I saw his dancing vinyl toys at Target just now.
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Him also having a "mystery box" item is incredible.
Him also having a "mystery box" item is incredible.
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Fortnite star Ninja signs apparel deal with Adidas
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Nah, they athletes. I don't subscribe to these traditional definitions.
In recent years Adidas was very smart with their marketing and tying in specific celebrities. It put Adidas, that was struggling to keep up with Nike, to the forefront again. Nike is still the bigger company, but Adidas has imo become the more trendy brand. You see their iconic logo and three stripes everywhere.
I mean, no. You can debate their not athletes if you're riding the traditional definition, but considering them only 'competitors' is silly.
You can use whatever newspeak you want, but you'll routinely get challenged on it because they aren't athletes.
So you're saying the people who practice for hours and hours and hours for weeks on end, having little time to do anything else, pushing themselves both mentally and physically to their limits is 'lesser' than other athletes? I'm not talking about streamers like Ninja here, but more so professional teams like OG, or Liquid in Dota 2. Not to mention doing something like playing 7 40+ minute long matches in the span of a single day under immense pressure.
This isn't easy and the vast majority of people cannot pull it off.
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Where the fuck did I say that, mate? Please quote it in the reply and underline the words, because I don't think you know what I said.
The world is really fucked up...I saw his dancing vinyl toys at Target just now.
Him also having a "mystery box" item is incredible.
I saw his dancing vinyl toys at Target just now.
Him also having a "mystery box" item is incredible.
It is time, alien overlords. Do with this planet as you please.
Because a dude has some success playing games?
The goddamn Amazon is on fire, and a dude building himself a career and success is what makes it "fucked up?"
Come on, y'all.
This guys is going to be super rich. Watch when he gets older and wiser and start investing and stuff.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but your initial post came off as dismissing epsorts athletes as, well, athletes.
If that wasn't the case, then I apologize. I just see that sentiment way too often, especially on forums like these.
I'm happy for the guy but this is really cringy. Hes pretty much set for life at this point.I saw his dancing vinyl toys at Target just now.
Him also having a "mystery box" item is incredible.
Good on him. He's been grinding for a long time and I'm very happy to see him continuing to have success.
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Let's make this very clear, if you spend up to 14 hours a day playing, vod reviewing, working out, having a sports psychologist work with your mental, etc to compete, you're an athlete.
I just dislike how he markets his deals. Hey I've got a new announcement. Eh. You just made money. None of this changes his actual product: his streaming. That Content hasn't been changed in like 1 year. None of the money he's making is going into changing what his content is, it's basically just him making partnerships.
If I were his fans, I'd stop caring about these announcements. I'd stop buying all his merchandise because he just keeps makin new merchandise. And if I were his sponsors, I'd feel unimportant, he's partnered now with like 15 companies. About 13 of them get no benefit because of how big adidas and MS are. Idk,
If I were his fans, I'd stop caring about these announcements. I'd stop buying all his merchandise because he just keeps makin new merchandise. And if I were his sponsors, I'd feel unimportant, he's partnered now with like 15 companies. About 13 of them get no benefit because of how big adidas and MS are. Idk,
He isn't a competitive esports player though, or am I mistaken? I thought he's just a streamer, not very familiar with the guy.
Have you ever seen an esports player handle 3.2Gs on every turn?
I would highly advise not letting the career-pursuit of an individual affect your emotions as such. It's going to be constant, and likely will only affect you more later on as careers continue to bleed outside of what you would personally consider the norm.
Dude is sooo fucking lucky too, damn, all because of... Fortnite. And PUBG if you think about that.
Not lucky. There's a thousands upon thousands of people streaming Fortnite/PUBG/whatever-the-fuck daily. There's only one Ninja.
His career, like all successful careers, has required an immense amount of time and work on his part. Anyone who says otherwise has precisely zero idea what they're talking about (and, in my opinion, are harboring some harmful insecurities).
I saw his dancing vinyl toys at Target just now.
Him also having a "mystery box" item is incredible.
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Ninja and his kind are more known to the youth than any other form of celebrity. The money will keep coming.
