British boy, 15, who ignored his mother's 嘆願s to stop spending hours on ビデオ game Fortnite is now going to buy her a house and a car after he won almost £1m playing it

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Like millions of mothers, Lisa Dallman had often despaired of her son's obsession with computer games.

Desperate to make 15-year-old Jaden do his homework instead of sitting in his bedroom 星／主役にするing at a 審査する, she at one point threw out his X-Box and even snapped his headset.

But now young Jaden Ashman has had the last laugh ? by playing his way to almost £1million in the first Fortnite World Cup.

Fortnite ? a 解放する／自由な online game where contestants fight to be the last man standing on a 数字表示式の island ? has been played by some 250million people since its 開始する，打ち上げる two years ago and has been dogged by 論争.

Essex 十代の少年少女 Jaden flew to New York last week to compete at the 就任の World Cup ? said to be the biggest e-sports event of its 肉親，親類d. With his gaming partner, from the Netherlands, he （機の）カム second in the 早期に hours of Saturday.?

Their prize was $2.25million between them ? or around £1.8million, giving them £900,000 each.

同様に as his new fortune, Jaden has also 調印するd a 報告（する）／憶測d £50,000-a-year を取り引きする Lazarus, one of the world's 最高の，を越す gaming teams.?

He said: 'I'm in Year 10 but maybe I will try to 押し進める to やめる school. I'm definitely going to buy a house. And some Gucci shoes. I might buy a car for my mum too, as she 運動s a little Fiat 500'.

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Jaden Ashman with mother Lisa Dallman who said they had had a 'nightmare' arguing over his gaming but now he has won almost £1million at the Fortnite World Cup in NYC

Jaden Ashman, 15, from Essex,and his mother after winning second place in the 選手権s

Jaden Ashman (権利) has won half of $2.25 million (£1.8m) after coming second with his チーム仲間 Dave Jong (left) in the Fortnite World Cup 決勝戦

Jaden's mother, was on 手渡す to see him scoop the prize.?

She 認める he had 証明するd there was some point to spending so much time glued to a computer game.?

行方不明になる Dallman, 38, said: 'If I'm honest with you, I've been やめる against him gaming. I've been more 押し進めるing him to his school work. I've 現実に thrown an X-Box out, snapped a headset ? we've had a nightmare.'

Asked about what her son would do with his prize money, 行方不明になる Dallman said: 'I think Jaden's not really a materialistic person. He will have a lifetime 供給（する） of Uber Eats, and I think that will do him. Just sitting there playing ビデオ games and eating takeaways, Jaden would be in his element.

'If I'm honest with you I've been やめる against him gaming. I've been more 押し進めるing him to his schoolwork.

'I've 現実に thrown an XBox out, snapped a headset, we've had a nightmare.

'And then 主要な up to the games, getting his ビザ, we had problems with that so we had a week of a nightmare. Then the dog ate his birth 証明書, so ? and this is not a joke ? this 現実に really did happen.

'And then my work messed up my 給料, so three things went wrong before we started 長，率いるing here so I knew we were on an even keel and everything was going to go 権利.'

Last night, Jaden's grandmother Angela Dallman, 59, said he was already making 計画（する）s for his winnings. She 追加するd: 'I think he's going to buy a house for his mother. He's going to buy me a Chinese ? that's what he says.'

His younger sister Katie Hyams 追加するd: 'When he gets home I'm giving him the biggest 抱擁する in the world.'

Jaden, brought up by his mother in Hornchurch, Essex, competed in the Fortnite World Cup at the Arthur Ashe tennis stadium under gaming 指名する Wolfiez. Forty million players entered the qualifying 一連の会議、交渉／完成するs and were whittled 負かす／撃墜する to around 100 finalists, from 30 countries.

Fans from around the world watched their online heroes in 活動／戦闘 at New York's Arthur Ashe stadium

What is Fortnite??Game with 250m players who spend at least £70 each

Fortnite is an online 生き残り game 開始する，打ち上げるd in July 2017 by American 会社／堅い Epic Games.

It began as a player-versus-環境 game, where gamers teamed up to take on zombie-like creatures.

Two months later, the 戦う／戦い 王室の 見解／翻訳／版 appeared. It 炭坑，オーケストラ席s up to 100 players against each other, sending their 数字表示式の selves scavenging on an island for 武器s and 供給（する）s with the 単独の 目的（とする） to be the last one standing. It amassed 125million players in its first year. Now 250million have 登録（する）d.

?Fortnite makes its 利益（をあげる） through in-game 処理／取引s, with players spending real cash on 昇格s for their character.

The 普通の／平均（する） player will spend around £70 on a character. But with console accounts often linked to credit cards, some parents find themselves hugely out of pocket.

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The エリート few 戦う／戦いd in different 競争s and Jaden （機の）カム second in the pairs contest. He was delighted but 認める his mother had often felt he was wasting his life playing computer games.

He 追加するd: 'Me and my mum, we 衝突／不一致 やめる a lot. She didn't understand how it worked, so she thought that I was spending eight hours a day in my room just wasting my time. So, now that I've 証明するd to her that I can do stuff, I'm really happy.'

The delighted schoolboy also said: 'I'm lost for words. My Twitter has been blowing up and I've had a 負担 of messages from friends.

'I'm definitely going to buy a house but I 港／避難所't got a 手がかり（を与える） where. And some Gucci shoes. I might buy a car for my mum too, as she 運動s a little Fiat 500.'

一方／合間, Jaden's sister Katie Hyams said: 'When he gets home I'm giving him the biggest 抱擁する in the world! He's gone to America and he has earned so much and done so 井戸／弁護士席, so I'm proud of him.'

Last night, the World Cup was coming to an end with 15-year-old Brit Benjy Fish failing in his 企て，努力，提案 to land the （テニスなどの）シングルス 肩書を与える and a cheque for £2.4million.?

Millions of youngsters may now use Jaden's 勝利，勝つ to 正当化する their own gaming habit.

There is already 関心 about 中毒の 科学（工学）技術, with MPs 調査／捜査するing games such as Fortnite ? which is 解放する／自由な to play but makes its money from 非難する players for extra features once the game has started.?

'Bugha' of the US celebrates with the トロフィー after winning the final of the 単独の 競争 at the same event

Forty million players entered the qualifying 一連の会議、交渉／完成するs and were whittled 負かす／撃墜する to around 100 finalists, from 30 countries

There have been 増加するing worries that children in particular are obsessed to such a degree that their health is 危うくするd.?

Last year, the World Health Organisation recognised 'gaming disorder' の中で the 病気s it 監視するs.?

It said computer game playing becomes a disorder when it has an 衝撃 on personal or family 関係s and impair s socialising, education or other 重要な areas of life for 12 months or more.

A 調査する of 2,000 British parents this year 設立する that around 50 per cent were 関心d that their children were becoming gaming （麻薬）常用者s.?

It was not uncommon for 11 to 13-year-olds to play computer games for two-and-a-half hours on a school day and almost six hours a day at the 週末.?

And Fortnite was the game that 関心d parents the most. The 暴力／激しさ 伴う／関わるd in the game was an 問題／発行する for many.