform to grab out the video game necessary person for reportedly spherical $30 million.
The T1 x Nerd Avenue Gamers Showdown kicks off at 5 p.m. ET Friday on Twitch, the platform on which Ninja made his title earlier than signing an uncommon streaming contract for Mixer in 2019. Ninja has no longer announced on what platform he’ll be streaming subsequent.