Griffin ‘Sceptic‘ Spikoski, a 14-year-old who streamed Fortnite matches to a small audience in 2018, was an anonymous 14-year-old. He dropped down on a fellow player during one game and eliminated him with a well-placed blast.
Turner ‘TFUE‘ Kenney, a popular Fortnite streamer with over 10 million Twitch followers, turned out to be that player. Sceptic’s VOD of his big kill went viral in days, and within a year, he was an esports pro, a YouTube star, and a reminder that you can become famous overnight if you don’t throw away your shot.
Sceptic’s meteoric rise is the subject of an upcoming episode of the Gamebreakers series, which tells the stories of successful esports athletes and Twitch stars. Gamebreakers is broadcast on the Game Plus Network in Canada, which can also be found online.
Sceptic’s entry into the esports scene at such a young age is part of what makes his story so compelling. He was competing in major Fortnite events as a 15-year-old (and making bank doing it). That’s a lot of pressure to put on a kid.
Chris Spikowski, Sceptic’s father, is one person who understands the pressure. He’s one of the co-founders of the Coalition of Parents in Esports (COPE), an organization that works with parents to provide educational and career development services to young gamers.
If you want to learn more about Sceptic’s story, watch his Gamebreakers episode, which airs on March 21 at 8 p.m. ET.
He then revealed that he had already contacted the organizers, stating that he could find a replacement duo or let Almond play with a pick-up, and when Almond awoke, he stated that he would not be playing.
There appears to be a schism in the TBE camp, as he says he’s “pretty fed up of having to just sit around and wait to see if someone’s awake or not.”
Almond didn’t make it to the main $100k tournament in the end. It’s unclear how this will affect the duo in the future, but given that they’re the best duo in Caldera, it’s possible that this has made things difficult for their opponents.
