Here is a very heartwarming
story on how the most famous Fortnite Battle Royal player in the world, Ninja,
raised over $100,000 in just 8 hours for suicide prevention. How and why did he
do it? Ninja was devastated when a close friend of his committed suicide
unexpectedly. Ninja felt he needed to do something to not only honor his friend
but to prevent others from choosing the same path. On February 6th 2018, Ninja
did just that. He used his popularity as a streamer to raise money for suicide
prevention. On his Twitch stream he teamed up with Tiltify, a company who
specializes in fundraising through streaming platforms to set up a stream where
all of the proceeds of viewers subscribing and donating to Ninja's channel went
directly to the charity American Foundation For Suicide Prevention. Ninja's
original goal was to raise $25,000 for the cause. However, in just a few hours
Ninja blew past that mark. When the 8 hours was over Ninja hit over $100,000.
Ninja was very emotional for his event and even shocked himself at all the
support he received by his fan. Here is some footage the charity event via Ninja's stream.
This story is so
inspirational because it shows someone who just plays video games being able to
make a significant impact on the the world. Just a few years ago nobody
had the followers to raise this much money via a stream. I encourage more video
game players to follow in Ninjas footsteps and take a day to raise money for a
better cause. The amount of video game players in Fortnite and other video games
making a lot of money via streaming has sky-rocketed, and is now another
community of people able to make this world a better place for everybody.
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